# Pink Floyd to reunite to play Live 8 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 12, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-to-reunite-to-play-live-8/307978 "2005-06-12T16:17:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-to-reunite-to-play-live-8/307978/1 "2005-06-12T16:17:40Z")
In London. Lucky saps. [http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/12/pink.floyd.reut/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/12/pink.floyd.reut/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![yastobaal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/258eb7/32.png) [@yastobaal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yastobaal)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-to-reunite-to-play-live-8/307978/2 "2005-06-12T16:28:27Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > In London. > > Lucky saps. > > [http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/12/pink.floyd.reut/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/12/pink.floyd.reut/index.html) I saw them in Earl Court in 1991 (I think. I’m 23 so I was young). Deffinatly trying to get tickets to live 8 now. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-to-reunite-to-play-live-8/307978/3 "2005-06-12T16:29:23Z")
Wow, I thought I’d never see the day. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-to-reunite-to-play-live-8/307978/4 "2005-06-12T16:33:26Z")
Wow. With Roger Waters again. Floyd, how I wish you were here! ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-to-reunite-to-play-live-8/307978/5 "2005-06-12T16:38:28Z")
I’ve been sitting here for the past 15 minutes trying to figure out how to get to London for that show. Ain’t gonna happen… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-to-reunite-to-play-live-8/307978/6 "2005-06-12T16:43:09Z")
Maybe if it goes really well, and we all click our heels 3 times and say “There’s no place like the Dark Side of the Moon”, a tour may follow? Hope springs eternal! ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-to-reunite-to-play-live-8/307978/7 "2005-06-12T16:50:18Z")
[Charlie Brown] AAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!! [/CB] ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-to-reunite-to-play-live-8/307978/8 "2005-06-12T16:50:38Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > Maybe if it goes really well, and we all click our heels 3 times and say “There’s no place like the Dark Side of the Moon”, a tour may follow? Hope springs eternal! I was fortunate enough to see them on **The Dark Side of the Moon** tour back in 73 or 74. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-to-reunite-to-play-live-8/307978/9 "2005-06-12T16:50:58Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > Maybe if it goes really well, and we all click our heels 3 times and say “There’s no place like the Dark Side of the Moon”, a tour may follow? Hope springs eternal! Would you really get that much out of a creaky, nostalgic reunion tour? I’m not so sure, unless Pink Floyd continued to push the envelope in terms of on-stage visual creativity as they as in the '70’s. Wouldn’t you rather that they went in to the studio and cranked out something new and awesome? Though it probably wouldn’t be (see Page/Plant, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-to-reunite-to-play-live-8/307978/10 "2005-06-12T18:14:04Z")
Oh. God. :swallows hard: ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-to-reunite-to-play-live-8/307978/11 "2005-06-12T18:29:40Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Would you really get that much out of a creaky, nostalgic reunion tour? I’m not so sure, unless Pink Floyd continued to push the envelope in terms of on-stage visual creativity as they as in the '70’s. > > Wouldn’t you rather that they went in to the studio and cranked out something new and awesome? Though it probably wouldn’t be (see Page/Plant, etc.) Leaving out the word “creaky” (which I firmly believe it would NOT be), who says we can’t have _both_ ? ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-to-reunite-to-play-live-8/307978/12 "2005-06-12T19:19:41Z")
Wow. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-to-reunite-to-play-live-8/307978/13 "2005-06-12T19:20:02Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Would you really get that much out of a creaky, nostalgic reunion tour? YES. Speaking as someone who would never have had the opportunity to see them play together before they broke up, I would deffinatly get a lot out of a “creaky, nostalgic, reunion tour.” I wasn’t born untill 1982, and can’t head back to the 70’s, this is the closest I am gonna get. (New music would be great too though) ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-to-reunite-to-play-live-8/307978/14 "2005-06-12T19:23:27Z")
And after I just explained to my boss at length how Waters and Gilmour hated each other and would never play together again. Whoops. Of course, I’m still taking this with a grain of salt until I hear a confirming quote from Waters. Gilmour has attempted rapproachment with Waters before, and been rebuffed. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-to-reunite-to-play-live-8/307978/15 "2005-06-12T19:31:37Z")
> [@DarkSideoftheFloyd](#): > > Oh. God. :swallows hard: I think it says something nice about the nature of that place that when I heard the news this morning, my reaction was “Meh…whatever…but hey, I’m certainly happy for **DarkSideoftheFloyd** and **PinkFreud** ”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-to-reunite-to-play-live-8/307978/16 "2005-06-12T20:30:07Z")
I saw them in '72, just after Meddle was released. It’d be nice if they buried the hatchet and toured. After all, the money would be there, and it’d be the biggest tour of the year. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-to-reunite-to-play-live-8/307978/17 "2005-06-12T20:43:12Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > Leaving out the word “creaky” (which I firmly believe it would NOT be), who says we can’t have _both_ ? Good point. [sheepish confession] Fact is, I never got to see them live either – I was born in 1970 – and I’d definitely catch a show if I could. [/sheepish confession] ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2005, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-to-reunite-to-play-live-8/307978/18 "2005-06-12T23:43:40Z")
Now if Syd Barrett were to join them too, that would _really_ be something… ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-to-reunite-to-play-live-8/307978/19 "2005-06-13T01:15:51Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Now if Syd Barrett were to join them too, that would _really_ be something… Unfortunately, I think it’s safe to say that _that’s_ never going to happen. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-to-reunite-to-play-live-8/307978/20 "2005-06-13T05:19:50Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Now if Syd Barrett were to join them too, that would _really_ be something… You know, it’d be pretty cool if they projected images of Syd’s paintings on the screen during the show. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-to-reunite-to-play-live-8/307978.md?page=2)