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| 1968 | Pink Floyd |  |
| Jan Brighton Dave Gilmour steps in to play guitar when Syd is unable to play at Brighton |
| 1970 | Extraveganza '70 | |
| 6th June Syd Barret plays his first gig since leaving Pink Floyd, the occasion is "Extraveganza '70", staged at London's Olympia, he is assisted by Dave Gilmour and Jerry Shirley |
| 1970 | Pink Floyd | |
| May "Relics" is released |
| 27th June Bath "Atom Heart Mother" is premiered at the Bath Festival |
| 18th July London Pink Floyd play to 20,000 people at a free concert in London's Hyde Park |
| 10th Oct "Atom Heart Mother" is released |
| 1971 | Pink Floyd | |
| Nov "Meddle" is released |
| 1972 | Film of Pink Floyd | |
| 23rd Mar Pompeii Eight days of recording and filming starts in a Roman amphitheatre for "Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii" |
| 1972 | Pink Floyd | |
| 23rd Feb Chateau d'Herouville Recording starts at Chateau d'Herouville outside Paris for the soundtrack of "Obscured By Clouds", the album is finished by the 29th |
| 3rd June "Obscured By Clouds" is released |
| 4th June Sessions start at Studio 2 in Abbey Road on "Eclipse", the original title of "Dark Side Of The Moon" |
| 1973 | Pink Floyd | |
| 18th Mar "Dark Side Of The Moon" performed at Earl's Court, London |
| 23rd Mar "Dark Side Of The Moon" Released |
| 28th Mar "Dark Side Of The Moon" hits number 1 in the Billboard album chart |
| 1975 | Knebworth Festival | |
| 5th July Knebworth Knebworth Festival, Pink Floyd premiere "Wish You Were Here" with the help of Spitfires, pyrotechnics and an exploding plane which flies into the stage, probably the most spectacular gig of the decade |
| 1975 | Pink Floyd | |
| Sep Wish You Were Here is released; black, shrink-wrapped, anonymous |
| 1977 | Pink Floyd | |
| 19th Jan London Press launch for "Animals" at Battersea Power Station |
| 20th Jan "Animals" gets a world exclusive airing on the John Peel Show |
| 23rd Jan "Animals" is released |
| 1978 | Composition | |
| June "David Gilmour", the guitarist's first solo album is released |
| 1979 | Pink Floyd | |
| 16th Nov "Another Brick In The Wall Part II" is released, it goes straight to number one in the UK chart. It is the band's only number one |
| 30th Nov "The Wall" is finally released. |
| 1980 | Pink Floyd | |
| 22nd Mar "Dark Side Of The Moon" breaks the record for the longest stay on the Billboard Top 100 |
| 1981 | Film of Pink Floyd | |
| May Pink Floyd play Earls Court, the performance is filmed for inclusion in the film of "The Wall" |
| 1982 | Film of Pink Floyd | |
| 14th July The world premiere of "the Wall" takes place at The Empire, Leicester Square |
| 1983 | Pink Floyd | |
| 21st Mar "The Final Cut" is released |
| 1984 | Composition | |
| 5th Mar Dave Gilmour releases his second solo album, "About Face", co-written with Pete Townshend |
| 1985 | Live Aid | |
| May Dave Gilmour appears at Live Aid as part of Bryan Ferry's band |
| 1986 | Double O Charity | |
| 11th Oct Dave Gilmour appears on The Tube to help promote Pete Townshend's Double O Charity |
| 1986 | Pink Floyd | |
| 11th Nov A press statement is issued stating that Pink Floyd intend to continue using the name without Roger Waters and are recording their next album |
| 1987 | Pink Floyd | |
| June Dave Gilmour, Nick Mason and Rick Wright release "A Momentary Lapse Of Reason" as Pink Floyd |
| 23rd Dec Dave Gilmour and Roger Waters sign an agreement ending the years of dispute, Waters will receive a royalty payment every time that any images created during his time with the band are used |
| 1988 | Knebworth Festival | |
| 21st June Knebworth Pink Floyd are one of the supergroups to play Knebworth Festival in aid of Nordorf Robbins music therapy |
| 1988 | Pink Floyd | |
| 16th June Berlin Pink Floyd play Berlin, the concert is very close to The Wall and 2,000 East German fans gather at their side to listen |
| 21st June Versailles The band plays Versailles , the show is filmed for the "Delicate Sound Of Thunder" video |
| Sep Roger Waters issues a High Court writ against the band for breach of copyright, he claims $ 35,000 compensation for illegal use of the inflatable pig, one of his concepts, which has been used on their latest tour. |
| 21st Nov Pink Floyd release "Delicate Sound Of Thunder" |
| 1992 | Pink Floyd | |
| 9th Nov The "Shine On" box set is released |
| 1993 | Pink Floyd | |
| 23rd Mar To mark the 20th anniversary of the release of "Dark Side Of The Moon", the album is re-mastered, re-packaged and re-released |
| 1994 | Pink Floyd | |
| Pink Floyd are officially announced as the biggest grossing act in rock history, The "Division Bell" tour played to 5,500,000 people in 68 cities and grossed œ 150,000,000 |
| 20th Mar "The Division Bell" is released. In keeping with the album's theme - a lack of communication, the band don't give any press conferences or interviews |
| 15th July Detroit The first complete performance of "Dark Side Of The Moon" for nearly 20 years |
| 1995 | Pink Floyd | |
| A double album of "The Division Bell" tour is released, titled, "Pulse", the first 2,000,000 copies come in a "limited edition" box with a flashing light on the spine |
| Nick Mason's biography of the band is stopped by Dave Gilmour who wants an official biography which involves all three members |
| 1995 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | |
| Pink Floyd are inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame |
