Twenty years after the former Pink Floyd frontman's death, an exhibition, gig and star-studded tribute album will celebrate ...

January 6, 2026, marks what would’ve been Syd Barrett’s 80th birthday. The founding Pink Floyd frontman, who only appeared on the band’s first two albums, died on July 7, 2006, of pancreatic cancer.

The 80th anniversary of Syd Barrett's birth will be marked by a series of special events. The Pink Floyd co-founder passed away in July 2006, aged 60, but his legacy in the music business will be ...

Details have been announced for the celebrations for what would have been the 80th birthday of the late Pink Floyd co-founding member, singer and guitarist, Syd Barrett, which include a live concert ...

“I was passionately in love with the writing of Syd Barrett from Pink Floyd,” revealed David Bowie in the 2007 BBC documentary Seven Ages of Rock. “There was something slightly not-quite-with-us about ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images You will no doubt have read the obituaries for Syd Barrett, who died of cancer on July ...

Pink Floyd founding member Syd Barrett has died aged 60. It feels strange that he has finally died, because it’s as if the world had already been mourning him these past 34 years. His myth would be ...

Pink Floyd fans looking to own a bit of related history may be interested to learn that the orange and blue floorboards found in the room where Syd Barrett was photographed for the cover of his 1968 ...