Classic Rock
David Gilmour doesn’t want to play many Pink Floyd 70s hits on next tour
David Gilmour will finally release next September his fifth studio album “Luck and Strange” and he already announced the first tour dates to promote the record. However, unlike his previous tours he doesn’t want to include many Pink Floyd hits from the 70s, an era in which his ex-bandmate Roger Waters was the main songwriter.
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That was when the band released their best-selling albums like “Dark Side of The Moon” (1973), “Wish You Were Here” (1975) and “The Wall” (1979). Since Waters left the group in the early 80s they never had a good relationship, especially after Gilmour and Nick Mason decided to continue as Pink Floyd. The tension grew bigger during the last few years especially after the Russia x Ukraine war, since they have different opinions regarding the conflict.
The guitarist and singer talked about the possible setlist for his new tour in an interview with Uncut magazine. He said he wants to include songs from the Syd Barrett era in the 60s and obviously tracks from the post-Waters era, which were the album released in the late 80s and early 90s.
According to the magazine, Gilmour said that there was “an unwillingness to revisit the Pink Floyd of the ‘70s” and that he might focus more on the songs from other eras. “Yeah, they might be better represented. I mean, at least one from the ’60s. The one we’ve done in the past is ‘Astronomy’ (‘The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn’, 1967). That’s always entertaining and fun and gets people off to a happy start.”
David Gilmour continued:
“There’s songs from the ‘Momentary Lapse Of Reason’ and ‘The Division Bell’ albums. I mean, I think ‘High Hopes’ is as good as anything we ever did at any time,” David Gilmour said. The musician also talked about his touring band. According to him, it will have the bassist Guy Pratt (Roxy Music and more) and the Webb Sisters, who worked with Leonard Cohen on his final tours.
“It was all too robotic, and some people would have been better off in a Pink Floyd tribute band. So I thought we’d get people who are genuinely creative and give them a little more space. That’s the plan. So we’re going to have some of the younger guys alongside Guy and the Webb Sisters, who sang with Leonard Cohen on his last tours,” David Gilmour said.
Next Gilmour tour dates
October
- 9 – Royal Albert Hall, London, England
- 10 – Royal Albert Hall, London, England
- 11 – Royal Albert Hall, London, England
- 12 – Royal Albert Hall, London, England
- 14 – Royal Albert Hall, London, England
- 15 – Royal Albert Hall, London, England
