“Untethered and exploratory rock music made by four musicians who seemed to epitomise the notion of intellectual cool”: Pink Floyd’s Live At Pompeii to be rereleased at cinemas and IMAX

Pink Floyd at Pompeii.

The landmark concert film Pink Floyd’s Live At Pompeii is going to be rereleased in cinemas in IMAX format in April, and a soundtrack is going to be officially issued for the first time.

Originally shot in the deserted amphitheatre in October 1971 and released the following year, Live In Pompeii was stunningly different from any other concert film before or since. No one had ever thought of holding a concert in such an unusual place, nor to play without an audience. Unless you count the ghosts of the thousands who died in the doomed Roman city.