Posted May 5, 2020 by Floydian Slip
David Gilmour will stream “Live at Pompeii,” the concert film created from his 2016 shows at the ancient Italian amphitheater, on YouTube Friday at 12:00 EDT.
Gilmour played two sold-out shows at Pompeii in July 2016. It marked his return to the venue 45 years after Pink Floyd played it for the band’s 1972 film “Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii.”
“David Gilmour Live at Pompeii” was released as audio and video sets in September ’17.
Pink Floyd is streaming a full concert performance each week through May 17 as part of the @YouTube Film Festival.
Posted April 28, 2020 by Floydian Slip
Pink Floyd will stream “An Hour With Pink Floyd,” its 1970 television appearance on San Fransisco’s KQED, on YouTube Friday at 12:00 EDT.
On April 30, 1970, Floyd performed for the public TV station inside the empty Fillmore Auditorium. They played the same set with some additional tracks at a public performance that evening at the Fillmore West.
In 2016, the entire TV program was made available as part of “The Early Years: 1965–1972” boxset.
The band is streaming a full concert performance each week through May 17 as part of the @YouTube Film Festival.
Posted April 23, 2020 by Floydian Slip
Pink Floyd will stream its 1972 concert film “Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii” on YouTube tomorrow at 12:00 EDT.
“Pompeii” captures the band performing without an audience in the historic Roman amphitheater of Pompeii, directed by Adrian Maben. This is the 2016 re-edited version featured in “The Early Years” box set. It’ll be available on YouTube for 24 hours only.
The band is streaming a full concert performance each week through May 17 as part of the @YouTube Film Festival.
Posted April 17, 2020 by Floydian Slip
Pink Floyd will stream the 90-minute television edit of its 1994 concert film “Pulse” on YouTube today at 12:00 EDT.
The band will stream a full concert performance each week today through May 17 as part of the @YouTube Film Festival.
Recorded live Oct. 20, 1994, at the now-demolished Earls Court in London, the concert was re-edited and upgraded from the original masters for last year’s “The Later Years” boxset.
Posted April 2, 2020 by Floydian Slip
David Gilmour and wife Polly Samson will host a live streaming event from their home today to promote the release of Samson’s new novel “A Theatre for Dreamers.”
The event will take place at 8:30 pm BST (3:30 pm EDT) on the Facebook pages of Gilmour (www.facebook.com/davidgilmour) and Samson (www.facebook.com/pollysamson).
Official events to celebrate the novel’s publication were cancelled due to the pandemic. The book is being released today.
Gilmour and Samson married in 1994. They’ve written songs together since Pink Floyd‘s “The Division Bell” (1995).