Monthly Archive: December 2005

News from Brain Damage Magazine At last, the news many Pink Floyd fans have been eagerly awaiting! We are pleased to be able to bring you full details of David Gilmour’s UK and European tour dates. David will be touring in Spring 2006, with his ‘On An Island Tour’, the title coming from Gilmour’s new solo album which is released on 6 March 2006. Amongst the shows will be two UK dates – the 29th and 30th May at London’s Royal Albert Hall. From 9am on Wednesday 7th December until noon on Thursday 8th December there will be a priority booking period for 200 pairs of £65 tickets for the two Royal Albert Hall concerts. These will only be available via a website which will be available shortly – www.davidgilmour.com; following this priority booking period, tickets will then be available from 9am on Friday 9th December from: Royal Albert Hall...

Story from here David Gilmour and wife Polly Sampson Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour has more than one reason to celebrate on his 60th birthday next year – March 6th 2006 sees the long-awaited release of his new solo album “On An Island”. Released on EMI Records, the album is the first solo release from David since 1984’s “About Face”. Following the release of “On An Island”, David will embark on a European and American tour during the months of March, April and May 2006 – and we should have details of these dates soon. “On An Island” is produced by David, along with Chris Thomas and Phil Manzanera. Orchestrations are by the renowned composer Zbigniew Preisner and were recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London. The title track teams Gilmour with David Crosby and Graham Nash – three of the greatest voices in contemporary music. Richard Wright, Robert Wyatt,...