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Roger Waters might be wowing the crowds at The O2 with his spectacular live show of The Wall but Pink Floyd fans have the chance for a more contemplative experience.

To mark Waters run at the arena, the British Music Experience is exhibiting a series of photographs of the band spanning their entire career from the 1960s to 2005's Live 8.

It was a monument to Seventies progressive rock and now Pink Floyd's seminal album The Wall is being rebuilt for a new audience.

Thirty years after its release the Floyd's Roger Waters will bring a full scale production to Europe next year, including three dates at The O2.

Considering the importance of popular music in British culture the opening of the British Music Experience was long-overdue.

The interactive museum at The O2 celebrated its first anniversary last week and over 150,000 visitors have passed through its doors.

Roger Waters proved pigs could fly, and old rockers never die, as he wowed the crowds with a spectacular show at The O2 Arena.

A flying pig, covered in 'vote Obama' slogans took to the air as just one of a series of theatrical elements of the ex-Pink Floyd bassist's latest world tour.

Backed by ace session players, including long-time Floyd collaborator Snowy White on guitar, this was a sleek, well-produced set featuring all the band's "greatest hits".