Well, last night saw the start of the six concerts that David Gilmour and his band are playing at London's Royal Albert Hall. These follow the six nights in Rome, Italy, which we have covered on the relevant tour pages, and will be doing so again on the London tour pages as the shows take place.

The Royal Albert Hall has long been a favourite of David's, so it should be a good place to see him play in again. This was proved with the opening show last night for which we've already had some pictures and comments through from people who attended, and were thrilled by what they witnessed!

As ever, we will do our best to minimise any spoilers unless you go further down each of the concert pages - the set list is always hidden for obvious sight, and comments about each show will be below that, along with pictures kindly submitted.

We've included one here of a recognisable shadow playing on the rear of the Royal Albert Hall's seating area, courtesy of David Gaylor, which we figured didn't really spoil anything in particular of the show. The other picture, showing the Luck and Strange Man above one of the Royal Albert Hall entrances, was kindly sent by Chris Leith.

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.

Obviously, if you go to any of these shows (or indeed, any others between now and when the tour wraps up next month at New York City's Madison Square Garden) and would like to share your thoughts and/or pictures with the Floyd community, do please get in touch! Thank you.

Something a little different today as we count down the hours until David Gilmour's Royal Albert Hall shows begin, tomorrow evening. The Dark Side Of The Moon is rightly considered an audiophile classic, and has been used over the last fifty-odd years as a showcase of someone's hifi, or indeed, as a perfect test record in equipment stores for prospective buyers of turntables and so on.

The following video goes into incredible detail into the vinyl version of The Dark Side Of The Moon, and includes plenty of background into how the finished recording made it onto vinyl. It also compares various editions of the album, to try and determine (from the presenter's perspective, of course) which are the copies to search out for the highest quality audio.

As with all audio comparisons, it is subjective, and different equipment does affect the sound one hears. The most important thing is for people to enjoy the music, irrespective of the format, but nevertheless it is a fascinating look at how records are made, showing the process - particularly, how it was done in the early to mid 1970s...

On Friday evening, and yesterday afternoon, David Gilmour and his new touring band performed a brace of shows at the Brighton Centre, on the south coast of England.

It obviously bodes well when David Gilmour hires the Brighton Centre for production rehearsals. Concluding their time at the south coast of England venue, following the initial rehearsals at the King Alfred complex in Hove (just along the seafront road), a repeat of 2015's preview show saw a pair of what was called "Dress Rehearsals" to further finesse the production. The first was a standard evening show, the second, a matinee so that everything could be broken down and packed ready to ship to Rome, Italy, for the first string of proper shows.

We are now starting to receive pictures, comments and suchlike for the pair of shows, and are adding them to both of the show pages (Friday, September 20th and Saturday, September 21st) to join the short post-gig video that's been put together by David's team to give the tiniest of tasters of the show. If you went to either, we really welcome and appreciate any contributions you would like to offer - just email through the normal address of This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it please.

We've purposefully picked a very simple picture for this story, so as not to spoil anything for those who don't want to hear anything about the show. The show pages also hide the set lists so people don't see anything they don't want to. Pictures and reviews are below the hidden set list section, so should be difficult to accidentally see things you might not want to see.

Next stop for David and his team is Rome, Italy, for the six shows there, from this coming Friday, 27th September - and if you are going to any of these, we'd love to hear from you after the show!

Following the release of David Gilmour's Luck and Strange, his critically acclaimed first new album in nine years, this week, has been an announcement which reminds us of 2015. Today, Gilmour has announced two very special rehearsal performances at the Brighton Centre on the south coast of England, on September 20th (Evening) and 21st (Matinee). Each show will be limited to just 1500 people.

Many of you will remember that in 2015, Gilmour performed what was called a "preview show" at the same venue, which had been used for production rehearsals, and the Brighton Centre obviously worked well as a facility to get the show into its final shape, hence these newly announced concerts.

Tickets for the shows are £30, and to be in with a chance to get them, fans will need to have purchased a copy of Luck and Strange from the official David Gilmour UK store by 8am, Monday, September 16th. This will give the chance for first access to the available tickets. Those who have already ordered from the store will also be included. Visit that website to get full details of terms and conditions of the ticketing process. The shows will offer an exclusive preview of David's forthcoming live performances in Rome, London, Los Angeles, and New York.

The upcoming November 2024 issue of the UK's Mojo Magazine, announced today and published on September 17th (and available online worldwide through this link, has a big focus on David Gilmour and his excellent new album, Luck and Strange.

The article finds David chatting with acclaimed author Mark Blake (Pigs Might Fly about Pink Floyd, and other books) about the new album. He also hints at more to come before too long: "I've got a trove of stuff already".

Alongside what the magazine are calling "The Definitive Interview", there are articles looking at Joni Mitchell, the Ramones and much more. The cover mounted CD - Point Me At The Sky, with a suitably 60s design on the cover - holds "15 Flashbacks to the Golden Age of British Psych", with Soft Machine, The Pretty Things and more.

Always a great read, the magazine is due to arrive in UK stores in a week's time, and will be available in selected locations worldwide as an import, in due course. Alternatively, you can order (worldwide) online through the Great Magazines website which is owned and run by the publishers of Mojo (and will secure you the cover-mounted CD as well!).

Last night, in the city of Brighton and Hove, the Neptune Inn pub (in Hove) hosted a small gig for Romany Gilmour, David's daughter, who contributes to his new album Luck and Strange. With rehearsals for the day finished, David presumably felt he had unfinished business and turned up unannounced to run through Wish You Were Here with his daughter!

As Jerry Ewing of Louder Sound/Prog reports, Romany had been performing at the pub's regular Monday evening open mic night, running through Leonard Cohen's If It Be Your Will, Joanna Newsom's This Side Of Blue, and her own Lily Of The Roses, when her father arrived with a guitar! A glimpse of the event can be seen here:

UPDATE: The entire, four-song set was recorded using a 360-degree camera, so you can select your viewpoint as if you were standing in the front, or even see what David and Romany could see if you turn to look at the small crowd in the pub! Here's the full Wish You Were Here in 360-degrees...go to their channel for the other three songs.