Adrien Maben's influential Pink Floyd concert film, 1972's Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii, is getting a new theatrical release in IMAX this spring.
Newly restored and remastered in 4K from the original 35mm cut negative with remixed audio by Steven Wilson, the re-titled Pink Floyd at Pompeii - MCMLXXII returns to movie theatres worldwide on April 24.
Pink Floyd at Pompeii - MCMLXXII presents the first full 90-minute cut of the film, combining the 60-minute source edit of the band's performance — filmed without an audience, and captured in both daylight and at night — with the additional documentary segments filmed at Abbey Road Studios shortly after. Tickets for the screenings go on sale at 9 a.m. ET on March 5 via PinkFloyd.film.
A standalone soundtrack album featuring Wilson's remixed audio will also be available on May 2 (pre-order here). Previously only available on CD as part of Pink Floyd's The Early Years box set, it will receive its first-ever vinyl pressing in addition to being released on CD and digitally, as well as in Dolby Atmos.
"Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii is a rare and unique document of the band performing live in the period prior to The Dark Side of the Moon," the band's Nick Mason said in a statement. Today, they've shared a six-minute clip of "Echoes" from the project, which sees the band perform part of the 25-minute epic in the empty ruins of the titular Roman amphitheatre as part of the first very live concert to take place there in October 1971. Check that out below.