Tagged: 2014

David Gilmour Royal Albert Hall 2024 Concert Dates

David Gilmour UK Concert Dates Announced for RAH

LONDON 3rd MAY 2024 David Gilmour today announced his first live shows in London for eight years in support of his new album ‘Luck and Strange’, to be released on 6th September on Sony Music.  The live shows – the first to be announced around the new album –  will take place at London’s Royal Albert Hall on the 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 14th & 15th of October. Fans pre-ordering ‘Luck and Strange’ from the official David Gilmour UK Album Store at davidgilmour.com/rah will be able to participate in an exclusive ticket pre-sale on Thursday, 9th May.  You can buy tickets online from Ticketmaster. These will be the only David Gilmour UK Concert Dates. The window to qualify for the pre-sale ends at 3pm on Wednesday, 8th May, with all existing pre-orders from the official David Gilmour UK Album Store also eligible. Tickets will then go on general sale at 10am on Friday, 10th May. Here are the David Gilmour...

David Gilmour Bombay Bicycle Club Earls Court

David Gilmour Performs with Bombay Bicycle Club in London

David Gilmour joined the band Bombay Bicycle Club in London on Saturday to perform a rendition of Wish You Were Here and the bands own song Rinse Me Down. The iconic Earls Court, where Pink Floyd have performed 27 times, is to be knocked down to make way for new development. This was the last concert to be performed at the venue so it was quite fitting that David joined the final performance there. Here is a video of David Gilmour performing Wish You Were Here with Bombay Bicycle Club at Earls Court on Saturday 13th December 2014. You can read some more about the concert over at the NME.

Nick Mason and Kirsty Bertarelli in Abbey Road Studios

Nick Mason Drums on Kirsty Bertarelli’s New Album Indigo Shores

Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason has lent his drumming skills to family friend Kirsty Bertarelli on her new single Indigo Shores. This is the title track from her new album called Indigo Shores, and you can listen to MP3 samples of that. It is also on Spotify. Naughty Nick and his “moonlighting”! In an interview, Kirsty talked about Nick Mason’s involvement in her new album, “The production of the album – started so brilliantly by Don Mescal in Nashville, Tennessee and beautifully curated throughout by Tom – was given an extraordinary energy when Nick Mason walked into our little studio. A family friend, Nick not only offered to play on some of the tracks – much to the awe and delight of all of us at Britannia Row, gazing speechlessly at our mentor beating away through the studio glass – but also gave me the confidence to immerse myself in the production...

Light Show at Pink Floyd Album Launch at Porchester Hall in London, England 2014

Enjoy Louder Than Words Pink Floyd Video, and See Launch Party Photos With Light Show

Well we are in the week that millions of fans all over the world have been waiting for since Polly Samson let slip that Pink Floyd were to release a new studio album in memory of the late Richard Wright. Well, The Endless River is finally here and many people are sharing their opinions on it on our forum. Also feel free to leave a comment below. You can watch the new promotional music video for Pink Floyd Louder Than Words here below and photos from the launch party follow the video below also. The video looks great and has some really powerful imagery captured by Po Powell and his team. It was directed by Hipgnosis co-founder Aubrey “Po” Powell and takes footage filmed on the border between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. (See Rolling Stone interview). In addition to watching the music video to Pink Floyd’s Louder Than Words single from the...

Watch David Gilmour Interview on Later With Jools Holland

David Gilmour made an appearance on Later With Jools Holland on the BBC that you can watch online. He was being interviewed about Pink Floyd’s new album The Endless River which is released in the UK tomorrow 10th November. Your humble narrator has been listening to it all weekend and it’s pretty good if not a little different. You can watch the interview from 16 minutes 30 seconds in. However, there is loads of great music on the show so perhaps even watch the whole thing. The video is there for another 28 days. If you are watching the full show notice that Guy Pratt, who played bass for Pink Floyd after Roger Waters left, is playing bass for Bryan Ferry. Just saying. He’s pretty good.

David Gilmour Interview with Amazon 2014

Watch A New Pink Floyd Interview on Amazon About New Album

A new 9 minute video has been published on Amazon’s website featuring an interview with David Gilmour and Nick Mason. You can watch it, using a desktop computer, at this link. They are discussing the new Pink Floyd Album, The Endless River, which is released in the UK 10th November 2014. It has been released in many countries already including Italy, Germany and other territories. Your humble narrator received a copy today and is about to listen to it for the first time! In the interview, Nick and David talk through the album recording process in terms of how the music came about and how samples were recording during jamming sessions. There is a particular focus on Richard Wright’s contribution to the album. Enjoy the video and leave a comment below.