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6 April 1968

OFFICIAL MARCH SYD BARRETT - PINK FLOYD

This day it is officially announced that Syd Barrett ceased to belong to Pink Floyd, although he maintained contact with his former colleagues, since Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Richard Wright helped produce his studio albums, Gilmour also arriving to perform live with Syd .

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8 April 1975

WISH YOU WERE HERE TOUR - PINK FLOYD

Tour of the United States and Canada ending in England at the Knebworth Festival on July 5.

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April 9, 1984

IDENTITY - RICHARD WRIGHT

After his dismissal from the band publica this album forming a duo with Dave Harris forming the group Zee, publishing only this album.

 

The cassette format has the bonus track "Eyes Of A Gypsy".​

 

April 13, 1992

THE PAN AMERICAN RACE - PINK FLOYD

During 1991 David Gilmour, Nick Mason and their manager Steve O'Rourke participated in Mexico in the Carrera Panamericana, a car competition.

To finance the race, they made the soundtrack to edit it on Video, with some new songs and others belonging to albums.​

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April 15, 2002

WOULDN'T YOU MISS ME/THE BEST OF SYD BARRETT - SYD BARRETT

Compilation album with some unpublished theme like Bob Dylan Blues.

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18 April 2015

DARK GLOBE / RECORD STORE DAY - SYD BARRETT

To celebrate Record Store Day, the day for independent stores in the US and UK, a limited edition colored vinyl of Syd Barrett of the song Dark Globe is released, featuring Barrett's version on one side and the cover on the other side. version of the REM group that they edited in 1989.

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18 April 2013

DEATH OF STORM THORGERSON

On April 18, 2013 he died after a long illness in London. Born in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire. Era childhood friend of Syd Barrett and David Gilmour and a schoolmate and rugby teammate of Roger Waters.  He is the creator of most of the group's covers with his company Hipgnosis together with Aubrey Powell.

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April 19, 1968

IT WOULD BE SO NICE - PINK FLOYD

Publication of the band's fourth single and although Barrett had left the band a few days before, he still appears in the cover photo, with the song written by Wright while the song on the face B written by Waters.

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April 21, 2007

BARCELONA CONCERT - THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON LIVE - ROGER WATERS

Concert offered by Roger Waters at Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona being his third concert in Spain.

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22 April 2017

INTERSTELLAR OVERDRIVE - PINK FLOYD

Publication on Record Store Day, the day of independent stores, the 12" single from Interstellar Overdrive, being a recording never released,_cc781905-5cde-bb3b-3194-bb3b-3194 136bad5cf58d_was originally recorded on October 31, 1968 at the Thomson Recording Studio in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire and was used in the 1968 documentary San Francisco, directed by Cambridge native Anthony Stern.

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 26 April 1993

CRAZY DIAMOND/THE COMPLETE SYD BARRETT - SYD BARRETT

Box Set with book and 3 CDs, the two studio albums and one of rarities.​

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27 April 2023

PREMIERE SYD BARRETT - HAVE YOU GOT IT YET? IN THEATERS

Premiere at Everyman Cinema in King Cross in London of the Syd Barrett documentary The Story Of Syd Barrett And Pink Floyd in UK cinemas.

The premiere took place on May 15, 2023.

 

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April 29, 1967

THE 14 HOUR TECHNICOLOR DREAM - PINK FLOYD

The 14 Hour Technicolor Dream concert took place at Alexandra Palace in London to raise funds for  the International Times newspaper with the participation of artists, musicians and poets, including_cc781905 -5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Soft Machine, The Move and being in the audience John Len Yonon with a friend while recording festival parties.

Pink Floyd's appearance was already around dawn, already tired because that same night they had a concert in Holland, arriving at the event just a couple of hours before.

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