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David Gilmour Is Touring. Just Don’t Ask for Pink Floyd Classics

David Gilmour is touring in support of his upcoming solo LP 'Luck and Strange,' but he doesn't plan on performing any Pink Floyd songs from the 70s.

Gilmour didn’t articulate a reason for omitting material from Pink Floyd’s most successful decade, when they released beloved albums like Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, and The Wall, but it could be related to his estranged bandmate Roger Waters largely controlling the band at that time. They’ve had a volatile relationship for decades, to put it mildly, but things reached a new low in February 2023 when Polly Samson, Gilmour’s wife and longtime lyricist, blasted Waters on Twitter. It’s quite possible he’ll change his mind by opening night and decide he simply can’t get away with skipping “Comfortably Numb,” which has been the climax of basically every solo gig he’s ever played, but that’s far from a safe bet.

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