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‘Pink Floyd at Pompeii: MCMLXXII’ Live Album Makes Top 10 Debut On Multiple Billboard Charts • May 14, 2025, 6:25 PM ET (Billboard)
Pink Floyd return to top of UK album charts with 1972 Pompeii concert recording • May 9, 2025, 11:48 AM ET (The Guardian)

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Awards And Honors Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (1996) • Grammy Award (1994)
Notable Works “A Saucerful of Secrets” • “Meddle” • “The Dark Side of the Moon” • “Wish You Were Here”
Date 1965 - c. 1994
Related People Syd Barrett • Roger Waters • David Gilmour • Rick Wright

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