Pink Floyd announce major exhibition at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum

Running for 20 weeks from 13th May to 1st October 2017, The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains is being held to mark the 50th anniversary of the band’s debut single ‘Arnold Layne’.

Described as an ‘immersive, multi-sensory and theatrical journey’ through multiple aspects of the band’s career, the exhibition will chronicle the music, iconic visuals and staging of the band.

Surviving Pink Floyd members Nick Mason, Roger Waters and David Gilmour have all been involved in the project, which is being promoted by Michael Cohl and Iconic Entertainment Studios.

The exhibition will boast more than 350 objects and artefacts including a host of unseen material.

There will be set and construction pieces from some of Pink Floyd’s seminal album covers and stage performances including The Division Bell, The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall.

Among the smorgasbord of items on display are instruments, music technology, original designs, architectural drawings, handwritten lyrics and psychedelic prints and posters, and the sonic experience will be helmed by Sennheiser.

Other attractions include never-seen-before Pink Floyd gig footage and a custom-designed laser light show.

Tickets to the exhibition dates are on sale from Planet Rock Tickets now.

Martin Roth, Director of the V&A said: “The V&A is perfectly placed to exhibit the work of a band that is as recognisable for its unique visual imagery as for its music. Pink Floyd is an impressive and enduring British design story of creative success.

“Alongside creating extraordinary music, they have for over five decades been pioneers in uniting sound and vision, from their earliest 1960s performances with experimental light shows, through their spectacular stadium rock shows, to their consistently iconic album covers.

“The exhibition will locate them within the history of performance, design and musical production by presenting and complementing the material from Pink Floyd’s own archive with the V&A’s unrivalled collections in architecture, design, graphics and literature.”

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Planet Rock were at the launch announcement, where Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason and a certain flying pig caught the attention of passers-by! You can hear our interview with Nick Mason below:

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> We're down at the @V_and_A for a special @pinkfloyd announcement pic.twitter.com/5PZ5Ksq6yT > > — Planet Rock (@PlanetRockRadio) August 31, 2016

> Strange object currently seen in the sky over central London #PinkFloyd pic.twitter.com/J5S05EA0P3 > > — Nick Mason (@nickmasondrums) August 31, 2016