Gilmour has just announced six evenings at the Royal Albert Hall scheduled for 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 15 October.
Just don’t show up expecting to hear Pink Floyd hits like “Wish You Were Here,” “Comfortably Numb” or “Money.” In a new interview with Uncut, Gilmour said he has an “unwillingness to revisit the Pink Floyd of the Seventies” and would rather focus the set around his new album and other periods of Floyd’s history.
“[Other decades] might be better represented,” he said. “I mean, at least one from the Sixties. The one we’ve done in the past is 1967’s ‘Astronomy.’ That’s always entertaining and fun and gets people off to a happy start. There’s songs from [1987’s] A Momentary Lapse of Reason and [1994’s] The Division Bell albums. I mean, I think ‘High Hopes’ is as good as anything we ever did at any time.”
Gilmour didn’t articulate a reason for omitting material from Pink Floyd’s most successful decade, when they released beloved albums like Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, and The Wall, but it could be related to his estranged bandmate Roger Waters largely controlling the band at that time. They’ve had a volatile relationship for decades, to put it mildly, but things reached a new low in February 2023 when Polly Samson, Gilmour’s wife and longtime lyricist, blasted Waters on Twitter.
Their Feud Went Public Again Last Year
Gilmour's feud with Waters exploded back into the public consciousness last year when Polly Samson, Gilmour's wife and longtime lyricist, sharply criticized Waters on Twitter.
She called him "antisemitic to your rotten core. Also a Putin apologist and a lying, thieving, hypocritical, tax-avoiding, lip-synching, misogynistic, sick-with-envy, megalomaniac. Enough of your nonsense." Gilmour then shared the Tweet, adding that "every word" was "demonstrably true."
Waters responded during a subsequent concert in London: "All I have to say about Polly Sampson is, imagine waking up to that every morning. Come on! You can do better than that." He later said he was seeking legal advice on the matter.
