TICKET SCAN TO GO HERE

Capacity: 5,272 (maximum; depends on configuration of seating)

Concert starts: 7:30pm (to be confirmed)

Address of venue: Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP. MAP

Website: www.royalalberthall.com

COMMENTS

It is worth noting that the six shows at London's Royal Albert Hall are the entirety of his UK performances this time around. We suspect there could be dates elsewhere announced in due course.

Tickets for this concert go on sale in two stages. Fans in the UK/Ireland pre-ordering Luck and Strange from the official David Gilmour UK Album Store will get first access to tickets, via an exclusive ticket pre-sale on Thursday 9th May through Ticketmaster UK. If you have ordered from elsewhere, there IS, however, a "No purchase necessary" option you can select at David's store to get the pre-sale code without having to cancel your existing order.

The window to qualify for the pre-sale ends at 3pm UK on Wednesday, May 8th, with all existing pre-orders from the official David Gilmour UK Album Store also eligible. Pre-sale codes will be sent out later that day.

Tickets will then go on general sale at 10am UK on Friday, May 10th, through this link at Ticketmaster UK. We are sure that demand will be high for these special concerts.

WARNING - SPOILERS AHEAD!

Do not read on if you don't want surprises to be spoilt, regarding what the band played!

Night seven of the tour (if you ignore the two dress rehearsals conducted in Brighton, on the south coast of England, last month), and the first of six nights in London. The Royal Albert Hall has long been a favourite of David Gilmour, so it should be a good place to see him play in again.

The set list from the later Rome shows was unchanged (the song Sings from the new album, Luck and Strange, was added during the Italian dates), and the only notable differences were the use of a mirror ball to great effect during a couple of songs, and a small error in High Hopes where David didn't start the slide guitar solo as expected.

The performance throughout apparently was superb, and proved an audio and visual treat!

For those interested, there were no major differences with the merchandise on offer - the normal range of t-shirts, hoodies and other accessories including tour programme. Sometimes for the Royal Albert Hall, there's been a special poster, but all there is are the t-shirts and hoodies marked as from the London shows (as seen in the previous shows in Brighton and Rome). We hear though that the merchandise stall was swamped with people snapping things up eagerly so would suggest those who want to get something to commemorate the show, should buy before the concert, and not after, to reduce the chance of disappointment.

We'd love to know in more detail how the concert went. Did you go? Let us know what YOU thought!

CONCERT PICTURES by BD CONTRIBUTOR, DAVID GAYLOR

 

 

 

CONCERT COMMENTS and PICTURES by BD CONTRIBUTOR, CHRIS LEITH

Chris had a Choir seat and was delighted to find that it had a wonderful view of things, and the sound was great. "I never thought it would be this good! The feel of watching the crowd watch the show, too. In no way the Choir seat felt like a 'cheap seat' - a really good experience!" Thought it was worth adding this to reassure others who have Choir seats.

Whilst from my seat I couldn't see the visuals on the screen, you don't dwell on it. The mirror ball ran slowly around during Scattered - a calm and lovely effect. A good choice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONCERT PICTURES by BD CONTRIBUTOR, ROB SADLER

 

 

 

 

 

CONCERT COMMENT and PICTURES by BD CONTRIBUTOR, CIAR�N McQUILLAN

A beautiful show!

 

 

 

 

YOUR HELP NEEDED! We want to cover David's concerts the best we can, to share the experience with everyone, especially those who won't be able to attend the shows. We'd love to see ANY pictures, tickets scans, reviews, newspaper reports, and anything else you come across for this show - we look forward to hearing from you!