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Surprise: David Gilmour Will Appear On Roger Waters' Tour . . . For At Least One Night

  

 

As unlikely as it seemed prior to this past weekend, it now looks like DAVID GILMOUR and ROGER WATERS of PINK FLOYD are on the path of reconciliation.

 

 

--David surprised everyone last weekend when he joined Roger onstage at a benefit concert in England.  It was the first time they shared the stage in FIVE YEARS.  (--The last time was the Pink Floyd reunion at the Live 8 event back in 2005.)

 

 

--They did four songs:  PHIL SPECTOR'S "To Know Him Is To Love Him" . . . plus the Pink Floyd classics "Wish You Were Here", "Comfortably Numb" and "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)".

 

 

--And now, Roger has posted a note on his Facebook page detailing how it came together . . . and announcing that David will be joining him for at least ONE date on his upcoming tour, which is celebrating the 30th anniversary of "The Wall".

 

 

--It all started with a joke, essentially. 

 

 

--Roger says, quote, "[David] came up with this 'Wouldn't it be funny', idea:  What if he were to sing the old song 'To Know Him Is To Love Him' with me . . . what with us having been so famously at each other's throats for years and years.  Get it!!!!

 

 

--"Anyway he emailed me with this suggestion and I loved it, so then it was just a question of juggling dates and deciding to do 'Wish You Were Here' and 'Comfortably Numb' to round out our little set."

 

 

--But then Roger started having reservations.  David had sent him "a number of very musical and eloquent demos" of how they could do "To Know Him Is To Love Him" in two-part harmony, but Roger didn't think he had the vocal chops to pull it off.

 

 

--So that's when David upped the ante.  Roger says David told him, quote, "'If you do 'To Know Him Is To Love Him' . . . I'll come and do 'Comfortably Numb' on one of your Wall shows.''

 

 

--Roger was ecstatic.  He says, quote, "You could have knocked me down with a feather.  How (effing) cool!  I was blown away.  How could I refuse such an offer.  I couldn't, there was no way.  Generosity trumped fear.

 

 

--"And so explaining that I would probably be (crap), but if he didn't mind I didn't, I agreed and the rest is history.  We did it, and it was (effing) great. End of story.  Or possibly, [the] beginning."  (--Wow.  Floyd fans:  It's OK to get a little excited.)

 

 

--It's unknown WHICH date David will show up at, but he has a lot to choose from . . . because the tour currently includes 94 SHOWS from September 15th in Toronto through a show in Germany next June.

 

 

--Roger says David will pick the show he wants to do, quote, "in due course."  And chances are, we won't know in advance.  It sounds like they want it to be a surprise.  It's also unclear how much of the show David will take part in.

 

 

(--You can read Roger's full Facebook post, here . . .)

 

 

http://www.facebook.com/rogerwaters#!/notes/roger-waters-the-wall/the-gig-with-david/144577855556673

 

 

(--Technically, there's no indication that David will join Roger for anything more than that one show, but who knows . . . everything seems to be moving fast.)

 

 

(--Just two months ago, Roger told "Rolling Stone" that he invited David to join the tour, but that he was quote, "completely uninterested" in it.)

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Originally posted on July 16th, 2010