[Updated] David Gilmour Plays First Show In Nearly A Decade

On Saturday night David Gilmour kicks off his first tour in nearly a decade at the Pula Arena in Croatia. The Pink Floyd guitarist played a warm-up show this past Saturday evening at the 4,500 capacity Brighton Centre in Brighton, U.K. Gilmour’s first full show since August 26, 2006 gave us a hint of what is to come on the legendary axeman’s World Tour in support of Rattle That Lock.

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The music at the two-set show was augmented by awe-inspiring visuals provided by longtime Pink Floyd collaborators Marc Brickman (Lighting Designer) and Aubrey Powell (Creative Director). Gilmour’s eight-piece band featured Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera, bassist Guy Pratt, keyboardists Jon Carin and Kevin McAlea , drummer Steve DiStanislao, saxophonist Theo Travis and backing vocalists Bryan Chambers and Louise Clare Marshall.

The guitarist and his band opened the show with the live debuts of three songs off the soon-to-be-released Rattle That Lock – “5AM,” “Rattle That Lock” and “Faces Of Stone.” Gilmour then gave fans their first taste of Pink Floyd in “Wish You Were Here.” Next up was “A Boat Lies Here Waiting,” David’s tribute to his Pink Floyd bandmate Richard Wright, and Gilmour’s first-ever solo band renditions of Dark Side Of The Moon tracks “Money” and “Us & Them.” Gilmour hadn’t performed “Us & Them” since Pink Floyd’s final tour in 1994. The first set came to a close with the live debut of “In Any Tongue” and the final track from Pink Floyd’s The Division Bell, “High Hopes.”

Set Two started off with a triple dose of Pink Floyd: “Astronomy Domine,” “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” and “Fat Old Sun.” 2006’s On An Island, Gilmour’s previous solo album, was only represented by its title track. David then went back to Rattle That Lock for the live debuts of “The Girl In The Yellow Dress” and “Today.” The guitarist had two more treats in store to end the closing stanza as he trotted out his first-ever solo versions of Pink Floyd’s “Sorrow” and “Run Like Hell.” For the encore, David and his ensemble gave the capacity crowd more Floyd as he connected “Time” and “Breathe (Reprise)” before delivering his signature solo as part of “Comfortably Numb.”

Setlist (via Brain Damage)

Set One: 5AM*, Rattle That Lock*, Faces Of Stone*, Wish You Were Here, A Boat Lies Waiting*, The Blue, Money**, Us And Them**, In Any Tongue*, High Hopes

Set Two: Astronomy Domine, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Fat Old Sun, On An Island, The Girl In The Yellow Dress*, Today*, Sorrow**, Run Like Hell**

Encore: Time / Breathe (reprise), Comfortably Numb

* – live debut
** – Solo debut