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“The kids who bought it didn’t ask, ‘Where’s Syd?’ They increasingly asked, ‘Who’s Syd?’” Meddle marked the point where Pink Floyd as we know them really began

Their 1971 album marked the move from experimental live band to studio-based architects, paving the way for a decade of dominance

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“We went through a few phrases… they went off to play in America and left me to get on with it, stripped to my underpants”: Atom Heart Mother’s fusion of ordinary and extraordinary sounds gave Pink Floyd their first No.1 album

It had a cow’s arse on the cover and a features track sampling their roadie cooking bacon – but their fifth record’s wild genius paved the way to their future

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“Every time my parents went out, Supper’s Ready went on the turntable so I could listen uninterrupted”: Long before Gary Kemp joined Nick Mason’s band, he ensured prog infiltrated Spandau Ballet

Yes, Genesis and Pink Floyd were the guitarist’s early purchases – making more sense of his presence in Saucerful Of Secrets than it may have seemed

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Pink Floyd: nine of the iconic band's best songs, from Echoes to Learning to Fly

We rank the band’s best tracks

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"John Lennon doesn't have to do this, why should I?": Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, and the creation of See Emily Play

Written by co-founder Syd Barrett, See Emily Play gave the fledgling Pink Floyd their first UK Top 10 single

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"The thing to do would be to have an AI situation where David and Roger become friends again": Nick Mason's hope for the future of Pink Floyd

Nick Mason says artificial intelligence might be Pink Floyd's only hope of reconcilation

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"Playing live to 100 million people. It gets to you at times": The chaotic story of the day Pink Floyd hired an oil rig to play Venice and the mayor lost his job

It was supposed to be just another Pink Floyd extravaganza. Nobody expected blackmail and a scandal that forced a city's mayor to resign

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Who’s who of the people linked to the general election betting scandal

Here is what is known about the seven UK political figures identified, along with six unnamed police officers

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What is the Tory election betting scandal and what could happen next?

Labour has also suspended a parliamentary candidate, Kevin Craig, after it emerged he is being investigated for placing bets on a different political event

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Gambling Commission 'investigating others' as Tory betting scandal deepens

Four Conservatives are already reportedly being investigated by the watchdog after allegedly betting on the date of the General Election

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Pressure on Rishi Sunak as election betting scandal grows

Senior Tories call for suspension of those being investigated and Labour demands to know names in gambling circle

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Who are the five being investigated over UK election date betting scandal?

Among those with links to Rishi Sunak or the Tories so far identified are candidates, a Met police officer and a campaigner

The Guardian - UK

Fourth Tory official subject to investigation in election date betting scandal

Watchdog has reportedly told chief data officer he is part of inquiry and party says he has taken leave of absence

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Talk of Labour supermajority ‘nonsense’, says party’s Scotland leader – as it happened

Anas Sarwar says ‘not a single vote has been cast’ after Grant Shapps said Tories fighting to prevent Labour landslide even bigger than 1997

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Tory data chief takes leave of absence amid General Election betting claims

Nick Mason is understood to have taken time away from the Conservative Party.

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“We were sure A Whiter Shade Of Pale would drop out of the charts, but it just stuck there!” See Emily Play became Syd Barrett’s last stand as Pink Floyd took flight

Their second single remains their second-biggest hit, and will always be significant in their history

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"I was halfway through Atom Heart Mother thinking, 'What the f*** are we doing? This is a bit ambitious!'": The stories behind Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets' new Set The Controls setlist

Warning: Contains spoilers

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Wish You Were Here? Former beachfront home of legendary Pink Floyd manager on the market in Sussex for £3.5m

Steve O’Rourke lived at the property while he managed Pink Floyd

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"Our heyday was ninety-five per cent musically fulfilling and joyous and full of fun and laughter": David Gilmour on the past, the present and the future of Pink Floyd

David Gilmour on Rattle That Lock, Endless River, and 50 years of Pink Floyd

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"When thousands have been killed and millions have fled their homes, moaning about the absence of a band member who left 37 years ago is churlish at best." How Pink Floyd surprised the rock world with Ukraine charity single Hey Hey Rise Up

The inside story of Pink Floyd's first new original music since 1994’s The Division Bell in aid of Ukraine

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“It ended up very miserable. Even Roger Waters says what a miserable period it was – and he was the one who made it entirely miserable”: How Pink Floyd made The Final Cut and learned to hate each other

Set against the backdrop of the Falklands Conflict, the band’s last album with Waters came together while their break-up was on the horizon

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“We weren’t tempted to pursue that particular avenue, no. Led Zeppelin did it much better than us”: the Pink Floyd song that made Nick Mason realise they would have been a “terrible” heavy metal band

In an alternative universe, a late 60s Pink Floyd song could have taken them down an entirely different path

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Highgate house where Pink Floyd was formed available to rent for £12,000pcm

Pink Floyd's Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Richard Wright and Syd Barrett all lived at the house on Stanhope Gardens in the sixties

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‘They thought racing movies never made money’: Michael Mann’s 30-year quest to bring Ferrari to the screen

Adapting the story of the Italian car owner’s tumultuous life has been a major mission for the director. He talks about his need for speed, his love of the night and his unlikely love of British TV

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"I’m not going for massive commercial success. I want to make the music I like." Dave Kerzner and New World

With a successful crowd‑funding campaign and a star-studded solo album under his belt, Dave Kerzner’s finding his own voice in a New World.

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