How Pink Floyd Reunited for Live 8 - And Why They Never Toured

Extended cut on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-pin... A lot to cover in this video, including Pink Floyd's reunion with Roger Waters at Live 8 in 2005. Also discussing David Gilmour's 2006 album On an Island and the tour, which featured Richard Wright, the death of Syd Barrett which led to another partial reunion for the Madcap's Last Laugh tribute, the untimely passing of Richard Wright in 2008, and reunions between David Gilmour and Roger Waters, including a guest appearance on Roger's The Wall tour in 2011 with Nick Mason as well. So why didn't Live 8 lead to a full tour? #pinkfloyd #reunion #rogerwaters #davidgilmour #live8 #liveaid #richardwright #nickmason #Sydbarrett #tribute Phew! There was a lot to cover here. By 2005, Pink Floyd was known world over as one of the greatest classic rock bands in history. Their discography included: Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Saucerful of Secrets, More, Ummagumma, Atom Heart Mother, Meddle, Obscured by Clouds, Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals and The Wall. After release of The Final Cut, Bassist / Writer / Singer Roger Waters had left the group in 1985 and sued the band to prevent them from using the name, unsuccessfully. Now under guitarist / singer David Gilmour’s leadership, he, drummer Nick Mason and later keyboardist / singer Richard Wright released the albums Momentary Lapse of Reason and The Division Bell, both supported by successful tours. Pink Floyd went on indefinite hiatus in 1994 and remained inactive for a decade. No one expected them to reunite, especially with Roger, but Bob Geldof managed to bring them together to perform at the 20th anniversary of Live Aid called Live 8 character concert (in connection to the G8 summit to “Make poverty history”.) On July 2nd, 2005, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Rick Wright AND Roger Waters appeared on the London stage to perform “Speak to Me,” “Breathe,” “Money,” “Wish You Were Here” and “Comfortably Numb.” The concert was an enormous success and this would be the last time all four classic members would share the stage together. Rumours circulated for the next few years about a tour, but instead David Gilmour and Roger Waters toured as solo artists, Dave supporting his first solo album in 20 years, On An Island. Rick joined his band, along with Floyd touring bassist Guy Pratt, keyboardist Jon Carin and saxophonist Dick Parry. Nick Mason also sat in for a show at the Royal Albert Hall, along with David Crosby, Graham Nash and David Bowie. Roger toured a full performance on Dark Side of the Moon. A major loss occurred on July 7th 2006 when Syd Barrett, the band’s original frontman and writer of early singles such as “Arnold Layne” and “See Emily Play”, passed away from pancreatic cancer. A tribute concert, Madcap’s Last Laugh, was held in his honor on May 10th, 2007. Roger Waters would perform a solo song while Dave, Rick and Nick performed “Arnold Layne” with Jon Carin and bassist Andy Bell. Sadly this would be Pink Floyd’s last performance as Richard Wright died of lung cancer on September 15th 2008. For David Gilmour, this was the end of Pink Floyd, but he did reunite with Roger twice, including a guest performance of “Comfortably Numb” on Roger’s tour of The Wall from 2010 - 2013, documented in his film.