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“The Pink Floyd Exhibition – Their Mortal Remains” will open Sept. 19 at La Fabbrica Del Vapore in Milan, Italy.

Presented by the band’s Italian promoter, Fran Tomasi, the exhibit will be a multimedia event chronicling the history of the group from its first album (The Piper at the Gates of Dawn [1967]) to present.

Surviving members Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Nick Mason participated in the show’s development.

The exhibition will boast more than 300 artifacts displayed in nearly 27,000 square feet of space at the former factory. The show is designed by Stufish, longtime stage designers for the band, which was founded by the late Mark Fisher.

Aubrey “Po” Powell, surviving member of sleeve design firm Hipgnosis, is curator and creative director of the show. “If ever a band lent itself to a major retrospective exhibition it’s Pink Floyd,” he says. “For a curator, selecting what to include from such a treasure trove is both a dream and a nightmare. However, there were elements that just had to be included — for example a 20-meter-wide sculpture of The Wall, 5-meter-high inflatables and, of course, a flying pig.

“We shall be aiming for state-of-the-art visuals and sonic delivery. Similar to the experience of attending a Pink Floyd concert, you never know what to expect next,” he adds.

Admission to the four-week exhibit will be €15. Tickets go on sale Thursday, Feb. 27.

Details are at the event’s official site.

Nectar’s night club in Burlington, Vt., will play host to a series of evenings of Pink Floyd music in December.

“Dark Side of the Mountain” is a project created by drummer Matt Burr of Vermont band Grace Potter & the Nocturnals and fellow Vermont musician Bob Wagner.

Burr and Wagner will be joined by a variety of other artists each Wednesday night in December performing the music of Pink Floyd accompanied by a projection light show.

Shows Dec. 4, 11 and 18 are free to attend. The series culminates with a ticketed performance featuring Marco Benevento at Club Metronome, above Nectar’s, on Dec. 29. Tickets for the final performance are $8 in advance, $12 day of show.

“I’ll never forget the first time I heard ‘Animals’ and ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ as a kid,” says Burr. “It was a space ship for my brain, with pristine arrangements, tones, harmonies, solos, and chords. Every note was golden, and no one ever over-played.

“All of their albums continue to blow my mind, especially their masterful work in the ’70s,” he adds “The brilliant meat and potatoes drumming of Nick Mason has played a huge role in my development as a drummer.”

Burr along with the Nocturnals have toured with Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant, The Allman Bros. Band, Dave Matthews, Avett Bros. and others. The group’s fourth and latest album is “The Lion The Beast The Beat,” available on Hollywood Records.

Learn more about “Dark Side of the Mountain.”

Burr and Potter recently married. Here’s hoping she’s brushing up her “Great Gig in the Sky.”

Aardman Animations, the clever people behind the “Wallace & Gromit” films, have created a mind-bending trailer to promote BBC Radio 2‘s “Darkside,” which premieres Aug. 26.

“Darkside” is a radio drama by Tom Stoppard, commissioned by the BBC on the 40th anniversary of the Pink Floyd album “The Dark Side of the Moon.”

Read more about “Darkside” and watch the trailer here:

This summer BBC Radio will air “Dark Side,” a new radio drama by Tom Stoppard (pictured) inspired by Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of the Moon.”

Scheduled to air in August, the production will star Bill Nighy (“Love Actually”) and Rufus Sewell (“Dark City”).

The network describes the production as “a fantastical and psychedelic story based on themes from the seminal album.”

Stoppard is a noted playwright and screenwriter whose first major success was “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead” in 1966. He also wrote “Shakespeare in Love,” “Arcadia” and “The Real Thing.” His play “Rock ‘n Roll” drew inspiration from the life of Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett.

EMI is looking to “turn the moon dark” to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of the Moon.”

The record label is asking fans to listen to the album beginning at 12 midnight GMT on March 24 and to tweet their thoughts, memories and photos using hashtag #DarkSide40.

Though the record’s official release date is often misreported, according to EMI it was released in the U.K. March 24, 1973, making this Sunday its 40th anniversary.

Leading up to the anniversary, the official website of the band has been posting reimaginings of the album’s iconic sleeve design, by long-time Floyd designer Storm Thorgerson.