The set was heavy on Pink Floyd classics, including “Wish You Were Here,” “Time,” “Breathe,” “Fat Old Sun,” and four tunes from The Division Bell David Gilmour, September 27, 2024 Gavin Elder kicked off his world tour Friday night at Circo Massimo in Rome, Italy. The set featured six songs from , multiple guest appearances by Gilmour’s daughter Romany, three tunes from 2015’s , and 12 classics. Prior to the tour, Gilmour all across the world by saying he had an “unwillingness to revisit the Pink Floyd of the Seventies,” and would instead play only songs from his era fronting the band in the Eighties and early Nineties.
But as the months ticked by and opening night drew closer, he had a change of heart. “One has to wake up to reality once in a while,” “I think I will be doing one or two things from that time, but it just seems so long ago. I know people love them, and I love playing them.
I’ll be doing ‘Wish You Were Here,’ of course I will. And some of the things that started with me anyway.” He played not only “Wish You Were Here” on opening night, but also “Breathe (In The Air),” “Time,” “Breathe (Reprise),” “Fat Old Sun,” “The Great Gig in the Sky,” and “Comfortably Numb.
” He also did four songs (“Marooned,” “High Hopes,” “A Great Day for Freedom,” “Coming Back to Life”) from 1994’s , and one selection (“Sorrow”) from 1987’s The show was also the official unveiling of his new backing .
