THE 25 MOST IMPORTANT GIGS



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6 December 1976 Battersea Power Station, London, England
Launch of the flying pig filmed by the Hipgnosis team in December 1976. A helicopter took charge of the aerial shots. The video was not used for the following tour but in 1987 by Roger Waters.
We saw excerpts of this video during the 2005 « Live 8 » event. This video was used before that in 1977 as part of a television advertisement to promote the release of the album. It has also been used in some of the band's programs and more recently in the promotion of album reissues called «Why Pink Floyd ?» in 2011. Outtakes were shown during the exhibition at the Parc de la Villette in 2003. Someone filmed the screen and broadcast it more widely.

13 August 1976 « Unknow Show », NDR3, Berlin, Germany
No more details about this supposed broadcast. Source: « The Amazing Pudding » fanzine #3.

30 December 1976 « Unknow Show », NDR3, Berlin, Allemagne
No more details about this supposed broadcast. Source: « The Amazing Pudding » #3

January 1977« In the Flesh Tour - Germany Leg»

A rumor indicate a German TV crew has recorded professionally one of the gig of this leg. This tape would have been proposed to the band who refused because the price. Highly doubtful. The existence of a 8mm AM capture is proved. This tape circulates among Pink Floyd inner circle

21 January 1977 « News Report », NDR3, Berlin, Germany
A news report of the German TV channel.

13 January 1977 « Amougies », Radio-Canada, Montreal, Canada

Broadcasting of « Amougies & Music Power »

29 January 1977 Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany
Since many years, there is a rumour about the existence of a pro-shot video by a local station (or the footage of the rehearsals) On August 2023, a sampler was posted online. Actually, this footage come from a report broadcasted on ZDF German channel. Two collector leaked the TV segment in two qualities (two different scans). Eventually, the « Pink Floyd research group » released on August 2025 a synchonized footage with the soundboard bootlegs. The quality (the band was shot on 16mm and the sound were marvellous. Maybe the best audio-videotestimony for this tour

February 1977 « Odeon - Le immagini della musica  », Rai Duo, Roma, Italia
A special TV show dedicated to the release of « Animals» with some extracts of Set the controls from «Music Power» movie and a sequence with the track Dogs.

1st February 1977 StadtHalle, Vienna, Austria
A 17-minute 8mm film that appeared on the bootleg DVD called « 8mm »

3 February 1977 Hallenstadion, Zurich, Suisse
A former rumor stated a 30-min tape in Black & White.

10 February 1977 « Vous avez dit Bizarre ? », Antenne 2, Paris, France

A report by Michel Lancelot about the forthcoming concert in France (with the drawer Folon as guest).

21 February 1977 « Journal Télévisé de 20 heures », Antenne 2, Paris, France
A report by Jean-Jacques DUFOUR with an interview of David & Roger made in Rotterdam prior their French shows. Rebroadcasted on 25 April the same year and in the french show  « Culture Rock - Spécial Pink Floyd», in 1992. Many rebroadcasted were made since this last date.

24 February 1977 Westfallenhalle, Dortmund, Germany
Another film by the celebrated Rolf Ossenberg, also known as Grolsch, is currently only available on VHS. This exceptional film features almost all the songs from the setlist and showcases dozens of beautiful close-ups of the band.  With rare glimpse of Wish you were here and Have A Cigar..  Released on November 2025 by the «Pink Floyd research group».

February 1977 Pavillon de Paris, Paris, France

This gig has surely been shot by the notorious french fan nicknamed Paul D. The tape (among others) are disappeared after his death in the nineties. The tape show the rehearsals and the concert as

March 1977 Empire Pool of  Wembley, London, England

One of the London concerts had been shot completely. Since there is no picture of cam on these dates seen on the pictures taken during these gigs. it seems very unlikely. However, the rehearsals were filmed by the band's management to check the visual effects.

Brian Humphries (sound engineer):

« (...) To judge their show objectively, they even asked a cameraman to film rehearsals and a full concert: when we saw the footage, we noticed a number of errors in set-up which were subsequently rectified »

« La sono de Pink Floyd », Le Haut Parleur, 2 Juin 1977

1st March 1977 OlympiaHalle, Munich, Germany

A 8mm movie who last to 10 min 55. The audio track come from the concert recorded on 28 February 1977 since the audio of this concert doesn’t exist until today. A bette copy Wes released in 2022

6 March 1977 « Musique and Music », Antenne 2, Théâtre de l'Empire, Paris, France
This show hosted by Stephane Collaro and Jacques Martin show a short report about the recent appearance of Pink Floyd in Paris … with an interview of the band’s driver !

25 April 1977 « Aujourd’hui Magazine », Antenne 2, Paris, France
An interview with the Floyd; probably the same thing broadcasted on 21 February

7 May 1977 Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, USA

This 4 minutes tape recorded in 8mm appeared on the DVD bootleg «8mm» (released on Harvested label). The audio track come from the previous date since no audio had been found for this concert. A high generation copy unlikely. But a scan of the great low-copy of the reels was done at the end of 2022 for a total of 15 minutes.
This tape was synchronized: we can hear among others Sheep, Dogs, Pigs, the two-parts of Shine on ou Wish you were here, Have a Cigar and Welcome to the machine

21 May 1977 « All you need is love: All along the watchtower - Sour Rock », BBC TV, London, England
A program directed by Tony Palmer dedicated to the British rock scene in many episodes. Some documents of Pink Floyd were shown. This tape is in the vaults of the « British Film Institute ». The sequence dedicated to Pink Floyd is the famous red-wash sequence of Set the Controls … shot in 1968 (see the page dedicated to 1968)

25 May 1977 « Un sur Cinq»,  Antenne 2, Paris, France
The last of the three segments is dedicated to a band’s retrospective.

15 June 1977 Milwaukee Stadium, Milwaukee, USA

Two 45-second reels showing the audience around the stadium just before the show and a very short (distant) clip of the rehearsals with the introduction of Sheep were filmed for the local TV station WTMJ.  These two reels are still present in the station's archives. Only the first one was out.

23 June 1977 Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinatti, USA

A 3 minutes footage in Super 8mm by Charles Miller. The distant footage show some extracts of Pigs (three different ones), Welcome to the Machine, Shine on (differents parts). We can seen clearly the rising of the inflatable pig !

25 June 1977 « World Series of Rock », Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, USA

A 90-second tape in fairly good quality. Unfortunately, it was made by Guy Balson as a plain souvenir. He is close to the rather high stage and you can only see the top of the musicians. There are a few shots of Waters during Pigs on the Wing and Gilmour on Pigs (three different ones) as well as shots of the crowd and the pig at the end of the reel.  You can also see the inflatable props (as the TV set, the sofa, etc.) and the famous sheep-shaped parachutes propelled by air cannons!

July 1977 Madison Square Garden, New York, USA

One of the New York concerts would be filmed. It’s possibly the same person, an Italian, who filmed the Genesis concert of 1976. This tape would have seen on eBay in 2006.

6 July 1977 « Journal », Radio-Canada TV, Montréal, Canada

A « Radio-Canada » report on the evening TV news show which features shots around the stadium. The reporter states that they cannot take pictures inside the stadium since the group objected to a television coverage of the event. The ban on filming inside the enclosure is confirmed by the Quebec press too.

6 July 1977 Stade Olympique, Montréal, Canada

Given the high profile of the concert in Canada (it was presented as a special event, in particular because the  Stade Olympique was hosting a rock concert for the first time) and the huge audience (still an all-time record), many people claimed to have seen video material. Nevertheless, the band and management had imposed a blockade on the local press, as attested by the Quebec press at the time

«He was forbidden to enter the Stadium with the CBC cameraman (in the afternoon), claiming that the Pink Floyd group opposed it, not needing advertising»

«Les 80,000 fans de Pink Floyd auraient dû mettre leurs $10 sur un album au lieu d'aller le voir», La Presse, 7 July 1977


While professional teams (such as those from Radio Canada or the CBC) were excluded, it was inevitable that some of the many spectators would bring along super 8mm cameras. Although security was strict at first, it was soon overwhelmed by the flood of spectators, some of whom took advantage of openings here and there in a stadium still under construction.
Finally, one of these amateur testimonials was added to the « Kino Library » archive under the reference JK9. It is a short account with a front shot showing the whole band but very little of the effects of the stadium. A longer version of this tape exists

Source: Kino Libraries


A second source was released in June 2023. This is a 15-minute super 8mm film of very good quality which features all the songs (but partially due to the technical limitations of 8mm film) with the exception of the final encore. This tape, filmed by Daniel Graham, has been added to the « Lola Clips » image bank. This source is under synchronisation by the famous collector Nick from the « Pink Floyd research group »  An particular interesting thing is to see the legendary spitting incident occur at 1:41 with Waters spitting on the audience!

Source: Lola new June 2023


A persistent rumour There are also indications that a betamax or uMax copy was circulating among collectors in early 1978. Some claim that extracts were used in a VH1 documentary! Doubtful!

13 July 1977 « Un sur Cinq », Antenne 2, Paris, France

No more details about this show referenced in the INA vault with a subject on Pink Floyd.

29 July1977 « Restez donc avec nous », TF1, Paris, France

In the sequence « La leçon de mode », we can hear excerpts from « Animals ». Present as hidden bonus on the bootleg DVD « French TV 1972-1977 ».

25 September 1977 « Les rendez-vous du Dimanche », TF1, Paris, France

No more details about this show referenced in the INA vault with a subject on Pink Floyd.

29 September 1977 « Le grand échiquier », Antenne 2, Paris, France
Three excerpts of the Ballet Pink Floyd (the special TV show broadcasted later in December) with Roland Petit who remembers his work with the band.

12 November 1977 «  Numéro 1 à Sacha Distel  », TF1, Paris, France

Sequence with the french actor Gérard Jugnot who use the track Careful with that Axe, Eugène

19 December 1977 « Pink Floyd ballet », Antenne 2, Paris, France

A TV show only showing the dancers (without audience). An excellent copy was unearthed in 2009.

Photos press for the TV show.

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