David Gilmour – Live at Pompeii | Blu-ray

Blu-ray Video · 5.1 surround sound

The first concert in front of an audience in the Pompeii amphitheatre since the gladiators, in AD 79.
David Gilmour played there on two nights in July 2016, during the 2015-2016 tour that took him to historic venues around the world.

The return to Pompeii

For Gilmour it was an emotional return: in 1971 Adrian Maben had filmed «Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii» right here. «It's a magical place», he said, «it's a place of ghosts».

The film, directed by Gavin Elder and shot in 4K, gathers the highlights of both nights: a huge circular screen, lasers, pyrotechnics and a band of top musicians.

The setlist spans his whole career: the title tracks of his two number-one solo albums, «Rattle That Lock» and «On An Island», and Pink Floyd classics such as «Wish You Were Here», «Comfortably Numb» and «One of These Days», the only song also played in 1971. On both nights Gilmour also performed «The Great Gig in the Sky», which he very rarely plays in his solo concerts.

How to listen

5.1 SURROUND

The multichannel mix brings the atmosphere of the amphitheatre into your home: the audience, the echo of the stone and the band all around you.

Why this edition

A venue that had not hosted a concert with an audience for almost two thousand years
The Pompeii amphitheatre, reopened to live music for two nights.

The link with 1971
Gilmour returns to where Pink Floyd shot their most famous film.

A rare setlist
Including «The Great Gig in the Sky», almost never heard in his solo concerts.