{"id":1995781,"date":"2025-09-04T00:13:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T00:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1995781"},"modified":"2025-09-04T00:13:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T00:13:09","slug":"david-gilmour-talks-new-concert-movie-live-at-the-circus-maximus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/david-gilmour-talks-new-concert-movie-live-at-the-circus-maximus\/","title":{"rendered":"David Gilmour Talks New Concert Movie &#8216;Live at the Circus Maximus&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/david-gilmour\/\" id=\"auto-tag_david-gilmour\" data-tag=\"david-gilmour\">David Gilmour<\/a> tours are very rare, very brief, and often hit only a handful of cities. But he\u2019s always been good about capturing at least one show on film so that fans all over the world can experience what they missed. Over the past 40 years, he\u2019s shot solo gigs at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uhi8Zmoy0wI&amp;list=RDuhi8Zmoy0wI&amp;start_radio=1\">London\u2019s Hammersmith Odeon (1984), <\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5hrd5Ek54VA&amp;list=RD5hrd5Ek54VA&amp;start_radio=1\">London\u2019s Royal Festival Hall (2002)<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PbtJi1-v8h8&amp;list=RDPbtJi1-v8h8&amp;start_radio=1\">London\u2019s Royal Albert Hall (2006)<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XkQp5L4h1Vg&amp;list=RDXkQp5L4h1Vg&amp;start_radio=1&amp;t=1s\">Poland\u2019s Gda\u0144sk Shipyard (2006),<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Gxg58Tegflg&amp;list=PLsDZ7QcsbDR8Wx2-l1oDvJA-77ioQ6mDZ\">Italy\u2019s Amphitheatre of Pompeii (2016).<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tHis newest concert film is <em>Live at the Circus Maximus, Rome.<\/em> It\u2019s a chronicle of three shows he played at the historic Circus Maximus in Rome, Italy, in October 2024 on his <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/david-gilmour-luck-and-strange-review-1235095182\/\">Luck and Strange<\/a><\/em> tour. It\u2019s coming to movie theaters and IMAX screens on Sept. 17, and will be released as part of a double Blu-ray\/3-DVD box set on Oct. 17. (A super deluxe edition of the set will also feature <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.davidgilmour.com\/collections\/the-luck-and-strange-concerts\">The Luck and Strange Concerts<\/a><\/em>, featuring footage from other <em>Luck and Strange<\/em> gigs in America and Europe.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tWe hopped on Zoom with Gilmour to talk about the Circus Maximus movie, the chances of a future tour, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/pink-floyd\/\" id=\"auto-tag_pink-floyd\" data-tag=\"pink-floyd\">Pink Floyd<\/a>\u2018s vault of unreleased music, his impending 80th birthday, and the possibility of a Sphere residency.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"David Gilmour - Sorrow (Live at the Circus Maximus, Rome)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2Ud_WPoCv0k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>When you start plotting a tour, are you already thinking about ways to capture it on film?<\/strong><br \/>Capturing a tour for posterity, which is as much for me as it is for anyone else, is obviously something that I like to do. And the Circus Maximus, which was built originally to contain 150,000 people, then was enlarged by Julius Caesar up to 250,000 people, of which we only use a tiny bit, is one of my favorite venues. As you probably know, I am very keen on performing in those historical sites.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIt looks great for the filming. You have the views of Rome and the trees, and the stadium. And you can imagine the chariots racing around there at high speed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>You\u2019ve shot other shows at the Royal Albert Hall, Gda\u0144sk, and Pompeii. Did you want to film one this time that looks different than those<\/strong>?<br \/>I wanted a record of what we\u2019re doing. It\u2019s a beautiful place. It does look different. It\u2019s another show. It\u2019s another moment in my life. I\u2019ve got a lot of new music that I\u2019m playing. The emphasis of what I\u2019m doing is on the new. So, it is different. The Albert Hall one is 2006. It\u2019s a different moment in life, and this is lovely. It was a really lovely show to perform and with a bunch of mostly new musicians. It was a thrill for me, and I hope that how thrilling it was will get over to the people who go to watch and listen.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ editors-pick-module lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tEditor\u2019s picks<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"David Gilmour - Luck and Strange (Live at the Circus Maximus, Rome)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i3nTuD7GHaA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>Did you film all six nights at Circus Maximus and then pick the best moments?<\/strong><br \/>No, we did the last three nights. It was right at the beginning of the tour, and we thought we\u2019d bed ourselves in with three nights without filming. And then one of the three remaining nights that we did film was torrential rain. It\u2019s absolutely soaking. We had to wait until the rain stopped before we could perform, and there was a lot of mopping up to be done. But some of the glistening was used.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>How do you pick the best \u201cHigh Hopes\u201d between three nights? What are you looking for?<\/strong><br \/>We watch all three and make notes and say that one\u2019s got the best vibe and that\u2019s the one we would then use.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>You\u2019ve worked with director Gavin Elder on your concert movies for a long time now. What drew you to him?<\/strong><br \/>He started with us in 2006, and he came along on that tour at the beginning. As we moved into an age where all the extra moments are used for little clips online, we wanted to have someone recording the backstage moments. He was the guy who was recommended by Clare Singers, Phil Manzanera\u2019s wife. And he was so good at what he was doing and we gave him a shot at doing the Gda\u0144sk show, directing that, which he pulled off beautifully, and he\u2019s on the team.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tRelated Content<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"David Gilmour - Breathe (In The Air)\/Time [Tour Rehearsal]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E3sP6AXKuYg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>Prior to the tour, you said you were <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/david-gilmour-pink-floyd-roger-waters-1235014250\/\">hesitant to revisit the Seventies Floyd songs<\/a>. You wound up doing a handful of them though. Do you still enjoy playing songs like \u201cBreathe\u201d and \u201cTime\u201d or are you doing them partially out of obligation to the fans?<\/strong><br \/>Not obligation. I really love playing those songs. The idea that I\u2019m being\u2026 What I want to do is attempt to go with the new as much as possible, but there\u2019s a reality that one faces that one has to live with: There are people there who want and expect to hear some of those songs. I love those songs and I love playing those songs. We reduced it a little bit this time, but those ones are still in there.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pink Floyd - Learning To Fly (Official Music Video HD)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nVhNCTH8pDs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>I hear \u201cLearning to Fly\u201d a lot on classic-rock radio. Why do you never do that one? I think it would go over really well.<\/strong><br \/>There\u2019s so much material to choose from. For me, there are other ones that take priority that come from <em>Momentary Lapse of Reason<\/em>. So we did a couple from there, and a couple from the next album, <em>The Division Bell<\/em>. It\u2019s a lovely tune, \u201cLearning to Fly,\u201d but it didn\u2019t seem essential to me at this moment. Out of all the material that I have, five solo albums, God knows how many Pink Floyd albums, there are songs that just have to fall by the wayside. You just can\u2019t do them all, so you have to make a list and strike out the ones you think you can live without, and it is a tough choosing some of the time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"David Gilmour with Romany Gilmour - Between Two Points  (Later... with Jools Holland)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yv4--p6bAxo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>The tour was the introduction of your daughter Romany to many fans.<\/strong><br \/>She was at college and we thought at first she\u2019d only appear at the London shows and only sing \u201cBetween Two Points.\u201d But then things worked out differently and she decided she wanted to do it on the whole tour, and she wanted to be a part of the backing singers troupe. And that sounded like a great idea to me and to Polly and to everyone else. She got in there and gave it her all like a true pro.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>If you look at Spotify, \u201cBetween Two Points\u201d is the most streamed song on the album by a fairly wide margin. Does that surprise you?<\/strong><br \/>No, it doesn\u2019t really surprise me. I can live with it. It is very, very nice that it has hit a chord with so many people, and that it has become a sort of a hit on Spotify and on YouTube and other places.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Marshall Gilmour Webbs - The Sea Bride (Acoustic) | RGB Sessions 98\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GFP2zwVV1rg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>What are her plans now? Does she want to be a singer?<\/strong><br \/>Well, over here with the other girls on the tour, Louise Marshall and Hattie and Charlie Webb, Romany has formed a little troupe of their own\u2026a band of their own because they all play instruments. They\u2019ve done four nights in a club in London a month or so ago, all sold out, and they were brilliant. So, I think that is the direction she\u2019s looking in. She comes from a background of wanting to be an actor and other things, but she\u2019s young. Everything is still open to her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>I presume you were introduced to the Webb Sisters when you saw them with Leonard Cohen.<\/strong><br \/>About 10 times, yes. They are fantastic. And lovely. And Louise Marshall as well has a voice to die for.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>You made very big changes to the band, but <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/guy-pratt-bassist-interview-pink-floyd-madonna-smiths-1057601\/\">Guy Prat<\/a>t remains on bass, where he\u2019s been since 1987. Is he just your musical deputy no matter what?<\/strong><br \/>He\u2019s always there. We\u2019ve been friends for so long, and it wouldn\u2019t feel quite right without him.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"David Gilmour - Comfortably Numb (11-5-24 @ MSG)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5U7e-gqmoXE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>How did the rest of the guys do? It\u2019s your first time touring with many of them.<\/strong><br \/>They\u2019re such brilliant musicians. Adam Betts on the drums is renowned over here. He also tours with Pulp, and doesn\u2019t play the drums for them. He plays guitar and sings and all sorts of other things with Pulp, because he\u2019s a multi-talented guy. He was absolutely brilliant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tRob Gentry on the keyboards has a magical, inspirational, and very unusual touch to everything he does. And [guitarist\/singer] Ben Worsley came by a recommendation of Charlie Andrew, our producer, and he had never been onstage in front of more than about a hundred people in his life, I think. But took to it like a duck to water and was absolutely perfect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t[Keyboardist] Greg Phillinganes, who I love dearly, he\u2019s an old hand at the business. He\u2019s done everything and been everywhere. This team of people threw themselves into it with such relish and joy and enthusiasm. It made for a really lovely touring atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>You said before you didn\u2019t want anything that sounded like a Pink Floyd cover band.<\/strong><br \/>Well, gradually over the years, I\u2019ve come to the conclusion that giving people more of their own freedom is what you want to do. I obviously have seen versions of things by cover bands. I can\u2019t play the whatever guitar solo on \u201cComfortably Numb\u201d that they copy. I just make it up as I go along every night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tI want people who know what the essence of what you are doing is, but can step outside of the confines of what most people would think was essential, and just be freer to actually perform and bring their own abilities and talents to what I\u2019m doing. And that has come to its culmination on this particular tour. I\u2019m really pleased, thrilled with the way that worked, and I wouldn\u2019t go back.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"David Gilmour - Wish You Were Here - Royal Albert Hall London - October 9 2024\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r-FbQc1wYrc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>The tour was just 23 shows, and you hit just two cities in the States. It\u2019s the shortest tour you\u2019ve ever done. Why didn\u2019t you want it to keep going?<\/strong><br \/>Well, I did London, Rome, New York, and L.A. I did a week in each place. Quite a lot of people. I think at this point of my life in the business, I can be a bit more demanding about people coming to me rather than me going to them. And I didn\u2019t want to do a big long tour. Being out on the road as they call it for months on end is something that\u2019s in my past.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>I imagine you had offers to do more.<\/strong><br \/>Yeah. Obviously, there are offers that followed\u2026 That felt like the right thing to do, the right amount of shows, the right places to do them, and leave them wanting more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>The movie also allows people who couldn\u2019t attend to experience it.<\/strong><br \/>On the 17th of September, it\u2019ll be showing in IMAXs all over the world and other cinemas that are as high quality as we can get. And then it will be free to move to cinemas and other places if people want to put that on there. And of course, you\u2019ll be able to stream it and get the DVD. I\u2019m thrilled with it. It captures something that I felt really needed to be captured.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pink Floyd - 8mm - 4K video - June 28 1975 Hamilton Ontario Canada\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fSXZMFq_Msk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>I spoke to Nick Mason a few years back, and he said he<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/pink-floyd-nick-mason-talks-saucerful-of-secrets-tour-763130\/\"> regretted not filming the <em>Wish You Were Here <\/em>and <em>Animals<\/em> tours. <\/a>They\u2019re both just totally lost to time. Do you feel that same regret?<\/strong><br \/>I do actually, yes. I mean, I think we thought we had an idea that you had to be there in the moment, and the moment was all that mattered, and that the filming of it and releasing it was maybe a secondhand way of doing things. And the way that one could have these things to watch at home in those days on a lovely old VHS tape didn\u2019t really, to be fair, do it justice on a small screen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tObviously, you can film with real film, but it was a hell of a process back in those days. Luckily, the Pompeii one, <em>Pink Floyd in Pompeii<\/em> film that we\u2019ve recently released, we had that all on proper film and we had every box of every can of film taken out, cleaned, restored, and done to 4K so that it could be re-edited back together as it was in the highest possible quality. And that is an option we could have taken, but we didn\u2019t. I suspect our thinking was skewed. We should have had stuff in the can for later.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pink Floyd - 26th April 1975 (Live in LA) - 2021 Remaster Edition\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4clpGEnZz0o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>Nick told me there weren\u2019t really many soundboard tapes from those tours either.<\/strong><br \/>Well, there are many, many mixing desk tapes which would, in the Seventies, have been done to cassette. And later on in the Eighties and Nineties were done to DAT, but they are just straight off the mixing desk. But we did record most shows just sound-wise, and God knows where all those tapes are. I guess they now are in the hands of Sony. So, you have to persuade them to have a look.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>With brand new technologies, they can take even a subpar recording on a single track, strip off every individual element, and remix it.<\/strong><br \/>Yeah, I guess they can. Good luck to them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>Are you working on any new songs at the moment?<\/strong><br \/>Yes. I\u2019m slowly building up towards a new album, and I have quite a bit of material that is in some sort of formative stage. That\u2019s what\u2019s keeping me busy at the moment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>Are you using the same band from the last album and tour?<\/strong><br \/>At the moment that I start recording, I do it pretty much all myself and I work on Pro Tools. I don\u2019t play the drums all that well, and I do that with machinery in the modern tradition. And I put things together so that I can fiddle around for months, adding little bits, taking things away till I think that I\u2019ve got something close to where I want it. I then can take it into a studio with a bunch of people and know exactly what I want to do and how I want to get it done and present it to these people for their input.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>You tend to have big gaps between your albums, often about a decade. It sounds like this one will be out much sooner though.<\/strong><br \/>It\u2019s always my intention to be a bit quicker, and I suspect this one will be a bit quicker. But you never can tell. Within the next year or two.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>Do you think you\u2019ll tour behind it?<\/strong><br \/>That\u2019s another decision that\u2026 I guess I\u2019ll probably do it. I probably wouldn\u2019t mind doing something again on a similar level to this one. I\u2019m afraid I will not be schlepping around all the cities of America, South America, Europe, and the rest of the world. That\u2019s for the young folk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>I just saw<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-live-reviews\/bob-dylan-willie-nelson-wilco-outlaw-festival-1235399179\/\"> Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson play a show together.<\/a> They\u2019re in their eighties and nineties, and always on tour. That must be a lifestyle you just can\u2019t imagine.<\/strong><br \/>God, I\u2019m so impressed by the people that get out there and are doing it the way they do and transcending their own age and everything. I mean, look at Mick Jagger, phenomenal. Bob Dylan, as you say\u2026Willie Nelson\u2019s getting on a bit. But those people are themselves, and my life just works in a slightly different way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>Do you think by not touring much that you\u2019ve saved your singing voice? You sound pretty remarkable for your age, and people much younger than you have totally blown voices.<\/strong><br \/>It\u2019s a good possibility that not using it as much means there\u2019s a bit more left to it. But it\u2019s not an easy job to manage the voice over the tour. And I have to be very, very careful what I do. I can\u2019t speak after a show. I really scarcely speak until the soundcheck the next afternoon. And I have a voice coach who comes with me and I\u2019m doing all sorts of stuff to try and keep it fit and able. It\u2019s not just jumping out there and doing it every night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>That sounds pretty stressful.<\/strong><br \/>Yeah. Well, this way of doing it makes it much easier on the body. If you are just doing the four cities and it\u2019s heading off in the afternoon from a hotel, doing a soundcheck, and then a show, cutting out most of the travel is a nice way to do touring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>The Sphere in Vegas would be pretty perfect for you. Is that a place you could imagine playing?<\/strong><br \/>Well, to be honest, I really know almost nothing about what it does. But they have been on and suggested that I might do something there. But in the future, who knows. I haven\u2019t got that far.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>Is there anything left in the Pink Floyd vault you want to see released?<\/strong><br \/>The entire Pink Floyd catalog, as I say, these desk tapes, all sorts of stuff is now out of my hands. Whatever Sony wants to do with it is what will happen. And I\u2019m thrilled to not have that responsibility and to have a life that is more peaceful and at peace with itself than all the arguing and aggravation that\u2019s gone along with helping to curate that over the last 40 or 50 years. I don\u2019t make any suggestions to them and if they want to ask me anything they undoubtedly will.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>It must be very freeing. You guys couldn\u2019t even agree on the <em>Animals <\/em>box all those years. Getting the three of you on the same page about basically anything is pretty hard.<\/strong><br \/>It certainly is.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pink Floyd at Pompeii \u2013 MCMLXXII - Echoes - Part 1 - Edit\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/73Bpyta8vOs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>I want to get back to the Pompeii movie for a minute. What was it like to see in the theater and watch your young, shirtless self play that show?<\/strong><br \/>It\u2019s a young 25-year-old kid out there doing all that. It sounded really good, and we watched it on an IMAX screen. I could see all the pimples. Because the only versions I\u2019ve seen of it over the years have been from a VHS tape or the old 405-line televisions. Appalling quality, but that\u2019s what we were used to looking at in those days. I guess our brains and imaginations filled in the gaps. But to actually have it that sort of crystal clear coming straight at you on that huge screen, it was definitely a thrill. It\u2019s really nice to have created that and for that to be available to people now who seem to be very pleased with it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>Nick Mason has said it\u2019s the only time he remembers you playing a show without a shirt, and it\u2019s the only show that\u2019s captured on film for all time.<\/strong><br \/>Well, we were filming outdoors without an audience. We are making a film. I guess maybe you just don\u2019t think that clearly. You don\u2019t really think that what you are doing is going to be there for eternity to people. And it was very, very hot in the blazing sun of September afternoon in Pompeii. Of course that was fine and I don\u2019t suppose I\u2019d have minded that too much, but there were then continuity fill-in bits of film that we had to recreate in Paris in a film studio. And Adrian Maben, the director said, \u201cOkay, continuity says you\u2019ve got to have your shirt off.\u201d And I go, \u201cWhat? Are you joking?\u201d He said, \u201cNo one will ever notice the difference.\u201d And I\u2019m going, \u201cYou know what? I think they will.\u201d And I was right.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>To finish off here with your next record, do you think the band is going to come in at some point this year to flesh out the songs? What\u2019s your timeline for it?<\/strong><br \/>I wish I could tell you what the timeline is, but it is a little early for a timeline. I\u2019m hoping that before the end of the year I will get some studio sessions in with pretty much the same bunch of guys and put these tracks down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>Are these all brand new songs you\u2019ve written the past year or so?<\/strong><br \/>Sometimes the songs that I do are vague ideas that seem to take quite a few years to find their place. There are songs on that last album which are over 10 years old and maybe even older than that. And I still have got half-formed songs that I love. I wish I could explain it better, but sometimes they just seem to decide, \u201cNow is the moment that I as a song want to make my appearance.\u201d And then if everyone is in agreement and feels the same way, then we move things on. There are some that go back to probably 30, 40 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>Do you have a big organized vault of all your songs, half-finished or otherwise?<\/strong><br \/>I have a big disorganized vault. I\u2019ve just recently tried to organize it, but\u2026Yeah, I\u2019ve got it in some semblance of order at the moment, I hope.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>You turn 80 in March. Any plans for that?<\/strong><br \/>A wonderful evening with my family and my closest friends, I guess. No great\u2026 They tend to be things you more want to forget than anything else when you get to my age.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>You should really look into Sphere when you tour next. You could do something really special there.<\/strong><br \/>Well, it will be in there amongst the plans that we are to think about.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.rollingstone.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Gilmour tours are very rare, very brief, and often hit only a handful of cities. But he\u2019s always been good about capturing at least one show on film so that fans all over the world can experience what they missed. 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