Pink Floyd Guitarist David Gilmour Makes HUGE Announcement!

A Return 45 Years In The Making

45 years ago, Pink Floyd performed the biggest – and emptiest – concert of their career. 45 years later, guitarist David Gilmour is about to repeat history, but this time with a full audience.

Currently on a world tour in support of his 2015 album Rattle That Lock, David Gilmour is returning to Pompeii for the first time in 45 years for a two night engagement at the Pompeii Amphitheatre, the site of Pink Floyd’s iconic 1971 concert that spawned one of the most successful concert films to date.

The happy news was broken today by  Italy’s culture minister Dario Franceschini via Twitter:

Accordo raggiunto.Dopo 45anni David #Gilmour tornerà a suonare a #Pompei il 7 e l’8 luglio #PinkFloyd #LiveAtPompeii pic.twitter.com/rx3HLXJobI

— Dario Franceschini (@dariofrance) March 16, 2016

“Agreement reached. After 45 years David Gilmour will play again at Pompeii on 7 and 8 July.”

Pink Floyd famously played to the empty stone amphitheatre over the course of four days in October 1971 to film critically acclaimed Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii, an adventure that tested the resilience of the band as well as the technology of the early 1970’s against the world’s oldest surviving Roman amphitheatre.

Gilmour’s return to Pompeii is one of the most exciting parts of his Rattle That Lock World Tour, and lucky for us we’ve actually got the opportunity to see it this time!

David Gilmour 2015-2016 Tour Dates:

03/24 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl

03/25 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl

03/31 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre

04/01 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre

04/04 – Chicago, IL @ United Center

04/06 – Chicago, IL @ Auditorium Theatre

04/08 – Chicago, IL @ United Center

04/10 – New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall

04/11 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden

04/12 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden

06/25 – Wroclaw, PL @ Market Square

06/27 – Vienna, AT @ Schloss Schonburnn

06/28 – Vienna, AT @ Schloss Schonburnn

07/07 – Pompeii, IT @ Pompeii Amphitheatre

07/08 – Pompeii, IT @ Pompeii Amphitheatre

07/10 – Verona, IT @ Arena Di Verona

07/11 – Verona, IT @ Arena Di Verona

07/14 – Stuttgart, DE @ Schlossplatz

07/16 – Paris, FR @ Chateau De Chantilly

07/18 – Wiesbaden, DE @ Bowling Green

07/20 – Nimes, FR @ Arenes De Nimes

07/21 – Nimes, FR @ Arenes De Nimes

07/23 – Besancon, FR @ Saline Royale D’Arc Et-Senans

07/27 – Tienen, BE @ Grote Markt

07/28 – Tienen, BE @ Grote Markt

09/25 – London, UK @ Royal Albert Hall

09/28 – London, UK @ Royal Albert Hall

09/29 – London, UK @ Royal Albert Hall

09/30 – London, UK @ Royal Albert Hall