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Pink Floyd Fans, Rejoice! Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII Returns to Cinemas in Stunning 4K This April

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Dust off your lava lamps and prepare to be transported — Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII, the newly-restored version of the legendary 1972 film directed by Adrian Maben, is making its triumphant return to cinemas worldwide on April 24, 2025. If that isn’t enough to make your third eye tingle, the official trailer just dropped — watch it here.
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Pink Thing of The Day: Pink Floyd Wrapped In Pink

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Pink Floyd Left to Right: Nick Mason, David Gilmour, Rick Wright and Roger Waters.

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I’ll See You on the Dark Side of the Moon: RIP Rick Wright


Old School Pink Floyd  (L-R) Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Syd Barrett and Rick Wright

Pink Floyd keyboard player and founding member Richard “Rick” Wright has died on September 15th, 2008 after a short struggle with cancer. He was 65. Wright was a member of Pink Floyd from their first album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn in 1967 alongside lead guitarist Syd Barrett, Roger Waters and Nick Mason. David Gilmour joined the band at the start of 1968 while Barrett left the group shortly afterwards. Wright penned songs on classic albums including The Dark Side Of The Moon – “The Great Gig In The Sky” and “Us And Them” – and Wish You Were Here.