David Gilmour's 2016 tour is growing with the official announcement this afternoon of the four nights that he and his band are performing at London's Royal Albert Hall next year. The shows take place on:

• Sunday, September 25th
• Wednesday, September 28th
• Thursday, September 29th
• Friday, September 30th

Tickets go on sale from 10:00am (UK time) on Friday, December 4th through the Royal Albert Hall box office, Ticketmaster, Seetickets, and Stargreen. These are David's only UK concerts to be announced for 2016, and tickets are restricted to four per person in total - that's across all the nights, so not as previously when it was four per person per night. Photo ID will also be needed when arriving at the venue, so the lead booker (who's name will be printed on the tickets) will have to attend, and any others on the same booking will need to enter the venue with the lead booker.

In separate news about David, a fascinating, 20 minute interview took place today on BBC Radio 6 Music in the UK. You can listen to the interview, which starts around the two hours, ten minute mark, through this link.

This afternoon, David Gilmour was interviewed on the UK's BBC Radio 2. Chatting with presenter Steve Wright, David talked about the new album, touring, and revealed that he is planning to play four nights (David: "I think") next September at London's Royal Albert Hall.

Before you ask, we have no idea of what days in September he is due to play there, nor do we have any details of any other concerts, other than what is already shown in the gig calendar in the right hand column of this site! Once we have more information, we will let you know...

You can hear the interview in full here:

Due to the incredible demand for tickets for his North American tour, David Gilmour has now confirmed a third and final concert in New York, to be held at the historic Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, April 10th 2016. This show immediately precedes the pair of sold out shows at the city's Madison Square Garden.

Tickets will go on sale on Thursday 3rd December at 10am EST from this direct link at Ticketmaster.com, or by phone, or selected Ticketmaster outlets. Please note that there is a limit of two tickets per customer. If tickets remain, they will be available at the Radio City Music Hall, Madison Square Garden and Beacon Theatre box offices from Friday, December 4th. Every ticket purchased online will include a CD of David's Rattle That Lock album. NB: It is essential to click the redeem/claim CD button on the Ticketmaster website to activate delivery. There are also three different "VIP Packages" available for this show, offering front row or premium price seats along with special merchandise items - also available through this link.

David's last performance at Radio City Music Hall was back in 2006 as part of the On An Island tour, and this should again prove to be a popular venue to see David live.

The news quickly spread over the weekend about a very low-key, and quite astonishing, release that took place on Friday (November 27th). Pink Floyd 1965 - Their First Recordings was a very limited issue of just over 1000 copies (1050 to be exact) on two 7" singles, in a gatefold sleeve, available from selected record stores around the world.

Contrary to some of the comments online, this was NOT part of the limited number of Record Store Day releases which were also in the same stores on Friday.

The records have, for the first time, released six tracks officially. The first and last track have been bootlegged previously, but have never been heard in this sort of quality. The tracks also include Rado Klose on guitar - still a member of the band in those days - and Juliette Gale providing vocals on Walk With Me Sydney. If you've already heard the first and last tracks that gives a decent idea what the rest of songs are like, in style and performance.

The full 18 minute track listing is as follows:

• Lucy Leave (2:52)
• Double O Bo (2:54)
• Remember Me (2:44)
• Walk With Me Sydney (3:09)
• Butterfly (2:59)
• I'm A King Bee (3:08)

Obviously there are many fans hoping that this release is just the precursor to something to come in the future, and speculation has already started going by the incredible reaction to this that we've already seen! From an official standpoint, the band's Facebook page has noted that "Pink Floyd hope to make them available in some physical form towards the end of next year" which is excellent news!