A laser light show, handwritten lyrics and previously unseen Pink Floyd concert footage will go on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in a new exhibition on the legendary band.

The V&A is hoping for a repeat of the huge success it enjoyed with its show on David Bowie in The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains.

It flew a giant inflatable pig - like the one featured soaring above Battersea Power Station on the cover of the album Animals - over the museum to publicise the show.

Photo issued by the Royal Mail of one of a set of ten stamps, featuring the album cover from Animals, that will be issued to mark fifty years since Pink Floyd turned professional and became the 'house band' of the London Underground movement of music and arts.

Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason was at the launch of the show, which will feature 350 objects and artefacts, including instruments, original artworks and psychedelic prints and posters.

Martin Roth, V&A director, said: "The V&A is perfectly placed to exhibit the work of a band that is as recognisable for its unique visual imagery as for its music."

The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains runs from May 13 to October 1 next year.