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13 February 1981
The Wall was performed live for eight consecutive nights at Wesfalenhalle in Dortmund, West Germany. Snowy White joined Thin Lizzy and was replaced by Roy Harper's touring guitarist Andy Roberts. The MC was German actor Willi Thomczyk.

13 June 1981
The Wall was staged for a further six nights at Earls Court, specifically for the filming of a planned movie of The Wall. Gary Yudman was reinstalled as MC, and Nick Mason's drum tech Clive Brooks took over from surrogate band member Willie Wilson for the first night after Willie was taken ill.

21 November 1981
Pink Floyd released the compilation album A Collection Of Great Dance Songs in the US. Tracklisting: One of These Days; Money; Sheep; Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Parts 1-9; Wish You Were Here; Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2. It reached No. 31 in the charts.

23 November 1981
A Collection Of Great Dance Songs was released in the UK, and reached No. 37 in the charts.

1 May 1981
Nick Mason's solo album, Fictitious Sports, was released in the UK and US.