Pink Floyd have reunited and dropped their first new music in nearly 30 years in support of Ukraine

All funds from the song will go to the Ukranian Humanitarian Effort.
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Pink Floyd have reunited to release their first original music in nearly 30 years today. 

Hey, Hey, Rise Up is the first truly original song by the band since the release of their album The Division Bell in 1994.

The song features a sample of Ukranian band Boombox's member Andriy Khlyvnyuk. All proceeds will go towards the Ukranian Humanitarian Effort. 

In a press release, Pink Floyd - original members David Gilmour and Nick Mason are now joined by bassist Guy Pratt and keyboardist Nitin Sawhney - wrote the song very recently on March 30.

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On the creation of the new song, Dave Gilmour said: "I hope it will receive wide support and publicity. We want to raise funds for humanitarian charities, and raise morale. We want express our support for Ukraine and in that way, show that most of the world thinks that it is totally wrong for a superpower to invade the independent democratic country that Ukraine has become."

First formed in 1965, Pink Floyd are often credited as one of the first British psychedelic rock groups, one of the most experimental and innovative bands the country has ever seen. They are perhaps best known for their landmark 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon.

The band have seven UK Top 40 hits, including one Number 1 single (1979's Another Brick In The Wall), and six UK Number 1 albums - their most recent being 2014's The Endless River, at the time their first chart-topper in 20 years.

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Milly Hobbs

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I hope it raises lots and lots of money but most of all I hope that NATO and the EU, get out there and physically support these poor people. The West have become soft and timid. It should take its lead from those brave, long suffering Ukrainian people. They put Europeans to shame. Europeans should be fighting alongside the Ukrainians - to with the consequences. Putin must be destroyed.

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Josu Elordieta

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Down with NATO and the EU

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BleeUK

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2014 there had new music and had the album The Endless River,so it not really 30 years ago Pink Floyd had music out last that incorrect

AUCF

Angry UK Chart Fan

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Pathetic. Only when chaos happens some bands reunite and artists return... Bring on more wars and pandemics and natural disasters! Maybe Led Zeppelin will reunite too or King Crimson will release a new album!

And no, I don't care if it's for a cause, there are other causes that are important or more relevant to an individual but not as widespread because mainstream news business and manipulation.

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Zimowski

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you do realize all those bands don't exist just to please you? They felt like doing it, they did it.

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William Van Spanje

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Hard for King Crimson to unite since Greg Lake and Ian McDonald are deceased.

JC

John Carbone

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Fvckin A right.... where was these niggahz all throughout Palestine being raped and slaughtered? This ain't PF no mo at all, for me at least. I wont even consider listening to this garbage song whatsoever

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Rob Parkinson

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Far greater than an established artist/s dropping a lame cover version just to try and get back into the limelight

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Crashcris

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You've got Roger Waters for that cause, and you can keep him.

JH

John Hawkins

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A great song in a great cause. Well done Pink Floyd!

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BleeUK

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that not really true about the last work or music 30 years ago, Pink Floyd had new music and album in 2014 The Endless River so 2013 to 2014 there had music out! so if someone said Pink floyd last album was The Division Bell then thats incorrect.