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FLOYD CALENDAR

 
OCTOBER

 

1 October 1940

STEVE O`ROURKE BIRTH

Nacido en Londres, fue el manager de Pink Floyd desde la salida de Syd Barrett de la banda en 1968 hasta su fallecimiento el 30 octubre 2003 in Miami.

He had to negotiate the harsh departure of Roger Waters from the band.

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2 October 1970

ATOM HEART MOTHER - PINK FLOYD

Publication of the fifth studio album.​

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4 October 1971

POMPEII CONCERT - PINK FLOYD

Entre el 4 de octubre y el 7 de octubre de 1971, Pink Floyd he traveled to Pompeii to film in his amphitheater a concert without an audience for screening in cinemas.

They obtained permission from the town hall to do this for six days, but they did not have the inconvenience that bringing electricity to the anfiteatro would entail, so they lost almost three days for it, for which they did not have time to film what was planned. Only "Echoes", "One of These Days" and "A Saucerful of Secrets" were recorded, while the other songs were filmed in a studio in Paris. ​

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4 October 2010

AN INTRODUCTION TO SYD BARRETT (LP) - SYD BARRETT

Publication of a compilation with remastered sound on LP.​​

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4 October 2010

AN INTRODUCTION TO SYD BARRETT (CD) - SYD BARRETT

Publication of a compilation with remastered sound on CD.​

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5 October 2010

THE MADCAP LAUGHS (BONUS TRACKS) - SYD BARRETT

Reissue of the first album with extra songs, being the original publication  of January 3, 1970.​

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5 October 2010

BARRETT (BONUS TRACKS) - SYD BARRETT

Reissue of the second album with extra songs. The original publication was on November 13, 1970.​

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5 October 2010

OPEL (BONUS TRACKS) - SYD BARRETT

Reissue of the compilation album with unpublished songs with more extra songs. The original publication was on October 17, 1988.

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6 October 2004

INSIDE PINK FLOYD (INSIDE OUT) - NICK MASON

Publication of the first edition of the book Dentro de Pink Floyd (Inside Out) written by Nick Mason about the biography of the band.

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6 October 2023

THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON REDUX - ROGER WATERS

Roger Waters publishes a revision of the classic The Dark Side Of The Moon under a new musical concept.

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7 October 1996

BROKEN CHINA - RICHARD WRIGHT

Publication of the second and last studio album.​

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10 October 2003

PINK FLOYD INTERSTELLAR EXHIBITION

From October 10, 2003 to January 25, 2004, the first world exhibition on Pink Floyd was held at the Cité de la Musique in Paris with different material from the band and elements used on their tours, as well as from different instruments used in its beginnings.

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12 October 2010

METALLIC SPHERES - THE ORB & DAVID GILMOUR

Release of the Metallic Spheres album by The Orb group written with David Gilmour.

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13 October 2008

A TECHNICOLOR DREAM - PINK FLOYD

Documentary that covers the underground movement in London up to the Alexandra Palace concert in 1967 and includes interviews with Roger Waters and Nick Mason among others and images of Pink Floyd performances such as the Queen Elizabeth Hall performing Astronomy Domine.

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October 13, 2023

THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 50 ANNIVERSARY - PINK FLOYD

It is published separately from the DeLuxe Box Set in LP, Blu-Ray and CD formats.

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October 15, 1966

ROUNDHOUSE OPENING CONCERT - PINK FLOYD

The famous concert hall, the Roundhouse, where artists such as Lady Gaga perform today, was inaugurated by Pink Floyd on October 15, 1966 together with the Soft Machine.

It was an old railway depot and the opening party was given by the underground magazine IT. There were popular faces like Paul McCartney who was dressed as an Arab.

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October 15, 1971

MEDDLE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR - PINK FLOYD

Tour of the United States and Canada in the months of October and November 1971 to promote the Meddle album.

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16 October 2002

 

CA IRA CONCERTS - ROGER WATERS

The opera Ca Ira has had different performances for years in different countries, either in its entirety or some extract, being the first on October 16, 2002 at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

On May 1, 2004, in celebration of Malta's entry into the EU, a recording of about fifteen minutes was heard.

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17 October 1988

 

OPEL - SYD BARRETT

Publication of a compilation album with some unpublished songs.

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18 October 1991

SEVILLE CONCERT - LEGENDS OF THE GUITAR 1991 - ROGER WATERS

Concert offered at the Auditorio de la Cartuja in Seville within the framework of the Legends of the Guitar festival. His first concert in Spain.​

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21 October 2002

IN CONCERT - DAVID GILMOUR

Publication of the DVD of the concerts held at the Royal Festival Hall in London in June 2001 as part of the Meltdown Festival organized by Robert Wyatt  y with extra songs from January 2002.

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26 October 2018

THE SOLDIER'S TALE - ROGER WATERS

Release of the album by Roger Waters together with the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival Orchestra (New York) based on la obra The Soldier's Tale by Igor Stravinsky.

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27 October 1986

WHEN THE WIND BLOWS - ROGER WATERS

Publication of the soundtrack of the film with the participation of Roger Waters and David Bowie among others.​

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30 October 2003

STEVE O`ROURKE DEATH

Deceased in Miami, was Pink Floyd's manager from Syd Barrett's departure from the band in 1968 until his death.

 

He was born in London on October 1, 1940.

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