The Hardin Planetarium at Western Kentucky University is one of only nine sites in the United States that will present “Pink Floyd ‘The Dark Side of the Moon:’ 50 Years in a Heartbeat” starting this month and running through the end of March.
The show commemorating the 50th anniversary of the iconic rock ’n roll album is slated at 8 p.m. most Fridays and a few Saturdays beginning on July 21. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased online. The show dates are listed in a pull-down menu on the ticket page.
Planned in 100 planetariums around the world, the show is a revision of one that was staged in 1973 at London for the release of “The Dark Side of the Moon.” The band members, known for their anti-establishment beliefs, shunned the publicity of the event and did not attend the planetarium show. Instead, they were represented by cardboard cut-outs.
The 50th anniversary show combines “stunning visuals” of the solar system played out to the 42-minute album, according to the band’s website.
“Dark Side” was Pink Floyd’s eighth studio album. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.
Hardin Planetarium is located at 1906 College Heights Blvd., Bowling Green. The phone number is 270-745-4044.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
