Press release:

COLUMBIA RECORDS ANNOUNCES THE STATESIDE RELEASE OF

DAVID GILMOUR'S

"REMEMBER THAT NIGHT – LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL"

ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18

 

Double DVD Set, Directed By David Mallet, Features More Than Five Hours Of Material Including An On-The-Road Documentary And Guest Appearances by David Bowie and Robert Wyatt

 

David Gilmour To Premiere One-Time Theatrical Presentation of "Remember That Night - Live At The Royal Albert Hall" To 111 Movie Theatres On Saturday, September 15, At 3pm (Eastern)/12pm (Pacific)

 

 

(dateline – Los Angeles - August 7, 2007; source: Columbia Records)

 

 

One critic described David Gilmour's "On An Island" Royal Albert Hall concert, as "a near-perfect gig, where the magic kept coming, as did the surprises'."  Now music fans, who may have missed Gilmour's 2006 tour, get a chance to share in that magic with the release of "Remember That Night - Live At The Royal Albert Hall," a double DVD commemorating Gilmour's highly acclaimed SRO tour.  Lasting more than 5 hours, "Remember That Night - Live At The Royal Albert Hall" includes Gilmour's rave-reviewed London concert -- featuring special guest appearances from David Bowie, Robert Wyatt, David Crosby and Graham Nash -- as well as 2 hours and 40+ minutes of extras, notably a revelatory fly-on-the-wall documentary following Gilmour and his band on tour.  A 20-page booklet accompanies the DVD.

 

Gilmour's two-and-a-half-hour concert features band members Richard Wright of Pink Floyd, Phil Manzanera of Roxy Music, new band member Steve DiStanislao on drums, plus Pink Floyd regulars Dick Parry, Guy Pratt and Jon Carin.

 

David Gilmour, the legendary guitarist and voice of Pink Floyd, will premiere an 85-minute theatrical version of "Remember That Night – Live at the Royal Albert Hall," to 111 movie theatres on Saturday, September 15 at 3 p.m. Eastern/ Noon Pacific. This exclusive, one-time event will also include a one song live performance by David Gilmour prior to the concert and end with a special question and answer session – both live via satellite from London.

 

Disc 1 of "Remember That Night" includes Gilmour's critically-acclaimed concert featuring songs from his #1 UK chart-topping album "On An Island" as well as Pink Floyd classics such as "High Hopes," "Shine on You Crazy Diamond," "Comfortably Numb" and the first filmed performance (since Pink Floyd's "Live at Pompeii") of the epic 20 minute tour de force, "Echoes." The concert's state-of-the-art production comes courtesy of lighting genius Marc Brickman.  The show was filmed by David Mallet, one of the world's leading music directors.  For the 23-camera shoot, David Mallet used the latest in high definition digital technology to create a film that is nothing less than stunning.  A groundbreaking must-have DVD, David Gilmour's "Remember That Night - Live At The Royal Albert Hall" in Standard DVD, HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc formats.

 

Disc 2 of "Remember That Night" Remember That Night disc 2 is packed with rarities and previously unreleased material including "Breaking Bread, Drinking Wine," a 46-minute road movie filmed during the 2006 tour. Allowing fans a unique "seat on the tour bus," "Breaking Bread, Drinking Wine" gives viewers a rare glimpse of David Gilmour, the man and musician, his band and crew enjoying and enduring the highs and the lows of life on tour:  from flashfloods, a collapsing stage, a Russian wine-glass player, and problems with German trains!

 

Other DVD extras include bonus tracks from the Royal Albert Hall, Gilmour's first-ever performance of the Syd Barrett classic "Dark Globe," "Astronomy Domine" Live From Abbey Road, and the AOL sessions recorded while on tour in LA.  Five songs from the BBC Mermaid Theatre concert are also on Disc 2, along with a five-minute documentary shot on tour in LA. The DVD also includes a photo gallery featuring the tour crew, shot by tour photographer Polly Samson.

 

"Remember That Night - Live At The Royal Albert Hall" comes with a 20-page booklet featuring more than 80 photos selected from studio recording, touring, and time off.

 

"Remember That Night - Live At The Royal Albert Hall" gives fans an exclusive virtual backstage pass allowing them share many of the musical highlights from David Gilmour's 2006 tour, including the making of his #1 UK chart-topping album, "On An Island," released in March 2006.   Tours in Europe, the US and the UK followed the release of the album, with the concerts held in theatres chosen by Gilmour, preferring the intimacy of such venues after a lifetime of stadium rock.  In response to his first tour, his first since Pink Floyd's 1994 Division Bell global jaunt, David Gilmour remarked, "It's an extremely enjoyable tour, fantastically good fun and very, very satisfying."

 

"It's probably the most fun, most professional and easiest tour I've ever done in my life," concurred Gilmour's longtime bandmate and co-member of Pink Floyd Rick Wright.

 

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