EMI Press Release - August 2002
"Reinvented rock god shines on as 21st Century folk hero" (The Times)
DAVID GILMOUR IN CONCERT DVD & VHS
 On 23rd September 2002, 'David
Gilmour in Concert', the DVD and VHS, is released on Capitol Records.
Filmed live at his critically acclaimed Meltdown Festival concert at
London's Royal Festival Hall in June 2001, with additional footage from
David Gilmour's three concerts at the same venue in January 2002. It
also includes guest appearances from Rick Wright, Robert Wyatt and Sir
Bob Geldof. The 130 minute DVD/VHS captures the magical performance
given by David Gilmour and illustrates why these concerts won universal
rave reviews.
"David Gilmour in Concert" comprises 16 songs performed by Gilmour, his
semi-acoustic band rich in talent and the exquisite gospel choir led by
Sam Brown. The set is tantalising in its sheer diversity - from Pink
Floyd classics such as Wish You Were Here, Comfortably Numb and High
Hopes, to Syd Barrett's Terrapin and Dominoes as well as a performance
of Je Crois Entendre Encore from Bizet's opera The Pearl Fishers which
one critic described as an "unlikely triumph..." and a new song Smile.
Where did the idea for such a musical departure come from? Gilmour
explains: "Robert Wyatt was the Meltdown Festival's curator for 2001.
He rang and invited me to play and my immediate answer was "yes". While
Robert was still on the phone, an idea came to me, God knows where
from. I thought: just a double-bass, a cello and a small gospel choir.
Then I put down the phone and started to panic..."
That initial panic led to Gilmour being credited in the Daily
Telegraph, with inventing a "whole new genre....a sound that is warm,
richly textured and genuinely different...ensemble music of the highest
order." The Meltdown performance went so well, David Gilmour decided to
come back to the Royal Festival Hall a few months later to perform the
show three more times. As he explains, "It seemed rather daft putting
that amount of effort into it for only one night. So I thought maybe
I'd do it again for fun. Just for me really."
And now, with the release of "David Gilmour in Concert" on the 23rd
September, the concert can be shared and enjoyed by many more.
The DVD will also feature more than thirty minutes of Special Features.
These include home video footage of David Gilmour rehearsing at home
with the choir, six guitar solos in "close-up" so that guitar
enthusiasts can watch him play his solos in detail and there are three
bonus songs recorded at other times.
(c)2002 David Gilmour Music under exclusive licence to EMI Records Ltd. (pic credit)
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