Four members of seminal British rock band Pink Floyd will play together for the first time in 24 years at London's Live 8 charity concert for Africa on July 2, publicists for the event said on Sunday.
Guitarist David Gilmour, drummer Nick Mason and keyboard player Richard Wright will be on stage with bassist Roger Waters for their first public performance since they played at London's Earls Court in 1981.
The rock legends will join a star-studded line-up including Coldplay, Elton John and Paul McCartney at the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park, organized by activist rocker Bob Geldof to pressure rich nations to ease African poverty.
"Like most people I want to do everything I can to persuade the G8 leaders to make huge commitments to the relief of poverty and increased aid to the third world," said Gilmour.
"Any squabbles Roger and the band have had in the past are so petty in this context, and if reforming for this concert will help focus attention then it's got to be worthwhile."
The band released their first album "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" in 1967 and broke records with 1973's "The Dark Side Of The Moon", which remained in the American album charts for more than a decade.
In the 1980s relations between Waters and the rest of the group soured, with Waters suing over the rights to the Pink Floyd name.
Gilmore, Mason and Wright continued to record and tour as Pink Floyd, releasing their last studio album "The Division Bell" in 1994.
平克·佛洛伊德乐队于1967年发行了首张专辑《破晓门前的吹笛人》(The Piper at the Gates of Dawn),他们1973年的专辑《月之暗面》(The Dark Side Of The Moon)在《公告牌》杂志排行榜上创造了连续上榜超过741周的纪录。上世纪80年代沃特斯退出乐队,开始了个人音乐生涯,其他成员继续以平克-佛洛伊德的名字存在,并于1994年发行了最后一张专辑《藩篱之钟》(The Division Bell)。
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Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me
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