Anyone going to the Gibson?

14580004_blog.jpgIf you’re going to the concert at the Gibson Amphitheatre on Thursday 20 April – and if you’re a regular blog visitor (sorry, no first-time posters, please) - do let me know.

I know that many of you let me know yesterday, but this is different and you have to humour me.

Just write “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Amphitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!” and nothing else. It’s Easter, I’m supposed to be on holiday, so please keep it short and sweet if you want to keep me sweet.

And you will want to keep me sweet, believe me, because I’ve got a little surprise that I’d like to share with you.

Ask no questions, because there will be no answers. All will be revealed on Sunday.

And if you can guess what the surprise is, keep it to yourself or else you won’t be considered eligible. I do hold grudges, so don’t try me.

Remember, all I want to see is: “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Amphitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

Thanks.

178 comments

  1. Angelo Ortiz

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

    [Thank you, Angelo. And congratulations, by the way. - Features Editor]

  2. mike mack

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

    [Good stuff. Thanks. - Features Editor]

  3. Sean McGovern

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

    [Thanks! - Features Editor]

  4. jake

    Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!

    [I won't thank everyone, but I do appreciate you all playing along. All will be explained tomorrow. - Features Editor]

  5. Sam Bagwell

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

  6. Jeremy Mack

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

  7. PK

    My daughter and I just got back from Chicago, we saw the show on the 13th, 1500 miles round trip, Tickets 300.00,rental car 160.00,gas 175.00 Hotel’s 340.00 food and drink 250.00 David Gilmour Live PRICELESS!!

  8. Nance

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

  9. Rudders - Toronto

    Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!

  10. Jim McGuire

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

    Do my dreams count ?

    [I'm afraid not. Reality only. - Features Editor]

  11. xenos

    Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!

  12. Patrick Langton

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

  13. Patrick

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

  14. Chris

    “Nope, unfortunately, I shall not be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I was looking forward to it tremendously!” LOL

  15. King Tarkus

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

  16. Chris McNulty

    It’s good to see that Rudders is able to see David live again, Hopefully it will be a more positive experience

  17. Rudders - Toronto

    “It’s good to see that Rudders is able to see David live again, Hopefully it will be a more positive experience”

    Chris… thanks for that but it really is only wishful thinking…

    Happy Easter Fedmeister – Please try and have a break :-)

  18. David Carrera

    Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

    Thanks.
    David

  19. Stephen Barnhart - Phoenix, Arizona

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

  20. Evan

    Yes HOLY CRAPALAPPA DING DONG indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!

  21. Dan

    Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously

  22. Parish

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

    Not really just wanted to say Happy Easter!

    Matt

  23. jeremiah

    Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre “420″ next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

  24. Tim Taylor

    Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!

  25. Erin

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

  26. peter McConnell

    Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!

  27. Kevin in Michigan

    I know what it is, and as such have become despondent. But if you have trouble meeting your quota, I can arrange to get a plane ticket to LA on short notice! Happy Easter Fed!

    [Thanks, Kevin! Happy Easter! - Features Editor]

  28. Becky in Atlanta

    I’m a touch despondent as well. But I can hear the FEd chiding me: Knockers up, Beckster!

  29. vruz

    Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!

    Is it only a dream that there’ll be
    No more turning away?

  30. george

    yes indeed, I wish I was there.

    Fed Ed have a great holiday, you have more than earned it, you are a one hell of a human being.

    Fedster, I may have missed this in the blog, but by chance did RW catch one of the New York concerts, not that it really matters, but they were mates at one time. Have a good one.

    George

    [Not that I know of, George. That's news to me. - Features Editor]

  31. Dan Brockert

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!” Dan

  32. Chris McNulty

    “Chris… thanks for that but it really is only wishful thinking…”

    Oh well,

    We still have the caption competition

    “If that guy with the flash camera doesn’t knock it off I’m coming after him with my pointy Strat”

  33. Dan Brockert

    I would like to thank David, and the rest of the band for an unforgetable night in Chicago on Thursday. You have no idea what that meant to me. I would also like to wish David, Polly, the kids, the band, and FED a happy easter. Take some time to appreciate friends, family, and the good things in life. I know you all deserve a little break after all the hard work lately. I love you all.

    Dan

    [Thanks very much. Have a great Easter yourself, Dan. You're right about family. I just got back from visiting my Grandad as it's also his birthday today. - Features Editor]

  34. Tom Quinn

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

  35. Justin Rule

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

  36. adrian kavanagh

    yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I`m looking forward to it tremendously!

    Happy Easter all!

  37. Matt

    Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously”

    Happy Easter.

  38. Paul Stephens

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

  39. Jake Shirvanyan

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

  40. Mithrandir

    Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!

  41. Bianca

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

    This blog is corrupting me, because now you have turned me into a liar and I don’t even know why.. hehehe

  42. Jorge Rivera

    Dear Features Editor,

    I am travelling all the way from a city in Mexico just to see David on April 19th. I’m a big fan of his and actually I’m impressed with his latest work OAI (BTW, in Mexico we HAD to wait 2 (TWO! can you believe it?) weeks to get David’s album in stores and actually be able to buy it).

    As an everyday follower of the blog, which I am, I thought that probably you and your blog can help me with this huge issue I’m trying to solve. I got an extra ticket available for the Kodak Theatre’s concert. I don’t either want to put it on e-bay or give it back to Ticketmaster. I think that a real David’s fan should have the honour of going and having a great night in there. Therefore, I guess you can help me out with this one. Either you already have someone needing it or you can post a special meesage for the ticket. Please get back on me regarding this issue.

    As a last favor, I’d love to get an autograph from David. Do you think there will be a chance to meet him backstage or somewhere before or after the concert?

    And last but not least, please say thanks to Dave for his awesome music. I can’t wait until Wednesday to get on the plane and get to LA and finally be able to meet my favourite guitar player. It’s a dream come true to have the opportunity to see David live.

    Well, time to say good bye and thanks for everything FED.

    Shine on guys!

    [Hi Jorge. I'm afraid I can't give out backstage passes, but you could be lucky if you find yourself in the right place at the right time. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. How about if we let anyone who is interested in your spare ticket leave a message here for you, with their e-mail address, and you can e-mail them? That has worked in the past. Enjoy the Kodak concert and good luck to you in getting that autograph. - Features Editor]

  43. Rob G.

    Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!

  44. Cory

    Happy Easter Fedmeister! Cor

    [Thanks, mate. The same to you. - Features Editor]

  45. mark

    Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!

  46. Dylan

    Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!

  47. bilznut

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

  48. VelvetMOOG

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

  49. eclipse

    Hi all, Firstly Happy Easter,no unfortunately I wish I was though.But I’m Sure all you beautiful fans who are going will share with us who can’t get there what it was like (Thanx)Hey FED I noticed in one of David’s photo’s in the Gallery that he had swapped his ring on his other hand, (Is he and Polly ok or is it that maybe his ring was in the way of his guitaring)Bye 4 NOW I LUV U DAVID MWA

    [Sorry to disappoint you, but David and Polly are just fine. Could the picture have been flipped? Would that make it appear as though David's wearing his wedding ring on his right hand instead of his left? I'm feeling a bit dim today, so sorry if that made no sense whatsoever. Chocolate will help. - Features Editor]

  50. Susan

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

  51. Tim B.

    Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremend

    [-ously? Don't worry, that'll do! - Features Editor]

  52. John Covert

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

    John Covert

  53. Rob

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

  54. John(not from Florida)

    Caption…

    “Should I move my thumb down to bar it like Jimi would, or should I just leave it as an open A?”

    (People familiar with Hendrix’s guitar playing style will get this one.)(Just guessing that it’s somewhere around an A. So please don’t curse me and give F.E. more work to do.

    Don’t know if you are accepting captions for this one F.E. as your instructions may preclude so…feel free not to post.Can’t wait to find out what the surprise is though!

    [Patience, my friend, patience. - Features Editor]

  55. chris kirby

    Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

  56. Robert Frantz

    Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!

  57. Rich Cope

    Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!

    Rich Cope

  58. Paulo

    Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously..if i catch a flight from portugal of course

  59. Michael Kelly

    Wrong coast, too much to do at work this week. Oh well, at least I have my trusty Tivo. Happy Easter everybody.

  60. frank par

    “Yes indeed ,I shall NOT be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am STILL looking forward to it tremendously!” Sorry to crack this egg Fed. Cheers.

  61. sylvie

    Yes indeed,I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and i am looking forward to it tremendously,

    sylvie de montréal

  62. cory

    Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!

  63. starnewsboy

    I hope you all get to meet the man, his wife and his sensational supporting cast. Seeing him onstage in Toronto was enough for me, but I’ll live vicariously through all of you fortunate folks!

  64. Cory Markoff

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

    [Posting twice and using different e-mail addresses isn't going to help, sorry. - Features Editor]

  65. Andrew

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

    Actually – I saw him already but still wanted to play along – couldn’t resist.

  66. Marty

    Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!

  67. Gabrielle Childers

    “Yes, indeed I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!” (I cannot tell a lie, it’s actually the Kodak, but I do so much want to play with my new friends!)

    Peace,
    Gabrielle
    Washington State

  68. Bob Mitchell

    “No indeed, I shall not be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Amphitheatre next week for I am frozen in the Great White North known as Canada, and sadly can only live this experience vicariously through my fellow bloggers!”

    Sniff sniff sob sob

    But Cheers to you all anyway!

    Bob Mitchell, Victoria, BC, Canada.

  69. Amanda

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

  70. Daniel

    Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!

    Thanks,
    DP

  71. Brett Lehman

    Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!

  72. Nick

    “Ja inderdaad, ik zal David Gilmour helaas niet gaan zien in de Gibson Amphitheatre, maar ik zou het dolgraag willen!”

    Happy Easter and a well deserved holiday, you all.

    Nick from the lovely South of the Netherlands.

  73. Les Alexander

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

  74. paul

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

  75. Shannon

    “Nope, unfortunately, I shall not be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week although I was looking forward to a possibilty tremendously!”

  76. aj

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

  77. Solomon

    Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!

  78. Guy Pratt

    Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously! But then again, I will be standing next to him…

    xx
    Guy

    [Then you can't play along, so there! - Features Editor]

  79. Mike Bull

    Caption-

    ‘No siree, I shan’t be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week, or indeed anywhere else, because here in the UK I’m my wife’s at-home carer and I’m far too damn poor to even think about trying to buy tickets for live gigs, despite having Floyd/David’s music in my blood and rarely listening to music by anybody else….which I can at least enjoy tremendously.’

  80. Jason C

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

  81. db

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

  82. Dan Punch

    Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!

  83. Gem

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!”

    P.S. That’s not true. Happy Easter.

  84. Chris Royle

    Happy Easter everyone!

    Looks like the tour is going great…keep it up fella’s!

    I went to see the very enjoyable ‘Glastonbury – The Film’ last night and I would heartily recommend it to both those who have been to the music festival in the past and those who haven’t but like that ‘festival vibe’. There are various peformances shown from over the years including several from the early ‘hippy’ festivals. Surprisingly though the soundtrack features two songs from a band some of you from around this blog may have heard of. The two tracks were ‘Bike’ (although I actually missed this during the film and only saw it mentioned during the end credits) and ‘Set the controls’. Obviously there was no footage of these tracks being played at the festival because our ‘friends’ never performed there (well, Rog did in 2002 but he definitely didn’t perform those tracks). As far as I could tell these two tracks were the only ones on the film that were not from a festival performance (though I may well be proven wrong). Weird. Geeky too I suppose!

    Anyway, have a good break those of you lucky enough to have one.

    Chris

  85. Lucia

    CONGRATULATION to all our friends who are going to receive David’s (or FEd) surprise! I’m a little envious, but I’m very happy for you! ENJOY!!! And let we know what this surprise will be!

    To the other regular visitors to Fan Fare who shall not be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre…I hope our surprises into the chocolate eggs will be very beautiful! (Do you eat chocholate eggs in Easter?)

    HAVE A GREAT DAY!

    L!

    [We certainly do in the UK, Lucia. - Features Editor]

  86. GianLuca

    No indeed, I won’t be able to go see David Gilmour at the Gibson….

    What’s the sweet surprise FeatEd..? Are you gonna show up distributing chocolate eggs to the audience?

    Happy Easter

    [Dressed as a giant bunny? Maybe. - Features Editor]

  87. Becky in Atlanta

    Happy Birthday, FEd’s Granddad!

    [Aww, thank you. - Features Editor]

  88. Becky in Atlanta

    It appears that David moves his ring from one hand to the other. I’ve seen several photos were this looks to be the case. One photo showed a van with lettering on it so it couldn’t have been flipped.

    On another topic, David, we’d love to see you and the gang in Atlanta this summer at The Fabulous Fox Theatre. (Actually, we’d love to see you anywhere….) Anyhow, Deborah graciously provided a link to a Fox photo on yesterday’s blog. I checked the schedule and it looks like there are plenty of open dates for a multi-date gig. (Is everyone thinking, “Dream on, crazy Becky!”? Well, see, I have to distract myself away from this Easter egg that the Gibson folks are gonna get.)

  89. Becky in Atlanta

    Ha ha, Guy! You should be eligible too. Maybe you can get some sort of consolation prize…a DG beanie!

    I read last night that David used to play the song “Ain’t No Sunshine” at soundchecks on the 1984 About Face tour. How moving it would be to hear that ringing out in an empty theatre.

    Becky the serially posting pillock

  90. frost

    “Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously! But then again, I will be standing next to him…

    xx
    Guy”

    wow . . . . that’s just plain rubbing it in . . . . . . . !!! (although who wouldn’t ??!!)

  91. Stephen Radovanovich

    To Fed & All,

    Happy Easter!

    Indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Royal Albert Hall in late May and I am looking forward to it tremendously! but I have yet to receive my tickets.

    [From whom did you order, Stephen? Let me know and I'll see what we can do to help. - Features Editor]

  92. sylvie

    Happy Easter, everybody! Joyeuses Paques!

    To you f.é. and your wife(si vous en avez une) and to your children (si vous en avez), ne mangez pas trop de chocolat,cela fait grossir!I am a little down because the show is already a souvenir…David est le meilleur guitariste au monde!

    Sylvie de montréal.

    [No wife, no children, but plenty of chocolate for later. Happy Easter to you, too. - Features Editor]

  93. Features Editor

    Although it’s probably wildly optimistic of me to expect some of you to read this (when you didn’t pay any attention to the bold text in the very first line, for goodness sake), I have to again stress that this ‘game’ is only open to regular posters. First-time posters will not be considered, sorry. I’m sorry to say that, as more and more replies come in, infrequent posters will no longer be considered either. Also, please don’t post the same cheery catchphrase using different aliases with different e-mail addresses. That’s just p*ssing me off, to be honest with you (it’s Easter, why are you making more work for me?), and seeing as selecting ‘winners’ is down to me, you really don’t want to p*ss me off. More on our little ‘game’ tonight (and that’s UK tonight). I thank you.

  94. Rick Meeder

    Yes indeed, I shall be seeing David Gilmour at the Gibson Ampitheatre next week and I am looking forward to it tremendously!

    I really hate to lie