David Gilmour to Play Guitar for One “Wall” Show
July 15th, 2010
According to Roger Waters’ Facebook page, David Gilmour will play guitar on “Comfortably Numb” for one lucky group of fans for Roger Waters “The Wall Live” Tour. According to Waters’, Gilmour will choose which show and it will be a surprise. Here is Rogers’ post in it’s entirety:
So here’s what happened. Last year, ‘The Hoping Foundation’ a charity that supports Palestinian refugee kids, (www.hopingfoundation.org) put on a fund raiser at Ronnie Scott’s Club in London, the idea of which was to raise money by auctioning karaoke performances by various celebrities. David was there as a supporter and was moved to perform an impromptu rendition of George Gershwin’s ‘Summertime?’ which he performed aided and abetted by supermodel Kate Moss.
In the wake of that evening, someone, I think it was David himself, came up with this ‘Wouldn’t it be funny’, idea. What if he (David that is) were to sing the old Teddy Bears song ‘To Know Him Is To Love Him’ with me (Roger that is), what with us having been so famously at each other’s throats for years and years. Get it!!!! Anyway he E-mailed me with this suggestion and I loved it, so then it was just a question of juggling dates and deciding to do ‘Wish You Were Here’ and ‘Comfortably Numb’ to round out our little set. Or so I thought, until he sent me a number of very musical and eloquent demos of how we could do the song in two-part harmony. I listened with a sinking heart, knowing that David, with his superior vocal skills, could sing either part standing on his head, whilst I would have to search for a different key and then struggle through hours and hours of routining a performance that lay way outside my vocal comfort zone. To my eternal shame I bottled out and told Dave I would happily do ‘Wish You Were Here’ and ‘C. Numb’, but that ‘To Know him is to Love him’ was beyond me.
Some weeks passed with David cajoling me from time to time, telling me how easy it would be, but I clung resolutely to my fear of failure until one day he made one final entreaty. I quote “If you do ‘To Know Him Is To Love Him’ for The Hoping Foundation Gig, I’ll come and do ‘C. Numb’ on one of your Wall shows”. Well! You could have knocked me down with a feather. How fucking cool! I was blown away. How could I refuse such an offer. I couldn’t, there was no way. Generosity trumped fear. And so explaining that I would probably be shite, but if he didn’t mind I didn’t, I agreed and the rest is history. We did it, and it was fucking great. End of story. Or possibly beginning.
Roger
PS. Just heard from David, he will decide in due course which gig he wants to do, it will be a surprise!
Source: Roger Waters Facebook page
Photo Credit: Polly Samson’s website
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July 16th, 2010 at 12:38 am
Omg this sounds amazing !!!!!!!!!
July 16th, 2010 at 12:47 am
Lol I doubt that I’ll be one of the lucky people to see him…..
July 16th, 2010 at 1:01 am
Oh and by the way it’s me, guitarist5260.
July 19th, 2010 at 6:29 pm
They should ask Nick for drums and come to Australia
se ya
July 20th, 2010 at 3:20 pm
David, Barcelona is the place to come…
July 22nd, 2010 at 10:44 am
David, please come to Lisbon
July 24th, 2010 at 6:51 pm
Come on. Truly surprise us and do it in Hartford! There will have to be a ‘Dave Watch’ soon. You know: Where in the world is he and where is Roger’s tour?
July 25th, 2010 at 3:04 pm
Minnesota!
August 3rd, 2010 at 6:02 pm
please…coming back to life
August 6th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
Kansas City,MO. is the place.Animals”COWTOWN”USA! Right in the center of the USA!Kansas City,at the new Sprint Center,near the KC jazz and blues district!See you there Roger October 30!!Wish you all luck on who are the lucky ones to see this reunion.
August 7th, 2010 at 11:50 am
South Florida is a great place to visit in November. WOW!
September 3rd, 2010 at 5:26 am
Please, come to Denmark in Parken.
We are a small country, but here you will find some of your biggest fans!
We are always sort of “left out” because we are so small, so it would be just awsome if you pick us!
something i will never forget!
September 13th, 2010 at 2:12 pm
Detroit/Auburn Hills USA 10/24/2010 is the ideal time and place for David to appear with Roger for Comfortably Numb. Mid tour, Great neutral ground, the best rock & roll audience on the planet and the best equiped audience to give the proper respect to these two most loved musical artists. We are economy broken people who would sell the shirt on our back to live that moment and have it for our memory. You will always be loved in Detroit.
September 14th, 2010 at 10:17 am
quem me dera ver os caras aqui no brazil seria muito bom.
October 1st, 2010 at 11:00 am
bring david to san jose
October 26th, 2010 at 12:18 pm
PLEASE SOUTH AFRICA AWAITS YOU ROGER…U2 ARE COMING AND THEY HAVE SOLD OUT 101 000 TICKETS FOR ONE CONCERT…YOU WILL DOUBLE THAT
November 17th, 2010 at 11:03 am
Phoenix needs the heat!!- of the Comfortably Numb solo that only Gillmour can perfectly recreate.
David in the Desert!
December 18th, 2010 at 1:39 pm
Lisbon is the right place. Portugal can be a small place, but we know how to throw a party. And, you will be realize a little girls dream. I hope to see two great musicians 21st March.
March 1st, 2011 at 7:11 am
please london may 14th, it would blow my mind even more than its going to be