When pigs fly: Pink Floyd reuniting for Live 8 concert

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LONDON -- Organizers of the London Live 8 concert said Sunday that the original members of the British rock band Pink Floyd would perform for the first time in more than two decades at the July event.

Guitarist David Gilmour, drummer Nick Mason, bass player Roger Waters and keyboard player Richard Wright have not performed onstage together since 1981.

The group, which achieved major success with their 1973 album ''Dark Side of the Moon,'' will join musical acts including Elton John, Madonna, Paul McCartney and Coldplay at the anti-poverty concert in Hyde Park on July 2.

''Like most people I want to do everything I can to persuade the G-8 leaders to make huge commitments to the relief of poverty and increased aid to the third world,'' Gilmour said. ''It's crazy that America gives such a paltry percentage of its GNP to the starving nations.''


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1. Pigs always fly when Pink Floyd plays