Posted May 12, 2011 by Floydian Slip
Video from this evening’s performance of “The Wall” at London’s 02, featuring the reunion of David Gilmour and Roger Waters.
Gilmour joined Waters, along with drummer Nick Mason, for playing “Outside the Wall” at the end of the show, as well: Gilmour on mandolin, and Mason on tambourine.
Posted May 12, 2011 by Floydian Slip
The nearly-year-long mystery was revealed on David Gilmour’s blog moments ago: When would he make good on his promise from last summer to join Roger Waters on stage to perform “Comfortably Numb” with former bandmate Roger Waters?
The answer: At tonight’s o2 show in London.
Gilmour’s post says the song will be recorded for posting on “various websites,” but is not intended for an eventual DVD of “The Wall” in the works.
“Look on the bright side: that means you’ll get to see it sooner,” the post reads, before adding tonight’s appearance truly is a one-off.
“David is not repeating his special guest performance at a later occasion, I’m sorry to disappoint those of you with fingers crossed and tickets for later shows.”
Waters joined Gilmour on stage at a charity event last July (“David Gilmour, Roger Waters perform together“). The deal, as it was revealed later, was Gilmour agreed to, in turn, join Waters during one show of his “Wall” tour, to perform “Comfortably Numb.”
“Floydian Slip” turned the upcoming pairing into a contest (“Reunion date contest: The results“), asking people to guess the date of the reunion for a chance to win Waters’ “The Wall Live in Berlin” from 1990. Guess the exact date, and we’d throw in a sealed copy of Classic Rock‘s excellent 3D Pink Floyd issue from Fall 2009, celebrating the 30th anniversary of “The Wall.”
We’ll be mulling over entries this evening to determine our winner.
Posted April 21, 2011 by Floydian Slip
Three signed, framed photos of Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour are up for bid on eBay to benefit relief efforts in Japan.
View the listing and place your bid.
The auction, which ends at about 2 p.m. EDT, includes three photos taken of Gilmour and his guitars on Aug. 26, 2006, at the “It Started in Gdansk — The Space of Freedom” concert.
The event took place at the invitation of Lech Walesa to celebrate the 26th anniversary of the founding of Solidarity, the Polish trade union. The photos, taken by Anna Wloch, show Gilmour during sound check; a selection of his guitars; and David and his wife, Polly Samson, with Walesa.
As of this writing, bidding stands at £1,550 — about $2,540.
Posted March 9, 2011 by Floydian Slip
Posted March 4, 2011 by Floydian Slip
Join us this week for a special “Floydian Slip.” Show #778 will be devoted to Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, who turns 65 March 6th.
We’ll be playing all solo material from David this week, including plenty of rare live stuff.
Posted March 1, 2011 by Floydian Slip
Here’s a more affordable way to pick up David Gilmour’s “Live in Gdansk” (2008) on vinyl: The 5-LP boxset will be the featured buy at online retailer Pop Market this Friday, March 4.
The set will be more than 50% off its suggested retail price of $134.98 with free shipping in the U.S. That’s at least as low as $67.49.
This limited edition features the full concert including the bonus track “Wot’s… Uh The Deal?,” plus two of the private recording sessions known as the “Barn Jams.”
Pop Market is Sony Music’s members-only shopping club for music fans, which offers limited-time sales on selected titles each day. Membership is free.
Posted February 28, 2011 by Floydian Slip
The Gibson Web site recently featured an article from its archive on how guitarists can achieve a tone similar to Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour.
“Knowing what Gilmour played and being able to replicate his sound are two very different things,” Jim Dalrymple writes. “His tone is a mix of effects, amps, guitars and a lot of engineering behind the scenes.”
The article details equipment choices, processor settings (pictured) and more.
Posted February 15, 2011 by Floydian Slip
The first issue of new online magazine Guitar Interactive (GI) features Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour.
Gilmour is featured in several articles throughout the 120-page magazine, covering topics such as his solos, rhythm work, slide guitar technique, acoustic work, and more.
The magazine includes many instructional videos, too.
You can read the magazine free.
GI is an interactive digital magazine for guitarists. Drawing on the resources of teaching resource Licklibrary, GI brings together expert players to analyze the styles and techniques of the world’s best guitarists.
Posted February 14, 2011 by Floydian Slip
According to Scotland’s Daily Record newspaper, Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour is paying for psychiatric treatment for alleged computer hacker Gary KcKinnon (pictured).
McKinnon, a 45-year-old man from Glasgow who has Asperger’s Syndrome, has been fighting extradition to the United States for supposedly hacking into NASA and Pentagon networks a decade ago to search for evidence of UFOs.
He faces up to 60 years in prison if convicted.
Gilmour has been an advocate for McKinnon, participating in a charity re-recording of Graham Nash’s “Chicago” to benefit his defense and distributing updates about the case through his Web site and Twitter feed.
Government funding for McKinnon’s treatment was dropped last month due to cutbacks at the London National Health Service trust that was paying for his care.
Posted December 23, 2010 by Floydian Slip
David Gilmour‘s 2008 2-CD/2-DVD set “Live in Gdansk” is the featured buy at online retailer Pop Market.
The set is $25.99 (postage-free in the U.S.) until 12 noon tomorrow, Dec. 24. The product normally retails for $49.95.
Now in beta, Pop Market is Sony Music‘s members-only shopping club for music fans, which offers limited-time sales on selected titles each day. Membership is free.
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