The two releases capture the 2024 run in Rome and beyond
The forthcoming David Gilmour live album and film, entitled The Luck and Strange Concerts and Live at the Circus Maximus, Rome, beautifully capture the 2024 Luck and Strange Tour.
The tour accompanied Gilmour’s fifth solo album, Luck and Strange, which hit No. 1 in the UK, Germany, Poland, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Portugal, and Austria. It reached No. 2 in France, Italy, and Belgium, the top 5 in Spain, Japan, Norway, Denmark, and Hungary, and the top ten in the USA, Australia, Finland, Sweden, Ireland, and New Zealand.
The shows began with two sold-out warm-up shows at the Brighton Centre before moving to Circus Maximus in Rome for six sold-out nights, followed by the same at London’s Royal Albert Hall before moving Stateside for sold-out evenings at the Intuit Dome and Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, before concluding with five sold-out nights at Madison Square Garden in New York.
All 23 dates were sold out, and with no new shows on the horizon, the releases are the best and only way to experience the master of his art on stage.
Live at the Circus Maximus, Rome, which is being released via Sony Music Vision and Trafalgar Releasing, will be shown in cinemas & IMAX worldwide on September 17th for a limited time only. The film sees Gilmour return to Rome’s historic Circus Maximus at the beginning of the Luck and Strange Tour, his first in nearly a decade. Long-time Gilmour collaborator Gavin Elder filmed the sublime spectacle against the backdrop of the ancient ruins of Rome.
Tickets at cinemas around the world will go on sale on August 6th.
The concert will be released as 2 Blu-ray and 3 DVD sets with bonus unseen footage and the full concert mixed in 5.1 and Atmos (Blu-ray only) on October 17th.
The Luck and Strange Concerts features 23 tracks across 4 LPs or 2 CDs recorded at selected shows from the tour and blends solo tracks from Gilmour’s most recent album, including a stirring rendition of “Between Two Points” with Romany Gilmour as well as classic Pink Floyd anthems such as “Sorrow,” “High Hopes,” “Breathe (In The Air),” “Time,” “Wish You Were Here,” and “Comfortably Numb.” The super deluxe edition of the album features all the formats as well as a 120-page hardback book, David Gilmour: Luck and Strange Live, featuring Polly Samson’s photographs taken on the tour.
The audio for both projects has been co-produced by David and Charlie Andrew, who co-produced the Luck and Strange album.
