Pink Floyd announce Wish You Were Here 50 release

This also includes an unreleased track

Pink Floyd have unveiled Wish You Were Here 50 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their iconic album.

Wish You Were Here. Those four words tell you everything you need to know. The record became Floyd's first album to achieve Number 1 success here in the UK.

Since 1975, this album has hooked generations of people with its strikingly timeless and spellbinding anthems.

Household names such as multi-part eulogy to Syd Barrett, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, the absorbing and magnetic Welcome To The Machine and its title track, it transcends a listening experience. It's a whole mind-altering journey.

Pink Floyd's 2025 has already been a year to celebrate, with their Pink Floyd at Pompeii - MCMLXXII (2025 Mix) album, a live version of their historic 1972 performance reaching Number 1 on the UK Albums Chart in May.

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Now, fast forward five months, and Wish You Were Here 50 is offering fans a unique lens into the world of the band, with six previously-unreleased alternate versions and demos to sink your teeth into.

It will be released in multiple formats including 3LP, 2CD, Blu-ray, digital and a Deluxe Box Set.

The digital release includes the original 1975 album, featuring a new Dolby Atmos mix. It also includes 25 bonus tracks made up of nine studio rarities, and 16 live recordings at Pink Floyd's Los Angeles Sports Arena concert on April 26th 1975, now receiving its first official release.

The Blu-ray edition also gives fans the chance to see three concert screen films from the band's 1975 tour, plus a Storm Thorgerson short film.

The Deluxe Box Set includes all 2CD, 3LP (on exclusive clear vinyl) and Blu-Ray material, plus a fourth clear vinyl LP, Live At Wembley 1974, a replica Japanese 7" Single of Have A Cigar b/w Welcome To The Machine, a hardcover book including unseen photographs, a comic book tour programme and Knebworth concert poster.

And it doesn't stop there. To celebrate this exciting reveal, Pink Floyd have dropped The Machine Song - an unreleased version of Welcome To The Machine. Shorter in length than the epic original, The Machine Song (Demo #2, Revisited)' gives fans an exciting preview of what to expect from Wish You Were Here 50.

Other studio rarities to be released include The Machine Song (Roger's demo), the first home demo of the track Roger Waters originally brought to the band as well as a previously unheard instrumental mix of the song Wish You Were Here showcasing David Gilmour's pedal steel guitar.

And, for the very first time, a complete Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-9) that joins together the two halves of the song which has been newly mixed in stereo by James Guthrie.

The record's themes of absence, isolation and transience are intrinsically captured, right down to the minute details. We celebrate fifty years of Wish You Were Here today; striking then, persuasive now, and all of the above for the next fifty years to come.

When is Wish You Were Here 50 being released and how can I buy it?

Wish You Were Here 50 is out on December 12.

What is the track list for the Wish You Were Here 50 anniversary release?

The full Wish You Were Here 50 tracklisting & formats can be found below, including the special boxset release:

LEGEND

* never before officially released

DIGITAL

"DISC 1" - Original album
1.   Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-5)
2.   Welcome to the Machine
3.   Have a Cigar
4.   Wish You Were Here
5.   Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 6-9)

"DISC 2" - Bonus tracks
6.   Wine Glasses (2:13)
7.   Have a Cigar (Alternate Version)
8.   Wish You Were Here (featuring Stéphane Grappelli)
9.   Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Early Instrumental Version, Rough Mix) *
10.   The Machine Song (Roger's Demo) *
11.   The Machine Song (Demo #2, Revisited) *
12.   Wish You Were Here (Take 1) *
13.   Wish You Were Here (Pedal Steel Instrumental Mix) *
14.   Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-9, New Stereo Mix) *

"DISC 3" - Live bootleg
15.   Raving and Drooling (Live bootleg - Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
16.   You've Got To Be Crazy (Live bootleg - Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
17.   Shine On You Crazy Diamond (1-5) (Live bootleg - Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
18.   Have a Cigar (Live bootleg - Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
19.   Shine on You Crazy Diamond (6-9) (Live bootleg - Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
20.   Speak to Me (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
21.   Breathe (In The Air) (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
22.   On the Run (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
23.   Time (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
24.   The Great Gig in the Sky (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
25.   Money (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
26.   Us and Them (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
27.   Any Colour You Like (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
28.   Brain Damage (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
29.   Eclipse (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
30.   Echoes (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *

2CD

"DISC 1"
1.   Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-5)
2.   Welcome to the Machine
3.   Have a Cigar
4.   Wish You Were Here
5.   Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 6-9)
6.   Wine Glasses
7.   Have a Cigar (Alternate Version)
8.   Wish You Were Here (featuring Stéphane Grappelli)

"DISC 2"
9.   Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Early Instrumental Version, Rough Mix) *
10.   The Machine Song (Roger's Demo) *
11.   The Machine Song (Demo #2, Revisited) *
12.   Wish You Were Here (Take 1) *
13.   Wish You Were Here (Pedal Steel Instrumental Mix) *
14.   Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-9, New Stereo Mix) *

3LP

Side A
1.   Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-5)
2.   Welcome to the Machine

Side B
1.   Have a Cigar
2.   Wish You Were Here
3.   Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 6-9)

Side C
1.   Wine Glasses
2.   Have a Cigar (Alternate Version)
3.   Wish You Were Here (featuring Stéphane Grappelli)

Side D
1.   Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Early Instrumental Version, Rough Mix) *
2.   The Machine Song (Roger's Demo) *

Side E
1.   The Machine Song (Demo #2, Revisited) *
2.   Wish You Were Here (Take 1) *
3.   Wish You Were Here (Pedal Steel Instrumental Mix) *

Side F
1.   Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-9, New Stereo Mix) *

Blu-Ray

Wish You Were Here original 5-track album
•   2025 Dolby Atmos Mix
•   2011 5.1 Surround Mix
•   1975 Stereo Mix
•   1975 4.0 Quad Mix

Bonus Audio Material (stereo)
1.   Wine Glasses
2.   Have a Cigar (Alternate Version)
3.   Wish You Were Here (featuring Stéphane Grappelli)
4.   Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Early Instrumental Version, Rough Mix) *
5.   The Machine Song (Roger's Demo) *
6.   The Machine Song (Demo #2, Revisited) *
7.   Wish You Were Here (Take 1) *
8.   Wish You Were Here (Pedal Steel Instrumental Mix) *
9.   Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-9, New Stereo Mix) *

Live Bootleg (stereo)
1.   Raving and Drooling (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
2.   You've Got To Be Crazy (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
3.   Shine On You Crazy Diamond (1-5) (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
4.   Have a Cigar (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
5.   Shine on You Crazy Diamond (6-9) (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975)*
6.   Speak to Me (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
7.   Breathe (In The Air) (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
8.   On the Run (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
9.   Time (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
10.   The Great Gig in the Sky (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
11.   Money (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
12.   Us and Them (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
13.   Any Colour You Like (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
14.   Brain Damage (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
15.   Eclipse (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
16.   Echoes (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *