Madcap’s Last Laugh,” a tribute to the late Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett, will take place at Barbican Hall in London on May 10.
The event, co-produced by Joe Boyd and Nick Laird-Clowes, will feature Kevin Ayers, The Bees, Vashti Bunyan, Mike Heron, Robyn Hitchcock, Chrissie Hynde, Captain Sensible, Sense of Sound and others.
The house band for the evening will include: Andy Bell (Oasis), bass; Simon Finley (Echo & The Bunnymen), drums; and Ted Barnes (Beth Orton), guitar.
The show will include rare film footage and projections of Barrett’s paintings.
Boyd produced Floyd’s “Arnold Layne” single in 1967. Laird-Clowes is a former member of The Dream Academy (“Life in a Northern Town”) and was a contributing songwriter on Floyd’s “The Division Bell” album.
Tickets are £15-25. For more information, visit the Barbican Web site.
