Bob Geldof works miracle: Pink Floyd to perform together again!

GOD, WHY AIN'T I THERE? PEOPLE ARE YOU READING? SOME PEOPLE ARE GONNA SEE FULL FLOYD LINEUP AGAIN. WELL, ALL MEN ARE BORN EQUAL, BUT THOSE ARE MORE EQUAL!

On June 12, 2005 it was announced that Pink Floyd would be performing at the Live 8 concert with Roger Waters rejoining David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright. It will be their first concert together in over 24 years, the band's last show with Waters being at Earls Court in London in 1981. Live 8 is due to take place in London's Hyde Park on July 2, 2005. In a statement, David Gilmour said:
"Like most people I want to do everything I can to persuade the G8 leaders to make huge commitments to the relief of poverty and increased aid to the third world. It's crazy that America gives such a paltry percentage of its GNP to the starving nations. Any squabbles Roger and the band have had in the past are so petty in this context, and if re-forming for this concert will help focus attention then it's got to be worthwhile."
Said Waters: "It's great to be asked to help Bob raise public awareness on the issues of third world debt and poverty. The cynics will scoff, screw 'em! Also, to be given the opportunity to put the band back together, even if it's only for a few numbers is a big bonus."
The impossible has been accomplished by rocker Bob Geldof also starred in the 1982 cult movie Pink Floyd's The Wall as Pink, the main character who went comfortably numb and is a longtime acquaintance of the band. Nowadays he is on a noble mission to help the poor in Africa.
Pink Floyd will be a top draw in a show that will also feature performances by fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Paul McCartney, U2 and Elton John, along with A-list artists like Coldplay, Madonna and Mariah Carey.
So many people attempted to get tickets to the London show that it set a new record. Per The Guinness Book of Records, exactly 2,060,285 text-message entries were submitted for a shot at the free 66,500 pairs of tickets, making the giveaway the "largest text-message lottery" in history.