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Dezider Hoffman is born in Banska Stiavnica, Hungary (now Slovakia), Europe. He will find international success as photographer Dezo Hoffman, shooting acclaimed sessions with artists as diverse as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Dusty Springfield, Charlie Chaplin, Sophia Loren, Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier, The Kinks, The Shadows, Tom Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Sinatra, Bob Marley, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Elton John, Omar Sharif and Pink Floyd.
Guy Pratt is born
in London, UK, the son of actor Mike Pratt. Guy will become a
well-known session bassist, working with Pink Floyd, Kirsty
MacColl, The Smiths, Madonna, Robbie Robertson, Roxy Music, Michael Jackson and others.
Gary Wallis is born in Westminster, London, UK. He will find success as a rock drummer and musical director, working with Pink Floyd, Tom Jones, Mike And The Mechanics, Girls Aloud, Atomic Kitten, Westlife and others.
Pink Floyd play at the regular Sunday Spontaneous Underground event at The Marquee club in London, UK, for the first time.
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Whwn Cream play at London Polytechnic, London, UK, they are joined onstage by Jimi Hendrix. The audience includes Roger Waters and Nick Mason of Pink Floyd.
BBC radio show Top Gear gives Bob Dylan's long awaited and as yet unreleased album, John Wesley Harding, its first airplay. Pink Floyd also appear on this show, playing four live tracks.
Pink Floyd play a benefit gig for Oz – an underground magazine - at The Middle Earth Club, London, England, UK, Europe. Also on the bill are The Pretty Things, Social Deviants and Blonde On Blonde.
Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd brings in the New Year taking LSD at a cottage owned by his manager on the Black Hill in Wales.
On their The Man And The Journey tour, Pink Floyd play at The University Of Exeter, Exeter, England, UK, Europe.The Beatles release a double A-sided single, Something/Come Together, in the USA. This is the first time a George Harrison song has been the A-side of a Beatles single. On the same day, Pink Floyd release a new album of film soundtrack music, More, in Canada on Capitol Records.
Pink Floyd play at The Refectory Hall, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, England, UK, Europe.
Pink Floyd play at Refectory Hall, Leeds University, Yorkshire, England, UK, Europe.
Appearing on the first day of The Bath Festival Of Blues and Progressive Music are Canned Heat, John Mayall, Steppenwolf, Pink Floyd, Johnny Winter, It’s A Beautiful Day, Fairport Convention, Colosseum, Keef Hartley Band, and the Maynard Ferguson Big Band. Tickets cost £2.10s. Attendance : 150,000.
The Grateful Dead release a live double album entitled Grateful Dead, in the USA. It is better known to fans as Skull & Roses. On the same day, Pink Floyd are filming at the Roman Amphitheatre, Pompeii, Italy, for their movie Live At Pompeii.
Pink Floyd spend the second of three days rehearsing a new suite of music which will become their album Dark Side Of The Moon, at The Rainbow Theatre, Finsbury Park, London, UK.
During a North American tour, Pink Floyd play at The Garden Auditorium, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Pink Floyd are rehearsing in London, UK, in preparation for further recording of the album Dark Side Of The Moon.
Pink Floyd debut The Wall at The Sports Arena, in Los Angeles, California, USA, at the start of a brief North American tour.Pink Floyd reach No1 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA with Another Brick In The Wall.
Pink Floyd's album The Wall is declared to be "prejudicial to the safety of South Africa" by that country's ruling apartheid government.
Pink Floyd play the fourth of six nights at Earls Court Exhibition Hall, London, England, UK, Europe.
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On his The Pros and Cons Of Hitchhiking tour, Roger Waters plays at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, New York State, USA.
The Wall - Live In Berlin by Roger Waters is awarded Platinum Album Status in Canada.Pink Floyd, Genesis and Eric Clapton are the main attractions at a benefit gig in Cowdray Park, Sussex, UK, for the King Edward VII Hospital. While Genesis are playing, Phil Collins begins to feel it is time to leave.
Sir Paul McCartney marries his girlfriend Heather Mills, in St Salvator's Church, Castle Leslie, Glaslough, County Monaghan, Ireland. The 300 guests include Ringo Starr, Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders, Twiggy, Sir George Martin, Eric Clapton, Sir Elton John and David Gilmour of Pink Floyd.
Sir Paul McCartney marries his girlfriend Heather Mills, in St Salvator's Church, Castle Leslie, Glaslough, County Monaghan, Ireland. The 300 guests include Ringo Starr, Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders, Twiggy, Sir George Martin, Eric Clapton, Sir Elton John and David Gilmour of Pink Floyd.
On his Dark Side Of Moon Live tour, Roger Waters plays the second of two nights at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA. His former Pink Floyd colleague Nick Mason joins him as a guest for the show.On his Dark Side Of Moon Live tour, Roger Waters plays at The First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
On his Dark Side Of The Moon tour, Roger Waters plays at Ciudad Atarfe, Granada, Spain, Europe.
Music business agent, manager and publisher, Bryan Morrison, dies following an accident while playing polo, which left him in a coma. In his long career he looked after the affairs of The Pretty Things, Pink Floyd, Wham!, Robin Gibb of The Bee Gees and others.On The Wall Tour 2012, Roger Waters plays the last of three nights at Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Australia.
On The Wall Tour 2012, Roger Waters plays the last of nine nights at River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America.
On The annual Classic Rock Magazine Awards, hosted by Duff McKagan, are held at The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, UK. Major winners include ZZ Top - Living Legend Award; Rush - Album of the Year/ Band of the Year; Pink Floyd - Film/DVD of the Year/Reissue of the Year and Status Quo for Classic Album. Lynyrd Skynyrd, winners of the Comeback Award, play a thirty minute live set.
Roger Waters, Bon Jovi, Neil Diamond, Lady Gaga and Kenny Chesney are among the winners at the Billboard Touring Awards at The Apollo Theatre, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Roger Waters is made an honorary citizen of the city of Anzio, Italy, Europe, exactly seventy years since the day his father Eric died there in a World War 2 battle.1912 |
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