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David Gilmour
David Jon Gilmour is an English musician, singer, and songwriter best known for being the lead guitarist of the English rock band Pink Floyd. He joined in 1967, shortly before the departure of founding 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 continu…
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Born 6 March 1946 · Q178517
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2026· 21 entries
cultfollowing.co.uk: David Gilmour – Live at the Royal Albert Hall Review
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Legacy obituary: MaryLou Gilmour Obituary (2026) - Ellensburg, WA - The Daily Record
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Published video “David Gilmour - Remember a Day (Later...with Jools Holland, 27 Sep 2008)”.
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Far Out Magazine: The “incredible” 1966 album David Gilmour believes every guitarist should study
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Far Out Magazine: “Completely erased”: the 1977 Pink Floyd solo David Gilmour knew was “gone forever”
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Classic Rock History: 15 Brilliant David Gilmour Guitar Solos
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Far Out Magazine: The “intense” drummer David Gilmour called the greatest: “Best in the world”
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Rock and Roll Garage: David Gilmour on Eddie Van Halen and Prince
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Mshale: David Gilmour & Polly Samson Musical Partnership Interview, The Division Bell To Rattle That Lock. Travis Scott (zD7jj4HDBe)
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iRock.CL: David Gilmour en Chile agotó todas sus entradas
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Far Out Magazine: The “magic” 1965 song David Gilmour will never get tired of hearing
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Mshale: B.B. King & David Gilmour Garmin Forerunner 70 170 Launch (9z3MzoqLAg)
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Far Out Magazine: The 1970s album Richard Wright and David Gilmour both agree is Pink Floyd’s greatest
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Published video “David Gilmour - The Girl In The Yellow Dress (Later...with Jools Holland, 29 Sep 2015)”.
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Louder: “There’s going to be a feeling of loss but a huge sense of relief… I’ve had my time with them. I’m finding new friends now and they can move on”: When David Gilmour auctioned 123 of his guitars for charity
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Published video “David Gilmour - Today (Later...with Jools Holland, 29 Sep 2015)”.
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Published video “The minute someone mooted the idea of playing in Pompeii, I said: Go for it. But you'll never get it”.
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Published video “David Gilmour - Live At Pompeii: Behind The Scenes | Return To Pompeii | Then And Now”.
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The Guardian: ‘I’m not trying to make him handsome’: Polly Samson on photographing husband David Gilmour – in pictures
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For US$14,560,000; both sales made it the most expensive guitar ever sold at auction at that time
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2025· 3 entries
Released album “Live at the Circus Maximus”.
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Released album “The Luck and Strange Concerts”.
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"In an era of showboating, Gilmour sounded like no one else: his playing was all about tone, texture and a kind of languid grandeur
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2024· 7 entries
Released album “2024‐11‐10: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA”.
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Released album “2024‐10‐14: Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK”.
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The Guardian: David Gilmour review – astonishing, goosebump-inducing solos
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The Guardian: David Gilmour: ‘The rich and powerful have siphoned off the majority of music industry money’
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Released album “Luck and Strange”.
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The Guardian: Post your questions for David Gilmour
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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
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2023· 2 entries
Released album “Metallic Spheres in Colour”.
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Rolling Stone named him the 28th-greatest guitarist of all time
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2022· 1 entry
Released album “David Gilmour: Live in Stockholm 1984”.
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2021· 1 entry
Rolling Stone noted that Gilmour and Waters had "hit yet another low point in their relationship"
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2019· 3 entries
The Guardian: David Gilmour in legal fight with composer of French SNCF train jingle
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The Guardian: Comfortably strum: David Gilmour's Black Strat goes on display
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The 0001 Strat was sold at auction for $1,815,000, setting a new world auction record for a Stratocaster
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2018· 2 entries
The Guardian: David Gilmour, a veteran still in the pink – archive, 4 July 1978
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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 wr
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2017· 1 entry
Released album “Live at Pompeii”.
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2016· 1 entry
Released album “L.A. 3rd Night”.
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2015· 3 entries
Released album “Rattle That Lock”.
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Released album “Greatest Hits”.
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Gilmour and Samson purchased Medina House, a derelict bathhouse in Brighton and Hove, and had it redeveloped
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2013· 1 entry
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
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2010· 1 entry
Released album “Metallic Spheres”.
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2009· 1 entry
Released album “London 1984”.
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2008· 1 entry
Released album “Live in Gdańsk”.
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2007· 2 entries
Released album “Remember That Night: Live at the Royal Albert Hall”.
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Lyrics by Gilmour's son Charlie, and harp and vocals by his daughter Romany
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2006· 9 entries
Released album “Live in the Alte Oper, Frankfurt”.
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Released album “2006‐03‐07: Mermaid Theatre, London, England, UK”.
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Released album “On an Island”.
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Released album “2006‐03‐19: Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, Netherlands”.
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“I think enough is enough. I am 60 years old. I don”
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Gilmour said that Pink Floyd would likely never tour or write material again: "I think enough is enough
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Gilmour said, "[My] fingers make a distinctive sound
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“[My] fingers make a distinctive sound... [they] aren”
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Released album “Live and in Session”.
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2003· 1 entry
Gilmour was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
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2002· 1 entry
Released album “David Gilmour in Concert”.
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2001· 3 entries
Released album “Kabuki Fever”.
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Released album “Plays Floyd Unplugged”.
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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
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1996· 1 entry
Gilmour was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pink Floyd
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1994· 1 entry
Gilmour married the English writer Polly Samson, who has written lyrics for many of his songs, including some on Pink Floyd albums
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1992· 2 entries
Released album “New Game”.
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Released album “1984‐07‐12: Stabler Arena, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA”.
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1987· 2 entries
Leaving Gilmour as the band leader
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With contributions from Mason and Wright
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1986· 5 entries
“Roger doesn't have the right at present to tell me what to do with my life, although he believes that he does. And he'll not ruin my career, although lately he's been trying to.”
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“My technique is laughable at times. I have developed a style of my own, I suppose, which creeps around … I don't have to have too much technique for it. I've developed the parts of my technique that are useful to me. I'll never be a very fast guitar player. I don't really know what to say about my style. There's always a melodic intent in there.”
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“Syd's story is a sad story romanticised by people who don't know anything about it. They've made it fashionable but it's just not that way.”
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“Roger no tiene derecho a decirme qué debo hacer con mi vida, aunque él cree que sí, no voy a andar rindiéndole nada a nadie a esta altura de mi vida. No va a arruinar mi carrera, aunque últimamente lo está intentando.”
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Gilmour purchased the houseboat Astoria, moored it on the River Thames near Hampton Court, London, and converted it into a recording studio
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1985· 3 entries
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)
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Waters declared that Pink Floyd were "a spent force creatively" and attempted to dissolve the band
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Gilmour played on Bryan Ferry's sixth solo album, Boys and Girls, and on the song "Is Your Love Strong Enough" for the US release of the Ridley Scott film Legend (1985)
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1984· 2 entries
Released album “About Face”.
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Released album “1984‐05‐04: Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands”.
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1978· 2 entries
Released album “David Gilmour”.
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Released his first solo album, David Gilmour, which showcased his guitar playing and songwriting
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1975· 2 entries
On 7 July 1975, Gilmour married Virginia "Ginger" Hasenbein, an American model and artist.
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Gilmour played on Roy Harper's album HQ (1975)
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1970· 3 entries
Gilmour attended the Isle of Wight Festival and assisted in a live mix of a Jimi Hendrix performance
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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
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After Pink Floyd's US tour was cancelled due to the theft of their equipment in New Orleans
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1968· 1 entry
With one of Barrett's Telecasters as a spare
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1967· 2 entries
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
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Shortly before the departure of founding member Syd Barrett
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1962· 1 entry
Gilmour began studying A-Level modern languages at the Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology
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1954· 1 entry
Bought his first single, Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock"
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1946· 1 entry
Born 1946-03-06.
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