Pink Floyd promote new release at Battersea Power Station

No flying pigs this time! Pink Floyd promote new release at Battersea Power Station 45 years after landmark provided the backdrop for band’s 1977 iconic Animals album cover

• Pink Floyd is promoting a new album release at Battersea Power Station
• The station was the backdrop for the band’s iconic Animals album cover in 1977
• The band launched a light show at the station to promote Animals 2018 Remix

Their most famous album artwork has found in music collections across the globe for the last 45 years.

Now, Pink Floyd is promoting the release of its Animals remix album by lighting up the Battersea Power Station that provided the backdrop for the album’s cover in 1977.

Pink Floyd self-produced its Animals album in the late 70s at Britannia Row Studios in London. The record’s cover featured a now-infamous photograph of Battersea Power Station with a pink pig flying in the sky above it.

Earlier this month, the legendary English rock band released a new version of the hit album, titled Animals 2018 Remix. The album’s cover includes a new shot of the power station and the iconic flying pig.

This week the band launched a light show at the station, projecting the album’s original artwork, to promote the release. But much to fans dismay, the display did not include an inflatable pig. 

Pink Floyd is promoting the release of its Animals remix album by lighting up the Battersea Power Station that provided the backdrop for the album’s cover in 1977

Earlier this month, the legendary English rock band released a new version of the hit album, titled Animals (2018 Remix). Nick Mason, Dave Gilmour, Rick Wright and Roger Waters of Pink Floyd are pictured (left to right) in 2005

Pink Floyd self-produced its Animals album in the late 70s at Britannia Row Studios in London. The record’s cover featured a now-infamous photograph of Battersea Power Station with a pink pig flying in the sky above it

Pink Floyd teased the promotional event last week in a cryptic tweet describing Battersea Power Station as an ’eminently suitable canvas.’ 

The band said it would be holding some type of event to ‘mark the release of Pink Floyd’s Animals 2018 Remix,’ but gave few details.

Fans instantly suspected there would be some sort of artistic performance that blended artwork and music. Some even hypothesized band members would make an appearance at the station.

Wednesday night, Pink Floyd officially launched the display – after having done a ‘test run’ earlier this week.

Photographs of display show the station illuminated with turquoise and magenta lights and a promo reading: ‘Pink Floyd Animals Remix out now.’

Projections from the album’s artwork also appeared to be launched off the building and over the River Thames. 

It is unclear if tonight’s display will differ from yesterday’s. There has also been no indication that the band will turn up for the show, which commences this evening.

Photographs of display show the station illuminated with turquoise and magenta lights and a promo reading: ‘Pink Floyd Animals Remix out now’

Projections from the album’s artwork also appeared to be launched off the building and over the River Thames

Pink Floyd teased the promotional event last week in a cryptic tweet describing Battersea Power Station as an ’eminently suitable canvas’

The band started teasing activity around the album’s release earlier this month when tweeted a photo of the 40-foot inflatable pig, nicknamed Algie, featured in the original album cover and told fans they were ‘getting ready.’ 

The Animals album, which is regarded as having one of the most iconic covers of all time, saw Algie floating between smoking chimneys at the power station.

The inflatable pig was hoisted above the London landmark for the album photoshoot. However, chaos broke out on the second day of shooting when the pig broke loose in a gust of wind.

The pig disappeared into the sky, forcing Heathrow Airport to cancel flight as it roamed through the clouds and interfered with flight routes. 

The pig eventually landed in farmland in Kent, allegedly frightening a herd of cows. 

The band started teasing activity around the album’s release earlier this month when tweeted a photo of the 40-foot inflatable pig, nicknamed Algie, featured in the original album cover and told fans they were ‘getting ready’

An inflatable pig floats above Battersea Power Station in London, on September 26, 2011, during a photocall to promote the release of remastered albums and previously unreleased music by British rock band Pink Floyd

The release of Animals 2018 Remix pays ode to the original album. It became available in-store and on streaming platforms on September 16.

However, its release was delayed for the last four years due to an alleged ‘dispute over some sleeve notes’ between band members Roger Waters and David Gilmour.

The release date was finally confirmed in June 2022 and the new album artwork, which shows the remains of the station surrounded by construction cranes, was released.

A deluxe version of the album is expected to be released on October 7. 

Meantime, Roger Waters has announced a farewell tour that includes three UK dates. He will play in Birmingham, London and Glasgow next May and June.

David Gilmour and Nick Mason also reunited earlier this year to release a charity single, titled Hey Hey Rise Up, that benefited Ukrainian humanitarian efforts following Russia’s invasion.  

It was the first time Pink Floyd released new music in 28 years.

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