The huge Pink Floyd hit song David Gilmour ‘won’t perform’ anymore --[Reported by Umva mag]

He said he finds them 'a bit terrifying and violent'.

Sep 20, 2024 - 11:42

The huge Pink Floyd hit song David Gilmour ‘won’t perform’ anymore --[Reported by Umva mag]

(L to R) David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Nick Mason and Rick Wright perform on stage — David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Nick Mason and Rick Wright from the band Pink Floyd in 2005 (Picture: MJ Kim/Getty Images)

A much-loved member of Pink Floyd has revealed there are a few songs he will no longer perform live.

David Gilmour, 78, the iconic band’s guitarist and singer will perform multiple concerts later this year, and while fans can expect to hear plenty of their favourite nostalgic songs, there are some David no longer wants to perform.

The tour, his first series of shows in over eight years, will support his new album, Luck And Strange, a collaboration with his wife, Polly Samson, 62, and will include shows in London, Rome, Los Angeles and New York.

While the setlist remains unknown at this stage, with rehearsals only just beginning, David has admitted that a couple of songs from the Pink Floyd catalogue now make him ‘uncomfortable’ and thus will be left off the list.

‘I love Run Like Hell. I loved the music I created for it,’ he told Mojo Magazine. ‘But all that “You’d better run, run, run…” I now find that all rather, I don’t know… a bit terrifying and violent.’

He said other songs he won’t be performing at his 21 shows, which kick off on September 27 in Italy, include Money and Dark Side Of The Moon.

David Gilmour performs on stage with a guitar — David will perform his first solo tour in almost a decade later this month (Picture: Roberto Panucci/Corbis via Getty Images)

Polly Sampson and David Gilmour pose for a photo in front of a bookshelf — Polly and David collaborated on Luck And Strange (Picture: Getty)

‘Another Brick In The Wall is another one I shan’t be doing,’ he continued.

‘I don’t think I’ve done that with my own band, but I certainly did it in the post-Roger Pink Floyd, against my better judgement.’

The 1979 track is one of the band’s most memorable and features a three-part composition, the second of which was their first number-one single in the UK since their 1968 single Point Me at the Sky.

Covering themes of death, trauma and protesting against teacher cruelty towards children in the British schooling system, part two, written by Roger, was nominated for a Grammy award for best performance by a rock duo or group and won him a Bafta award for best original song in for The Wall in 1983.

David Gilmour and Roger Water perform on stage with their guitars — David is not eager to perform songs written by Roger, including Another Brick In The Wall (Picture: Dave M. Benett/CI Getty Images Entertainment)

David also mentioned his bitter on-off feud with former bandmate and Pink Floyd’s main songwriter, Roger Waters, in the interview, telling the magazine that his concerts will only include Pink Floyd songs ‘that are essentially my music, and I feel some ownership of.’

The musician said Comfortably Numb, Wish You Were Here, and Shine On You Crazy Diamond are included in that category and are likely to be included on the setlist at some point.

Other records that may be included are from albums A Momentary Lapse Of Reason and The Division Bell, both of which were released after Roger left the band in 1985.

David and Roger have been feuding since the early days of their careers. Despite a brief reunion in 2005 for the Live 8 global awareness event in London’s Hyde Park with original bandmates drummer Nick Mason and keyboardist Richard Wright, they remain estranged.

Pink Floyd pose against trees — Some Pink Floyd songs make David feel ‘uncomfortable’ (Picture:Getty)

Pink Floyd perform on stage at The Wall In 1980 — David and Roger have been embroiled in a feud for many years (Picture: Pete Still/Redferns)

Pink Floyd reunite on stage in 2005 — The band briefly reunited in 2005 (Picture: Redferns)

He told the outlet that being asked about his relationship with his former bandmate was ‘wearisome’.

‘Do you know what decade of my life I was in when Roger left our pop group? My thirties. I am now 78,’ he told the outlet. ‘Where’s the relevance?’

His comments come after news that he intends to sell the band’s entire music catalogue. Rumours suggest Sony Music may purchase it for between $400 million (£300.11 million) and $500 million (£376.4 million).

Speaking to Rolling Stone earlier this year, David said: ‘To be rid of the decision-making and the arguments that are involved with keeping it going is my dream.’

However, the deal is reportedly facing some difficulties after Roger spoke out against Israel and Ukraine.

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