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'''David Jon Gilmour''' {{postnom|country=GBR|CBE}} ({{IPAc-en|'|g|ɪ|l|m|ɔː|r}} {{respell|GHIL|mor}}; born 6 March 1946) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter, who is a member of the rock band ]. He joined as guitarist and co-lead vocalist in 1967, shortly before the departure of founding member ].{{sfn|Povey|2008|p=47}} Pink Floyd achieved international success with the ]s '']'' (1973), '']'' (1975), '']'' (1977), '']'' (1979) and '']'' (1983). By the early 1980s, they had become one of the highest-selling and most acclaimed acts in music history; by 2012, they had sold more than 250 million records worldwide, including 75&nbsp;million in the United States.<ref>For 250 million records sold see: {{cite web|title=Pink Floyd Reunion Tops Fans' Wish List in Music Choice Survey|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aOmothQgn6l4&refer=muse|publisher=]|date=26 September 2007|access-date=2 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812212513/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aOmothQgn6l4&refer=muse|archive-date=12 August 2013}}; For 74.5 million RIAA certified units sold see: {{cite web|title=Top Selling Artists|publisher=]|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php?content_selector=top-selling-artists|access-date=2 August 2012|archive-date=19 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719114528/http://riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php?content_selector=top-selling-artists|url-status=live}}</ref> Following the departure of ] in 1985, Pink Floyd continued under Gilmour's leadership and released three more studio albums. '''David Jon Gilmour''' {{postnom|country=GBR|CBE}} ({{IPAc-en|'|g|ɪ|l|m|ɔː|r}} {{respell|GHIL|mor}}; born 6 March 1946) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter who is a member of the rock band ]. He joined in 1967, shortly before the departure of the founder member ].{{sfn|Povey|2008|p=47}} By the early 1980s, Pink Floyd had become one of the highest-selling and most acclaimed acts in music history.<ref>For 250 million records sold see: {{cite web|title=Pink Floyd Reunion Tops Fans' Wish List in Music Choice Survey|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aOmothQgn6l4&refer=muse|publisher=]|date=26 September 2007|access-date=2 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812212513/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aOmothQgn6l4&refer=muse|archive-date=12 August 2013}}; For 74.5 million RIAA certified units sold see: {{cite web|title=Top Selling Artists|publisher=]|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php?content_selector=top-selling-artists|access-date=2 August 2012|archive-date=19 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719114528/http://riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php?content_selector=top-selling-artists|url-status=live}}</ref> Following the departure of ] in 1985, Pink Floyd continued under Gilmour's leadership and released the studio albums '']'' (1987), '']'' (1994) and '']'' (2014).

Gilmour has released five solo studio albums: '']'' (1978), '']'' (1984), '']'' (2006), '']'' (2015) and '']'' (2024). He has achieved three number-one solo albums on the ], and six with Pink Floyd.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Brannigan |first=Paul |date=2024-09-13 |title='I'd like to thank everyone who's bought my new album and helped make it number 1.' David Gilmour celebrates his third solo UK number one album with ''Luck and Strange'' |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/david-gilmour-celebrates-third-solo-uk-number-one-album-with-luck-and-strange |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=] |language=en}}</ref> He produced two albums by ], and is credited for bringing the singer-songwriter ] to public attention, paying for her early recordings and helping her find a record contract.


Gilmour has produced a variety of artists, such as ], and has released four solo studio albums: '']'' (1978), '']'' (1984), '']'' (2006), and '']'' (2015). He is also credited for bringing the singer-songwriter ] to public attention. As a member of Pink Floyd, he was inducted into the US ] in 1996, and the ] in 2005. In 2003, Gilmour was made a ] (CBE). He was awarded with the Outstanding Contribution title at the 2008 ].<ref name="qawards">{{cite web|url=http://www2.qawards.co.uk/2008/2008/10/outstanding_contribution_title.html |title=Gilmour dedicates his award to late colleague |publisher=Q Awards |access-date=20 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810050010/http://www2.qawards.co.uk/2008/2008/10/outstanding_contribution_title.html |archive-date=10 August 2011}}</ref> In 2023, '']'' ranked him number 28 in their list of the greatest guitarists of all time.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2023-10-13 |title=The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-guitarists-1234814010/ |access-date=2023-10-14 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> He was also voted number 36 in the greatest voices in rock by ] listeners in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|title=Robert Plant voted rock's greatest voice|url=http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/robert-plant-voted-rocks-greatest-voice-190343|date=4 January 2009|work=]|access-date=27 September 2015|archive-date=11 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911033846/http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/robert-plant-voted-rocks-greatest-voice-190343|url-status=live}}</ref> As a member of Pink Floyd, Gilmour was inducted into the US ] in 1996, and the ] in 2005. In 2003, Gilmour was made a ] (CBE). He received the award for Outstanding Contribution at the 2008 ].<ref name="qawards">{{cite web|url=http://www2.qawards.co.uk/2008/2008/10/outstanding_contribution_title.html |title=Gilmour dedicates his award to late colleague |publisher=Q Awards |access-date=20 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810050010/http://www2.qawards.co.uk/2008/2008/10/outstanding_contribution_title.html |archive-date=10 August 2011}}</ref> In 2023, '']'' named him the 28th-greatest guitarist.


Gilmour has taken part in projects related to issues including ], environmentalism, homelessness, poverty, and human rights. He has married twice and is the father of eight children. Gilmour has taken part in projects related to issues including ], environmentalism, homelessness, poverty, and human rights. He has married twice and is the father of eight children. His wife, the novelist ], has contributed lyrics to many of his songs.


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==Early life and education== ==Early life and education==
David Jon Gilmour was born on 6 March 1946 in ], England.{{sfn|Fitch|2005|p=115}} His father, Douglas Gilmour, was a senior lecturer in ] at the ], and his mother, Sylvia (née Wilson), trained as a teacher and later worked as a film editor for the ].<ref name="WH">{{Cite episode |series=BBC Two |title=David Gilmour: Wider Horizons |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06pyrbs |access-date=14 November 2015 |network=] |date=14 November 2015 |archive-date=4 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804211420/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06pyrbs |url-status=live }}</ref> At the time of Gilmour's birth, they lived in ], Cambridgeshire. In 1956, after several relocations, they moved to nearby ].<ref>{{harvnb|Blake|2008|p=14}}: the house in Trumpington; {{harvnb|Manning|2006|pp=10–11}}.</ref>{{refn|group=n|Gilmour has three siblings: Peter, Mark and Catharine.{{sfn|Blake|2008|p=14}}}} David Jon Gilmour was born on 6 March 1946 in ], England.{{sfn|Fitch|2005|p=115}} He has three siblings: Peter, Mark and Catharine.{{sfn|Blake|2008|p=14}} His father, Douglas Gilmour, was a senior lecturer in ] at the ], and his mother, Sylvia (née Wilson), was a trained teacher who later worked as a film editor for the ].<ref name="WH">{{Cite episode |series=BBC Two |title=David Gilmour: Wider Horizons |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06pyrbs |access-date=14 November 2015 |network=] |date=14 November 2015 |archive-date=4 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804211420/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06pyrbs |url-status=live }}</ref> At the time of Gilmour's birth, the family lived in ], Cambridgeshire. After several relocations, they moved to nearby ] in 1956.<ref>{{harvnb|Blake|2008|p=14}}: the house in Trumpington; {{harvnb|Manning|2006|pp=10–11}}.</ref>


Gilmour's parents encouraged him to pursue his interest in music, and in 1954 he bought his first single, ]'s "]".{{sfn|Manning|2006|pp=10–11}} His enthusiasm was stirred the following year by ]'s "]", and later "]" by ] piqued his interest in the guitar. He borrowed a guitar from a neighbour, but never gave it back. Soon afterward, Gilmour started teaching himself to play using a book and record set by ].{{sfn|Blake|2008|pp=18–19}} At age 11, Gilmour began attending ] on ], which he did not enjoy.{{sfn|Manning|2006|p=11}} There he met the future ] members ] and ], who attended ], also situated on Hills Road.{{sfn|Blake|2008|pp=15–17}} Gilmour's parents encouraged him to pursue his interest in music, and in 1954 he bought his first single, ]'s "]"{{sfn|Manning|2006|pp=10–11}} before enthusiasm was stirred the following year by ]'s "]", and later "]" by ] piqued his interest in the guitar. Gilmour borrowed a guitar from a neighbour, but never gave it back. Soon afterward, he started teaching himself to play using a book and record set by ].{{sfn|Blake|2008|pp=18–19}} At age 11, Gilmour began attending ] on ], which he did not enjoy.{{sfn|Manning|2006|p=11}} There he met the future ] members ] and ], who attended ] on Hills Road.{{sfn|Blake|2008|pp=15–17}}


In 1962, Gilmour began studying A-Level modern languages at the ].{{sfn|Manning|2006|p=11}} Despite not finishing the course, he eventually learned to speak fluent French.{{sfn|Manning|2006|p=11}} Barrett was also a student at the college, and he spent his lunchtimes practising guitar with Gilmour.{{sfn|Manning|2006|p=11}} In late 1962, Gilmour joined the ] band ]. The band recorded a one-sided album and a single at Regent Sound Studio, in ], west London, but only 50 copies of each were made.{{sfn|Manning|2006|p=11}} In 1962, Gilmour began studying A-Level modern languages at the ],{{sfn|Manning|2006|p=11}} but despite not finishing the course, he eventually learned to speak fluent French.{{sfn|Manning|2006|p=11}} Barrett was also a student at the college, and he spent his lunchtimes practising guitar with Gilmour.{{sfn|Manning|2006|p=11}} In late 1962, Gilmour joined the ] band ]. They recorded a one-sided album and a single at Regent Sound Studio, in ], west London, but only 50 copies of each were made.{{sfn|Manning|2006|p=11}}


In 1965, Gilmour hitchhiked to ], France. Barrett and friends also drove there and met up with Gilmour. In France, they were arrested for ].{{sfn|Blake|2008|p=50}} He and Barrett later went to Paris, where they camped outside the city for a week and visited the ].{{sfn|Manning|2006|p=18}} During this time, Gilmour worked in various places, most notably as the driver and assistant for the fashion designer ].<ref>{{cite book|first=Pattie|last= Boyd|title= Wonderful Tonight|date= 2007|page=}}</ref> In 1965, 19-year-old Gilmour hitchhiked to ], France. Barrett and his friends also drove there and met up with Gilmour. before they were arrested for ].{{sfn|Blake|2008|p=50}} He and Barrett later traveled to Paris, where they camped outside the city for a week and visited the ].{{sfn|Manning|2006|p=18}} During this time, Gilmour worked in various places, most notably as the driver and assistant for the fashion designer ].<ref>{{cite book|first=Pattie|last= Boyd|title= Wonderful Tonight|date= 2007|page=}}</ref>


Gilmour travelled to France in mid-1967 with ] and ], formerly of Jokers Wild. The trio performed under the name Flowers, then Bullitt, but were not commercially successful. After hearing their covers of chart hits, club owners were reluctant to pay them, and soon after their arrival in Paris, thieves stole their equipment.{{sfn|Manning|2006|p=44}} In France, Gilmour contributed lead vocals to two songs on the soundtrack of the film '']'', starring ].<ref name="WH" /> When Bullitt returned to England later that year, they were so impoverished that their tour bus was completely empty of petrol and they had to push it off the ferry onto the landing.{{sfn|Manning|2006|p=44}} Gilmour travelled to France again in mid-1967 with ] and ], formerly of Jokers Wild. The trio performed under the name Flowers, then Bullitt, but were not commercially successful. After hearing their covers of chart hits, club owners were reluctant to pay them, and soon after their arrival in Paris, thieves stole their equipment.{{sfn|Manning|2006|p=44}} Also while in France, Gilmour contributed lead vocals to two songs on the soundtrack of the film '']'', starring ].<ref name="WH" /> When he returned with Bullitt returned to England later that year, they could not afford petrol and had to push their bus off the ferry onto the landing.{{sfn|Manning|2006|p=44}}


==Career== ==Career==


=== Success with Pink Floyd === === Pink Floyd ===
In 1967, ], composed of Gilmour's Cambridge schoolmates Barrett and Waters with ] and ], released their debut studio album, '']''.{{sfn|Mason|2005|pp=87–107}} That May, Gilmour briefly returned to London in search of new equipment. During his stay, he watched Pink Floyd record "]" and was shocked to find that Barrett, who was beginning to suffer mental health problems, did not seem to recognise him.{{sfn|Manning|2006|p=38}}] in the mid-1970s]] In 1967, Pink Floyd, composed of Gilmour's Cambridge schoolmates Barrett and Waters with ] and ], released their debut studio album, '']''.{{sfn|Mason|2005|pp=87–107}} That May, Gilmour briefly returned to London in search of new equipment. During his stay, he watched Pink Floyd record "]" and was shocked to find that Barrett did not seem to recognise him after beginning to suffer mental health problems.{{sfn|Manning|2006|p=38}}


] in 1973]]
In December 1967, after Gilmour had returned to England, Mason invited him to join Pink Floyd to cover for the increasingly erratic Barrett. Gilmour accepted; they initially intended to continue with Barrett as a non-performing songwriter.<ref>{{harvnb|Mason|2005|pp=109–111}}: (primary source); {{harvnb|Povey|2008|p=47}}: (secondary source).</ref> One of the band's business partners, ], said the plan was to have Gilmour "cover for Barrett's eccentricities".{{sfn|Schaffner|1991|p=107}} By March 1968, working with Barrett had become too difficult and he agreed to leave the band.{{sfn|Blake|2008|pp=112}} Mason said later: "After Syd, Dave was the difference between light and dark. He was absolutely into form and shape and he introduced that into the wilder numbers we'd created. We became far less difficult to enjoy, I think."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=July 1995 |title=The 30-Year Technicolor Dream |journal=]}}</ref> In 1970, Gilmour attended the ] and assisted in the live mix of ]'s performance.<ref name="loudersound">{{cite web |last=Ewing |first=Jerry |date=12 March 2019 |title=David Gilmour: I mixed Jimi Hendrix's sound at the Isle Of Wight |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/david-gilmour-i-mixed-jimi-hendrixs-sound-at-the-isle-of-wight |access-date=13 February 2023 |publisher=Prog Magazine |archive-date=13 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213160220/https://www.loudersound.com/news/david-gilmour-i-mixed-jimi-hendrixs-sound-at-the-isle-of-wight |url-status=live }}</ref>
In December 1967, after Gilmour had returned to England, Mason invited him to join Pink Floyd to cover for the increasingly erratic Barrett. Gilmour accepted; they initially intended to continue with Barrett as a non-performing songwriter.<ref>{{harvnb|Mason|2005|pp=109–111}}: (primary source); {{harvnb|Povey|2008|p=47}}: (secondary source).</ref> One of the band's business partners, ], said the plan was to have Gilmour "cover for Barrett's eccentricities".{{sfn|Schaffner|1991|p=107}}


In the 1970s, Gilmour received a copy of a demo tape by the teenage songwriter ] from Ricky Hopper, a mutual friend of both families. Impressed, Gilmour paid for Bush, then 16, to record three professional demo tracks to present to record labels.<ref>{{cite news |last=Cowley |first=Jason |date=7 February 2005 |title=The Wow Factor |magazine=] |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/node/149907 |access-date=29 June 2017 |archive-date=14 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214182833/http://www.newstatesman.com/node/149907 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>'']'' magazine, 8 February 1990, pp&nbsp;21–2: "The Sensual Woman" by Sheila Rogers.</ref> The tape was produced by Gilmour's friend ], who went on to produce Bush's first two studio albums, and the sound engineer ].<ref>{{cite journal |date=September 1990 |title=The Rightful Heir? |journal=] |number=48}}</ref> Gilmour arranged for ] executive Terry Slater to hear the tape,<ref name="Soundscape">{{cite journal |last=Kruse |first=Holly |date=November 2000 |title=Kate Bush: Enigmatic chanteuse as pop pioneer |url=http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/TRA/Kate_Bush.shtml |journal=Soundscapes.info, Online Journal on Media Culture |volume=3 |issn=1567-7745 |access-date=29 June 2017 |archive-date=1 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090101025121/http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/TRA/Kate_Bush.shtml |url-status=live }}, Originally published in {{cite journal |year=1988 |journal=Tracking: Popular Music Studies |volume=1 |issue=1 |title=Kate Bush: Enigmatic chanteuse as pop pioneer}}</ref> who signed her.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kate Bush |url=http://www.emi-premier.co.uk/loader.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226142058/http://www.emi-premier.co.uk/loader.html |archive-date=26 February 2012 |publisher=]}}</ref> Gilmour is credited as the executive producer on two tracks on Bush's debut studio album '']'' (1978), including her second single "]".<ref name="Mabbett-12">{{cite book |last=Miles |first=Barry |title=Pink Floyd the visual documentary |author2=Andy Mabbett |publisher=Omnibus |year=1994 |isbn=0-7119-4109-2 |edition=Updated |location=London}}</ref> He performed backing vocals on "Pull Out the Pin" on her fourth studio album '']'' (1982),<ref name="Mabbett-12" /> and played guitar on "]" and "Rocket's Tail" on her sixth, '']'' (1989).<ref name="Mabbett-12" /> In 1975, Gilmour played on ]'s album '']'' (1975).<ref name="Mabbett-12" /> By March 1968, working with Barrett had become too difficult and he agreed to leave the band.{{sfn|Blake|2008|pp=112}} Mason later said that "After Syd, Dave was the difference between light and dark. He was absolutely into form and shape and he introduced that into the wilder numbers we'd created. We became far less difficult to enjoy, I think."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=July 1995 |title=The 30-Year Technicolor Dream |journal=]}}</ref> In 1970, Gilmour attended the ] and assisted in the live mix of ]'s performance.<ref name="loudersound">{{cite web |last=Ewing |first=Jerry |date=12 March 2019 |title=David Gilmour: I mixed Jimi Hendrix's sound at the Isle Of Wight |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/david-gilmour-i-mixed-jimi-hendrixs-sound-at-the-isle-of-wight |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213160220/https://www.loudersound.com/news/david-gilmour-i-mixed-jimi-hendrixs-sound-at-the-isle-of-wight |archive-date=13 February 2023 |access-date=13 February 2023 |website=] |publisher=}}</ref>
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In the 1970s, Gilmour received a copy of a demo tape by the teenage songwriter ] from Ricky Hopper, a mutual friend of both families. Impressed, Gilmour paid for Bush, then 16, to record three professional demo tracks to present to record labels.<ref>{{cite news |last=Cowley |first=Jason |date=7 February 2005 |title=The Wow Factor |magazine=] |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/node/149907 |access-date=29 June 2017 |archive-date=14 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214182833/http://www.newstatesman.com/node/149907 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>'']'' magazine, 8 February 1990, pp&nbsp;21–2: "The Sensual Woman" by Sheila Rogers.</ref> The tape was produced by Gilmour's friend ], who went on to produce Bush's first two studio albums, and the sound engineer ].<ref>{{cite journal |date=September 1990 |title=The Rightful Heir? |journal=] |number=48}}</ref> Gilmour arranged for ] executive Terry Slater to hear the tape,<ref name="Soundscape">{{cite journal |last=Kruse |first=Holly |date=November 2000 |title=Kate Bush: Enigmatic chanteuse as pop pioneer |url=http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/TRA/Kate_Bush.shtml |journal=Soundscapes.info, Online Journal on Media Culture |volume=3 |issn=1567-7745 |access-date=29 June 2017 |archive-date=1 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090101025121/http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/TRA/Kate_Bush.shtml |url-status=live }}, Originally published in {{cite journal |year=1988 |journal=Tracking: Popular Music Studies |volume=1 |issue=1 |title=Kate Bush: Enigmatic chanteuse as pop pioneer}}</ref> and he signed her.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kate Bush |url=http://www.emi-premier.co.uk/loader.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226142058/http://www.emi-premier.co.uk/loader.html |archive-date=26 February 2012 |publisher=]}}</ref> Gilmour is credited as the executive producer on two tracks on Bush's debut studio album, '']'' (1978), including her second single "]".<ref name="Mabbett-12">{{cite book |last=Miles |first=Barry |title=Pink Floyd the visual documentary |author2=Andy Mabbett |publisher=Omnibus |year=1994 |isbn=0-7119-4109-2 |edition=Updated |location=London}}</ref> He performed backing vocals on "Pull Out the Pin" on her fourth studio album, '']'' (1982),<ref name="Mabbett-12" /> and played guitar on "]" and "Rocket's Tail" on her sixth, '']'' (1989).<ref name="Mabbett-12" /> In 1975, Gilmour played on ]'s album '']'' (1975).<ref name="Mabbett-12" />


=== First solo works === === First solo works ===
By the late 1970s, Gilmour had begun to think that his musical talents were being underused by Pink Floyd. In 1978, he released his first solo album, '']'', which showcased his guitar playing and songwriting. Music written during the finishing stages of the album, but too late to be used, became "]" on the Pink Floyd album '']'' (1979).{{sfn|Schaffner|1991|pp=221–222}}
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By the late 1970s, Gilmour had begun to think that his musical talents were being underused by Pink Floyd. In 1978 he channelled his ideas into his first solo studio album, '']'', which showcased his guitar playing and songwriting. Music written during the finishing stages of the album, but too late to be used, was incorporated into a song by Waters, which became "]" on the Pink Floyd album ''The Wall'' (1979).{{sfn|Schaffner|1991|pp=221–222}}], Belgium on his ''About Face'' tour, 1984]]Wright was fired during the ''Wall'' sessions; the relationship between Gilmour and Waters deteriorated during the making of the ] and the album '']'' (1983).{{sfn|Povey|Russell|1997|p=185}} The negative atmosphere led Gilmour to produce his second solo studio album, '']'', in 1984.<ref name="Mabbett-12"/> He used it to express his feelings about a range of topics, from his relationship with Waters to the ].<ref name="Mabbett-12"/> Gilmour toured Europe and the US, supported by the ], who were dropped after the singer, Dan Treacy, revealed Barrett's address on stage.{{sfn|Schaffner|1991|p=123}} Mason also made a guest appearance on the UK leg of the tour, which despite some cancellations eventually turned a profit.{{sfn|Blake|2008|p=304}} When he returned from touring, Gilmour played guitar with a range of artists and produced ], including their US top-ten hit "]" (1986).{{sfn|Blake|2008|p=312}} The relationship between Gilmour and Waters deteriorated during the making of the ] and the album '']'' (1983).{{sfn|Povey|Russell|1997|p=185}} This negative atmosphere led Gilmour to produce his second solo studio album, '']'', in 1984.,<ref name="Mabbett-12"/> in which he uses to express his feelings about a range of topics, from his relationship with Waters to the ].<ref name="Mabbett-12"/> Gilmour toured Europe and the US, supported by the ], who were dropped after the singer, Dan Treacy, revealed Barrett's address on stage.{{sfn|Schaffner|1991|p=123}} Mason also made a guest appearance on the UK leg of the tour, which despite some cancellations eventually turned a profit.{{sfn|Blake|2008|p=304}} When he returned from touring, Gilmour played guitar with a range of artists and produced ], including their US top-ten hit "]" (1986).{{sfn|Blake|2008|p=312}}


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Gilmour co-wrote five songs on Roy Harper's album '']'' (1980), including "Short and Sweet", which was first recorded for Gilmour's first solo album.<ref name="Mabbett-12"/> In April 1984, Harper made a surprise guest appearance at Gilmour's ] gig to sing "Short and Sweet".<ref name="Mabbett-12"/> This was included in Gilmour's ''Live 1984'' concert film. Harper also provided backing vocals on Gilmour's second solo studio album ''About Face'' (1984).<ref name="Mabbett-12"/> Gilmour co-wrote five songs on Roy Harper's album '']'' (1980), including "Short and Sweet", which was first recorded for Gilmour's first solo album.<ref name="Mabbett-12"/> In April 1984, Harper made a surprise guest appearance at Gilmour's ] gig to sing "Short and Sweet".<ref name="Mabbett-12"/> This was included in Gilmour's ''Live 1984'' concert film. Harper also provided backing vocals on Gilmour's second solo studio album ''About Face'' (1984).<ref name="Mabbett-12"/>


In 1985, Gilmour played on ]'s sixth solo studio album '']'', as well as the song "Is Your Love Strong Enough" for the US release of the ]–] film '']'' (1985). The music video for "Is Your Love Strong Enough" incorporated Ferry and Gilmour into footage from the film.<ref name="Mabbett-12"/> In July that year, Gilmour played with Ferry at the ] concert at ] in London.<ref name="Mabbett-12"/> He contributed to Pete Townshend's '']'', notably the single "]". In 1985, Gilmour played on ]'s sixth solo studio album '']'', as well as the song "Is Your Love Strong Enough" for the US release of the ]–] film '']'' (1985). The music video for "Is Your Love Strong Enough" incorporated Ferry and Gilmour into footage from the film.<ref name="Mabbett-12"/> In July that year, Gilmour played with Ferry at the ] concert at ] in London.<ref name="Mabbett-12"/> He contributed to Pete Townshend's 1985 album '']'', including the single "]",<ref>{{cite web |last=Pidgeon |first=John |url=http://www.thewho.net/petetownshend/bestofln.htm |work=The Hypertext Who |title=Pete Townshend in conversation with John Pidgeon |date=January 1996 |accessdate=2024-06-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214013633/http://www.thewho.net/petetownshend/bestofln.htm |archivedate=2013-12-14 }}</ref> and the 1985 ] album '']''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 1990 |title=The Rightful Heir? |url=http://www.pinkfloydfan.net/t1475-david-gilmour-rightful-heir-q.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927221338/http://www.pinkfloydfan.net/t1475-david-gilmour-rightful-heir-q.html |archive-date=27 September 2011 |access-date=23 July 2011 |website=Q Magazine No. 48 }}</ref> Gilmour also played guitar on ]'s 1984 hit single '']'', on the title track of ]'s 1985 album '']'' and on three tracks of the 1986 album ''Persona'' by classical guitarist ].{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}


=== Gilmour becomes Pink Floyd leader === === Leading Pink Floyd ===
In 1985, Waters declared that Pink Floyd were "a spent force creatively" and attempted to dissolve the band. However, Gilmour and Mason announced that they intended to continue without him. Waters resigned in 1987, leaving Gilmour as the band leader.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 February 2023 |title=Why Pink Floyd's David Gilmour and Roger Waters feuding |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/pink-floyd-roger-waters-david-gilmour-feud/ |access-date=9 February 2023 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US |archive-date=9 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209094740/https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/pink-floyd-roger-waters-david-gilmour-feud/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1986, Gilmour purchased the houseboat '']'', moored it on the ] near Hampton Court and transformed it into a recording studio.{{sfn|Blake|2008|p=318}} He produced the Pink Floyd studio album '']'' in 1987, with contributions from Mason and Wright.<ref name="Mabbett-12"/> He felt Pink Floyd had become too driven by lyrics under Waters' leadership, and attempted to "restore the balance" of music and lyrics''.<ref>{{Harvnb|Schaffner|1991|p=274}}</ref>'' In March 1987, Gilmour played guitar for Bush's performance of "]" at ].<ref name="Mabbett-12"/> In 1985, Waters declared that Pink Floyd were "a spent force creatively" and attempted to dissolve the band. Gilmour and Mason announced that they intended to continue without him. Waters resigned in 1987, leaving Gilmour as the band leader.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 February 2023 |title=Why Pink Floyd's David Gilmour and Roger Waters feuding |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/pink-floyd-roger-waters-david-gilmour-feud/ |access-date=9 February 2023 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US |archive-date=9 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209094740/https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/pink-floyd-roger-waters-david-gilmour-feud/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1986, Gilmour purchased the houseboat '']'', moored it on the ] near ], London, and converted it into a recording studio.{{sfn|Blake|2008|p=318}} He produced the Pink Floyd studio album '']'' in 1987, with contributions from Mason and Wright.<ref name="Mabbett-12"/> Gilmour believed Pink Floyd had become too driven by lyrics under Waters' leadership, and attempted to "restore the balance" of music and lyrics''.<ref>{{Harvnb|Schaffner|1991|p=274}}</ref>'' In March 1987, Gilmour played guitar for Kate Bush's performance of "]" at ].<ref name="Mabbett-12" />


Pink Floyd released their second album under Gilmour's leadership, ''],'' in 1994.<ref name="Mabbett-12"/> In December 1999, Gilmour played guitar, alongside ], ], ], and Chris Hall, for ], at a concert at ], in Liverpool, England. This resulted in the concert film '']'', directed by Geoff Wonfor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul McCartney Concert Setlist at Cavern Club, Liverpool on December 14, 1999 |url=http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/paul-mccartney/1999/cavern-club-liverpool-england-bd521ca.html |access-date=21 May 2014 |publisher=setlist.fm |archive-date=22 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522013309/http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/paul-mccartney/1999/cavern-club-liverpool-england-bd521ca.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Pink Floyd released their second album under Gilmour's leadership, ''],'' in 1994.<ref name="Mabbett-12"/> In December 1999, Gilmour played guitar, alongside ], ], ], and Chris Hall, for ], at a concert at ], in Liverpool, England. This resulted in the concert film '']'', directed by Geoff Wonfor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul McCartney Concert Setlist at Cavern Club, Liverpool on December 14, 1999 |url=http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/paul-mccartney/1999/cavern-club-liverpool-england-bd521ca.html |access-date=21 May 2014 |publisher=setlist.fm |archive-date=22 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522013309/http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/paul-mccartney/1999/cavern-club-liverpool-england-bd521ca.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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In 2001 and 2002, Gilmour performed six acoustic solo concerts in London and Paris, along with a small band and choir, which was documented on the '']'' release.{{sfn|Povey|2008|pp=306, 314–315}} On 24 September 2004, he performed a three-song set at ] concert at London's ], marking the 50th anniversary of the ].{{sfn|Povey|2008|p=315}} In 2001 and 2002, Gilmour performed six acoustic solo concerts in London and Paris, along with a small band and choir, which was documented on the '']'' release.{{sfn|Povey|2008|pp=306, 314–315}} On 24 September 2004, he performed a three-song set at ] concert at London's ], marking the 50th anniversary of the ].{{sfn|Povey|2008|p=315}}


On 2 July 2005, Pink Floyd reunited with Waters to perform at ]. The performance caused a sales increase of Pink Floyd's compilation album '']'' (2001).<ref name="giveback">{{cite web |title=Pink Floyd gives back |url=http://www.soulshine.ca/news/newsarticle.php?nid=2241 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815025128/http://www.soulshine.ca/news/newsarticle.php?nid=2241 |archive-date=15 August 2011 |access-date=2 December 2007}}</ref> Gilmour donated his profits to charities that reflect the goals of Live 8, saying: "Though the main objective has been to raise consciousness and put pressure on the ] leaders, I will not profit from the concert. This is money that should be used to save lives."<ref name="giveback" /> He called upon all Live 8 artists to donate their extra revenue to Live 8 fundraising. After the concert, Pink Floyd turned down an offer to tour the US for £150&nbsp;million.<ref name="askmen">{{cite web |title=Pink Floyd offered millions to tour |url=http://www.askmen.com/celebs/entertainment-news/pink/pink-floyd-offered-millions-to-tour.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219091320/http://www.askmen.com/celebs/entertainment-news/pink/pink-floyd-offered-millions-to-tour.html |archive-date=19 December 2008 |access-date=2 December 2007}}</ref> ], 2006]]In 2006, Gilmour said that Pink Floyd would likely never tour or write material again. He said: "I think enough is enough. I am 60 years old. I don't have the will to work as much any more. Pink Floyd was an important part in my life, I have had a wonderful time, but it's over. For me it's much less complicated to work alone."<ref name="repubblica">{{cite web |date=3 February 2006 |title=Il requiem di David Gilmour "I Pink Floyd? Sono finiti" |url=http://www.repubblica.it/2006/b/sezioni/spettacoli_e_cultura/gilmo/gilmo/gilmo.html |access-date=20 July 2011 |work=la Repubblica |archive-date=8 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608025104/http://www.repubblica.it/2006/b/sezioni/spettacoli_e_cultura/gilmo/gilmo/gilmo.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On 2 July 2005, Pink Floyd reunited with Waters to perform at ]. The performance caused a sales increase of Pink Floyd's compilation album '']'' (2001).<ref name="giveback">{{cite web |title=Pink Floyd gives back |url=http://www.soulshine.ca/news/newsarticle.php?nid=2241 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815025128/http://www.soulshine.ca/news/newsarticle.php?nid=2241 |archive-date=15 August 2011 |access-date=2 December 2007}}</ref> Gilmour donated his profits to charities that reflect the goals of Live 8, saying: "Though the main objective has been to raise consciousness and put pressure on the ] leaders, I will not profit from the concert. This is money that should be used to save lives."<ref name="giveback" /> He called upon all Live 8 artists to donate their extra revenue to Live 8 fundraising. After the concert, Pink Floyd turned down an offer to tour the US for £150&nbsp;million.<ref name="askmen">{{cite web |title=Pink Floyd offered millions to tour |url=http://www.askmen.com/celebs/entertainment-news/pink/pink-floyd-offered-millions-to-tour.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219091320/http://www.askmen.com/celebs/entertainment-news/pink/pink-floyd-offered-millions-to-tour.html |archive-date=19 December 2008 |access-date=2 December 2007}}</ref>


], 2006]]
On 6 March 2006, Gilmour's 60th birthday, he released his third solo album, '']''.{{sfn|Blake|2008|p=387}} It featured contributions by numerous guest musicians, including Wright, and lyrics by Gilmour's wife ].{{sfn|Mabbett|2010|pp=139–140}} It debuted at number 1 on the ]<ref name="dg1">{{cite web |title=David Gilmour Biography |url=http://www.davidgilmour.com/island.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203041905/http://www.davidgilmour.com/island.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=3 December 2007 |access-date=4 December 2007}}</ref> and earned Gilmour his first US top-ten as a solo artist, reaching number six on the ].<ref name="bbd1">{{cite magazine |date=25 March 2006 |title=Top 200 Albums (March 26, 2006) |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2006-03-25 |magazine=] |access-date=4 October 2015 |archive-date=8 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508071251/http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2006-03-25 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 10 April 2006, ''On an Island'' was certified ] in Canada, with sales of over 100,000 copies.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}
In 2006, Gilmour said that Pink Floyd would likely never tour or write material again: "I think enough is enough. I am 60 years old. I don't have the will to work as much any more. Pink Floyd was an important part in my life, I have had a wonderful time, but it's over. For me it's much less complicated to work alone."<ref name="repubblica">{{cite web |date=3 February 2006 |title=Il requiem di David Gilmour "I Pink Floyd? Sono finiti" |url=http://www.repubblica.it/2006/b/sezioni/spettacoli_e_cultura/gilmo/gilmo/gilmo.html |access-date=20 July 2011 |work=la Repubblica |archive-date=8 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608025104/http://www.repubblica.it/2006/b/sezioni/spettacoli_e_cultura/gilmo/gilmo/gilmo.html |url-status=live }}</ref>


On 6 March, Gilmour's 60th birthday, he released his third solo album, '']''.{{sfn|Blake|2008|p=387}} It featured guest musicians including Wright and lyrics by Gilmour's wife, the writer ].{{sfn|Mabbett|2010|pp=139–140}} It debuted at number 1 on the ]<ref name="dg1">{{cite web |title=David Gilmour Biography |url=http://www.davidgilmour.com/island.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203041905/http://www.davidgilmour.com/island.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=3 December 2007 |access-date=4 December 2007}}</ref> and became Gilmour's first solo album to enter the top ten in the US, reaching number six on the ].<ref name="bbd1">{{cite magazine |date=25 March 2006 |title=Top 200 Albums (March 26, 2006) |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2006-03-25 |magazine=] |access-date=4 October 2015 |archive-date=8 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508071251/http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2006-03-25 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 21 September 2011 ''On an Island'' was ] in Canada, with sales of more than 50,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gold/Platinum |url=https://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/?_gp_search=On+An+Island%20David+Gilmour |website=Music Canada |access-date=6 June 2024 |date=21 September 2011}}</ref>
Gilmour toured Europe, US and Canada in 2006 May 2006, with a band including Wright and the Pink Floyd collaborators ], ], and ]. .{{sfn|Povey|2008|pp=306–310}}A DVD of the tour, ''Remember That Night&nbsp;– Live at the Royal Albert Hall'', was released on 17 September 2007.{{sfn|Mabbett|2010|pp=141–142}} For the final show of the tour, Gilmour performed with the 38-piece string section of the ] orchestra.{{sfn|Povey|2008|p=310}} It was released as the live album and video '']'' (2008).<ref name="Mabbett-2">{{harvnb|Mabbett|2010|p={{page needed|date=May 2021}}}}</ref>


Gilmour toured Europe, US and Canada in May 2006, with a band including Wright and the Pink Floyd collaborators ], ], and ].{{sfn|Povey|2008|pp=306–310}} A DVD, ''Remember That Night&nbsp;– Live at the Royal Albert Hall'', was released on 17 September 2007.{{sfn|Mabbett|2010|pp=141–142}} For the final show, Gilmour performed with the 38-piece string section of the ] orchestra.{{sfn|Povey|2008|p=310}} It was released as '']'' (2008).<ref name="Mabbett-2">{{harvnb|Mabbett|2010|p={{page needed|date=May 2021}}}}</ref>
In December 2006, Gilmour released a tribute to Barrett, who died that year, in the form of his own version of Pink Floyd's first single "]".{{sfn|Mabbett|2010|pp=140–141}} Recorded live at London's ], the single featured versions of the song performed by Wright and ].{{sfn|Mabbett|2010|pp=140–141}} It reached the UK Top 20 singles chart at number nineteen.<ref name="acharts">{{cite web |title=Arnold Layne chart position |url=http://acharts.us/song/11777 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113024916/http://acharts.us/song/11777 |archive-date=13 November 2011 |access-date=4 December 2007 |website=αCharts}}</ref>


In December 2006, Gilmour released a tribute to Barrett, who died that year, in the form of his own version of Pink Floyd's first single, "]".{{sfn|Mabbett|2010|pp=140–141}} Recorded live at London's Royal Albert Hall, it featured versions of the song performed by Wright and ].{{sfn|Mabbett|2010|pp=140–141}} It reached number 19 on the UK Singles Chart.<ref name="acharts">{{cite web |title=Arnold Layne chart position |url=http://acharts.us/song/11777 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113024916/http://acharts.us/song/11777 |archive-date=13 November 2011 |access-date=4 December 2007 |website=αCharts}}</ref> In early 2007, Gilmour reconvened his touring band and spent a week recording in a barn in his farm. Some of the recordings were released on his later solo albums.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Collis |first=Clark |date=15 September 2015 |title=David Gilmour on Pink Floyd's end: 'I can't really see myself going back' |url=https://ew.com/article/2015/09/15/david-gilmour-pink-floyd/ |access-date=2024-05-04 |magazine=] |language=en}}</ref>
On 25 May 2009, Gilmour participated in a concert at the ], London, with the Malian musicians ]. The concert was part of the Hidden Gigs campaign against hidden homelessness, organised by the charity ].<ref>{{cite web |date=27 May 2009 |title=Pink Floyd news resource |url=http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/concerts/amadou-mariam-with-david-gilmour-union-chapel-london-may-25.html |access-date=20 July 2011 |publisher=Brain Damage |archive-date=15 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615125819/http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/concerts/amadou-mariam-with-david-gilmour-union-chapel-london-may-25.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On 4 July 2009, Gilmour joined his friend ] onstage at the Royal Albert Hall. Gilmour and Beck traded solos on "Jerusalem" and closed the show with "]". In August 2009, Gilmour released an online single, "Chicago&nbsp;– Change the World", to promote awareness of the plight of ], who was accused of computer hacking. A re-titled cover of the ] song "]", it featured MicKinon, ] and ]. It was produced by the long-time Pink Floyd collaborator Chris Thomas.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chicago |url=http://www.londontv.net/freegarymckinnon.html |access-date=4 August 2009 |archive-date=26 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226005557/http://www.londontv.net/freegarymckinnon.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 25 May 2009, Gilmour participated in a concert at the ], London, with the Malian musicians ]. The concert was part of the Hidden Gigs campaign against hidden homelessness, organised by the charity ].<ref>{{cite web |date=27 May 2009 |title=Pink Floyd news resource |url=http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/concerts/amadou-mariam-with-david-gilmour-union-chapel-london-may-25.html |access-date=20 July 2011 |publisher=Brain Damage |archive-date=15 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615125819/http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/concerts/amadou-mariam-with-david-gilmour-union-chapel-london-may-25.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On 4 July, Gilmour joined his friend ] onstage at the ], London. Gilmour and Beck traded solos on "Jerusalem" and closed the show with "]". In August 2009, Gilmour released an online single, "Chicago&nbsp;– Change the World", to promote awareness for ], who was accused of computer hacking. A retitled cover of the ] song "]", it featured MicKinon, ] and ]. It was produced by the longtime Pink Floyd collaborator Chris Thomas.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chicago |url=http://www.londontv.net/freegarymckinnon.html |access-date=4 August 2009 |archive-date=26 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226005557/http://www.londontv.net/freegarymckinnon.html |url-status=live }}</ref>


=== 2010s: reunion with Waters and ''Rattle that Lock''=== === 2010s: reunion with Waters and ''Rattle that Lock''===
] (left) at ], London, during ], 12 May 2011.]] ] (left) at ], London, during ], 12 May 2011.]]


On 11 July 2010, Gilmour performed for the charity Hoping Foundation with Waters in Oxfordshire, England.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=12 July 2010 |title=Pink Floyd's Gilmour and Waters Stun Crowd With Surprise Reunion |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/179757 |url-status=dead |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100715012715/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/179757 |archive-date=15 July 2010 |access-date=20 July 2011}}</ref> The performance was presented by ] and ], and according to onlookers, it seemed that Gilmour and Waters had ended their long-running feud, laughing and joking together along with their respective partners. Gilmour performed "Comfortably Numb" with Waters on 12 May 2011 at ], London and, with Nick Mason, played with the rest of the band on "]" at the conclusion of the show.<ref>{{cite web |date=16 May 2011 |title=Pink Floyd bandmates reunite at Roger Waters concert |url=http://www.viagogo.co.uk/News/Pink-Floyd-bandmates-reunite-at-Roger-Waters-concert/_A-1710 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020033144/http://www.viagogo.co.uk/News/Pink-Floyd-bandmates-reunite-at-Roger-Waters-concert/_A-1710 |archive-date=20 October 2013 |access-date=14 October 2013 |publisher=]}}</ref> On 11 July 2010, Gilmour performed for the charity Hoping Foundation with Waters in Oxfordshire, England.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=12 July 2010 |title=Pink Floyd's Gilmour and Waters Stun Crowd With Surprise Reunion |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/179757 |url-status=dead |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100715012715/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/179757 |archive-date=15 July 2010 |access-date=20 July 2011}}</ref> According to onlookers, it seemed that Gilmour and Waters had ended their feud, laughing and joking with their partners. On 12 May 2011, Gilmour made a surprise performing appearance during "Comfortably Numb" with Waters at ], London and, with Nick Mason, played with the rest of the band on "]" at the conclusion of the show.<ref>{{cite web |date=16 May 2011 |title=Pink Floyd bandmates reunite at Roger Waters concert |url=http://www.viagogo.co.uk/News/Pink-Floyd-bandmates-reunite-at-Roger-Waters-concert/_A-1710 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020033144/http://www.viagogo.co.uk/News/Pink-Floyd-bandmates-reunite-at-Roger-Waters-concert/_A-1710 |archive-date=20 October 2013 |access-date=14 October 2013 |publisher=]}}</ref>


In October 2010, Gilmour released an album with the electronic duo ], ''].''<ref>{{cite web |title=The Orb on Gilmour's website |url=http://www.davidgilmour.com/orb/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719162844/http://www.davidgilmour.com/orb/ |archive-date=19 July 2011 |access-date=20 July 2011 |publisher=Davidgilmour.com}}</ref> That October, Gilmour released an album with the electronic duo ], '']''. '']'' wrote that Gilmour "sweeps in and out on guitar, dropping little shiver-inducing melodic runs like it's no big deal. Though his playing here meanders by design, Gilmour sounds neither lazy nor indulgent, more like a virtuoso who doesn't want to actually seem like he's sleepwalking through his performance."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harvell |first=Jess |date=4 October 2010 |title=The Orb / David Gilmour: Metallic Spheres |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14692-metallic-spheres/ |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref>


<span class="">On 7 November 2014, Pink Floyd released ''].''</span><ref name="amazon-gb">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00NPZI1ZS|title=The Endless River: Amazon.co.uk: Music|website=]|access-date=22 September 2014|archive-date=7 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607111914/https://www.amazon.co.uk/Endless-River-Pink-Floyd/dp/B00NPZI1ZS|url-status=live}}</ref> Gilmour said it would be Pink Floyd's last studio album, saying: "I think we have successfully commandeered the best of what there is ... It's a shame, but this is the end."<ref name="bbcend">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0288yhn|title=Shaun Keaveny, with a Pink Floyd Exclusive, Pink Floyd Talk to 6 Music's Matt Everitt|last=Everitt|first=Matt|date=9 October 2014|publisher=]|access-date=9 July 2018|archive-date=11 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111133444/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0288yhn|url-status=live}}</ref> There<span class=""> was no supporting tour, as Gilmour felt it was impossible without Wright.</span><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/david-gilmour-theres-no-room-in-my-life-for-pink-floyd-20141029|title=David Gilmour: There's No Room in My Life for Pink Floyd|last=Greene|first=Andy|date=29 October 2014|magazine=]|access-date=9 November 2014|archive-date=8 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108190911/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/david-gilmour-theres-no-room-in-my-life-for-pink-floyd-20141029|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk/david-gilmours-new-album-coming-along-very-well-in-2015|title=David Gilmour's New Album "Coming Along Very Well..." in 2015|date=29 October 2014|website=Neptune Pink Floyd|access-date=9 November 2014|archive-date=9 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109154915/http://www.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk/david-gilmours-new-album-coming-along-very-well-in-2015|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2015, Gilmour reiterated that Pink Floyd were "done" and that to reunite without Wright would be wrong.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/14/pink-floyd-are-done-says-dave-gilmour|title=Pink Floyd are 'done', says Dave Gilmour|date=14 August 2015|work=The Guardian|access-date=9 July 2018|archive-date=18 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018075857/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/14/pink-floyd-are-done-says-dave-gilmour|url-status=live}}</ref> Gilmour and Mason revisited recordings made with Wright during the ''Division Bell ''sessions to create a new Pink Floyd album, '']'', released on 7 November 2014.''<ref>{{cite web |last=Roseb |first=Craig |date=9 October 2014 |title=Pink Floyd Returns With First New Song From Final Album ''The Endless River'' |url=https://music.yahoo.com/blogs/yahoo-music/pink-floyd-returns-with-first-new-song-from-final-album--the-endless-river-195800138.html |access-date=14 November 2014 |publisher=Yahoo! Music}}</ref>'' Gilmour said it would be Pink Floyd's last album: "I think we have successfully commandeered the best of what there is ... It's a shame, but this is the end."<ref name="bbcend">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0288yhn|title=Shaun Keaveny, with a Pink Floyd Exclusive, Pink Floyd Talk to 6 Music's Matt Everitt|last=Everitt|first=Matt|date=9 October 2014|publisher=]|access-date=9 July 2018|archive-date=11 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111133444/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0288yhn|url-status=live}}</ref> There was no supporting tour, as Gilmour felt it was impossible without Wright.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/david-gilmour-theres-no-room-in-my-life-for-pink-floyd-20141029|title=David Gilmour: There's No Room in My Life for Pink Floyd|last=Greene|first=Andy|date=29 October 2014|magazine=]|access-date=9 November 2014|archive-date=8 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108190911/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/david-gilmour-theres-no-room-in-my-life-for-pink-floyd-20141029|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk/david-gilmours-new-album-coming-along-very-well-in-2015|title=David Gilmour's New Album "Coming Along Very Well..." in 2015|date=29 October 2014|website=Neptune Pink Floyd|access-date=9 November 2014|archive-date=9 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109154915/http://www.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk/david-gilmours-new-album-coming-along-very-well-in-2015|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2015, Gilmour reiterated that Pink Floyd were "done" and that to reunite without Wright would be wrong.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/14/pink-floyd-are-done-says-dave-gilmour|title=Pink Floyd are 'done', says Dave Gilmour|date=14 August 2015|work=The Guardian|access-date=9 July 2018|archive-date=18 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018075857/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/14/pink-floyd-are-done-says-dave-gilmour|url-status=live}}</ref>


In September 2015, he released his fourth solo studio album, '']''.<ref name="consequence.net David Gilmour fourth solo studio album">{{cite web |date=7 June 2015 |title=David Gilmour previews new solo album Rattle That Lock: Pink Floyd member's first record in 10 years will surface this September (by Alex Young) |url=http://consequence.net/2015/06/david-gilmour-previews-new-solo-album-rattle-that-lock/ |access-date=7 June 2015 |website=consequence.net |archive-date=18 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418224628/https://consequence.net/2015/06/david-gilmour-previews-new-solo-album-rattle-that-lock/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On 14 November 2015, Gilmour was the subject of a ] documentary, ''David Gilmour: Wider Horizons'', billed as "an intimate portrait of one of the greatest guitarists and singers of all time, exploring his past and present."<ref name="wider">{{cite web |title=David Gilmour: Wider Horizons |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06pyrbs |publisher=BBC |access-date=14 November 2015 |archive-date=4 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804211420/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06pyrbs |url-status=live }}</ref> In September 2015, Gilmour released his fourth solo album, '']''.<ref name="consequence.net David Gilmour fourth solo studio album">{{cite web |date=7 June 2015 |title=David Gilmour previews new solo album Rattle That Lock: Pink Floyd member's first record in 10 years will surface this September (by Alex Young) |url=http://consequence.net/2015/06/david-gilmour-previews-new-solo-album-rattle-that-lock/ |access-date=7 June 2015 |website=consequence.net |archive-date=18 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418224628/https://consequence.net/2015/06/david-gilmour-previews-new-solo-album-rattle-that-lock/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On 14 November, he was the subject of a ] documentary, ''David Gilmour: Wider Horizons.''<ref name="wider">{{cite web |title=David Gilmour: Wider Horizons |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06pyrbs |publisher=BBC |access-date=14 November 2015 |archive-date=4 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804211420/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06pyrbs |url-status=live }}</ref> On 13 September 2017, Gilmour's live album and film '']'', which documents the two shows he performed on 7 and 8 July 2016 at the ], were shown at selected cinemas.<ref name="teamrock.com David Gilmour Live At Pompeii">{{cite web |date=31 May 2017 |title=David Gilmour Returns To Pompeii – New film hits cinemas for one night only on September 13... |url=http://teamrock.com/news/2017-05-31/david-gilmour-returns-to-pompeii |access-date=31 May 2017 |website=teamrock.com |archive-date=31 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531154926/http://teamrock.com/news/2017-05-31/david-gilmour-returns-to-pompeii |url-status=live }}</ref> The album was released on 29 September 2017<ref>{{cite web |title=David Gilmour – Official Site |url=http://www.davidgilmour.com/ |website=davidgilmour.com |access-date=16 December 2005 |archive-date=20 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020184210/http://blog.davidgilmour.com/2008/09/richard.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=29 September 2017 |title=Live At Pompeii |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Live-At-Pompeii-David-Gilmour/dp/B073ZYKLLG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501580446&sr=8-1&keywords=david+gilmour+pompeii |via=Amazon |access-date=7 September 2017 |archive-date=17 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417070420/https://www.amazon.co.uk/Live-At-Pompeii-David-Gilmour/dp/B073ZYKLLG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501580446&sr=8-1&keywords=david+gilmour+pompeii |url-status=live }}</ref> and reached number three on the ].<ref name="PompeiiChartUK">{{cite web |title=Official Album Chart Top 100 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/ |access-date=10 October 2017 |website=] |archive-date=29 November 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20151129140104/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/ |url-status=live }}</ref> To celebrate the event, Mayor Ferdinando Uliano made Gilmour an honorary citizen of Pompeii.<ref name="Gilmour made honorary citizen of Pompeii">{{Cite web |date=7 July 2016 |title=Pink Floyd's David Gilmour made honorary citizen of Pompeii |url=https://www.factmag.com/2016/07/07/pink-floyd-david-gilmour-honorary-citizen-pompeii/ |access-date=17 February 2020 |website=Factmag.com |archive-date=18 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518212629/https://www.factmag.com/2016/07/07/pink-floyd-david-gilmour-honorary-citizen-pompeii/ |url-status=live }}</ref>


Waters and Gilmour continued to quarrel, arguing over subjects including album reissues and the use of the Pink Floyd website and social media channels.<ref name="Greene">{{Cite magazine |last=Greene |first=Andy |date=10 December 2018 |title=Nick Mason on the State of Pink Floyd: 'It's Silly to Still Be Fighting' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pink-floyd-nick-mason-talks-roger-waters-david-gilmour-763670/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |access-date=27 September 2020 |archive-date=8 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108093832/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pink-floyd-nick-mason-talks-roger-waters-david-gilmour-763670/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Mason, who remains close to both, said in 2018 that Waters did not respect Gilmour, as that Waters "feels that writing is everything, and that guitar playing and the singing are something that, I won't say anyone can do, but that everything should be judged on the writing rather than the playing".<ref name="Greene"/>
On 13 September 2017, Gilmour's live album and film '']'', which documents the two shows he performed on 7 and 8 July 2016 at the ], were shown at selected cinemas.<ref name="teamrock.com David Gilmour Live At Pompeii">{{cite web |date=31 May 2017 |title=David Gilmour Returns To Pompeii – New film hits cinemas for one night only on September 13... |url=http://teamrock.com/news/2017-05-31/david-gilmour-returns-to-pompeii |access-date=31 May 2017 |website=teamrock.com |archive-date=31 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531154926/http://teamrock.com/news/2017-05-31/david-gilmour-returns-to-pompeii |url-status=live }}</ref> The album was released on 29 September 2017<ref>{{cite web |title=David Gilmour – Official Site |url=http://www.davidgilmour.com/ |website=davidgilmour.com |access-date=16 December 2005 |archive-date=20 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020184210/http://blog.davidgilmour.com/2008/09/richard.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=29 September 2017 |title=Live At Pompeii |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Live-At-Pompeii-David-Gilmour/dp/B073ZYKLLG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501580446&sr=8-1&keywords=david+gilmour+pompeii |via=Amazon |access-date=7 September 2017 |archive-date=17 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417070420/https://www.amazon.co.uk/Live-At-Pompeii-David-Gilmour/dp/B073ZYKLLG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501580446&sr=8-1&keywords=david+gilmour+pompeii |url-status=live }}</ref> and reached number three on the ].<ref name="PompeiiChartUK">{{cite web |title=Official Album Chart Top 100 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/ |access-date=10 October 2017 |website=] |archive-date=29 November 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20151129140104/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/ |url-status=live }}</ref> To celebrate the event, Mayor Ferdinando Uliano made Gilmour an honorary citizen of Pompeii.<ref name="Gilmour made honorary citizen of Pompeii">{{Cite web |date=7 July 2016 |title=Pink Floyd's David Gilmour made honorary citizen of Pompeii |url=https://www.factmag.com/2016/07/07/pink-floyd-david-gilmour-honorary-citizen-pompeii/ |access-date=17 February 2020 |website=Factmag.com |archive-date=18 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518212629/https://www.factmag.com/2016/07/07/pink-floyd-david-gilmour-honorary-citizen-pompeii/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Gilmour said he had several songs which are almost complete which did not make it onto ''Rattle That Lock''.<ref>{{cite web |date=6 September 2017 |title=David Gilmour – EPK (Live at Pompeii 2016 Part 3) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq32EyDzj6k |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/Xq32EyDzj6k |archive-date=28 October 2021 |access-date=7 September 2017 |website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>


=== 2020–2023: "Hey, Hey, Rise Up!" ===
Waters and Gilmour have continued to quarrel, arguing over subjects including album reissues and the use of the Pink Floyd website and social media channels.<ref name="Greene">{{Cite magazine |last=Greene |first=Andy |date=10 December 2018 |title=Nick Mason on the State of Pink Floyd: 'It's Silly to Still Be Fighting' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pink-floyd-nick-mason-talks-roger-waters-david-gilmour-763670/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |access-date=27 September 2020 |archive-date=8 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108093832/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pink-floyd-nick-mason-talks-roger-waters-david-gilmour-763670/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Mason said in 2018 that Waters did not respect Gilmour, as that Waters "feels that writing is everything, and that guitar playing and the singing are something that, I won't say anyone can do, but that everything should be judged on the writing rather than the playing".<ref name="Greene"/>
] in 2020]]
From April 2020, Gilmour appeared in a series of ] with his family, performing songs by Barrett and ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch David Gilmour performing Syd Barrett songs whilst in lockdown |url=https://happymag.tv/watch-david-gilmour-performing-syd-barrett-songs-whilst-in-lockdown/ |access-date=15 May 2020 |language=en-US |archive-date=5 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605173503/https://happymag.tv/watch-david-gilmour-performing-syd-barrett-songs-whilst-in-lockdown/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In July, he released "Yes, I Have Ghosts", his first single since 2015. Its lyrics were written by Polly Samson and features his daughter Romany making her recording debut on backing vocals and ].<ref name="RollingStoneGhosts">{{cite magazine |last=Grow |first=Kory |date=3 July 2020 |title=Hear David Gilmour's First New Song in Five Years 'Yes, I Have Ghosts' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-gilmour-yes-i-have-ghosts-1023745/ |magazine=] |access-date=3 July 2020 |archive-date=3 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703101549/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-gilmour-yes-i-have-ghosts-1023745/ |url-status=live }}</ref>


In 2021, ''Rolling Stone'' noted that Gilmour and Waters had "hit yet another low point in their relationship".<ref name="RSAnimals2">{{cite magazine |last1=Greene |first1=Andy |date=1 June 2021 |title=Roger Waters Announces 'Animals' Deluxe Edition, Plans for a Memoir |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/roger-waters-announces-animals-deluxe-edition-plans-memoir-1176303/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=2 June 2021 |archive-date=13 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013222550/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/roger-waters-announces-animals-deluxe-edition-plans-memoir-1176303/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In early 2023, Gilmour's wife, Polly Samson, wrote on Twitter that Waters was antisemitic and "a lying, thieving, hypocritical, tax-avoiding, lip-synching, misogynistic, sick-with-envy megalomaniac". Gilmour responded to the tweet on Twitter: "Every word demonstrably true."<ref name=":16">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=7 February 2023 |title=Roger Waters Is 'Antisemitic to Rotten Core,' Says Former Pink Floyd Lyricist Polly Samson — and Her Husband, David Gilmour, Emphatically Agrees |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/roger-waters-antisemitic-says-polly-samson-david-gilmour-agrees-pink-floyd-ukraine-1235515432/ |access-date=8 February 2023 |website=] |publisher= |archive-date=7 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207224214/https://variety.com/2023/music/news/roger-waters-antisemitic-says-polly-samson-david-gilmour-agrees-pink-floyd-ukraine-1235515432/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In April 2022, Gilmour and Mason reformed Pink Floyd to release the song "]" in protest of the ]. It samples a performance of the 1914 Ukrainian anthem "]" performed by the Ukrainian musician ].<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last=Alexis |first=Petridis |author-link=Alexis Petridis |date=7 April 2022 |title='This is a crazy, unjust attack': Pink Floyd re-form to support Ukraine |newspaper=] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/apr/07/pink-floyd-reform-to-support-ukraine |accessdate=7 April 2022 |archive-date=9 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809192321/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/apr/07/pink-floyd-reform-to-support-ukraine |url-status=live }}</ref> Gilmour said the song was a "one-off for Pink Floyd".<ref name="Rolling Stone2">{{cite magazine |date=8 April 2022 |title=David Gilmour: Why I'm Bringing Back Pink Floyd After 28 Years |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/pink-floyd-david-gilmour-ukraine-interview-1334514/ |magazine=] |accessdate=8 April 2022}}</ref>
=== 2020s: "Hey, Hey, Rise Up!" and fifth solo album ===
] in 2020.]]
From April 2020, Gilmour appeared in a series of ] with his family, performing songs by Barrett and ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch David Gilmour performing Syd Barrett songs whilst in lockdown |url=https://happymag.tv/watch-david-gilmour-performing-syd-barrett-songs-whilst-in-lockdown/ |access-date=15 May 2020 |language=en-US |archive-date=5 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605173503/https://happymag.tv/watch-david-gilmour-performing-syd-barrett-songs-whilst-in-lockdown/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In July 2020, he released "Yes, I Have Ghosts", his first single since 2015. Its lyrics were written by Samson and features his daughter Romany making her recording debut on backing vocals and harp.<ref name="RollingStoneGhosts">{{cite magazine |last=Grow |first=Kory |date=3 July 2020 |title=Hear David Gilmour's First New Song in Five Years 'Yes, I Have Ghosts' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-gilmour-yes-i-have-ghosts-1023745/ |magazine=] |access-date=3 July 2020 |archive-date=3 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703101549/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-gilmour-yes-i-have-ghosts-1023745/ |url-status=live }}</ref>


=== 2024–present: ''Luck and Strange'' ===
In 2021, ''Rolling Stone'' noted that Gilmour and Waters had "hit yet another low point in their relationship".<ref name="RSAnimals2">{{cite magazine |last1=Greene |first1=Andy |date=1 June 2021 |title=Roger Waters Announces 'Animals' Deluxe Edition, Plans for a Memoir |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/roger-waters-announces-animals-deluxe-edition-plans-memoir-1176303/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=2 June 2021 |archive-date=13 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013222550/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/roger-waters-announces-animals-deluxe-edition-plans-memoir-1176303/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In early 2023, Gilmour's wife, ], wrote on ] that Waters was antisemitic and "a lying, thieving, hypocritical, tax-avoiding, lip-synching, misogynistic, sick-with-envy megalomaniac". Gilmour responded to the tweet on Twitter: "Every word demonstrably true."<ref name=":16">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=7 February 2023 |title=Roger Waters Is 'Antisemitic to Rotten Core,' Says Former Pink Floyd Lyricist Polly Samson — and Her Husband, David Gilmour, Emphatically Agrees |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/roger-waters-antisemitic-says-polly-samson-david-gilmour-agrees-pink-floyd-ukraine-1235515432/ |access-date=8 February 2023 |website=] |publisher= |archive-date=7 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207224214/https://variety.com/2023/music/news/roger-waters-antisemitic-says-polly-samson-david-gilmour-agrees-pink-floyd-ukraine-1235515432/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2024 Gilmour contributed guitar to a new version of ]'s "]" in aid of the ].<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.nme.com/news/music/mark-knopfler-recruits-bruce-springsteen-brian-may-ronnie-wood-teenage-cancer-trust-single-3584338 | title= Mark Knopfler recruits Bruce Springsteen, Brian May, Ronnie Wood and more for Teenage Cancer Trust single | work=NME | first=Liberty | last=Dunworth | date=8 February 2024 | access-date=4 March 2024}}</ref> On 6 September, he released his fifth solo album, ''].''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Helen |date=2024-09-06 |title=David Gilmour review, Luck and Strange: Graceful ruminations on love and mortality |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/david-gilmour-review-luck-and-strange-polly-samson-b2607577.html |access-date=2024-09-06 |work=] |language=en}}</ref> It was recorded over five months in ] and London with the producer ]. Gilmour said Andrew challenged him musically as he "has a wonderful lack of knowledge or respect for this past of mine".<ref name=":2">{{Cite magazine |last=Grow |first=Kory |date=24 April 2024 |title=David Gilmour to Release New Album, ''Luck and Strange'', This Fall |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-gilmour-luck-and-strange-solo-album-1235009520/ |access-date=24 April 2024 |magazine=] |language=en-US}}</ref> Samson wrote the majority of the lyrics, which she said reflected themes of mortality and ageing.<ref name=":2" /> The album features keyboards recorded by Wright in 2007, lyrics from Gilmour's son Charlie, and harp and vocals from his daughter Romany.<ref name=":2" /> Gilmour felt ''Luck and Strange'' was his best work since ''The Dark Side of the Moon''.<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Surej |date=2024-08-06 |title=David Gilmour says new solo album is the 'best' music he's made since ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/david-gilmour-says-new-solo-album-is-the-best-music-hes-made-since-the-dark-side-of-the-moon-3781177 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=] |language=en-GB}}</ref> It became Gilmour's third album to reach number one on the ].<ref name=":3" />


In April 2022, Gilmour and Mason reformed Pink Floyd to release the song "]" in protest of the ].<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last=Alexis |first=Petridis |author-link=Alexis Petridis |date=7 April 2022 |title='This is a crazy, unjust attack': Pink Floyd re-form to support Ukraine |newspaper=] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/apr/07/pink-floyd-reform-to-support-ukraine |accessdate=7 April 2022 |archive-date=9 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809192321/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/apr/07/pink-floyd-reform-to-support-ukraine |url-status=live }}</ref> Gilmour said the song was a "one-off for Pink Floyd."<ref name="Rolling Stone2">{{cite magazine |date=8 April 2022 |title=David Gilmour: Why I'm Bringing Back Pink Floyd After 28 Years |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/pink-floyd-david-gilmour-ukraine-interview-1334514/ |magazine=] |accessdate=8 April 2022}}</ref> In 2023, Gilmour confirmed he was working on a new solo album. Samson released photos of Gilmour working in ] with ] and ].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Tom |date=2023-12-23 |title=David Gilmour confirms he's working on a new album |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/david-gilmour-confirms-hes-working-on-a-new-album/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref> Gilmour contributed guitar to a cover of "Comfortably Numb" by the American metal band ], released in September 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Owen |first=Matt |date=2024-09-20 |title="The initial contact from Ice-T was for permission to use the song, but I thought I might offer to play on it as well": Body Count and David Gilmour release radical reimagining of Comfortably Numb in 2024's most surprising crossover |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/news/body-count-david-gilmour-comfortably-numb |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=] |language=en}}</ref> He began a tour for ''Luck and Strange'' in September 2024, with performances in London, Rome, Los Angeles and New York.<ref name=":12">{{Cite magazine |last=Grow |first=Kory |date=2024-05-13 |title=David Gilmour sets first US tour dates in eight years |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-gilmour-us-tour-dates-1235019330/ |access-date=2024-05-16 |magazine=] |language=en-US}}</ref> He replaced some musicians in his touring band, saying he wanted to use more creative musicians and avoid "sticking quite so slavishly to the original records".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Greene |first=Andy |date=2024-08-26 |title=David Gilmour on his new LP ''Luck and Strange'', and plans for upcoming tour |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/david-gilmour-luck-and-strange-tour-1235084401/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |magazine=] |language=en-US}}</ref> He plans to record another album with the same musicians soon after completing the tour.<ref name=":23"/>


== Musical style == == Musical style ==
Gilmour credits guitarists such as ],<ref name="bonner">{{cite web|url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/blog/the-view-from-here/interview-david-gilmour-99501/4|title=An interview with David Gilmour – Page 4 of 8 – Uncut|first=Michael|last=Bonner|date=6 March 2017|work=Uncut|access-date=7 May 2018|archive-date=7 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507153709/http://www.uncut.co.uk/blog/the-view-from-here/interview-david-gilmour-99501/4|url-status=live}}</ref> ],<ref name="bonner"/> ],<ref name="bonner"/> ],<ref name="bonner"/> ],<ref name="bonner"/> ],<ref name="christie's q&a">{{cite web | url= http://davidgilmour.com/guitars/Christies_Guitar_Auction_Q%26As.pdf | title= Christie's Guitar Auction – David Answers Your Questions | work= davidgilmour.com | access-date= 21 September 2019 | archive-date= 29 July 2020 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200729060618/https://www.davidgilmour.com/guitars/Christies_Guitar_Auction_Q%26As.pdf | url-status= live }}</ref> ],<ref name="christie's q&a"/> ],<ref name="christie's q&a"/> and ] of ]<ref name=":0" /> as influences. Gilmour said, "I copied – don't be afraid to copy – and eventually something that I suppose that I would call my own appeared."<ref name="christie's q&a"/> Gilmour credits guitarists such as ],<ref name="bonner">{{cite web|url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/blog/the-view-from-here/interview-david-gilmour-99501/4|title=An interview with David Gilmour – Page 4 of 8 – Uncut|first=Michael|last=Bonner|date=6 March 2017|work=Uncut|access-date=7 May 2018|archive-date=7 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507153709/http://www.uncut.co.uk/blog/the-view-from-here/interview-david-gilmour-99501/4|url-status=live}}</ref> ],<ref name="bonner"/> ],<ref name="bonner"/> ],<ref name="bonner"/> ],<ref name="bonner"/> ],<ref name="christie's q&a">{{cite web | url= http://davidgilmour.com/guitars/Christies_Guitar_Auction_Q%26As.pdf | title= Christie's Guitar Auction – David Answers Your Questions | work= davidgilmour.com | access-date= 21 September 2019 | archive-date= 29 July 2020 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200729060618/https://www.davidgilmour.com/guitars/Christies_Guitar_Auction_Q%26As.pdf | url-status= live }}</ref> ],<ref name="christie's q&a"/> ],<ref name="christie's q&a"/> and ] of ]<ref name=":0" /> as influences. Gilmour said, "I copied – don't be afraid to copy – and eventually something that I suppose that I would call my own appeared."<ref name="christie's q&a"/>


], ], during the ], 19 December 2015. Gilmour is playing the "Workmate", a well-worn Fender Esquire, with an added neck pick-up.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=Sarah |last2=Dhaliwal |first2=Ranjit |title=David Gilmour: behind the scenes with a guitar legend – in pictures |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/ng-interactive/2015/oct/01/david-gilmour-behind-the-scenes-with-a-guitar-legend-in-pictures |access-date=6 January 2019 |website=The Guardian |archive-date=6 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106104518/https://www.theguardian.com/music/ng-interactive/2015/oct/01/david-gilmour-behind-the-scenes-with-a-guitar-legend-in-pictures |url-status=live }}</ref>]]Writing for the magazine '']'' in 2022, Jordan Potter described Gilmour as having a "unique and constantly developing guitar style" in Pink Floyd, adding that "drawing from a healthy pool of influence, he could devise his own characteristic style, recognised for its sonorous gravity and pitch-perfect lead excursions, which valued precision over speed."<ref name="potter">{{cite web | url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/guitarist-david-gilmour-wish-play-like/ | title=The guitarist David Gilmour wishes he could play like | work=] | first=Jordan | last=Potter | date=29 October 2022 | access-date=20 January 2023 | archive-date=20 January 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120222122/https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/guitarist-david-gilmour-wish-play-like/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Gilmour's ] style is characterised by ]-influenced phrasing, expressive note bends, and sustain. In a 1985 interview, he said, "I can't play like ], I wish I could Sometimes I think I should work at the guitar more. I play every day but I don't consciously practice scales or anything in particular."<ref name="potter"/> In 2006, Gilmour said, " fingers make a distinctive sound... aren't very fast, but I think I am instantly recognisable."<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/classic-guitar-interview-david-gilmour-2006-537288|title=Classic guitar interview: David Gilmour, 2006|website=Musicradar.com|date=30 March 2012|access-date=12 July 2016|archive-date=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817093356/http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/classic-guitar-interview-david-gilmour-2006-537288|url-status=live}}</ref> Pink Floyd technician Phil Taylor said, "It really is just his fingers, his ], his choice of notes and how he sets his effects ... In reality, no matter how well you duplicate the equipment, you will never be able to duplicate the personality."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pinkfloydfan.net/t11634-phil-taylor-welcome-machines-guitar.html|title=Welcome to the Machines|author=Tolinski, Brad|date=September 1994|work=Guitar World|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617034157/http://www.pinkfloydfan.net/t11634-phil-taylor-welcome-machines-guitar.html|archive-date=17 June 2012|access-date=29 July 2011}}</ref> ], ], during the ], 19 December 2015. Gilmour is playing the "Workmate", a well-worn Fender Esquire, with an added neck pick-up.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Sarah |last2=Dhaliwal |first2=Ranjit |title=David Gilmour: behind the scenes with a guitar legend – in pictures |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/ng-interactive/2015/oct/01/david-gilmour-behind-the-scenes-with-a-guitar-legend-in-pictures |access-date=6 January 2019 |website=The Guardian |date=October 2015 |archive-date=6 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106104518/https://www.theguardian.com/music/ng-interactive/2015/oct/01/david-gilmour-behind-the-scenes-with-a-guitar-legend-in-pictures |url-status=live }}</ref>]]Writing for the magazine '']'' in 2022, Jordan Potter described Gilmour as having a "unique and constantly developing guitar style" in Pink Floyd, adding that "drawing from a healthy pool of influence, he could devise his own characteristic style, recognised for its sonorous gravity and pitch-perfect lead excursions, which valued precision over speed."<ref name="potter">{{cite web | url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/guitarist-david-gilmour-wish-play-like/ | title=The guitarist David Gilmour wishes he could play like | work=] | first=Jordan | last=Potter | date=29 October 2022 | access-date=20 January 2023 | archive-date=20 January 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120222122/https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/guitarist-david-gilmour-wish-play-like/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Gilmour's ] style is characterised by ]-influenced phrasing, expressive note bends, and sustain. In a 1985 interview, he said, "I can't play like ], I wish I could Sometimes I think I should work at the guitar more. I play every day but I don't consciously practice scales or anything in particular."<ref name="potter"/> In 2006, Gilmour said, " fingers make a distinctive sound... aren't very fast, but I think I am instantly recognisable."<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/classic-guitar-interview-david-gilmour-2006-537288|title=Classic guitar interview: David Gilmour, 2006|website=Musicradar.com|date=30 March 2012|access-date=12 July 2016|archive-date=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817093356/http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/classic-guitar-interview-david-gilmour-2006-537288|url-status=live}}</ref> The Pink Floyd technician Phil Taylor said, "It really is just his fingers, his ], his choice of notes and how he sets his effects ... In reality, no matter how well you duplicate the equipment, you will never be able to duplicate the personality."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pinkfloydfan.net/t11634-phil-taylor-welcome-machines-guitar.html|title=Welcome to the Machines|author=Tolinski, Brad|date=September 1994|work=Guitar World|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617034157/http://www.pinkfloydfan.net/t11634-phil-taylor-welcome-machines-guitar.html|archive-date=17 June 2012|access-date=29 July 2011}}</ref>

The author Mike Cormack wrote that Gilmour's playing from ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' onwards "defines the sound of Pink Floyd".{{sfn|Cormack|2024|p=115}} He cited Gilmour's third solo in "]" as "perhaps the finest in his entire career, a masterpiece of phrasing, spacing, tone and articulation",{{sfn|Cormack|2024|p=142}} and said the second solo in "Comfortably Numb" was "an utter master at work, leaving space, repeating and building on licks to give a sense of structure, not overplaying, building to a shrieking climax, and then fading out while leaving the listener wanting more".{{sfn|Cormack|2024|p=175}}


Gilmour also plays bass, keyboards, ], ], mandolin, harmonica, drums, and saxophone.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.davidgilmourtour.com/band.html|work=David Gilmour Tour Band.com|title=David Gilmour|access-date=12 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629004944/http://www.davidgilmourtour.com/band.html|archive-date=29 June 2016}}</ref> Gilmour said he played bass on some Pink Floyd tracks, such as the ] on "]", as he could do it more quickly than Waters; he said that Waters would thank him for "winning him bass-playing polls".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Resnicoff |first=Matt |date=August 1992 |title=Careful With That Axe — David Gilmour Chops Through Pink Floyd's Past To Build A New Future |journal=]}}</ref> Gilmour also plays bass, keyboards, ], ], mandolin, harmonica, drums, and saxophone.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.davidgilmourtour.com/band.html|work=David Gilmour Tour Band.com|title=David Gilmour|access-date=12 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629004944/http://www.davidgilmourtour.com/band.html|archive-date=29 June 2016}}</ref> Gilmour said he played bass on some Pink Floyd tracks, such as the ] on "]", as he could do it more quickly than Waters; he said that Waters would thank him for "winning him bass-playing polls".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Resnicoff |first=Matt |date=August 1992 |title=Careful With That Axe — David Gilmour Chops Through Pink Floyd's Past To Build A New Future |journal=]}}</ref>
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According to '']'', Gilmour is "a household name among the classic rock crowd, and for a lot of younger guitar fans he's the only 1970s guitarist that matters. For many he's the missing link between Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen."<ref>{{cite web |date=30 March 2012 |title=Classic guitar interview: David Gilmour, 2006 |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/classic-guitar-interview-david-gilmour-2006-537288 |access-date=1 June 2019 |work=MusicRadar |archive-date=1 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601142555/https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/classic-guitar-interview-david-gilmour-2006-537288 |url-status=live }}</ref> The ''MusicRader'' writer Billy Saefong wrote that Gilmour "isn't as flashy as Jimi Hendrix or ] on the stage, but his guitar work outshines most for emotion."<ref>{{cite web |last=Saefong |first=Billy |date=7 April 2020 |title=5 songs guitarists need to hear... by David Gilmour (that aren't Comfortably Numb) |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/5-songs-guitarists-need-to-hear-by-david-gilmour-that-arent-comfortably-numb |access-date=30 May 2020 |work=MusicRadar |archive-date=14 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414082823/https://www.musicradar.com/news/5-songs-guitarists-need-to-hear-by-david-gilmour-that-arent-comfortably-numb |url-status=live }}</ref> According to '']'', Gilmour is "a household name among the classic rock crowd, and for a lot of younger guitar fans he's the only 1970s guitarist that matters. For many he's the missing link between Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen."<ref>{{cite web |date=30 March 2012 |title=Classic guitar interview: David Gilmour, 2006 |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/classic-guitar-interview-david-gilmour-2006-537288 |access-date=1 June 2019 |work=MusicRadar |archive-date=1 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601142555/https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/classic-guitar-interview-david-gilmour-2006-537288 |url-status=live }}</ref> The ''MusicRader'' writer Billy Saefong wrote that Gilmour "isn't as flashy as Jimi Hendrix or ] on the stage, but his guitar work outshines most for emotion."<ref>{{cite web |last=Saefong |first=Billy |date=7 April 2020 |title=5 songs guitarists need to hear... by David Gilmour (that aren't Comfortably Numb) |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/5-songs-guitarists-need-to-hear-by-david-gilmour-that-arent-comfortably-numb |access-date=30 May 2020 |work=MusicRadar |archive-date=14 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414082823/https://www.musicradar.com/news/5-songs-guitarists-need-to-hear-by-david-gilmour-that-arent-comfortably-numb |url-status=live }}</ref>


In 1996, Gilmour was inducted into the ] as a member of Pink Floyd. He has been ranked one of the greatest guitarists of all time by publications including '']''<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=100 Greatest Guitarists |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-20111123/david-gilmour-20111122 |url-status=dead |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308012658/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-20111123/david-gilmour-20111122 |archive-date=8 March 2013 |access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |title=100 Greatest Guitarists: David Fricke's Picks |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-of-all-time-19691231/david-gilmour-20101202 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=22 April 2018 |archive-date=22 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422202732/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-of-all-time-19691231/david-gilmour-20101202 |url-status=live }}</ref> and '']''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 July 2015 |title=The greatest guitarists of all time, in pictures |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/the-greatest-guitarists-of-all-time-in-pictures/dave-gilmour/ |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=22 April 2018 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/the-greatest-guitarists-of-all-time-in-pictures/dave-gilmour/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In January 2007, '']'' readers voted Gilmour's solos for "]", "]" and "]" among the top 100 greatest guitar solos.<ref>{{cite web |title=100 Greatest Guitar Solos: 51–100 |url=http://www.guitarworld.com/article/100_greatest_guitar_solos_51100?page=0%2C1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130215346/http://www.guitarworld.com/article/100_greatest_guitar_solos_51100?page=0%2C1 |archive-date=30 November 2010 |access-date=9 August 2010 |work=Guitar World}}</ref> In 2011, '']'' named Gilmour the 14th-greatest guitarists of all time.{{sfn|Wenner|2011|p=59}} In 1996, Gilmour was inducted into the ] as a member of Pink Floyd. He has been ranked one of the greatest guitarists of all time by publications including '']''<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=100 Greatest Guitarists |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-20111123/david-gilmour-20111122 |url-status=dead |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308012658/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-20111123/david-gilmour-20111122 |archive-date=8 March 2013 |access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |title=100 Greatest Guitarists: David Fricke's Picks |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-of-all-time-19691231/david-gilmour-20101202 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=22 April 2018 |archive-date=22 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422202732/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-of-all-time-19691231/david-gilmour-20101202 |url-status=live }}</ref> and '']''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 July 2015 |title=The greatest guitarists of all time, in pictures |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/the-greatest-guitarists-of-all-time-in-pictures/dave-gilmour/ |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=22 April 2018 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/the-greatest-guitarists-of-all-time-in-pictures/dave-gilmour/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In January 2007, '']'' readers voted Gilmour's solos for "]", "]" and "]" among the top 100 greatest guitar solos.<ref>{{cite web |title=100 Greatest Guitar Solos: 51–100 |url=http://www.guitarworld.com/article/100_greatest_guitar_solos_51100?page=0%2C1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130215346/http://www.guitarworld.com/article/100_greatest_guitar_solos_51100?page=0%2C1 |archive-date=30 November 2010 |access-date=9 August 2010 |work=Guitar World}}</ref> He was voted the 36th-greatest rock singer by ] listeners in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |date=4 January 2009 |title=Robert Plant voted rock's greatest voice |url=http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/robert-plant-voted-rocks-greatest-voice-190343 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911033846/http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/robert-plant-voted-rocks-greatest-voice-190343 |archive-date=11 September 2015 |access-date=27 September 2015 |work=]}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'' named Gilmour the 14th-greatest guitarist of all time in 2011{{sfn|Wenner|2011|p=59}} and the 28th-greatest guitarist in 2023.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=13 October 2023 |title=The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-guitarists-1234814010/ |access-date=14 October 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>


Gilmour was cited by the ] guitarist ] as one of his three main influences.<ref>{{cite web |last=Blake |first=Mark |date=22 March 2017 |title=Steve Rothery: "People still think Marillion are a Scottish heavy metal band" |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/steve-rothery-people-still-think-marillion-are-a-scottish-heavy-metal-band |access-date=1 June 2019 |work=Louder |archive-date=6 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206110719/https://www.loudersound.com/features/steve-rothery-people-still-think-marillion-are-a-scottish-heavy-metal-band |url-status=live }}</ref> ], the guitarist of bands including ] and ], also cites Gilmour as an influence.<ref>{{cite web |date=15 April 2012 |title=John Mitchell – It Bites – Interview Exclusive |url=https://www.uberrock.co.uk/interviews/55-april-interviews/4419-john-mitchell-it-bites-interview-exclusive.html |access-date=1 June 2019 |work=Uber Rock |archive-date=1 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601141324/https://www.uberrock.co.uk/interviews/55-april-interviews/4419-john-mitchell-it-bites-interview-exclusive.html }}</ref> In 2013, ], the guitarist and songwriter of ], and a member of ], argued that Gilmour's work on ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' "must make him the best guitar player in recent history".<ref>{{cite web |date=12 April 2013 |title=My six best albums: Gary Kemp |url=https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/391281/My-six-best-albums-Gary-Kemp |access-date=1 June 2019 |work=Express |archive-date=1 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601144639/https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/391281/My-six-best-albums-Gary-Kemp |url-status=live }}</ref> Gilmour was cited by the ] guitarist ] as one of his three main influences.<ref>{{cite web |last=Blake |first=Mark |date=22 March 2017 |title=Steve Rothery: "People still think Marillion are a Scottish heavy metal band" |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/steve-rothery-people-still-think-marillion-are-a-scottish-heavy-metal-band |access-date=1 June 2019 |work=Louder |archive-date=6 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206110719/https://www.loudersound.com/features/steve-rothery-people-still-think-marillion-are-a-scottish-heavy-metal-band |url-status=live }}</ref> ], the guitarist of bands including ] and ], also cited Gilmour as an influence.<ref>{{cite web |date=15 April 2012 |title=John Mitchell – It Bites – Interview Exclusive |url=https://www.uberrock.co.uk/interviews/55-april-interviews/4419-john-mitchell-it-bites-interview-exclusive.html |access-date=1 June 2019 |work=Uber Rock |archive-date=1 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601141324/https://www.uberrock.co.uk/interviews/55-april-interviews/4419-john-mitchell-it-bites-interview-exclusive.html }}</ref> In 2013, ], the guitarist and songwriter of ] and a member of ], argued that Gilmour's work on ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' "must make him the best guitar player in recent history".<ref>{{cite web |date=12 April 2013 |title=My six best albums: Gary Kemp |url=https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/391281/My-six-best-albums-Gary-Kemp |access-date=1 June 2019 |work=Express |archive-date=1 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601144639/https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/391281/My-six-best-albums-Gary-Kemp |url-status=live }}</ref>


=== Guitars === === Guitars ===
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==== The Black Strat ==== ==== The Black Strat ====
{{Main|The Black Strat}}
]" on display at the ] exhibition.<ref name="TMR">'']'' exhibition label</ref>]]
]" on display at the '']'' exhibition.<ref name="TMR">'']'' exhibition label</ref>]]


Gilmour used the ], a ], in most Pink Floyd concerts and for every Pink Floyd studio album recorded between 1970 and 1983. Gilmour bought it at ] in New York City in 1970, after the band's US tour was cancelled due to the theft of their equipment in ].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Phil |title=Pink Floyd The Black Strat: A history of David Gilmour's black Fender Stratocaster |date=2008 |publisher=Hal Leonard Books |isbn=978-1-4234-4559-3 |edition=2nd |location=New York |page=7}}</ref> The guitar, which originally had a rosewood fretboard and a white pickguard, underwent a number of modifications, settling on a black pickguard and maple neck.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Phil |title=Pink Floyd The Black Strat: A history of David Gilmour's black Fender Stratocaster |date=2008 |publisher=Hal Leonard Books |isbn=978-1-4234-4559-3 |edition=2nd |location=New York}}</ref> It was auctioned for charity in 2019 for $3.9 million,<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Grow |first1=Kory |date=20 June 2019 |title=David Gilmour's Guitars Sell for Millions at Charity Auction |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-gilmour-guitars-christies-charity-auction-850597/ |magazine=] |access-date=17 February 2020 |archive-date=19 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219015517/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-gilmour-guitars-christies-charity-auction-850597/ |url-status=live }}</ref> making it one of the most expensive guitars ever sold at auction. Gilmour used the Black Strat, a ], in most Pink Floyd concerts and for every Pink Floyd studio album recorded between 1970 and 1983. Gilmour bought it at ] in New York City in 1970, after Pink Floyd's US tour was cancelled due to the theft of their equipment in New Orleans.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Phil |title=Pink Floyd The Black Strat: A history of David Gilmour's black Fender Stratocaster |date=2008 |publisher=Hal Leonard Books |isbn=978-1-4234-4559-3 |edition=2nd |location=New York |page=7}}</ref> It originally had a rosewood fretboard and a white pickguard and underwent a number of modifications, finishing with a black pickguard and maple neck.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Phil |title=Pink Floyd The Black Strat: A history of David Gilmour's black Fender Stratocaster |date=2008 |publisher=Hal Leonard Books |isbn=978-1-4234-4559-3 |edition=2nd |location=New York}}</ref> It was auctioned for charity in 2019 for $3.9 million,<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Grow |first1=Kory |date=20 June 2019 |title=David Gilmour's Guitars Sell for Millions at Charity Auction |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-gilmour-guitars-christies-charity-auction-850597/ |magazine=] |access-date=17 February 2020 |archive-date=19 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219015517/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-gilmour-guitars-christies-charity-auction-850597/ |url-status=live }}</ref> making it one of the most expensive guitars ever sold at auction.


==== Fender Black Strat Signature Stratocaster ==== ==== Fender Black Strat Signature Stratocaster ====
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==== The 0001 Strat ==== ==== The 0001 Strat ====
The 0001 Strat is a Fender Stratocaster with a white body, maple neck, three-way pick up selector and a gold anodized pickguard and gold-plated hardware.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hunter |first1=Dave |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2SJDBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA97 |title=Star Guitars |date=September 2014 |isbn=9781627883818 |page=97|publisher=Voyageur Press }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Dennis Lynch |date=19 April 2014 |title=The Fender Stratocaster Celebrates Its 60th Anniversary |url=http://www.ibtimes.com/fender-stratocaster-celebrates-its-60th-anniversary-1573851 |access-date=4 October 2015 |work=International Business Times |archive-date=4 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004142508/http://www.ibtimes.com/fender-stratocaster-celebrates-its-60th-anniversary-1573851 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Gilmourish">{{cite web |title=The #0001 Stratocaster |url=http://www.gilmourish.com/?page_id=259 |work=Gilmourish.com |access-date=17 October 2015 |archive-date=24 January 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124045837/http://www.gilmourish.com/?page_id=259 |url-status=live }}</ref> Gilmour bought it from guitar technician Phil Taylor, who had purchased it from ].<ref name="Spare Bricks">{{cite web |title=Gilmour: Guitars & Gear |url=http://sparebricks.fika.org/sbzine01/sections/ggg.html |work=Sparebricks.fika.org |access-date=17 October 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062135/http://sparebricks.fika.org/sbzine01/sections/ggg.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Duncan states it is a "partscaster", as he assembled it from two different guitars.<ref name = "Guitar Mysteries: The History of #0001 Stratocaster">{{cite web |url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/guitar_mysteries_the_history_of_0001_stratocaster-126787 |title=Guitar Mysteries: The History of #0001 Stratocaster |website=ultimate-guitar.com |date=10 February 2022 |access-date=15 February 2023 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307070435/https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/guitar_mysteries_the_history_of_0001_stratocaster-126787 |url-status=live }}</ref> Gilmour used the guitar in the 2004 ] show that commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Stratocaster at ] along with one of his Candy Apple Red Stratocasters (famous for their appearances with Gilmour from 1987 to 2004). It has the serial number 0001; however, ]s had been constructed before this one. The origin of the guitar is unknown, and it is unknown whether it is the real 0001 Strat because the neck (which has the 0001 serial number on it) could have been taken off the original.<ref name="Gilmourish" /> The model was used as a spare and for slide guitar in subsequent years. In 2019, the 0001 Strat was sold at auction for $1,815,000, setting a new world auction record for a Stratocaster.<ref>{{citation |title=David Gilmour's Guitars Shatter Records at Auction |date=20 June 2019 |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/news/david-gilmours-guitars-shatter-records-at-auction |publisher=Guitar World |access-date=20 June 2019 |archive-date=20 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620203749/https://www.guitarworld.com/news/david-gilmours-guitars-shatter-records-at-auction |url-status=live }}</ref> Gilmour also owns an early 1954 Stratocaster, believed to predate Fender's commercial release of the model.<ref name="Christies">{{citation |title=David Gilmour's legendary 'Black Strat' comes to auction |date=29 January 2019 |url=https://www.christies.com/features/David-Gilmour-legendary-Black-Strat-comes-to-auction-9637-3.aspx |publisher=Christie's |access-date=29 January 2019}}</ref> The 0001 Strat is a Fender Stratocaster with a white body, maple neck, three-way pick up selector and a gold anodised pickguard and gold-plated hardware.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hunter |first1=Dave |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2SJDBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA97 |title=Star Guitars |date=September 2014 |isbn=9781627883818 |page=97|publisher=Voyageur Press }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Dennis Lynch |date=19 April 2014 |title=The Fender Stratocaster Celebrates Its 60th Anniversary |url=http://www.ibtimes.com/fender-stratocaster-celebrates-its-60th-anniversary-1573851 |access-date=4 October 2015 |work=International Business Times |archive-date=4 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004142508/http://www.ibtimes.com/fender-stratocaster-celebrates-its-60th-anniversary-1573851 |url-status=live }}</ref> Seymour Duncan said it was a "partscaster", as he assembled it from two different guitars.<ref name = "Guitar Mysteries: The History of #0001 Stratocaster">{{cite web |url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/guitar_mysteries_the_history_of_0001_stratocaster-126787 |title=Guitar Mysteries: The History of #0001 Stratocaster |website=ultimate-guitar.com |date=10 February 2022 |access-date=15 February 2023 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307070435/https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/guitar_mysteries_the_history_of_0001_stratocaster-126787 |url-status=live }}</ref> The model was used as a spare and for slide guitar in subsequent years. In 2019, the 0001 Strat was sold at auction for $1,815,000, setting a new world auction record for a Stratocaster.<ref>{{citation |title=David Gilmour's Guitars Shatter Records at Auction |date=20 June 2019 |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/news/david-gilmours-guitars-shatter-records-at-auction |publisher=Guitar World |access-date=20 June 2019 |archive-date=20 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620203749/https://www.guitarworld.com/news/david-gilmours-guitars-shatter-records-at-auction |url-status=live }}</ref> Gilmour also owns an early 1954 Stratocaster, believed to predate Fender's commercial release of the model.<ref name="Christies">{{citation |title=David Gilmour's legendary 'Black Strat' comes to auction |date=29 January 2019 |url=https://www.christies.com/features/David-Gilmour-legendary-Black-Strat-comes-to-auction-9637-3.aspx |publisher=Christie's |access-date=29 January 2019}}</ref>


==== Other electric guitars ==== ==== Other electric guitars ====
Along with the Fender models, Gilmour has also used a ] goldtop model with P-90 pick-ups during recording sessions for ''The Wall'' and ''A Momentary Lapse of Reason''.{{sfn|Fitch|2005|pp=428, 431}} It was used for the guitar solo on "], Part 2".<ref name="The David Gilmour Guitar Collection">{{citation |title=The David Gilmour Guitar Collection |date=30 January 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E6mIYNO3So |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/_E6mIYNO3So |publisher=David Gilmour |access-date=2 February 2019 |archive-date=28 October 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Along with the Fender models, Gilmour has also used a ] goldtop model with P-90 pick-ups during recording sessions for ''The Wall'' and ''A Momentary Lapse of Reason''.{{sfn|Fitch|2005|pp=428, 431}} Gilmour also plays a ], a ], and a "White Penguin". He played a Bill Lewis 24-fret guitar during the '']'' and ''Dark Side of the Moon'' recording sessions, and a ] GL model which was his main guitar during ''A Momentary Lapse of Reason'' recording sessions.{{sfn|Fitch|2005|pp=420: Bill Lewis 24-fret guitar, 431: ] GL model}}


==== Acoustic ====
Gilmour also plays a ], a ], and a "White Penguin". He played a Bill Lewis 24-fret guitar during the '']'' and ''Dark Side of the Moon'' recording sessions, and a ] GL model which was his main guitar during ''A Momentary Lapse of Reason'' recording sessions.{{sfn|Fitch|2005|pp=420: Bill Lewis 24-fret guitar, 431: ] GL model}}
Gilmour has used acoustic guitars including a ] classical model, and a ] Celebrity,{{sfn|Fitch|2005|p=434}} acquired from ] of ].<ref name="Christies" /> Gilmour used several ] models including a Custom Legend 1619-4, and a Custom Legend 1613-4 nylon string guitar, both during the ''Wall'' recording sessions.{{sfn|Fitch|Mahon|2006|p=268}} ] models used include a D-35, purchased in New York in 1971,<ref name="Christies" /> and a D12-28 12-string.{{sfn|Fitch|Mahon|2006|p=268}}

==== Acoustics ====
Gilmour has used many acoustic guitars, including a ] classical model, and a ] Celebrity,{{sfn|Fitch|2005|p=434}} acquired from ] of ].<ref name="Christies" /> Gilmour used several ] models including a Custom Legend 1619-4, and a Custom Legend 1613-4 nylon string guitar, both during the ''Wall'' recording sessions.{{sfn|Fitch|Mahon|2006|p=268}} ] models used include a D-35, purchased in New York in 1971,<ref name="Christies" /> and a D12-28 12-string.{{sfn|Fitch|Mahon|2006|p=268}}


==== Steel guitar ==== ==== Steel guitar ====
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Gilmour used a pair of Jedson ]s and a Fender 1000 pedal steel frequently in the early 1970s. Originally purchased from a pawn shop while Gilmour was in ] in 1970, the Jedson was used during recording of "]" from ''Meddle'' and "]" and "]" from ''Dark Side of the Moon''.{{sfn|Fitch|2005|p=424}} Gilmour also owns a ] ], which he used during ''The Division Bell'' tour in 1994.{{sfn|Fitch|2005|p=434}} Gilmour also owns a Champ lap steel model. Along with the Fender steel models Gilmour has also used: a Gibson EH150, and two Jedson models: one red (1977-tuned D-G-D-G-B-E for "], Parts 6–9", 1987–2006: Tuned E-B-E-G-B-E for "]") and one blonde. He also uses a ZB steel model.{{sfn|Fitch|Mahon|2006|p=268}} Gilmour played pedal steel guitar on the album ''Blue Pine Trees'' by Unicorn. Gilmour used a pair of Jedson ]s and a Fender 1000 pedal steel frequently in the early 1970s. Originally purchased from a pawn shop while Gilmour was in ] in 1970, the Jedson was used during recording of "]" from ''Meddle'' and "]" and "]" from ''Dark Side of the Moon''.{{sfn|Fitch|2005|p=424}} Gilmour also owns a ] ], which he used during ''The Division Bell'' tour in 1994.{{sfn|Fitch|2005|p=434}} Gilmour also owns a Champ lap steel model. Along with the Fender steel models Gilmour has also used: a Gibson EH150, and two Jedson models: one red (1977-tuned D-G-D-G-B-E for "], Parts 6–9", 1987–2006: Tuned E-B-E-G-B-E for "]") and one blonde. He also uses a ZB steel model.{{sfn|Fitch|Mahon|2006|p=268}} Gilmour played pedal steel guitar on the album ''Blue Pine Trees'' by ].

==== Bass guitars ====
Gilmour has played the bass guitar both in the studio and onstage, and has played many bass models including: an Ovation Magnum, a ], ]<ref>{{cite web |title=Pink Floyd – David Gilmour's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment |url=http://www.uberproaudio.com/who-plays-what/160-pink-floyd-david-gilmours-guitar-gear-rig-and-equipment |access-date=7 February 2015 |work=ÜberProAudio |archive-date=6 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206190737/http://www.uberproaudio.com/who-plays-what/160-pink-floyd-david-gilmours-guitar-gear-rig-and-equipment |url-status=live }}</ref> and Jazz bass models and a ] fretless (all used during ''The Wall'' recording sessions). During the 1991 ] concert Gilmour used a ] Fretless Stingray bass while conducting the house band and again during ]'s performance of "Big Bottom".<ref>{{citation |title=David Gilmour |url=http://equipboard.com/pros/david-gilmour |access-date=29 October 2015 |archive-date=22 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022084642/http://equipboard.com/pros/david-gilmour |url-status=live }}</ref>


==== Signature pickups ==== ==== Signature pick-ups ====
In 2004 ] released the DG20 Signature ] kit for the Fender Stratocaster. The set included three active pick-ups, an EXG Guitar Expander for increased treble and bass frequencies, and a SPC presence control to enhance earthiness and mid-range. The system came pre-wired on a custom 11-hole white pearl pickguard with white knobs.<ref>{{cite web |title=EMG DG20 David Gilmour Pickups |url=https://www.guitarinteractivemagazine.com/issues/issue-36/reviews/emg-dg20-david-gilmour-pickups |website=Guitar Interactive |access-date=27 May 2019 |archive-date=27 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527092941/https://www.guitarinteractivemagazine.com/issues/issue-36/reviews/emg-dg20-david-gilmour-pickups |url-status=live }}</ref> The kit was based on the configuration mounted on Gilmour's red Stratocaster during the ''Momentary Lapse of Reason'' and ''Division Bell'' tours.<ref name="redStrat">{{cite web |title=The Red Stratocaster |url=http://www.gilmourish.com/?page_id=68 |website=Gilmourish |access-date=27 May 2019 |archive-date=31 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080331113205/http://www.gilmourish.com/?page_id=68 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2004 ] released the DG20 Signature ] kit for the Fender Stratocaster. The set included three active pick-ups, an EXG Guitar Expander for increased treble and bass frequencies, and a SPC presence control to enhance earthiness and mid-range. The system came pre-wired on a custom 11-hole white pearl pickguard with white knobs.<ref>{{cite web |title=EMG DG20 David Gilmour Pickups |url=https://www.guitarinteractivemagazine.com/issues/issue-36/reviews/emg-dg20-david-gilmour-pickups |website=Guitar Interactive |access-date=27 May 2019 |archive-date=27 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527092941/https://www.guitarinteractivemagazine.com/issues/issue-36/reviews/emg-dg20-david-gilmour-pickups |url-status=live }}</ref>


==Awards and honours== ==Awards and honours==
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}}</ref> The award was presented to him at ], on 7 November that year.<ref name="Getty-CBE">{{cite web |title=David Gilmour at Buckingham Palace, 07 November after being awarded a... |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/david-gilmour-at-buckingham-palace-07-november-after-being-news-photo/2707570 |access-date=29 December 2018 |publisher=] |archive-date=30 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230082359/https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/david-gilmour-at-buckingham-palace-07-november-after-being-news-photo/2707570 |url-status=live }}</ref> }}</ref> The award was presented to him at ], on 7 November that year.<ref name="Getty-CBE">{{cite web |title=David Gilmour at Buckingham Palace, 07 November after being awarded a... |date=7 November 2003 |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/david-gilmour-at-buckingham-palace-07-november-after-being-news-photo/2707570 |access-date=29 December 2018 |publisher=] |archive-date=30 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230082359/https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/david-gilmour-at-buckingham-palace-07-november-after-being-news-photo/2707570 |url-status=live }}</ref>


On 22 May 2008, he won the 2008 ], recognising his excellence in music writing.<ref name="ivors">{{cite web |date=2008 |title=Nominees |url=http://www.theivors.org/awards.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080624061129/http://www.theivors.org/awards.html |archive-date=24 June 2008 |publisher=The Ivor Novello Awards}}</ref> Later that year, he was recognised for his outstanding contribution to music by the ]. He dedicated his award to Pink Floyd keyboardist ], who died in September 2008.<ref name="qawards" /> On 11 November 2009, Gilmour received an honorary doctorate from ].<ref>{{cite web |title=ARU honours Floyd's Gilmour with degree |url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/cn_news_home/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=455580 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523185229/http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Cambridge/ARU-honours-Floyds-Gilmour-with-degree.htm?ID=455580 |archive-date=23 May 2012 |access-date=9 August 2010 |publisher=Cambridge-news.co.uk}}</ref> On 22 May 2008, he won the 2008 ], recognising his excellence in music writing.<ref name="ivors">{{cite web |date=2008 |title=Nominees |url=http://www.theivors.org/awards.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080624061129/http://www.theivors.org/awards.html |archive-date=24 June 2008 |publisher=The Ivor Novello Awards}}</ref> Later that year, he was recognised for his outstanding contribution to music by the ]. He dedicated his award to the Pink Floyd keyboardist, ], who died in September 2008.<ref name="qawards" /> On 11 November 2009, Gilmour received an honorary doctorate from ].<ref>{{cite web |title=ARU honours Floyd's Gilmour with degree |url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/cn_news_home/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=455580 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523185229/http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Cambridge/ARU-honours-Floyds-Gilmour-with-degree.htm?ID=455580 |archive-date=23 May 2012 |access-date=9 August 2010 |publisher=Cambridge-news.co.uk}}</ref>


==Charity work== ==Charity work==
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==Personal life== ==Personal life==
Gilmour's first marriage was to the American-born model and artist ], on 7 July 1975.<ref name= "GG-bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.gingerart.net/#/the-artist/4519769311|title=Ginger Art|last=Gilmour|first=Ginger|access-date=15 July 2011|archive-date=14 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714015458/http://www.gingerart.net/#/the-artist/4519769311|url-status=live}}</ref> The couple had four children: Alice (born 1976), Clare (born 1979), Sara (born 1983) and Matthew (born 1986).{{sfn |Fitch|2005|p=116}} They originally attended a ], but Gilmour called their education there "horrific".<ref name=wcrit>{{cite web|url= http://www.waldorfcritics.org/articles/TelegraphGilmour.html | work = The Daily Telegraph|location=London | title = We Don't Need No Steiner Education | via =Waldorf critics |access-date=19 January 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110720235320/http://www.waldorfcritics.org/active/articles/TelegraphGilmour.html | archive-date = 20 July 2011}}</ref> In 1994, he married the writer ]. His best man was his teenage friend and the Pink Floyd album artwork designer ].<ref name= "Samson">{{cite web|url=https://mobile.twitter.com/PollySamson/status/324953896327979008|title=Best man at our wedding|last=Samson|first=Polly|date=18 April 2013|access-date=18 April 2013|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093427/https://mobile.twitter.com/PollySamson/status/324953896327979008|url-status=live}}</ref> Gilmour's first marriage was to ], an American-born model and artist on 7 July 1975.<ref name= "GG-bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.gingerart.net/#/the-artist/4519769311|title=Ginger Art|last=Gilmour|first=Ginger|access-date=15 July 2011|archive-date=14 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714015458/http://www.gingerart.net/#/the-artist/4519769311|url-status=live}}</ref> The couple had four children: Alice (born 1976), Clare (born 1979), Sara (born 1983) and Matthew (born 1986).{{sfn |Fitch|2005|p=116}} They originally attended a ], but Gilmour called their education there "horrific".<ref name=wcrit>{{cite web|url= http://www.waldorfcritics.org/articles/TelegraphGilmour.html | work = The Daily Telegraph|location=London | title = We Don't Need No Steiner Education | date = 8 October 1997| via =Waldorf critics |access-date=19 January 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110720235320/http://www.waldorfcritics.org/active/articles/TelegraphGilmour.html | archive-date = 20 July 2011}}</ref>


Gilmour and Samson have four children: Gilmour's adopted son Charlie (born 1989 to Samson and ]),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/upper-class-warriors-are-you-a-charlie-or-an-otis-6546945.html|title=Upper-class warriors – are you a Charlie or an Otis?|date=10 April 2012|access-date=12 July 2018|archive-date=13 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713163506/https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/upper-class-warriors-are-you-a-charlie-or-an-otis-6546945.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Joe (born 1995), Gabriel (born 1997){{Sfn |Fitch|2005|p=116}} and Romany (born 2002).{{Sfn |Blake|2008|p=371}} Charlie's voice can be heard on the telephone to ] at the end of "High Hopes" from ''The Division Bell''. Gabriel performed piano on the song "In Any Tongue" on Gilmour's fourth solo studio album ''Rattle That Lock'' (2015), making his recording debut.{{sfn|Fitch|2005|p= 115}} In 2011, Charlie was jailed for 16 months for violent disorder during a London protest against ].<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 July 2011|title=Charlie Gilmour, son of Pink Floyd guitarist, jailed for protest violence|url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/jul/15/charlie-gilmour-jailed-david-son-pink-floyd|access-date=28 September 2020|website=]|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111205902/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/jul/15/charlie-gilmour-jailed-david-son-pink-floyd|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1994 Gilmour married the writer Polly Samson. His best man was the Pink Floyd album artwork designer ], with whom he had been friends since their teenage years.<ref name= "Samson">{{cite web|url=https://mobile.twitter.com/PollySamson/status/324953896327979008|title=Best man at our wedding|last=Samson|first=Polly|date=18 April 2013|access-date=18 April 2013|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093427/https://mobile.twitter.com/PollySamson/status/324953896327979008|url-status=live}}</ref> Gilmour and Samson have four children: Gilmour's adopted son Charlie (born 1989 to Samson and ]),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/upper-class-warriors-are-you-a-charlie-or-an-otis-6546945.html|title=Upper-class warriors – are you a Charlie or an Otis?|date=10 April 2012|access-date=12 July 2018|archive-date=13 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713163506/https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/upper-class-warriors-are-you-a-charlie-or-an-otis-6546945.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Joe (born 1995), Gabriel (born 1997){{Sfn |Fitch|2005|p=116}} and Romany (born 2002).{{Sfn |Blake|2008|p=371}} Charlie's voice appears on the telephone to ] at the end of "High Hopes" from ''The Division Bell''. Gabriel performed piano on the song "In Any Tongue" on Gilmour's fourth solo studio album, ''Rattle That Lock'' (2015), making his recording debut.{{sfn|Fitch|2005|p= 115}} In 2011, Charlie was jailed for 16 months for violent disorder during a London protest against ].<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 July 2011|title=Charlie Gilmour, son of Pink Floyd guitarist, jailed for protest violence|url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/jul/15/charlie-gilmour-jailed-david-son-pink-floyd|access-date=28 September 2020|website=]|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111205902/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/jul/15/charlie-gilmour-jailed-david-son-pink-floyd|url-status=live}}</ref> Romany sang and played harp on the song “Between Two Points” and sang on the bonus track “Yes, I Have Ghosts” on Gilmour’s fifth studio album, ''Luck and Strange'' (2024). She also sang backing vocals throughout the album.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://store.davidgilmour.com/product/X3CDDG12/david-gilmour-luck-and-strange-cd?srsltid=AfmBOoqC5Beicj8vjsnJFykLD34sFax-XPfwDa1AmE6ynzol2SGln_WA |title=David Gilmour Luck and Strange CD |website=davidgilmour.com |access-date=2024-10-06}}</ref>


Gilmour does not believe in an ] and is an ].<ref>''Newsday'', 30 March 2006: "I'm an atheist, and I don't have any belief in an afterlife…"</ref><ref>"The theme of the new album&nbsp;– those Pink Floyd habits die hard&nbsp;– is mortality. One song, ']', reflects Gilmour's atheism". ''The Sunday Telegraph'' (London), 28 May 2006, Section Seven, p. 8.</ref> He has stated that he is ]. He said that his parents were "Proper ] readers… Some of their friends went on the ]. Mine never did to my knowledge, but they were both committed to voting for the ]." He described himself as a ], "even if I can't quite stick with party politics".<ref>{{cite journal |last=Blake |first=Mark |title= David Gilmour: The Mojo Interview |journal=Mojo |location=London |volume=179| date=October 2008 | pages=45–46|ref=none}}</ref> In August 2014, Gilmour was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to '']'' expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in the ].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/aug/07/celebrities-open-letter-scotland-independence-full-text |title=Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=7 August 2014 |access-date=26 August 2014 |archive-date=17 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140817131736/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/aug/07/celebrities-open-letter-scotland-independence-full-text |url-status=live }}</ref> In May 2017, Gilmour endorsed Labour Party leader ] in the ].<ref name="independent">{{cite news|last=Oppenheim|first=Maya|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/News/uk/home-news/election-2017-celebrities-vote-party-ballots-comedians-actors-footballers-steve-coogan-danny-devito-a7779151.html|title=Election 2017: The surprising and not-so surprising ways celebrities will be casting their ballots today|work=]|date=8 June 2017|access-date=24 July 2017|archive-date=24 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624143521/http://www.independent.co.uk/News/uk/home-news/election-2017-celebrities-vote-party-ballots-comedians-actors-footballers-steve-coogan-danny-devito-a7779151.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="theguardian">{{cite news|last=Khomami|first=Nadia|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jun/09/students-inspired-by-corbyn-played-big-role-in-labour-surge|title=Who are celebrities voting for in 2017 General Election? The A-Z of famous names supporting Labour, the Tories, the Lib Dems and Greens|work=]|date=9 June 2017|access-date=24 July 2017|archive-date=14 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714094054/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jun/09/students-inspired-by-corbyn-played-big-role-in-labour-surge|url-status=live}}</ref> He ]: "I'm voting Labour because I believe in social equality."<ref name="mirror">{{cite news|last=Milne|first=Oliver|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/who-celebrities-voting-general-election-10546843|title=Who are celebrities voting for in 2017 General Election? The A-Z of famous names supporting Labour, the Tories, the Lib Dems and Greens|work=]|date=8 June 2017|access-date=14 June 2017|archive-date=8 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608093345/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/who-celebrities-voting-general-election-10546843|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="twitter">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/pinkfloyd/status/866566084308209664?lang=en|title="I'm voting Labour because I believe in social equality. David Gilmour" 2/2|publisher=Twitter|date=22 May 2017|access-date=24 July 2017|archive-date=7 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407064545/https://twitter.com/pinkfloyd/status/866566084308209664?lang=en|url-status=live}}</ref> Gilmour is an ].<ref>''Newsday'', 30 March 2006: "I'm an atheist, and I don't have any belief in an afterlife…"</ref><ref>"The theme of the new album&nbsp;– those Pink Floyd habits die hard&nbsp;– is mortality. One song, ']', reflects Gilmour's atheism". ''The Sunday Telegraph'' (London), 28 May 2006, Section Seven, p. 8.</ref> He described himself as ]. He said that his parents were "Proper ] readers… Some of their friends went on the ]. Mine never did to my knowledge, but they were both committed to voting for the ]." He described himself as a ], "even if I can't quite stick with party politics".<ref>{{cite journal |last=Blake |first=Mark |title= David Gilmour: The Mojo Interview |journal=Mojo |location=London |volume=179| date=October 2008 | pages=45–46|ref=none}}</ref> In August 2014, Gilmour was one of 200 public figures to sign a letter to '']'' expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the UK in the ].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/aug/07/celebrities-open-letter-scotland-independence-full-text |title=Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=7 August 2014 |access-date=26 August 2014 |archive-date=17 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140817131736/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/aug/07/celebrities-open-letter-scotland-independence-full-text |url-status=live }}</ref> In May 2017, Gilmour endorsed the Labour leader ] in the ].<ref name="independent">{{cite news|last=Oppenheim|first=Maya|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/News/uk/home-news/election-2017-celebrities-vote-party-ballots-comedians-actors-footballers-steve-coogan-danny-devito-a7779151.html|title=Election 2017: The surprising and not-so surprising ways celebrities will be casting their ballots today|work=]|date=8 June 2017|access-date=24 July 2017|archive-date=24 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624143521/http://www.independent.co.uk/News/uk/home-news/election-2017-celebrities-vote-party-ballots-comedians-actors-footballers-steve-coogan-danny-devito-a7779151.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="theguardian">{{cite news|last=Khomami|first=Nadia|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jun/09/students-inspired-by-corbyn-played-big-role-in-labour-surge|title=Who are celebrities voting for in 2017 General Election? The A-Z of famous names supporting Labour, the Tories, the Lib Dems and Greens|work=]|date=9 June 2017|access-date=24 July 2017|archive-date=14 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714094054/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jun/09/students-inspired-by-corbyn-played-big-role-in-labour-surge|url-status=live}}</ref> He ]: "I'm voting Labour because I believe in social equality."<ref name="mirror">{{cite news|last=Milne|first=Oliver|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/who-celebrities-voting-general-election-10546843|title=Who are celebrities voting for in 2017 General Election? The A-Z of famous names supporting Labour, the Tories, the Lib Dems and Greens|work=]|date=8 June 2017|access-date=14 June 2017|archive-date=8 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608093345/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/who-celebrities-voting-general-election-10546843|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="twitter">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/pinkfloyd/status/866566084308209664?lang=en|title="I'm voting Labour because I believe in social equality. David Gilmour" 2/2|publisher=Twitter|date=22 May 2017|access-date=24 July 2017|archive-date=7 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407064545/https://twitter.com/pinkfloyd/status/866566084308209664?lang=en|url-status=live}}</ref>


Gilmour is an experienced pilot and aviation enthusiast. Under the aegis of his company, ],<ref name="Mabbett-12"/> he amassed a collection of historical aircraft. He later sold the company, which he had started as a hobby, feeling that it was becoming too commercial for him to enjoy; he said he retained an old ] which he flew sometimes.<ref name="brd1">{{cite web |title=Intrepid Aviation |url=http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/miscellaneous-articles/david-gilmour-and-intrepid-aviation.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021205312/http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/miscellaneous-articles/david-gilmour-and-intrepid-aviation.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=21 October 2007 |access-date=5 December 2007}}</ref> Gilmour's net worth is £115 million, according to the ].<ref>{{cite web |last=Millington |first=Alison |date=10 May 2018 |title=The 36 richest musicians in Britain |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/richest-musicians-in-britain-2018-sunday-times-rich-list-2018-5?r=US&IR=T |work=Business Insider |access-date=13 January 2019 |archive-date=13 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113232118/https://www.businessinsider.com/richest-musicians-in-britain-2018-sunday-times-rich-list-2018-5?r=US&IR=T |url-status=live }}</ref> Gilmour is an experienced pilot and aviation enthusiast. Under the aegis of his company, ],<ref name="Mabbett-12"/> he amassed a collection of historical aircraft. He later sold the company, which he had started as a hobby, feeling that it was becoming too commercial for him to enjoy; he said he retained an old ] which he flew sometimes.<ref name="brd1">{{cite web |title=Intrepid Aviation |url=http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/miscellaneous-articles/david-gilmour-and-intrepid-aviation.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021205312/http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/miscellaneous-articles/david-gilmour-and-intrepid-aviation.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=21 October 2007 |access-date=5 December 2007}}</ref> Gilmour's net worth is £115 million, according to the ].<ref>{{cite web |last=Millington |first=Alison |date=10 May 2018 |title=The 36 richest musicians in Britain |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/richest-musicians-in-britain-2018-sunday-times-rich-list-2018-5?r=US&IR=T |work=Business Insider |access-date=13 January 2019 |archive-date=13 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113232118/https://www.businessinsider.com/richest-musicians-in-britain-2018-sunday-times-rich-list-2018-5?r=US&IR=T |url-status=live }}</ref>


In 1980, Gilmour purchased ] in Oxfordshire, where parts of ''The Final Cut'' were recorded. He sold it in 1987.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 January 2022 |title=Inside the country mansion that David Gilmour abandoned |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/mysterious-country-mansion-david-gilmour-abandoned/ |access-date=22 April 2023 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> He has a home near the village of ], Sussex.<ref>{{cite web |date=7 August 2015 |title=Former inmates appear on Pink Floyd star's new single |url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/13581033.Former_inmates_appear_on_Pink_Floyd_star_s_new_single/ |access-date=14 November 2015 |website=] |archive-date=17 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117032223/http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/13581033.Former_inmates_appear_on_Pink_Floyd_star_s_new_single/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2015, Gilmour and Samson purchased ], a derelict ] in ], and had it redeveloped.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 January 2021 |title=Development of Pink Floyd rocker's new home intrigued and impressed us in 2020 |url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/18983911.pink-floyd-david-gilmours-new-hove-seafront-home-impresses/ |access-date=27 August 2022 |website=] |language=en |archive-date=27 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827220956/https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/18983911.pink-floyd-david-gilmours-new-hove-seafront-home-impresses/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Gilmour also spends time at his recording studio houseboat ] near Hampton Court.<ref name="wider" /> In 1980, Gilmour purchased ] in Oxfordshire, where parts of ''The Final Cut'' were recorded. He sold it in 1987.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 January 2022 |title=Inside the country mansion that David Gilmour abandoned |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/mysterious-country-mansion-david-gilmour-abandoned/ |access-date=22 April 2023 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> He has a home near the village of ], Sussex.<ref>{{cite web |date=7 August 2015 |title=Former inmates appear on Pink Floyd star's new single |url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/13581033.Former_inmates_appear_on_Pink_Floyd_star_s_new_single/ |access-date=14 November 2015 |website=] |archive-date=17 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117032223/http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/13581033.Former_inmates_appear_on_Pink_Floyd_star_s_new_single/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2015, Gilmour and Samson purchased ], a derelict bathhouse in ], and had it redeveloped.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 January 2021 |title=Development of Pink Floyd rocker's new home intrigued and impressed us in 2020 |url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/18983911.pink-floyd-david-gilmours-new-hove-seafront-home-impresses/ |access-date=27 August 2022 |website=] |language=en |archive-date=27 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827220956/https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/18983911.pink-floyd-david-gilmours-new-hove-seafront-home-impresses/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Gilmour also spends time at his recording studio houseboat ] near Hampton Court.<ref name="wider" />


==Discography== ==Discography==
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* '']'' (2006) * '']'' (2006)
* '']'' (2015) * '']'' (2015)
* '']'' (2024)


==Tours== ==Tours==
{{See also|Pink Floyd live performances}}
*About Face (1984)
*] (2006) * About Face Tour (1984)
*] (2015–2016) * ] (2006)
* ] (2015–2016)

* ] (2024)
== Live band members ==
{{BLP unreferenced section|date=September 2023}}

=== About Face Tour ===
* David Gilmour – guitars, vocals, piano
* ] – guitars, vocals, piano
* Mickey Feat – bass guitar, vocals
* ] – keyboards, vocals
* ] – drums, percussion
* ] – percussion (March–June)
* Sue Evans – percussion (5–16 July)
* ] – saxophones, flute, keyboards

==== Guests ====

* ] – drums
* ] – vocals, percussion

=== "In Concert" shows ===
* David Gilmour – guitars, ], vocals
* Neil MacColl – guitars, backing vocals
* ] – piano, ]
* ] – double bass
* ] – cello
* ] – ] and ] saxophones
* Nic France – drums, percussion
* ] (choir leader), Chris Ballin, Pete Brown, ], ], Michelle John Douglas, Sonia Jones, ], David Laudat, ], Aitch McRobbie (solo on Smile), Beverly Skeete – gospel choir

==== Guests ====

* ] – vocals (January 2002)
* ] – vocals (June 2001)
* ] – vocals, keyboards (January 2002)

=== On an Island Tour ===

* David Gilmour – guitars, ], ], vocals
* Dick Parry – tenor and baritone saxophone, ], ]
* ] – guitars, backing vocals
* ] – piano, organ, keyboards, vocals
* ] – bass guitar, double bass, guitar, glass harp, backing vocals
* ] – Keyboards, synthesizer, lap steel guitar, backing vocals
* ] – drums, percussion, backing vocals

==== Guests ====

* ] – vocals (Royal Albert Hall, May 2006)
* ] and ] – vocals (Royal Albert Hall, May 2006)
* Robert Wyatt – ] (Royal Albert Hall, May 2006)
* ] orchestra, conducted by ] (Gdansk, 26 August 2006)
* ] – piano (Gdansk, 26 August 2006)
* Igor Sklyarov – glass harp (Venice)

=== Rattle That Lock Tour ===

==== Legs 1–3 ====

* David Gilmour – guitars, ], lead vocals, ]
* Phil Manzanera – guitars, backing vocals
* Guy Pratt – bass guitars, double bass, backing and lead vocals
* Jon Carin – piano, keyboards, guitars, ]s, backing and lead vocals
* ] – piano, organ, keyboards, ]
* Steve DiStanislao – drums, percussion, backing vocals<ref name="Rolling Stone">{{cite magazine |title=Page 3 of David Gilmour on New Solo LP and Why Pink Floyd Are Truly Over – Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/david-gilmour-on-new-solo-lp-and-why-pink-floyd-are-truly-over-20150814?page=3 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150816165420/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/david-gilmour-on-new-solo-lp-and-why-pink-floyd-are-truly-over-20150814?page=3 |archive-date=16 August 2015 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref>
* ] – saxophones, clarinet (5–19 September){{citation needed|date=June 2022}}
* João Mello – saxophones, additional keyboards, high-strung acoustic guitar on "In Any Tongue" (23 September onwards){{citation needed|date=June 2022}}
* Bryan Chambers – backing and lead vocals, additional percussion{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}
* Louise Clare Marshall – backing vocals, additional percussion (except South America){{citation needed|date=June 2022}}
* Lucita Jules – backing vocals (South America and North America only){{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

==== Legs 4–5 ====

* David Gilmour – guitars, console steel guitar, lead vocals, ], whistling
* ] – guitars, backing vocals, harmonica
* Guy Pratt – bass guitars, double bass, backing and lead vocals
* ] – keyboards, backing and lead vocals
* ] – keyboards, organ, accordion, backing and lead vocals (Leg 4 only)
* Kevin McAlea – keyboards organ, accordion (Leg 5 only)
* Steve DiStanislao – drums, percussion, backing vocals, ]
* João Mello – saxophones, clarinet, additional keyboards, high-strung acoustic guitar
* Bryan Chambers – backing and lead vocals, additional percussion
* Lucita Jules – backing and lead vocals
* Louise Clare Marshall – backing and lead vocals, additional percussion (certain dates)

==== Guests ====

* ] and Graham Nash – vocals on (23 September, Royal Albert Hall)
* Gabriel Gilmour – piano (25 September, Royal Albert Hall)
* Leszek Możdżer – piano (Wrocław, 25 June 2016)
* Wrocław Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zbigniew Preisner (Wrocław, 25 June 2016)
* ] – vocals (London, 28 September 2016)<ref>{{cite web |last=David Gilmour |date=29 September 2016 |title=David Gilmour – Comfortably Numb (featuring Benedict Cumberbatch) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaaoTvEdKtA |via=YouTube |access-date=7 June 2022 |archive-date=21 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521041028/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaaoTvEdKtA |url-status=live }}</ref>

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English musician (born 1946) This article is about the English rock musician. For his 1978 album, see David Gilmour (album). For the American jazz guitarist, see David Gilmore. For other people named David Gilmour, see David Gilmour (disambiguation).

David GilmourCBE
Gilmour at the Royal Albert Hall in 2024
BornDavid Jon Gilmour
(1946-03-06) 6 March 1946 (age 78)
Cambridge, England
Occupations
  • Musician
  • singer
  • songwriter
Years active1963–present
Spouses
Virginia "Ginger" Hasenbein ​ ​(m. 1975; div. 1990)
Polly Samson ​(m. 1994)
Children8
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Guitar
  • vocals
DiscographyDavid Gilmour discography
Labels
Member ofPink Floyd
Formerly of
Musical artist
Websitedavidgilmour.com

David Jon Gilmour CBE (/ˈɡɪlmɔːr/ GHIL-mor; born 6 March 1946) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter who is a member of the rock band Pink Floyd. He joined in 1967, shortly before the departure of the founder member Syd Barrett. By the early 1980s, Pink Floyd had become one of the highest-selling and most acclaimed acts in music history. Following the departure of Roger Waters in 1985, Pink Floyd continued under Gilmour's leadership and released the studio albums A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987), The Division Bell (1994) and The Endless River (2014).

Gilmour has released five solo studio albums: David Gilmour (1978), About Face (1984), On an Island (2006), Rattle That Lock (2015) and Luck and Strange (2024). He has achieved three number-one solo albums on the UK Albums Chart, and six with Pink Floyd. He produced two albums by the Dream Academy, and is credited for bringing the singer-songwriter Kate Bush to public attention, paying for her early recordings and helping her find a record contract.

As a member of Pink Floyd, Gilmour was inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996, and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. In 2003, Gilmour was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). He received the award for Outstanding Contribution at the 2008 Q Awards. In 2023, Rolling Stone named him the 28th-greatest guitarist.

Gilmour has taken part in projects related to issues including animal rights, environmentalism, homelessness, poverty, and human rights. He has married twice and is the father of eight children. His wife, the novelist Polly Samson, has contributed lyrics to many of his songs.

Early life and education

David Jon Gilmour was born on 6 March 1946 in Cambridge, England. He has three siblings: Peter, Mark and Catharine. His father, Douglas Gilmour, was a senior lecturer in zoology at the University of Cambridge, and his mother, Sylvia (née Wilson), was a trained teacher who later worked as a film editor for the BBC. At the time of Gilmour's birth, the family lived in Trumpington, Cambridgeshire. After several relocations, they moved to nearby Grantchester in 1956.

Gilmour's parents encouraged him to pursue his interest in music, and in 1954 he bought his first single, Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" before enthusiasm was stirred the following year by Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel", and later "Bye Bye Love" by the Everly Brothers piqued his interest in the guitar. Gilmour borrowed a guitar from a neighbour, but never gave it back. Soon afterward, he started teaching himself to play using a book and record set by Pete Seeger. At age 11, Gilmour began attending Perse School on Hills Road, Cambridge, which he did not enjoy. There he met the future Pink Floyd members Syd Barrett and Roger Waters, who attended Cambridgeshire High School for Boys on Hills Road.

In 1962, Gilmour began studying A-Level modern languages at the Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology, but despite not finishing the course, he eventually learned to speak fluent French. Barrett was also a student at the college, and he spent his lunchtimes practising guitar with Gilmour. In late 1962, Gilmour joined the blues rock band Jokers Wild. They recorded a one-sided album and a single at Regent Sound Studio, in Denmark Street, west London, but only 50 copies of each were made.

In 1965, 19-year-old Gilmour hitchhiked to Saint-Tropez, France. Barrett and his friends also drove there and met up with Gilmour. before they were arrested for busking. He and Barrett later traveled to Paris, where they camped outside the city for a week and visited the Louvre. During this time, Gilmour worked in various places, most notably as the driver and assistant for the fashion designer Ossie Clark.

Gilmour travelled to France again in mid-1967 with Rick Wills and Willie Wilson, formerly of Jokers Wild. The trio performed under the name Flowers, then Bullitt, but were not commercially successful. After hearing their covers of chart hits, club owners were reluctant to pay them, and soon after their arrival in Paris, thieves stole their equipment. Also while in France, Gilmour contributed lead vocals to two songs on the soundtrack of the film Two Weeks in September, starring Brigitte Bardot. When he returned with Bullitt returned to England later that year, they could not afford petrol and had to push their bus off the ferry onto the landing.

Career

Pink Floyd

In 1967, Pink Floyd, composed of Gilmour's Cambridge schoolmates Barrett and Waters with Nick Mason and Richard Wright, released their debut studio album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. That May, Gilmour briefly returned to London in search of new equipment. During his stay, he watched Pink Floyd record "See Emily Play" and was shocked to find that Barrett did not seem to recognise him after beginning to suffer mental health problems.

Gilmour (left) performing with Pink Floyd in 1973

In December 1967, after Gilmour had returned to England, Mason invited him to join Pink Floyd to cover for the increasingly erratic Barrett. Gilmour accepted; they initially intended to continue with Barrett as a non-performing songwriter. One of the band's business partners, Peter Jenner, said the plan was to have Gilmour "cover for Barrett's eccentricities".

By March 1968, working with Barrett had become too difficult and he agreed to leave the band. Mason later said that "After Syd, Dave was the difference between light and dark. He was absolutely into form and shape and he introduced that into the wilder numbers we'd created. We became far less difficult to enjoy, I think." In 1970, Gilmour attended the Isle of Wight Festival and assisted in the live mix of Jimi Hendrix's performance.

Gilmour performing with Pink Floyd in the mid-1970s

In the 1970s, Gilmour received a copy of a demo tape by the teenage songwriter Kate Bush from Ricky Hopper, a mutual friend of both families. Impressed, Gilmour paid for Bush, then 16, to record three professional demo tracks to present to record labels. The tape was produced by Gilmour's friend Andrew Powell, who went on to produce Bush's first two studio albums, and the sound engineer Geoff Emerick. Gilmour arranged for EMI executive Terry Slater to hear the tape, and he signed her. Gilmour is credited as the executive producer on two tracks on Bush's debut studio album, The Kick Inside (1978), including her second single "The Man with the Child in His Eyes". He performed backing vocals on "Pull Out the Pin" on her fourth studio album, The Dreaming (1982), and played guitar on "Love and Anger" and "Rocket's Tail" on her sixth, The Sensual World (1989). In 1975, Gilmour played on Roy Harper's album HQ (1975).

First solo works

By the late 1970s, Gilmour had begun to think that his musical talents were being underused by Pink Floyd. In 1978, he released his first solo album, David Gilmour, which showcased his guitar playing and songwriting. Music written during the finishing stages of the album, but too late to be used, became "Comfortably Numb" on the Pink Floyd album The Wall (1979).

The relationship between Gilmour and Waters deteriorated during the making of the Wall film and the album The Final Cut (1983). This negative atmosphere led Gilmour to produce his second solo studio album, About Face, in 1984., in which he uses to express his feelings about a range of topics, from his relationship with Waters to the murder of John Lennon. Gilmour toured Europe and the US, supported by the Television Personalities, who were dropped after the singer, Dan Treacy, revealed Barrett's address on stage. Mason also made a guest appearance on the UK leg of the tour, which despite some cancellations eventually turned a profit. When he returned from touring, Gilmour played guitar with a range of artists and produced the Dream Academy, including their US top-ten hit "Life in a Northern Town" (1986).

Gilmour in 1984

Gilmour co-wrote five songs on Roy Harper's album The Unknown Soldier (1980), including "Short and Sweet", which was first recorded for Gilmour's first solo album. In April 1984, Harper made a surprise guest appearance at Gilmour's Hammersmith Odeon gig to sing "Short and Sweet". This was included in Gilmour's Live 1984 concert film. Harper also provided backing vocals on Gilmour's second solo studio album About Face (1984).

In 1985, Gilmour played on Bryan Ferry's sixth solo studio album Boys and Girls, as well as the song "Is Your Love Strong Enough" for the US release of the Ridley ScottTom Cruise film Legend (1985). The music video for "Is Your Love Strong Enough" incorporated Ferry and Gilmour into footage from the film. In July that year, Gilmour played with Ferry at the Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium in London. He contributed to Pete Townshend's 1985 album White City: A Novel, including the single "Give Blood", and the 1985 Grace Jones album Slave to the Rhythm. Gilmour also played guitar on Paul McCartney's 1984 hit single No More Lonely Nights, on the title track of Supertramp's 1985 album Brother Where You Bound and on three tracks of the 1986 album Persona by classical guitarist Liona Boyd.

Leading Pink Floyd

In 1985, Waters declared that Pink Floyd were "a spent force creatively" and attempted to dissolve the band. Gilmour and Mason announced that they intended to continue without him. Waters resigned in 1987, leaving Gilmour as the band leader. In 1986, Gilmour purchased the houseboat Astoria, moored it on the River Thames near Hampton Court, London, and converted it into a recording studio. He produced the Pink Floyd studio album A Momentary Lapse of Reason in 1987, with contributions from Mason and Wright. Gilmour believed Pink Floyd had become too driven by lyrics under Waters' leadership, and attempted to "restore the balance" of music and lyrics. In March 1987, Gilmour played guitar for Kate Bush's performance of "Running Up That Hill" at the Secret Policeman's Third Ball.

Pink Floyd released their second album under Gilmour's leadership, The Division Bell, in 1994. In December 1999, Gilmour played guitar, alongside Mick Green, Ian Paice, Pete Wingfield, and Chris Hall, for Paul McCartney, at a concert at the Cavern Club, in Liverpool, England. This resulted in the concert film Live at the Cavern Club, directed by Geoff Wonfor.

2000s: Pink Floyd reunion and On an Island

In 2001 and 2002, Gilmour performed six acoustic solo concerts in London and Paris, along with a small band and choir, which was documented on the In Concert release. On 24 September 2004, he performed a three-song set at the Strat Pack concert at London's Wembley Arena, marking the 50th anniversary of the Fender Stratocaster.

On 2 July 2005, Pink Floyd reunited with Waters to perform at Live 8. The performance caused a sales increase of Pink Floyd's compilation album Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd (2001). Gilmour donated his profits to charities that reflect the goals of Live 8, saying: "Though the main objective has been to raise consciousness and put pressure on the G8 leaders, I will not profit from the concert. This is money that should be used to save lives." He called upon all Live 8 artists to donate their extra revenue to Live 8 fundraising. After the concert, Pink Floyd turned down an offer to tour the US for £150 million.

Gilmour performing in Munich, 2006

In 2006, Gilmour said that Pink Floyd would likely never tour or write material again: "I think enough is enough. I am 60 years old. I don't have the will to work as much any more. Pink Floyd was an important part in my life, I have had a wonderful time, but it's over. For me it's much less complicated to work alone."

On 6 March, Gilmour's 60th birthday, he released his third solo album, On an Island. It featured guest musicians including Wright and lyrics by Gilmour's wife, the writer Polly Samson. It debuted at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart and became Gilmour's first solo album to enter the top ten in the US, reaching number six on the Billboard 200. On 21 September 2011 On an Island was certified gold in Canada, with sales of more than 50,000 copies.

Gilmour toured Europe, US and Canada in May 2006, with a band including Wright and the Pink Floyd collaborators Dick Parry, Guy Pratt, and Jon Carin. A DVD, Remember That Night – Live at the Royal Albert Hall, was released on 17 September 2007. For the final show, Gilmour performed with the 38-piece string section of the Polish Baltic Philharmonic orchestra. It was released as Live in Gdańsk (2008).

In December 2006, Gilmour released a tribute to Barrett, who died that year, in the form of his own version of Pink Floyd's first single, "Arnold Layne". Recorded live at London's Royal Albert Hall, it featured versions of the song performed by Wright and David Bowie. It reached number 19 on the UK Singles Chart. In early 2007, Gilmour reconvened his touring band and spent a week recording in a barn in his farm. Some of the recordings were released on his later solo albums.

On 25 May 2009, Gilmour participated in a concert at the Union Chapel in Islington, London, with the Malian musicians Amadou & Mariam. The concert was part of the Hidden Gigs campaign against hidden homelessness, organised by the charity Crisis. On 4 July, Gilmour joined his friend Jeff Beck onstage at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Gilmour and Beck traded solos on "Jerusalem" and closed the show with "Hi Ho Silver Lining". In August 2009, Gilmour released an online single, "Chicago – Change the World", to promote awareness for Gary McKinnon, who was accused of computer hacking. A retitled cover of the Graham Nash song "Chicago", it featured MicKinon, Chrissie Hynde and Bob Geldof. It was produced by the longtime Pink Floyd collaborator Chris Thomas.

2010s: reunion with Waters and Rattle that Lock

Gilmour with the Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason (left) at the O2, London, during The Wall Live, 12 May 2011.

On 11 July 2010, Gilmour performed for the charity Hoping Foundation with Waters in Oxfordshire, England. According to onlookers, it seemed that Gilmour and Waters had ended their feud, laughing and joking with their partners. On 12 May 2011, Gilmour made a surprise performing appearance during "Comfortably Numb" with Waters at the O2, London and, with Nick Mason, played with the rest of the band on "Outside the Wall" at the conclusion of the show.

That October, Gilmour released an album with the electronic duo the Orb, Metallic Spheres. Pitchfork wrote that Gilmour "sweeps in and out on guitar, dropping little shiver-inducing melodic runs like it's no big deal. Though his playing here meanders by design, Gilmour sounds neither lazy nor indulgent, more like a virtuoso who doesn't want to actually seem like he's sleepwalking through his performance."

Gilmour and Mason revisited recordings made with Wright during the Division Bell sessions to create a new Pink Floyd album, The Endless River, released on 7 November 2014. Gilmour said it would be Pink Floyd's last album: "I think we have successfully commandeered the best of what there is ... It's a shame, but this is the end." There was no supporting tour, as Gilmour felt it was impossible without Wright. In August 2015, Gilmour reiterated that Pink Floyd were "done" and that to reunite without Wright would be wrong.

In September 2015, Gilmour released his fourth solo album, Rattle That Lock. On 14 November, he was the subject of a BBC Two documentary, David Gilmour: Wider Horizons. On 13 September 2017, Gilmour's live album and film Live at Pompeii, which documents the two shows he performed on 7 and 8 July 2016 at the Amphitheatre of Pompeii, were shown at selected cinemas. The album was released on 29 September 2017 and reached number three on the UK Albums Chart. To celebrate the event, Mayor Ferdinando Uliano made Gilmour an honorary citizen of Pompeii.

Waters and Gilmour continued to quarrel, arguing over subjects including album reissues and the use of the Pink Floyd website and social media channels. Mason, who remains close to both, said in 2018 that Waters did not respect Gilmour, as that Waters "feels that writing is everything, and that guitar playing and the singing are something that, I won't say anyone can do, but that everything should be judged on the writing rather than the playing".

2020–2023: "Hey, Hey, Rise Up!"

Gilmour performing with Mick Fleetwood in 2020

From April 2020, Gilmour appeared in a series of livestreams with his family, performing songs by Barrett and Leonard Cohen. In July, he released "Yes, I Have Ghosts", his first single since 2015. Its lyrics were written by Polly Samson and features his daughter Romany making her recording debut on backing vocals and harp.

In 2021, Rolling Stone noted that Gilmour and Waters had "hit yet another low point in their relationship". In early 2023, Gilmour's wife, Polly Samson, wrote on Twitter that Waters was antisemitic and "a lying, thieving, hypocritical, tax-avoiding, lip-synching, misogynistic, sick-with-envy megalomaniac". Gilmour responded to the tweet on Twitter: "Every word demonstrably true." In April 2022, Gilmour and Mason reformed Pink Floyd to release the song "Hey, Hey, Rise Up!" in protest of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It samples a performance of the 1914 Ukrainian anthem "Oh, the Red Viburnum in the Meadow" performed by the Ukrainian musician Andriy Khlyvnyuk. Gilmour said the song was a "one-off for Pink Floyd".

2024–present: Luck and Strange

In 2024 Gilmour contributed guitar to a new version of Mark Knopfler's "Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero" in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust. On 6 September, he released his fifth solo album, Luck and Strange. It was recorded over five months in Brighton and London with the producer Charlie Andrew. Gilmour said Andrew challenged him musically as he "has a wonderful lack of knowledge or respect for this past of mine". Samson wrote the majority of the lyrics, which she said reflected themes of mortality and ageing. The album features keyboards recorded by Wright in 2007, lyrics from Gilmour's son Charlie, and harp and vocals from his daughter Romany. Gilmour felt Luck and Strange was his best work since The Dark Side of the Moon. It became Gilmour's third album to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart.

Gilmour contributed guitar to a cover of "Comfortably Numb" by the American metal band Body Count, released in September 2024. He began a tour for Luck and Strange in September 2024, with performances in London, Rome, Los Angeles and New York. He replaced some musicians in his touring band, saying he wanted to use more creative musicians and avoid "sticking quite so slavishly to the original records". He plans to record another album with the same musicians soon after completing the tour.

Musical style

Gilmour credits guitarists such as Pete Seeger, Lead Belly, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, John Fahey, Roy Buchanan, and Hank Marvin of the Shadows as influences. Gilmour said, "I copied – don't be afraid to copy – and eventually something that I suppose that I would call my own appeared."

Gilmour performing in Buenos Aires, Argentina, during the Rattle That Lock Tour, 19 December 2015. Gilmour is playing the "Workmate", a well-worn Fender Esquire, with an added neck pick-up.

Writing for the magazine Far Out in 2022, Jordan Potter described Gilmour as having a "unique and constantly developing guitar style" in Pink Floyd, adding that "drawing from a healthy pool of influence, he could devise his own characteristic style, recognised for its sonorous gravity and pitch-perfect lead excursions, which valued precision over speed." Gilmour's lead guitar style is characterised by blues-influenced phrasing, expressive note bends, and sustain. In a 1985 interview, he said, "I can't play like Eddie Van Halen, I wish I could Sometimes I think I should work at the guitar more. I play every day but I don't consciously practice scales or anything in particular." In 2006, Gilmour said, " fingers make a distinctive sound... aren't very fast, but I think I am instantly recognisable." The Pink Floyd technician Phil Taylor said, "It really is just his fingers, his vibrato, his choice of notes and how he sets his effects ... In reality, no matter how well you duplicate the equipment, you will never be able to duplicate the personality."

The author Mike Cormack wrote that Gilmour's playing from The Dark Side of the Moon onwards "defines the sound of Pink Floyd". He cited Gilmour's third solo in "Dogs" as "perhaps the finest in his entire career, a masterpiece of phrasing, spacing, tone and articulation", and said the second solo in "Comfortably Numb" was "an utter master at work, leaving space, repeating and building on licks to give a sense of structure, not overplaying, building to a shrieking climax, and then fading out while leaving the listener wanting more".

Gilmour also plays bass, keyboards, banjo, lap steel, mandolin, harmonica, drums, and saxophone. Gilmour said he played bass on some Pink Floyd tracks, such as the fretless bass on "Hey You", as he could do it more quickly than Waters; he said that Waters would thank him for "winning him bass-playing polls".

Influence

According to MusicRadar, Gilmour is "a household name among the classic rock crowd, and for a lot of younger guitar fans he's the only 1970s guitarist that matters. For many he's the missing link between Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen." The MusicRader writer Billy Saefong wrote that Gilmour "isn't as flashy as Jimi Hendrix or Jimmy Page on the stage, but his guitar work outshines most for emotion."

In 1996, Gilmour was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pink Floyd. He has been ranked one of the greatest guitarists of all time by publications including Rolling Stone and The Daily Telegraph. In January 2007, Guitar World readers voted Gilmour's solos for "Comfortably Numb", "Time" and "Money" among the top 100 greatest guitar solos. He was voted the 36th-greatest rock singer by Planet Rock listeners in 2009. Rolling Stone named Gilmour the 14th-greatest guitarist of all time in 2011 and the 28th-greatest guitarist in 2023.

Gilmour was cited by the Marillion guitarist Steve Rothery as one of his three main influences. John Mitchell, the guitarist of bands including It Bites and Arena, also cited Gilmour as an influence. In 2013, Gary Kemp, the guitarist and songwriter of Spandau Ballet and a member of Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets, argued that Gilmour's work on The Dark Side of the Moon "must make him the best guitar player in recent history".

Guitars

For Gilmour's 21st birthday, in March 1967, his parents gave him his first Fender guitar, a white Telecaster with a white pickguard and a rosewood fretboard. He used this guitar when he joined Pink Floyd in 1968, with one of Barrett's Telecasters as a spare.

The Black Strat

Main article: The Black Strat
Gilmour's "Black Strat" on display at the Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains exhibition.

Gilmour used the Black Strat, a Fender Stratocaster, in most Pink Floyd concerts and for every Pink Floyd studio album recorded between 1970 and 1983. Gilmour bought it at Manny's Music in New York City in 1970, after Pink Floyd's US tour was cancelled due to the theft of their equipment in New Orleans. It originally had a rosewood fretboard and a white pickguard and underwent a number of modifications, finishing with a black pickguard and maple neck. It was auctioned for charity in 2019 for $3.9 million, making it one of the most expensive guitars ever sold at auction.

Fender Black Strat Signature Stratocaster

In November 2006, Fender Custom Shop announced two reproductions of Gilmour's Black Strat for release on 22 September 2008. Phil Taylor, Gilmour's guitar technician, supervised this release and has written a book on the history of this guitar. The release date was chosen to coincide with the release of Gilmour's Live in Gdańsk album. Both guitars are based on extensive measurements of the original instrument, each featuring varying degrees of wear. The most expensive is the David Gilmour Relic Stratocaster which features the closest copy of wear on the original guitar. A pristine copy of the guitar is also made, the David Gilmour NOS Stratocaster.

The 0001 Strat

The 0001 Strat is a Fender Stratocaster with a white body, maple neck, three-way pick up selector and a gold anodised pickguard and gold-plated hardware. Seymour Duncan said it was a "partscaster", as he assembled it from two different guitars. The model was used as a spare and for slide guitar in subsequent years. In 2019, the 0001 Strat was sold at auction for $1,815,000, setting a new world auction record for a Stratocaster. Gilmour also owns an early 1954 Stratocaster, believed to predate Fender's commercial release of the model.

Other electric guitars

Along with the Fender models, Gilmour has also used a Gibson Les Paul goldtop model with P-90 pick-ups during recording sessions for The Wall and A Momentary Lapse of Reason. Gilmour also plays a Gretsch Duo-Jet, a Gretsch White Falcon, and a "White Penguin". He played a Bill Lewis 24-fret guitar during the Meddle and Dark Side of the Moon recording sessions, and a Steinberger GL model which was his main guitar during A Momentary Lapse of Reason recording sessions.

Acoustic

Gilmour has used acoustic guitars including a Gibson Chet Atkins classical model, and a Gibson J-200 Celebrity, acquired from John Illsley of Dire Straits. Gilmour used several Ovation models including a Custom Legend 1619-4, and a Custom Legend 1613-4 nylon string guitar, both during the Wall recording sessions. Martin models used include a D-35, purchased in New York in 1971, and a D12-28 12-string.

Steel guitar

Gilmour playing lap steel guitar, 1977

Gilmour used a pair of Jedson steel guitars and a Fender 1000 pedal steel frequently in the early 1970s. Originally purchased from a pawn shop while Gilmour was in Seattle in 1970, the Jedson was used during recording of "One of These Days" from Meddle and "Breathe" and "The Great Gig in the Sky" from Dark Side of the Moon. Gilmour also owns a Fender Deluxe lap steel, which he used during The Division Bell tour in 1994. Gilmour also owns a Champ lap steel model. Along with the Fender steel models Gilmour has also used: a Gibson EH150, and two Jedson models: one red (1977-tuned D-G-D-G-B-E for "Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Parts 6–9", 1987–2006: Tuned E-B-E-G-B-E for "High Hopes") and one blonde. He also uses a ZB steel model. Gilmour played pedal steel guitar on the album Blue Pine Trees by Unicorn.

Signature pick-ups

In 2004 EMG, Inc. released the DG20 Signature guitar pick-up kit for the Fender Stratocaster. The set included three active pick-ups, an EXG Guitar Expander for increased treble and bass frequencies, and a SPC presence control to enhance earthiness and mid-range. The system came pre-wired on a custom 11-hole white pearl pickguard with white knobs.

Awards and honours

Gilmour was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2003 Birthday Honours, "for services to music". The award was presented to him at Buckingham Palace, on 7 November that year.

On 22 May 2008, he won the 2008 Ivor Novello Lifetime Contribution Award, recognising his excellence in music writing. Later that year, he was recognised for his outstanding contribution to music by the Q Awards. He dedicated his award to the Pink Floyd keyboardist, Richard Wright, who died in September 2008. On 11 November 2009, Gilmour received an honorary doctorate from Anglia Ruskin University.

Charity work

Gilmour has supported charities including Oxfam, the European Union Mental Health and Illness Association, Greenpeace, Amnesty International, the Lung Foundation, Nordoff-Robbins music therapy, Teenage Cancer Trust, and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). In May 2003, Gilmour sold his house in Little Venice to the ninth Earl Spencer and donated the proceeds worth £3.6 million to Crisis to help fund a housing project for the homeless. He has been named a vice-president of the organisation. He donated £25,000 to the Save the Rhino foundation in exchange for Douglas Adams's name suggestion for the album that became The Division Bell.

On 20 June 2019, Gilmour auctioned 120 of his guitars for charity, at Christie's in New York, including his Black Strat, his #0001 and early 1954 Stratocasters, and his 1955 Les Paul. The Black Strat sold for $3,975,000, making it the most expensive guitar ever sold at auction. The auction raised $21,490,750, with the proceeds going to the environmentalist charity ClientEarth.

Personal life

Gilmour's first marriage was to Virginia "Ginger" Hasenbein, an American-born model and artist on 7 July 1975. The couple had four children: Alice (born 1976), Clare (born 1979), Sara (born 1983) and Matthew (born 1986). They originally attended a Waldorf school, but Gilmour called their education there "horrific".

In 1994 Gilmour married the writer Polly Samson. His best man was the Pink Floyd album artwork designer Storm Thorgerson, with whom he had been friends since their teenage years. Gilmour and Samson have four children: Gilmour's adopted son Charlie (born 1989 to Samson and Heathcote Williams), Joe (born 1995), Gabriel (born 1997) and Romany (born 2002). Charlie's voice appears on the telephone to Steve O'Rourke at the end of "High Hopes" from The Division Bell. Gabriel performed piano on the song "In Any Tongue" on Gilmour's fourth solo studio album, Rattle That Lock (2015), making his recording debut. In 2011, Charlie was jailed for 16 months for violent disorder during a London protest against tuition fees. Romany sang and played harp on the song “Between Two Points” and sang on the bonus track “Yes, I Have Ghosts” on Gilmour’s fifth studio album, Luck and Strange (2024). She also sang backing vocals throughout the album.

Gilmour is an atheist. He described himself as left-wing. He said that his parents were "Proper Manchester Guardian readers… Some of their friends went on the Aldermaston Marches. Mine never did to my knowledge, but they were both committed to voting for the Labour Party." He described himself as a socialist, "even if I can't quite stick with party politics". In August 2014, Gilmour was one of 200 public figures to sign a letter to The Guardian expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the UK in the Scottish independence referendum. In May 2017, Gilmour endorsed the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in the 2017 UK general election. He tweeted: "I'm voting Labour because I believe in social equality."

Gilmour is an experienced pilot and aviation enthusiast. Under the aegis of his company, Intrepid Aviation, he amassed a collection of historical aircraft. He later sold the company, which he had started as a hobby, feeling that it was becoming too commercial for him to enjoy; he said he retained an old biplane which he flew sometimes. Gilmour's net worth is £115 million, according to the Sunday Times Rich List 2018.

In 1980, Gilmour purchased Hook End Manor in Oxfordshire, where parts of The Final Cut were recorded. He sold it in 1987. He has a home near the village of Wisborough Green, Sussex. In 2015, Gilmour and Samson purchased Medina House, a derelict bathhouse in Brighton and Hove, and had it redeveloped. Gilmour also spends time at his recording studio houseboat Astoria near Hampton Court.

Discography

Main article: David Gilmour discography See also: Pink Floyd discography

Studio albums

Tours

See also: Pink Floyd live performances

Notes

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