David Gilmour arrived at his unmistakable guitar model fairly merely. “I noticed my fingers had been simply by no means going to go a lot sooner,” the Pink Floyd legend instructed UCR in an interview this previous summer time.”
“You’ve bought to seek out your individual path on this factor,” he defined. However later, he concluded his thought, “I do want I might do it a bit higher typically,” punctuating these final phrases with a wry chuckle.
The capability crowd in attendance on the first gig (Nov. 4) of Gilmour’s five-night run at Madison Sq. Backyard doubtless would collectively discover no room for enchancment in the case of the 2 and a half hour present they witnessed.
You may see unique pictures from the MSG present beneath.
The guitarist is touring in assist of Luck and Unusual, his first solo album in almost a decade and is performing the entire report, with a wide range of Pink Floyd songs interspersed with the brand new tracks, alongside a couple of alternatives from his earlier solo outing, 2015’s Rattle That Lock.
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That ended up being a smart transfer from a pacing and sequencing standpoint. After one explicit stretch that includes Luck and Unusual’s “The Piper’s Name,” “A Nice Day for Freedom” from Pink Floyd’s 1994 album The Division Bell, Rattle That Lock’s “In Any Tongue” and the Darkish Facet of the Moon basic ,”The Nice Gig within the Sky,” an viewers member shared his suggestions with the individual subsequent to him. “If all of these songs are from his new album, that new album is fairly good.”
Initially, Gilmour expressed an “unwillingness to revisit the Pink Floyd of the ‘70s,” when the tour dates had been first introduced, one thing which many assumed was associated to his ongoing feud with former bandmate Roger Waters. He later softened on that stance, telling UCR that there could be “one or two from the ‘70s” within the set that was taking form. “However a number of the music will likely be newer and youthful than 50 years previous.”
The set record — and viewers response — proved that Gilmour wasn’t off-base in turning his focus to a few of the lesser-known corners of his catalog. Fan-shot video of the guitarist’s fiery solo on “Fats Previous Solar,” from 1970’s Atom Coronary heart Mom has been making the rounds because the tour started — and with good purpose. He deservedly acquired his first standing ovation of the night time on the tune’s conclusion.
Watch David Gilmour Carry out ‘Fats Previous Solar’ at Madison Sq. Backyard
Materials from The Division Bell, too, was a welcome Inclusion. Significantly, “A Nice Day for Freedom,” has made its first vital common appearances in Gilmour’s solo set lists on this present tour, having solely been aired out a handful of instances within the early 2000s. “The Nice Gig within the Sky” was one other beautiful second, with the legendarily emotional vocal improvisations of the unique now dealt with as a quartet by vocalist and pianist Louise Marshall, the Webb Sisters and Gilmour’s daughter, Romany. The trio of singers surrounded Marshall on the piano, accented by candles throughout them, with Gilmour off to the facet, including contemplative pedal metal components.
Anybody who’s ever seen a Pink Floyd or Gilmour live performance will know that the visuals play an enormous half and that was actually true at Madison Sq. Backyard. There is a explicit second in “Excessive Hopes” that with out ruining the shock, marries what’s taking place with the video on-screen completely with an sudden added element inside the sector.
It is no shock that songs like “Want You Have been Right here” and “Comfortably Numb” (the latter being the encore and last tune of the night time) introduced a few of the greatest reactions with the viewers singing each phrase with substantial quantity. However the materials from Luck and Unusual fared equally properly — and “Scattered,” which closed out the second a part of the principle set with one more unbelievable Gilmour solo, is only one of a number of that made a significant influence.
Watch David Gilmour Carry out ‘Scattered’ at Madison Sq. Backyard
This week’s concert events in New York are the final in a sequence of worldwide residencies that the guitar legend started on Sept. 27 in Rome. Italy, the place he carried out a complete of six exhibits. An extra six dates adopted in London, England on the legendary Royal Albert Corridor. Gilmour’s present promotional run then got here to the US for his first exhibits right here in eight years, with 9 dates unfold between Los Angeles and New York Metropolis.
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If Gilmour has his approach, followers received’t have to attend as lengthy for the follow-up to Luck and Unusual to reach. In the course of the dialog with UCR, he confirmed that he already had concepts for brand new music starting to take form. “I’ll positively be transferring onto that within the new 12 months.”
The New York dates proceed tonight (Nov. 6) at Madison Sq. Backyard.
David Gilmour Nov. 4, 2024 Madison Sq. Backyard, New York Metropolis Set Checklist
1. “5 A.M.”
2. “Black Cat”
3. “Luck and Unusual”
4. “Breathe (Within the Air)
5. “Time”
6. “Breathe” (Reprise)
7. “Fats Previous Solar”
8. “Marooned”
9. “A Single Spark”
10. “Want You Have been Right here”
11. “Vita Brevis”
12. “Between Two Factors”
13. “Excessive Hopes”
14. “Sorrow”
15. “The Piper’s Name”
16. “A Nice Day for Freedom”
17. “In Any Tongue”
18. “The Nice Gig within the Sky”
19. “A Boat Lies Ready”
20. “Coming Again to Life”
21. “Darkish and Velvet Nights”
22. “Sings”
23. “Scattered”
24. “Comfortably Numb”
David Gilmour at Madison Sq. Backyard, Nov. 4, 2024
The Pink Floyd legend’s ‘Luck and Unusual’ tour lands in New York Metropolis
Gallery Credit score: Wes Orshoski, UCR
