David Gilmour returns to the Circus Maximus. The historic guitarist of Pink Floyd has announced six shows between September and October in the ancient Roman stadium, where he already performed in 2016. It will be an opportunity to present on stage his new album “Luck And Strange” which will be released on 6 September for Sony Music. The shows will take place on 27, 28 and 29 September and 1, 2 and 3 October and will be world premieres and the only shows in continental Europe.
Inside the Circus Maximus, an arena built specifically for the occasion will be set up with all seats. Virgin Radio Italy will carry out an exclusive pre-sale which will give fans the opportunity to purchase their tickets in advance. Fans who register on virginradio.it from Wednesday 15 May at 9am to Thursday 16 May at 11.59pm will receive a code that will allow them to purchase up to 4 tickets on www.ticketone.it/virginradio.
It will be possible to purchase tickets in advance also thanks to a presale linked to the new album. By pre-ordering the new album, from May 10th to May 16th at 6pm, you will be able to receive an email in the following days with a code that will allow you to access the presale open on May 15th and 16th. With each order an email will be sent with a code that gives access to the presale of two tickets.
“Luck And Strange”, which will be released on September 6, nine years after the previous “Rattle That Lock”, will include a recording by Rick Wright, Pink Floyd's keyboard player, who passed away in 2008. It is a part recorded in 2007, during a session in a barn at the Gilmour house.
To anticipate the new long-distance work of the English guitarist, the first single, “The Piper's Call”, of which you can see the video clip below.
“Luck And Strange” was recorded over 5 months between Brighton and London, and was produced by Gilmour and Charlie Andrew. Also noteworthy on the album are the contributions of Romany and Gabriel Gilmour, Guy Pratt and Tom Herbert on bass, Adam Betts, Steve Gadd and Steve DiStanislao on drums, Rob Gentry and Roger Eno on keyboards with string and choir arrangements by Will Gardner.
Gilmour's wife, Polly Samson, who once again contributed to the composition of the lyrics, commented: “It's written from the point of view of getting old; mortality is the constant.” And Gilmour added: “We spent a lot of time during and after lockdown talking and thinking about this sort of thing.” Anton Corbijn photographed and designed the album's cover image, which was inspired by a lyric written by Charlie Gilmour for the album's final song, “Scattered”.
“Luck And Strange” will be available on black vinyl, gatefold cover and booklet with photography and design by Anton Corbijn, on CD with two bonus tracks and with digipack, booklet and Blu-ray designed by Corbijn.
Antonio Santini for SANREMO.FM