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Watch “David Gilmour Live at Pompeii” on YouTube Friday

Posted May 5, 2020 by Floydian Slip

David Gilmour will stream “Live at Pompeii,” the concert film created from his 2016 shows at the ancient Italian amphitheater, on YouTube Friday at 12:00 EDT.

Gilmour played two sold-out shows at Pompeii in July 2016. It marked his return to the venue 45 years after Pink Floyd played it for the band’s 1972 film “Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii.”

“David Gilmour Live at Pompeii” was released as audio and video sets in September ’17.

Pink Floyd is streaming a full concert performance each week through May 17 as part of the @YouTube Film Festival.

Watch the film


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David Gilmour to live stream from his home

Posted April 2, 2020 by Floydian Slip

David Gilmour and wife Polly Samson will host a live streaming event from their home today to promote the release of Samson’s new novel “A Theatre for Dreamers.”

The event will take place at 8:30 pm BST (3:30 pm EDT) on the Facebook pages of Gilmour (www.facebook.com/davidgilmour) and Samson (www.facebook.com/pollysamson).

Official events to celebrate the novel’s publication were cancelled due to the pandemic. The book is being released today.

Gilmour and Samson married in 1994. They’ve written songs together since Pink Floyd‘s “The Division Bell” (1995).


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Lost David Gilmour track to receive Record Store Day release

Posted March 10, 2020 by Floydian Slip

A instrumental David Gilmour played on without credit for a 1995 film soundtrack will receive its first release on Record Store Day, April 18.

“Grand Central Station” from the film “Hackers” was originally credited to Deep Cover, but not included on any of the three soundtracks that’ve been released for the film.

Gilmour recorded his contribution during a visit to bassist and Floyd collaborator Guy Pratt during the time Pratt was working on the soundtrack with director Ian Softley.

The new double-LP will also include the previously unreleased “One Combination” by Pratt.


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“Floydian Slip” songlist #1247

Posted March 9, 2020 by Floydian Slip

David Gilmour Birthday Special

  1. Sorrow
    David Gilmour Live at Pompeii (David Gilmour) (2017)
  2. Marooned
    The Strat Pack: Live in Concert (David Gilmour) (2005)
  3. Cry from the Street
    David Gilmour (David Gilmour) (1978)
  4. Breathe
    Dark Side of the Moon (Classic Albums Series DVD) (2003)
  5. Smile
    Live from Abbey Road (David Gilmour) (2006)
  6. All Lovers Are Deranged
    About Face (David Gilmour) (1984)
  7. Here, There and Everywhere
    David Gilmour & Friends (David Gilmour f/Joe Gilmour) (2015)
  8. In Any Tongue
    Rattle That Lock (David Gilmour) (2015)

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Happy Birthday, David Gilmour

Posted March 6, 2020 by Floydian Slip

Happy 74th Birthday to David Gilmour (b. March 6, 1946, Grantchester, U.K.)


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“Floydian Slip” preview #1247

Posted March 3, 2020 by Floydian Slip

Join us this week for Floydian Slip #1247 — a show devoted to David Gilmour on his 74th birthday. Listen for an hour of rarely-heard solo stuff by David:

  • A 2006 performance recorded live at Abbey Road
  • David and his son, Joe, covering The Beatles
  • A solo acoustic performance from The Dark Side of the Moon
  • And much more

“Floydian Slip” is heard across the 100 stations of our Random Precision Radio Network. Learn where and when to listen.


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David Gilmour to appear on Peter Green tribute album

Posted February 25, 2020 by Floydian Slip

Tonight’s all-star concert to honor Fleetwood Mac founder Peter Green and featuring Pink Floyd‘s David Gilmour will be released as a live album and concert documentary.

Tonight’s show, billed as “Mick Fleetwood & Friends Celebrate The Music of Peter Green,” at the London Palladium has sold-out.

But on Oct. 16, fans will be able to purchase a 4 LP/2 CD/Blue-ray book set of the performance, which also includes Kirk Hammett (Metallica), Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top), Steven Tyler (Aerosmith), Pete Townsend (The Who), Johnny Lang, Roger Waters collaborator Andy Fairweather Low, John Mayall, Zak Starkey, Bill Wyman (Rolling Stones) and Christine McVie (Fleetwood Mac). Executive sound producer for the project is Glyn Johns.

The audio portion of the package will contain the concert performance, while the Blu-ray will contain footage from the concert and documentary material.

The set is priced at $194.99 and is available for pre-order now.

Pre-order purchases include your name in the concert documentary credits, a reproduction signed concert poster and set list.


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David Gilmour joins Polly Samson on book tour

Posted February 12, 2020 by Floydian Slip

David Gilmour will join his writing partner and wife, Polly Samson, in making three appearances to promote Samson’s new book, “A Theatre for Dreamers.”

Billed as “an evening of words and music,” Gilmour tweeted, “I’ll be performing a few songs, including a new one — ‘Yes, I Have Ghosts’ —  which we wrote together, inspired by the book.”

Samson has been Gilmour’s go-to lyricist beginning with Pink Floyd’s 1994 album “The Division Bell.”

Journalist Rosie Boycott will moderate the conversation with Samson at Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, March 30; Town Hall, Birmingham, March 31; and Central Hall Westminster, London, April 2.

Tickets range from £38-£44 and go on sale 10 a.m. GMT Friday, Feb. 14:

Birmingham – http://bit.ly/ATFDbham
Manchester – http://bit.ly/ATFDmcr
London – http://bit.ly/ATFDlondon

Tickets include a signed first edition of the book; and a photo of Samson and Gilmour taken on the Greek island of Hydra, where the story takes place, signed by them both.

Bloomsbury Circus will publish “A Theatre for Dreamers” on April 2.

More details at pollysamson.com.


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Pink Floyd podcast series coming Nov. 25

Posted November 22, 2019 by Floydian Slip

BBC Radio 6 Music’s Matt Everitt will speak with David Gilmour during a four-part podcast series to promote “The Later Years” box-set coming in December.

“The Lost Art of Conversation” will premiere Monday, Nov. 25, on all podcast platforms. Remaining episodes will appear the three following Mondays.

Each episode will focus on a particular theme:

The studio
The band’s return to jamming in the recording studio and embracing new technology when faced with new advances in synthesizers and other instruments.

Artwork
Gilmour explains his ideas for the band’s artwork including how his sketch of a single, empty bed was transformed by Storm Thorgerson into the image of 500 beds for the cover of 1987’s “A Momentary Lapse of Reason.”

Live performances
How the band prepared for the prospect of an upcoming tour, and the enormous pressure facing them while rehearsing in a massive aircraft hangar in Toronto.

Unreleased new material from the box-set
Gilmour talks about the loads of new and rare material included in “The Later Years.” His memories are jogged by watching footage of the band flying over Miami Beach, watching swimmers surrounded by sharks.

The band is billing this podcast as Gilmour’s only interview surrounding the launch of the 16-disc box that focuses on post-Roger Waters era Floyd.

Read more about “The Later Years,” which is coming Dec. 13.


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David Gilmour to play London Palladium

Posted November 17, 2019 by Floydian Slip

This winter David Gilmour will play at The London Palladium as part of a sold-out tribute to Fleetwood Mac founder Peter Green.

Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood organized the event, which will also include Billy Gibbons, Jonny Lang, Andy Fairweather Low, John Mayall, Christine McVie, Zak Starkey, Steven Tyler, Bill Wyman and others yet to be announced.

“The concert is a celebration of those early blues days where we all began, and it’s important to recognize the profound impact Peter and the early Fleetwood Mac had on the world of music,” Fleetwood says.

“Peter was my greatest mentor and it gives me such joy to pay tribute to his incredible talent. I am honored to be sharing the stage with some of the many artists Peter has inspired over the years and who share my great respect for this remarkable musician.”

The show takes place Tuesday, Feb. 25. Ticket pre-sale started Nov. 13 with general sale starting two days later. The show has sold-out.


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