Bass player Arthur Grant died on the 31st August 2026.
On March 17, 2026, the band announced that After the Astronaut would finally be released on June 26 by Sunset Boulevard Records. The album’s announcement came with the release of the single “Jet Fighter”.
In December 2025, the song “Human Cannonball” from Locust Abortion Technician was featured in Chapter 7 of the fifth season of Stranger Things .
On September 23, 2025, Haynes, Leary, Coffey and Pinkus reunited at Los Angeles’ Egyptian Theatre to perform a brief set as Butthole Surfers for the first time since October 2017, following the West Coast premiere of the documentary film The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt .
In May 2025, the band released the live album Live at the Leatherfly on Sunset Blvd Records.
A 4K restoration of Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii was screened in cinemas from 24 April 2025
Gerald Scarfe produced a series of animations for the Wall tour. He also commissioned the construction of large inflatable puppets representing characters from the storyline, including the “Mother”, the “Ex-wife”, and the “Schoolmaster”. Pink Floyd used the puppets during their performances. Relationships within the band reached an all-time low; their…
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Mike Pinera died on November 20, 2024, of liver cancer, aged 76. Pinera was the last surviving member of the Iron Butterfly lineup that performed on Metamorphosis .
On October 19, 2024 a reunited Iron Butterfly headlined the HRH Prog14 festival with a lineup that included Eric Barnett, Bernie Pershey, Jawn Star (keyboards, vocals, formerly with Player ) and Dave Wishton (bass, vocals). This was their first performance since 2021.
In October 2024, Pink Floyd agreed to sell their catalogue to Sony Music for approximately $400 million.