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David Gilmour David Jon Gilmour ( ; born 6 March 1946) is an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and member of the rock band Pink Floyd. He joined as guitarist and co-lead vocalist in 1967, shortly before the departure of founding member Syd Barrett. P ...

's solo concert that took place at the

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in June 2001, as part of the

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-curated

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festival. It also features

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filmed during three concerts at the same venue in January 2002. The track selection includes several Pink Floyd songs, in addition to Gilmour's solo works. Guest appearances are made by Floyd colleague

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, as well as

and

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. It includes the first performance of "

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", a track that would appear almost five years later on Gilmour's third solo album, ''

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''. Gilmour also plays two

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songs. Also included is "" ("I still believe I hear") – an aria from Georges Bizet's opera ' (''The Pearl Fishers'') – with a

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by Eugène Cormon and

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. Sung by Gilmour in the original French. "I remember my wife

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's face going red when I tried singing it," he recalled, "and my face literally going into a cold sweat – 'Do I dare try this?' But once the choir came up here '' ilmour's studio' and ran through it with me, that gave me a huge amount of confidence."Fielder, Hugh: "Sinking the pink"; ''

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'' #48, Christmas 2002, p58

Track listing

The Meltdown Concert from June 2001

#" Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I–V)" (

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Coming Back to Life "Coming Back to Life" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1994 album ''The Division Bell'', and is the only track from the album to be credited solely to David Gilmour. Composition Gilmour has said (as can be heard on the ''David Gilmour in Concert'' DVD ...

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Comfortably Numb "Comfortably Numb" is a song by English rock band Pink Floyd from their eleventh album, ''The Wall'' (1979). It was released as a single in 1980, with " Hey You" as the B-side. The music was composed by guitarist David Gilmour. The lyrics were ...

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" ( Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman)

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Concert 2002

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Personnel

– guitars, vocals * Neill MacColl – guitars, backing vocals *

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– piano, English horn *

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– double bass *

Caroline Dale Caroline Dale (born 1965) is a widely recorded British cellist who currently plays principal cello for the English Chamber Orchestra and London Metropolitan Orchestra. She has also performed music for numerous films and played with a wide range ...

– cello *

Dick Parry Richard Parry (born 22 December 1942) is an English saxophonist. He has appeared as a session musician on various albums, most notably in solo parts on the Pink Floyd songs "Money", "Us and Them", " Shine On You Crazy Diamond" and " Wearing th ...

–

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and

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s * Nic France – drums & percussion *Gospel Choir – Sam Brown (choir leader), Chris Ballin, Pete Brown,

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, Michelle John Douglas, Sonia Jones,

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, David Laudat,

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, Aitch McRobbie (solo on Smile), Beverly Skeete with *

– vocals on "Comfortably Numb" (January 2002 footage) *

– vocals on "Comfortably Numb" (June 2001 footage) *

– vocals on "Breakthrough", keyboards on "Breakthrough" and "Comfortably Numb"

Special features

The 30 minutes of special features on the DVD include the tracks "

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from June 1992), "Don't" (from a Leiber-Stoller Tribute concert from June 2001), and a performance of

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(recorded on Gilmour's houseboat ''The Astoria''). Additionally, there is a version of " High Hopes" performed by Gilmour's backing vocalists. Finally, there are lyrics, a home movie of the band and choir rehearsing at home, and a 'Spare Digits' feature - a camera on Gilmour's

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s during six guitar solos.

Quotes

Charts

Weekly charts

Certifications

References

{{Authority control David Gilmour video albums 2002 video albums Live video albums 2002 live albums Films directed by David Mallet (director)

Track listing

The Meltdown Concert from June 2001

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Personnel

Special features

Quotes

Charts

Weekly charts

Certifications

References

Royal Festival Hall The Royal Festival Hall is a 2,700-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London. It is situated on the South Bank of the River Thames, not far from Hungerford Bridge, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is a Grade I li ...
Concert 2002