Post by Lydia on Feb 10, 2006 15:55:48 GMT -5
Pink Floyd Are Dead, But David Gilmour Certainly Isn't
Wednesday February 08, 2006 @ 06:00 PM
By: ChartAttack.com Staff
David Gilmour
Pink Floyd guitarist/singer David Gilmour has ended all the band
reunion rumours once and for all and formally pronounced the
group "over."
After Gilmour and bassist/singer Roger Waters played together at last
summer’s Live 8 concert in the U.K., speculation spread that the band
would reform to tour later this year. But the rumour mill can now
officially close down due to statements made by Gilmour in an interview
with Italian newspaper, La Repubblica.
"The band? It’s over. Reunited because of the good cause, to get over
the bad relationship, and not to have regrets.
"I think I’ve had enough. I am 60. I don’t want to work much anymore.
It's an important part of my life, I have had enormous satisfactions,
but now it's enough. It’s much more comfortable to work on my own."
Gilmour emphasized that the decision to not reunite had nothing to do
with his stormy relationship with Waters, who left Pink Floyd in 1983.
The guitarist simply believes that the band is too big of a "business"
now and he didn’t want to deal with the pressure or expectations — with
or without Waters.
Gilmour has, however, completed work on his third solo album. His first
release since Pink Floyd’s multi-platinum Division Bell in 1994 was co-
produced by Roxy Music's Phil Manzanera and Chris Thomas(Sex Pistols,
The Pretenders, INXS). On An Island features David Crosby and Graham
Nash on harmonies, Robert Wyatt on cornet, Floyd’s Richard Wright on
organ and Gilmour taking his first stab at playing saxophone. It will
be released on March 7.
Gilmour will play Toronto's Massey Hall on April 9 and 10 in support of
the album.
Here are the songs you can hear On An Island:
"Castellorizon"
"On An Island"
"The Blue"
"Take A Breath"
"Red Sky At Night"
"This Heaven"
"Then I Close My Eyes"
"Smile"
"Pocket Full Of Stones"
"Where We Start"
—Phil Villeneuve
Wednesday February 08, 2006 @ 06:00 PM
By: ChartAttack.com Staff
David Gilmour
Pink Floyd guitarist/singer David Gilmour has ended all the band
reunion rumours once and for all and formally pronounced the
group "over."
After Gilmour and bassist/singer Roger Waters played together at last
summer’s Live 8 concert in the U.K., speculation spread that the band
would reform to tour later this year. But the rumour mill can now
officially close down due to statements made by Gilmour in an interview
with Italian newspaper, La Repubblica.
"The band? It’s over. Reunited because of the good cause, to get over
the bad relationship, and not to have regrets.
"I think I’ve had enough. I am 60. I don’t want to work much anymore.
It's an important part of my life, I have had enormous satisfactions,
but now it's enough. It’s much more comfortable to work on my own."
Gilmour emphasized that the decision to not reunite had nothing to do
with his stormy relationship with Waters, who left Pink Floyd in 1983.
The guitarist simply believes that the band is too big of a "business"
now and he didn’t want to deal with the pressure or expectations — with
or without Waters.
Gilmour has, however, completed work on his third solo album. His first
release since Pink Floyd’s multi-platinum Division Bell in 1994 was co-
produced by Roxy Music's Phil Manzanera and Chris Thomas(Sex Pistols,
The Pretenders, INXS). On An Island features David Crosby and Graham
Nash on harmonies, Robert Wyatt on cornet, Floyd’s Richard Wright on
organ and Gilmour taking his first stab at playing saxophone. It will
be released on March 7.
Gilmour will play Toronto's Massey Hall on April 9 and 10 in support of
the album.
Here are the songs you can hear On An Island:
"Castellorizon"
"On An Island"
"The Blue"
"Take A Breath"
"Red Sky At Night"
"This Heaven"
"Then I Close My Eyes"
"Smile"
"Pocket Full Of Stones"
"Where We Start"
—Phil Villeneuve