# Pink Floyd to reunite to play Live 8

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-to-reunite-to-play-live-8/307978>\
**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:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-to-reunite-to-play-live-8/307978/21 "2005-06-13T12:19:38Z")

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I saw them in the 90s too. Man, i’m crossing my fingers! 😃

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**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-to-reunite-to-play-live-8/307978/22 "2005-06-13T12:20:04Z")

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Well, I’ll be.

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-to-reunite-to-play-live-8/307978/23 "2005-06-13T12:20:37Z")

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Very cool! I wonder how much of a set they’ll do?

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-to-reunite-to-play-live-8/307978/24 "2005-06-13T12:21:42Z")

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And I guess I’d better resubscribe to the Echoes mailing group to read the latest speculation

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**Author:** ![TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoneyKingofNowhere)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-to-reunite-to-play-live-8/307978/25 "2005-06-13T13:06:13Z")

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> [@Tuckerfan](#):
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> You know, it’d be pretty cool if they projected images of Syd’s paintings on the screen during the show.

This _is_ a great idea.

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**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyd-to-reunite-to-play-live-8/307978/26 "2005-06-13T13:42:34Z")

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oh big deal, Roger’s back. If SYD were back, then it would be something newsworthy…

on preview, looks like I’m not the only one who feels that way…

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