The set was heavy on Pink Floyd classics, consisting of “Wish You Were Here,” “Time,” “Breathe,” “Fat Old Sun,” and 4 tunes from The Division Bell David Gilmour, September 27, 2024 Gavin Elder David Gilmour started his Luck and Strange world trip Friday night at Circo Massimo in Rome, Italy. The set included 6 tunes from the brand-new album, numerous visitor looks by Gilmour’s child Romany, 3 tunes from 2015’s Rattle That Lock, and 12 Pink Floyd classics. Prior to the trip, Gilmour produced headings all throughout the world by stating he had an “hesitation to review the Pink Floyd of the Seventies,” and would rather play just tunes from his period fronting the band in the Eighties and early Nineties. As the months ticked by and opening night drew better, he had a modification of heart. “One needs to get up to truth occasionally,” he informed Rolling Stone in August. “I believe I will be doing a couple of things from that time, however it simply appears so long earlier. I understand individuals like them, and I enjoy playing them. I’ll be doing ‘Wish You Were Here,’ obviously I will. And a few of the important things that began with me anyhow.” He played not just “Wish You Were Here” on opening night, however likewise “Breathe (In The Air),” “Time,” “Breathe (Reprise),” “Fat Old Sun,” “The Great Gig in the Sky,” and “Comfortably Numb.” He likewise did 4 tunes (“Marooned,” “High Hopes,” “A Great Day for Freedom,” “Coming Back to Life”) from 1994’s The Division Bell, and one choice (“Sorrow”) from 1987’s A Momentary Lapse of Reason. The program was likewise the main unveiling of his brand-new support group following a number of off-the-radar warmup displays in Brighton, England. It consists of drummer Adam Betts, guitar player Ben Worsley, keyboardists Rob Gentry and Greg Phillinganes, long time bassist Guy Pratt, and backup vocalists Louise Marshall, Charlie Webb, and Hattie Webb. Romany Gilmour came out to join her dad on “The Piper’s Call,” and a cover of the Montgolfier Brothers 1999 tune “Between Two Points.” It’s uncertain precisely the length of time she’ll stay on the trip. “I have not truly exercised rather which [shows] she’ll have the ability to do,” the senior Gilmour informed Rolling Stone. “She’s at university studying in London, therefore I do not understand that she’ll have the ability to do it all.” Just like simply every David Gilmour solo performance in history, extending all the method back to his very first run outside the band in 1984, the night finished up with a skyrocketing “Comfortably Numb.” Simply recently, Ice-T’s heavy metal band Body Count launched their own take on the tune, with Gilmour himself on guitar. The group was stunned when word returned he wished to re-record his most popular guitar solo for them. “It was actually amusing,” Ice-T informed Rolling Stone. “We resembled, ‘Does David require a studio?’ They resembled, ‘David owns 5 studios.’ When the tune returned to us, we resembled, ‘Fuck. That’s dope!'” Gilmour has another 5 programs reserved in Rome before he heads over to London for 6 gigs at the Royal Albert Hall. The U.S. leg starts October 25 in Los Angels at the Intuit Dome. He then heads throughout town for 3 programs at the Hollywood Bowl. It concludes with 5 nights at New York’s Madison Square Garden in early November, consisting of one program that will start simply as outcomes begin coming in for the governmental election. “I want I had actually understood about the election night date before I reserved those days in, and I believe I ‘d have taken a day of rest on that day,” Gilmour informed Rolling Stone. “Hey, however you Yanks have actually got to do what you’ve got to do.” Here’s the total setlist for David Gilmour’s September 27 program at Circo Massimo in Rome, Italy: 5 A.M. Black Cat Luck and Strange Speak to Me Breathe (In the Air) Time Breathe (Reprise) Fat Old Sun Marooned Wish You Were Here Vita Brevis Between Two Points (with Romany Gilmour) High Hopes Sorrow The Piper’s Call (with Romany Gilmour) A Great Day For Freedom In Any Tongue The Great Gig in the Sky A Boat Lies Waiting Coming Back to Life Dark and Velvet Nights Scattered Comfortably Numb From Rolling Stone United States.
Enjoy David Gilmour Play a Stunning ‘Comfortably Numb’ at World Tour Kickoff
