Pink Floyd have launched their first new album for more than two decades by simultaneously unveiling the artwork in locations around the world.
The band have completed unreleased songs, which were first conceived in the early 1990s, for new release The Endless River, with the first taster from the album trailed online today.
To mark the forthcoming release, images of the sleeve art were displayed in prime spots in numerous leading cities including London’s Southbank, as well as New York, Los Angeles, Sydney, Paris, Berlin and Milan.
The cover depicts a young man in open shirt punting across a sea of clouds towards the glow of the sun, and was dreamt up by 18-year old Egyptian digital artist Ahmed Emad Eldin. It is only the second Floyd cover which has not been produced by the late Storm Thorgerson, with the only other being their 1967 debut Piper At The Gates Of Daw, Guardian informs.
