Pink Floyd's First International Tour: Netherlands and Germany, 1967

The band’s first shows outside the UK were a mixed bag – wild enthusiasm in Amsterdam, confusion and hostility in parts of Germany. In September 1967, still with Syd Barrett, they played a short run of dates: The Hague, Amsterdam’s legendary Paradiso, then on to German cities like Hamburg, Essen, and Kiel. The Paradiso gigs were a high point, with the Dutch crowd soaking up the early psychedelic freakouts.

Germany was tougher. Audiences weren’t ready for the spacey, unstructured jams. In Hamburg, the band got pelted with beer bottles and had to cut a set short. They were often booked as support for better-known acts like The Jimi Hendrix Experience, which didn’t help the mismatch. Still, it was a baptism by fire that pushed the band to tighten their live show – and a first glimpse of how differently their music landed outside Britain.