Live 8 reunites Pink Floyd

The Live 8 concert in London's Hyde Park will reunite the classic line-up of Pink Floyd. David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters and Richard Wright last performed together in public in 1981.

The Live 8 concert in London's Hyde Park will reunite the classic line-up of Pink Floyd. David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters and Richard Wright last performed together in public in 1981.

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