Did you enjoy, Europe?
Well, what did you think of that, then?
I’d love to know how you enjoyed Thursday’s premiere of ‘Remember That Night’, shown at cinemas across Europe.
Where did you see it? What was it like? Who did you meet? How did you enjoy the live performance? What did you think of the questions and answers? Favourite song? Favourite moment? Could you bear to go through it all again on Saturday in Brixton?
I want to know each and every juicy detail, so bring it on.
If you’ve already written at length in preparation for the blog’s re-opening – yes, I know who you are – please could you post it in bite-size pieces? There is a character limit in place and, as well as making it easier for everyone to read if it’s not too extensive, I obviously wouldn’t want your message to be truncated.
Thank you.
With reference to your comment, incredibly only one question on the lines of when will you be playing my home town.
I did post a similar question in the hope that it would be chosen.
In Jan it will be 40 years since Dave joined Floyd. His second gig was at Weston super Mare with Syd. One of only 4. It would be great to see him there in Jan. I do hope he is planning a few special appearances then.
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Hi Fed
one of the best nights of my life, what a guy David was, met up with bloggers which was great.
I missed the blog re the brixton, are there any tickets left?
Cheers
5 times
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Just watched the BBC broadcast of “Remember That Night” after recording it last night. Imagine my surprise to see as the camera pans over the audience after “Smile” there I am standing up and clapping away!!! One of the few advantages of having no hair !!
Can’t wait to get the DVD next week.
Hi Fed.
i was at Londons Odeon Theatre. And it was fantastic really!! But i must say – the picture quality was not always excellent! dont know why really?
My Favorite Songs from the Movie: The Blue, This Heaven, Shine On, High Hopes, Wish you were here and Echoes of course!!
Saw about 5 minutes from documentary as well – fantastic footage from the Gdansk show!!!
The Q&A Session, hmm, the questions were okay but nothing really special. but it was an excellent idea to take questions from the audience! a bit risky maybe – but nobody then asked david about a reunion or roger …
The Island Jam was unbelievable!!
Met a lot of very very interesting people!! Gerald Scarfe, Bob Klose, Phil May, Rick Wright, Guy Pratt, Jon Carin and Steve D – all of them very relaxed and uncomplicated!! A Big suprise was for me when Robert Plant past me! The singer of led zeppelin meets the singer and guitarplayer of pink floyd! I had to look twice when he came out of the odeon no one really took notice of him!!
what a great idea to make this kind of event!! a kind of party for the fans! and now i cant wait to buy this DVD!! Thanx a lot David!!!
bye
werner
Went to London for the premiere. Fanastic could not ask for much more.
Favourite song erm let me think Echoes maybe. The in house lasers were an added bonus. The island jam at the end was also another highlight.
I seriously cant wait for this DVD
Oh Fed. What a wonderful night at the Odeon. The DVD was amazing and the live blues jam at the end totally awesome and unexpected. The Q&A was first class. Really funny.
I got to the Odeon about 3.45 and about 5 mins later David appeared on the Odeon sign balcony for press photos. Then David came down and had more pix taken with his guitar some of which I took too. It was fab and I couldn’t believe my luck. I was on my little red electric scooter and I think this made him smile a little.
….TBC LUV CORI
Hi Fed,
Thursday was an exceptional night! I watched from the Little Theatre in Bath which (as you probably don’t know) is a tiny little thing which really made the atmosphere special as I felt I was part of a select few.
Having my question played on the big screen, and knowing that David could “see and hear” me was very special too. I really felt I was a part of the event and not just watching. Many many thanks for selecting me, it was worth all the embarrassment of the filming in the end! And a nice touch to be able to take something of the night home, in the shape of the leaflet. I’m sure it will be well kept for years.
David was, as usual, brilliant on guitar. And the DVD was great (when is that HD version again..? sorry!!). I was blown away even by songs I thought I knew inside out…
Thanks again to David and Fed, a great night to remember…
Cheers, Jon
It was bloody marvellous, i saw it in Vienna Austria. I should have come to London though, it would have been worthwhile.
A bit disappointing was the sound,since the speakers in the cimema could not cope and the picture was grainy most of the time.
I posted a question for David (i dare call him David, since we’re about the same age -59) but i did not quite understand how to send the recorded mpeg.
Can you give some advice on that for further events, thanks Fed.
[If there are further events, I'd be happy to. All that needs saying now is that questions were submitted here and the 'best' ones were chosen to be recorded for use on the night. - Features Editor]
Wow, what a thrill that Odeon event had been, as Fed promised, some real value for money, and with many surprises indeed!
Of course, according to the class of the event, the weather had been awesome too, and the tube strike had been suspended of course, so nothing could spoil our 3 days in London, except a smelly expensive Hotel room, lol.
It´s been such a fun meeting all the fans, and then the Odeon event, finally watching the long awaited RAH DVD on big screen in dolby around, bringing back the memories of that mesmerizing nite, and after enjoying that, David sat just across from us on the stage, answering the questions with charm and a sense of humor. Never ever have I been so close to him! Taking a deep breath, lol. And then watching him playing live with his OAI gang, awesome!
I´m still under the influence of that evening. What fun that had been, a thrill of a lifetime, as all events are when David is performing.
TY David for another spellbinding evening, and TY Fed for helping us fans to obtain the tickets at all for the Odeon event, as the Odeon website screwed up at first.
Ulli
To be at the Odeon Theater on Thursday was really a unique occasion. The whole day was great:
It starts with the fantastic good weather. London with a lot of sunshine.
Then to meet all the nice bloggers like Ulli, Veronica, Lorraine, Charlotte, Heather, Ralph, Nate and all the others. Now I have faces to all these names. Only we missed our FEd !
And finally the Highlight “the premiere of Remember That Night “. Unbelievable. The live perfomances, the smoke and lights and of course the wonderful music. Favorite song: All
Thanks to David Gilmour and all involved people to make this evening possible. Wish all the Ritzy visitors on Saturday the same fun that I had.
Hope Fed you also had a great weekend.
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Great time at the Odeon, it’s been a great journey, from the moment we all realised David was producing a new CD. To being one of the lucky few to see him play at the Mermaid then the RAH and now to see it on the big screen…brilliant!
The trouble is what next?
My Odeon Adventure part deux!
I met some smashing people from the blog. It was great to put faces to the names often seen on these pages, like Geoff, Matt and Val, Lorraine, and a special thanks to Ian for giving me a ticket to row M. It was almost like coming home. Like family yet we’d never met before, David has this magical effect of bringing people together.
I really will remember that night and look forward to The Ritzy when I can build another wonderful memory.
Thank you, David!
Love Cori
I saw the broadcast on saturday night, it was brilliant!!
The Q&A could have been better, the questions werent great, i felt although David answered them well.
I couldnt believe that woman asking when he’ll play Cambridge, that was infuriating to say the least!!
But the dvd is going to be absolutely mind blowing I can tell.
I got chills watching that video of David opening the footage with Castellorizon at the Odeon!
I attended the Odeon and what an incredible show it was.
It was great to meet up with a load of fellow bloggers but have decided that we need (optional) name badges for next weekend. There were lots of people there that I perhaps wanted to speak to others but were too nervous to make that initial move.
A roll of stickers and marker pen has been added to the packing list for next weekend
Lorraine stood by her word and bought me two pints, the first was for getting her tickets and I forget what the other was for
Her last known movements in London were that she was off to Leicester Square in search of a long ladder
Hahaha…man, I watched the Q and A on Real player….that was soooooo cool…wireman…lol
Can’t wait for Saturady now!
Kim
Me and the wife arrived with just 5 minutes to spare on Thusday night thanks to yet another signal problem on the central line tube (underground) in our part of essex.
We just loved the view from our 3rd row centre seats,the sound was stunning,the pictue quality was just a little grainy at times (too close up?),
the extra dry ice, lights and lasers was a extra treat.
The Q & A was to just a little short, a lot more people had questions to ask but the icing on the cake was the “On An Island Jam” the best £20.60p spent in a long time!
Gary and Melissa Hurley.
I think it was a great idea to introduce the show by playing live ‘Castellorizon’, as I think it went very well into ‘On An Island’ on the DVD. A nice way to replace traditional words by guitar, very ‘Gimourish’ ! (hmm…)
I also think that playing live ‘Island Jam ‘ was a great gift for the fans, as it was the first gift here on December 2005, when we discovered the site/blog, so, very moving…
All that is great class, of very good taste, as David always does.
Michèle
Hey all!
I listened to the premiere on Radio 2 and it was awful!
All the bits about and including David were fabulous, but the show was full of plugging other artists and playing nonsense songs… there was very little of David on the 2 hour show.
The BBC1 showing of RTN was brilliant! I loved every second of it, I did think Comfortably Numb would be on it, but it doesn’t matter… brought back memories of the magical night.
Brilliant night at the Odeon!
Arrived early enough to meet up with a few bloggers – particular pleasure to exchange more than few words with my fellow conspirator of yesteryear, Ian Pearson – happy birthday for Monday fella!…..and Tomasz, who popped over from Poland for the day, like you do! You do feel like you are likely to be thumped when walking up to complete strangers and asking, “Excuse me, are you a blogger?”, but it has to be done eh?
Missed all the ‘appearances/celebrity guest moments but that didn’t matter one iota. Just great to see David in the flesh again – the DVD also looks stunning, and the supplementary lasers/lights during Echoes just left me with a big smile on my face!
The finale of the ‘Island Jam’ just put the icing on the cake.
We are not worthy!
Oh dear, I am feeling the jealousy hit me like a brick wall being torn down on top of my chest. My roommate and I have a countdown on our wall to the dvd release… I can’t wait!
I feel so moved to thank David right now, for continuing to record and tour and perform — hopefully I will see him live before I die. The music means so much and I hope he has more material that he will record in the future!!
went to the edinburgh cameo to watch. a bit of a disappointing turn out. it wasn’t full
the sound was amazing though as was being able to watch a massive screen version of a concert I missed
always meant to say that the harmonies that DG has gone through his life searching for were perfected on the album but actually they were perfected live
that line of guys harmonising on an island was awesome – the result is being sick as a dog over not getting to this tour let alone the RAH
totally awestruck over one of the best concert there’s been – the setting the sound the visuals
tbc – andy
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got to see the gdansk docu while waiting for the actual show to start which was very cool
it strikes me that this way of doing things has nothing but good points? I mean where else am I going to get a visual and audio experience like that?
unless the only reason for a cinema release is because FE’d you have shares in a screen manufacturer and a relative selling sound systems?? hmmm?
the Q&A was slightly odd, DG seemed on edge, hope the guy’s gift was ok and not something unwanted??? lol
an amazing film, idea, delivery has to be repeated apart from the bit where the ‘bad/no signal’ box popped up!
I will remember that night, both of them
andy
What a Fantastic night!
Everything was perfect, from the irregulars meet up at the imperial to island jam, a great night!
The only concern I had, was my brummie accent reverberating around the auditorium with my video question. But David gave me a good answer, so that made up for people laughing!
Echoes, with the extra lights and lasers was stunning, as was how neatly David`s performance of `castellorizon` went into `on an island` on the screen.
Brilliant!
I would love to know all the details, but I promised myself that I would wait and see for myself.
I don’t think that the theater in my hometown of Knoxville, will do so well selling tickets to the premiere next weekend. I’ve just heard that Tennessee plays Florida on that Saturday
so nobody will be anywhere in the city except at Neyland Stadium. Wot a shame.
Don’t care, I’ll be in London watching with my favorite irregular people
))
Melissa(*_*)
Went to the Odeon for the premiere, was fantastic to see David in the flesh for the first time.
I can’t wait to get my hands on the DVD to see the whole concert and the extras! The BBC1 feature on Saturday night was good too, a slightly different selection of tunes.
One thing I wanna know, on the way home I was looking at the cover of the little programme, and noticed, that someone’s done a strange job with editing the picture, because David’s guitar neck has 5 consecutive dots on each fret, when there should always be a gap between each dot on the neck. A little quirky Photoshop error I imagine :p.
I was there at the Odeon Leicester Square with my wife Deb and two friends Andy and Stewie.
Met up with a few bloggers, albeit briefly at the Imperial beforehand… Ian, Mat, Adrian Kav (who recognised me from our time at the Pulse DVD release and came up and said ‘hi’ – thanks for helping break the ice Ade!!).
Where to start? It was a fantastic evening from start to finish. Naturally everyone was expecting one song so to get the finale we had…well, it was an amazing surprise and mindblowing (if anything to see Guy in a suit!). But I’m getting ahead of myself a little…
David’s live opening with “Castellorizon” (3 rows in front of me I hasten to add
was just so apt…the start of OAI, the start of RTN and all the shows and the beginning of the journey. It sent shivers down my spine listening to it and David played it perfectly. I loved the segue from David’s live performance into the RTN video. It really did bring reality and recorded memories together in a really unique way, bringing back all those memories from the RAH nights into an experience that recreated the feeling of being there at the RAH… being ‘in’ the music and actually not noticing for seconds that you’re in a cinema and not at the RAH. Weird and amazingly wonderful feelings.
The setlist was lovely – a nice selection of OAI and PF history for the old school fan and the more recent listener. Obviously I would have loved to have seen the full length unedited “Echoes” on the big screen but it’s a monster for time so I can understand the need to edit it down. The edit itself was done really well and it didn’t seem to affect the piece at all (apart from the fact I wanted more!).
To be continued…
Continued…
Q&A was great, although there was one point when I found myself tensing up in anticipation of a Roger/Reunion question…but thankfully it never came and I think I could almost feel a number of others in the audience also breathing a sigh of relief. Some excellent questions in there and I really enjoyed David’s answers (e.g. the Elvis and Beatles influences, the history of the mods to his fave Black strat etc). I just couldn’t come up with a decent question to ask at the time…
And then of course the surprise finale, which had everyone positively melting with joy as the boys appeared on stage with full instruments and proceeded to jam for us. As many of you know I harp on about instrumentals all the time – AND MY WISH WAS GRANTED!! Someone with a better ear needs to help me out, but to mine it sounded like a jam on SOYCD and Where We Start – but I was too overloaded with input and emotion to get any kind of a real fix on it. Just amazing. I could listen to them jam on anything. Brilliant. Thanks oodles everyone – that was such a treat.
There’s probably loads more I’ve missed out but I just want to end by saying a huge thank you to David and everyone associated. You ALL *rock*
N
p.s. Ah yes, there was one more thing and I hate to highlight a negative (and I think Werner has already mentioned it) – but the quality of the picture at some points was really noticeably degraded. I put it down to digital recording in low light conditions, because it’s something I deal with daily in a digital SLR – digital noise, which is so much harder to deal with than old film noise. We were also sitting very close to the screen (3rd row) and I’m sure this exaggerated the effect.
This is such a blast–like back in the days of the tour. Thanks to everybody for posting.
Can’t wait until next Saturday here in America.
How lucky you people are that got to witness Thursday night live! I have tried to watch everything I could on line to try and get a glimpse of what it was like and it seems to me it was pretty magical. As a fellow David Gilmour fan I think we are pretty lucky that he is so open and willing to give us part of us time and talent!
Saturday will be our time here in the States, but the “live aspects ” will not be as exciting as what you experienced, but we will make the best of it.
What about you Fed, were you there and did you enjoy?
[I wasn't at Leicester Square, but did enjoy the evening very much. - Features Editor]
I’ve only been able to see the streaming video available on the web, which of course is never the greatest quality under the sun, but it looks like fun was had at the event. Not too many silly questions from the audience, and David was on form with his answers, although one or two seemed to leave him a little lost for words.
Once all the current excitement has died down I do truly hope that the fantastic response to and huge success of the whole OAI album/tour/DVD package will encourage David to head back into work and delight us all some more soon.
None of us wish to write him off just yet.
Then I Close My Eyes (name that tune)
Well it was great chatting with all the bloggers who got to go to the show and greatly enjoyed the BBC broadcast (once I got it figured out) thanks guys:-)
Can’t wait for the 15th to finally get here. Ooooh pins and needles.
(-:Tomi:-)
How long was “On An Island” song? With the longer second solo?
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To the tune of Echoes…
Overhead the town pigeon sits motionless on Nelsons head, we’ve just got in from Leicester Square who cares if we don’t get to bed, the Echoes of that brilliant night will stay with us fro all our lives, Thank you David you were great and thanks for bringing all your maaaaaaates….
A truly wonderful evening lovely to meet fellow Bloggers as well and thank you Fed for making it all possible
ODEON;
What a fantastic day, night and early morning (the latter I’m paying for now).
Arrived at L Square @ 14:00 and hovered the area. Met Cori and Tomasz who recognised my son’s oai t shirt from the Blog. Got a photo with Polly and Phil (thank you so much guys) . Then I met Mat and his lovely wife and not forgetting the Classman (no spelling error I assure you) Mr Pearson and we headed to the Imperial where I met some lovely people Lorraine, Ralph, Nate, Martin, Howard, Louis, Neil and all the rest I never got to talk to.
What a show, 2nd row seats “Fantastic”. Post show drinks (ouch my head) and back to Dublin . Cant wait for Saturday.
A big thank you to all I met from the blog. I must say a nicer bunch you could never meet.
Rgds Geoff Duffy ( Dublin )
hmmmmm, i cant get the clips of the premiere to open? It keeps making a connection and then fails…Mermaid clip works fine, but Odeon and the Q and a clip fail.
Anyone having the same problems?
Happy Monday,
Events like these are surely pinch yourself moments. Me in Leicester Square for a premiere event. This is the type of thing I have only ever heard about on the TV. It was certainly an afternoon/evening that I will never forget.
Serious, I am not saying this for the sake of saying it but I actually woke up on Friday morning thinking that it all been a dream.
Having bought my ticket late I was up in the top tier but it hardly mattered. The viewing was excellent.
The sound quality of the film was, to be honest, absolutely outstanding. The fact that audience members were applauding each song throughout the 90 minute excerpt bore testament to the fact that you could have been mistaken for being at a full blown concert.
The flashes of cameras got a bit tiresome though. OK, when David was on stage you kind of expected it, but taking photos of a screen……………..it got a bit much.
The effects during Echoes were jaw dropping. The Q&A session was fun with some great questions asked.
Then Island Jam. For me personally this was the highlight of the night. It was simply incredible. It had been rumoured on this site but I never really paid to much attention, in fact dismissed it,…….how wrong I was.
The meeting of the fans also needs to be mentioned. What a wonderful turnout. That memory will also stay with me. I did feel in awe of these people. There were people from Canada (Howard), Poland (Tomasz), Inverness (Ian), Birmingham (Martin) and lots of others. I was humbled, particularly at some of the stories on how they had journeyed there.
Pete – Coventry
Fed – tell us a little about Edinburgh.
[Capital of Scotland, its second largest city... - Features Editor]
It was a great experience, we attended the show in Ede (The Netherlands). The ambience was immediately set when entering the cinema, we were welcomed by PF music ranging from High Hopes to Set The Controls… which was very nice.
Fortunately we were early enough to watch the documentary, but many people only came in right before David’s live performance. Some great moments there, the venues in France, Venice and Gdansk, the glass player, etc.
Great segue from Castellorizon into the DVD footage. Good idea, and very well executed.
The concert – stunning. Great sound in the cinema obviously, and seeing the concert on a big screen is impressive. I loved the way it was filmed, I saw many great shots. I even learned new things about the music, for example the ‘metronome’ sound at the beginning of ‘Time’, I didn’t know that was played live by Guy on muted bass strings.
Some fav moments: Time (it rocks!), Wish You Were Here (always lump in throat), Echoes, and my girlfriend saying after High Hopes “hey that’s a great song”
Q&A: hadn’t expected much of this and indeed David seemed a bit reluctant to go into detail. But that’s just David, I don’t mind. Wireman was very cool.
Island Jam was a very nice surprise, very nice to see the band together again. A great evening. FEd, I’m sure you enjoyed it too.
I was unable to go to the show in Amsterdam unfortunately, but I watched the BBC Q&A video and it was so cool, I really enjoyed it, seeing David having a chat with the audience, I should have been there.
I have to say I don’t think there were any chosen questions from outside UK in the video, or am I wrong?
[The questions were chosen purely on the basis of which were considered to be the 'best' ones, rather than where the sender came from, but I believe that there were questions from outside the UK. - Features Editor]
[There were lots of people there that I perhaps wanted to speak to others but were too nervous to make that initial move.]
My wife & i were guilty of not being outgoing enough, we went to the Pub & saw a huge crowd, most wearing something with either Floyd or Gilmour so there was no excuse on our parts, just a bit shy & i now regret not making contact with some of the people i would have loved to have chatted to.
What a fantastic night, we were sat just behind Peter who asked David a question & gave David & Polly gifts. A nice touch Peter, but for one moment I did wonder what you were reaching for!!
Echoes & the extra lights were fantastic. I dont think that Lasers etc detract from the Music as David thinks, to me it enhances the great Music he produces.
I have to agree that some of the DVD was a bit grainy, however i still look forward to the 17th to get my copy.
I guessed correctly about Island jam that sort of made sense to me. I did not think the whole band would turn up on stage though, wow, but I would never have guessed that David would perform Castellorizon. ONLY one song on electric guitar! (you little liar Fed) we got two & a question from Brian May(ER) to boot!
fantastic night, thank you.
Dear Fed,
I see the first few programs of the premiere surfacing on eBay already for quite steep prices. I would love to have one of those, do you know if there are any spare ones or if someone is willing to sell me one against a reasonable price??
[You can have one, Emiel. Send me your address and we'll gladly get one in the post. Don't buy one, for God's sake. They were free, given out at all cinemas, not just Leicester Square. The people selling them are very sad indeed. - Features Editor]
A night to remember…
My husband and I went to Cogenhagen, Denmark, and saw the show in a sold out theatre. The crowd was cheering, and it felt like “being there”…it was a blast, no problems at all with sound/picture, except for a loss of signal – but only for a split second.
I think the whole concept worked well – the film surrounded by the jam, the Q & A etc – the extra treat. Fed, I think the Q & A’s were well mixed, not too “tecnical” – not too “girly”! The answers were good, I like the man’s sense of humour.
A very fine way to introduce a music film, I think. And thanks for that.
Lene, :-)
I would like to see the premiere of david’s dvd but unfortunately in Italy there wasn’t a cinema premiere. I have to wait some days to buy the dvd!!
I would like to remember Luciano Pavarotti. The Maestro died last week, the 6th of September. His voice was unique in the history of music.
Ciao
Aldo
……well…… I suppose it was worth £20.
What can I say that has not already been said, a fantastic evening, yet another night to remember.
Echoes was surely the highlight for me, but wait, whats this, i wonder what that other guitar is there for? maybe to make the stage look less empty, hmm, oh a drum kit being wheeled out, surley not?
And there they all were, what a magnificant surprise for us all, and great to see the band back together again. I think Richard got a bigger cheer than David, and yes Guy, i did notice you stumble over somthing on stage trying to cover it up with a little jig.. classic.
I am dying to know what those presents were…
On a separate note, i believe i completly mis-understood this whole Ritzy thing, i thought the lucky few would be watching the american premiere live via statelite, i dint realise the man himself would be there…
Hello there,
Sorry to be a pain but is there any chance of one more ticket to Brixton?
My girlfriend’s 8 year old son [...] would like to see David too!
Perfectly understand if it is too late.
Thanks,
Ruan Milborrow
[That's fine. You never sent in your girlfriend's name, by the way, so you currently have two tickets. - Features Editor]
I watched from York with a friend who is quite new to Gilmour/Floyd’s music. He really enjoyed SOYCD (as did I – so powerful and wonderful) but didn’t like Echoes as much.
The whole event was wonderful, from the beginning to the end. I kinda wished I had travelled to London but it would have been another £60 onto my travel plans, which wasn’t possible at this time. A brilliant night and I can’t wait for my DVD.
Do you know FE’d when the online store will ship them?
[I don't, sorry. I have asked, but will ask again. - Features Editor]
I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of coverage available to those not able to attend the premiere. As I hadn’t expected to be able to see any of the event, the online video of the Q&A session and David performing live were a welcome bonus.
I also enjoyed the interview and tracks played on Radio 2. It was a shame there wasn’t more of the Q&A session on the radio show but in the end it didn’t really matter as the video stream was much better anyway.
[What we'll have on the site later this week will be even better, you'll see. - Features Editor]
Well, well well. What a night!! I’ll always ‘remember that night’.
Firstly, I must clear up my absence from the bloggers meet up. I got slightly delayed in Dublin airport, then slightly more delayed on the tube. Then majorly delayed in our hotel – The Grand on Trafalgar Square. Apparently they had booked the room for 1 person, not 2! Typical.
Eventually we made our way towards Leicester Square. Coming from Trafalgar Square direction, we had to walk past the Odeon and who do I see? Jon, Steve and Guy! They were kind enough to have their picture taken and then the doors opened and I made a bee line for my seats.
What a show. I was in the 2nd row, so Nickster must have been behind me! Having my question asked was amazing. Even though they pronounced my name wrong – Brian May-her, it made for a funny moment!
So everyone, I WILL be seeing you at the Ritzy this Saturday!!
Well, what a night Thursday was.
I, unfortunately, didn’t get to the Imperial, because I was running late, but getting to the Odeon just a little earlier paid off to see the documentary from the 2nd DVD (I presume). Of course now I want to be able to play the glasses like Igor.
David’s performance of ‘Castellorizon,’ was brilliant, unbelievable really, nearly touching distance from the second row.
The DVD excerpt was fantastic too, I can’t wait to see all of the tracks on the 17th.
As for the Q&A, I thought it was very good, although one question’s climax was extremely cringeworthy. Not to worry.
I was wondering why David’s Les Paul was sitting next to him in the Q&A, hoping he would play it. And he did! Which turned out to be an outstanding jam with all the great members of his band.
What a night! Pity I can’t make the Ritzy!
- James.
[You'll be able to enjoy that documentary all over again when the DVD is released. - Features Editor]
Wow, what a fantastic night!
They showed the documentary in the build up which was great, got to see David meeting the glass blower on the streets of Venice, and man, how good did that concert look?! I loved the long haired head bangers at the front!
David’s peformance of Castellorizon was great, I’ve always loved that song, then it was on to the DVD which was mind blowing. Brickman himself was in the cinema working his magic with smoke and lasers during Echoes, on top of his lighting work on the dvd, a double dose!
The Q&A was brilliant, I love David’s way of answering questions, he’s just….cool!
Then the surprise, I nearly had a fit when they rolled the drums on and the whole band came on stage. The jam was awesome, they were just having a blast, each taking turns with solos. I was blown away!
An amazing night, I doubt there has ever been a premiere like it in all of history!
Overall I think the RTN premiere last Thurs was a great night. I watched it at the cinema in Bath and thought the sound was excellent but a bit disappointed by the picture quality on some of the longer and darker shots.
The cinema in Bath was about two thirds full and most of us decided that it wasn’t too uncool to clap after each of the songs!
Interesting selection of tracks, as expected there would have been more OAI songs. The jumbled up running order certainly kept everybody guessing what was coming next! I was particularly pleased (and surprised) to see that the one hour of BBC1 RTN footage on Saturday night did not have the same track listing as the cinema.
From the footage I’ve now seen, the performance of David and the band is excellent, though the over-enthusiastic picture editing sometimes detracts from the performances of the individual musicians. The re-edited footage of Take a Breath is an improvement on the previous version.
The segue from the live Castellorizon to the filmed OAI titled track was superb and one of the highlights for me was the great Island Jam at the end.
The Q&A session was entertaining. However, I think some folks who send good questions to the Blog, but didn’t have them chosen due to time constraints etc, must have been a bit miffed that ad hoc questions were taken live from the audience at the Odeon.
Hope the North American audiences enjoy the premiere as much as the audiences in Europe did and many thanks to David and Co. for making it all possible.
I’m too new to the blog to merit any tickets for Remember that Night, but I was able to enjoy the BBC edited highlights, and now await arrival of the DVD.
Truly excellent, it looked as though Crosby and Nash were really enjoying it too.
I’m free on Saturday if there are any Brixton tickets left.
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Must have been great.
I’ve written it before, but these things I read about here, make me wish I was a Brit.
On the Q & A, I wonder if David had thought of the scenario of a deranged woman standing up or some other equally frightening situation. He was very brave, anything could have happened.
Was there a time delay before broadcast, in case any unsuitable questions were put forward by the live audience?
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Well Fed, im back, hope im still welcome. sorry ive been away, no internet for ages. just moved and back on line. ive missed you all so much.
well i only saw the tv edited bit but the sound sounded awesome.
like i said Fed hope im still welcome back at my fave site. this is the 1st place i came to soon as i got reconnected.
great reviews from all the lucky people who went, cant wait for next week release
Fed, Liverpool could actually do it this Season and Leeds are now in the black points wise. life is good.
to all the irregulars out there, ive missed you all very much, hope to speak to you all at the next chat
Hi Fed,
After reading the above comments by werner and nickster along with our own views on the grainy picture at the Odeon Leicester Square, are there any technical answers to this question?
Gary Hurley.
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Welcome back Fed!!
Graham Nash groovin’ to Davids playing, brilliant!
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I saw the “preview” on BBC 1 and I’m impressed. Very nice edit!
Can’t wait till Monday.
However I can’t seem to open the streaming videos from the BBC Radio 2 website. Maybe because I’m not in the UK? Does anyone has the same problem and knows how to resolve it?
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I was at the Leicester Square Odeon, what a fantastic night it was too.
I was a bit puzzled when we were ushered in at 6:30ish, but then we got to watch Breaking Bread, Drinking Wine, one of the documentaries on disc 2 which was great. Then David’s live performance of Castellorizon merged seamlessly into the big screen and on an island.
To be honest, I started to feel a bit disappointed towards the end as Wish You Were Here came on, the night I went this was the first song of the encore. I thought ‘wot, no echoes’. Although sublime, Davids live intro had been short and I was beginning to wonder how many questions he would actually answer, 3 or 4 maybe?
How foolish of me to doubt the man! As WYWH finished the focus was on Richard Wright and you just knew what was coming….’ping’. OH YES – and the crowd went wild! I don’t think anyone was expecting the light show inside the cinema literally echoing what was on the screen. Marc Brickman, you genius.
Then came the Q&A which was not in the least bit hurried or cut too short. It was great to hear David’s responses and a surprise that he was willing to take so many questions from the audience, not knowing what might be coming. I’d love to know what the gift was that one questioner brought along for David and Polly.
And to finish it off, he called the band to the stage for Island Jam. At least 10 minutes worth and it didn’t disappoint. It was great to see them all play live again and literally get to the stage plug in and play. Not easy to do I know only too well.
An encore would have been nice but I don’t think anyone can be disappointed with what we had been given.
Thank you David, it was yet another night to remember.
CAPTION:
As Robert would say “Thursday was a great night for friendSHIPBUILDING.”
Rgds Geoff Duffy ( Dublin )
Checked the BBC radio 2 site and…
Oh Wow, First question – and it’s mine!!
Watched the truncated version on BBC1, and have downloaded it for further enjoyment on Iplayer.
Those who were fortunate to go to the Odeon had a real treat, I couldn’t make it – Wedding anniversary. Can’t make Brixton either, as I shall be in Twickenham for a Wedding [So near & yet so far!!]
Come on A**zon, deliver that DVD pronto.
Roger
Hi FEd, fellow bloggers,
What a great day that was, last Thursday.
Arrived at Leicester Square around 14:30 to find the Odeon and shortly thereafter bumped into the first Bloggers. Met Matt, Andy, Lorraine and her daughter, Neil, Ian, Geoff, Ulli and her husband Mario, Stephanie, Cori, Ian, Heather, Mat – who had made a very nice event-dedicated t-shirt which we all got to sign – and Tomasz, Martin, Howard and Veronica.
It was so nice to meet, either for the first time or since May 31 of last year.
Had the luck of just standing outside the Odeon around 16:00, when David came out for photographs.
Really enjoyed David’s Castellorizon, the whole show, Echoes and SOYCD were true highlights for me. The very relaxed Q&A was nice. The guitar that came up with the seats gave away that David was going to play some more, but the surprise and the “WOW” when the other instruments were wheeled onto the stage and David called his band members forward and took the jam away, was simply fabulous.
Got the opportunity to say “thank you” to Andy, who kindly filled me in on the creation of the wireman Q&A anim in a very informal chat and to Guy, who whizzed past.
The only minor thing that struck me, was the early closing time of “The Imperial”. They closed around 23:00. Amazing really. There were still quite a few people there and the landlord just came up and said “you have 15 mins to finish that”. Sheesh, do that in Belgium at 23:00 and you are out of business in no time.
Went back to the Odeon and got my programme signed by Gerald Scarfe and Guy. Closed the day with another drink at Geoff’s hotel – a supposedly 5-minute walk away – with Tomasz.
Yet another night to remember !
Michèle, we missed you :-(
Best regards,
Ralph
PS 1. I’m already kicking myself for not attending the Brixton Ritzy. 2. Do not rely on Geoff’s navigation skills ;-)
You can sense pure pleasure in the words posted here. I can’t wait for Saturday! I’m so looking forward to meeting my blogger friends. Oh and seeing that chap, David. I rather like him.
Becky
PS–Wouldn’t mind saying hello to that FEd person either….
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Me and my brother will be in Brixton! Can’t wait… It will be a beautifull and lovely event. Thank you so much for this FEd!
Special thanks, of course, to David, Polly, Phil, Richard and the whole team.!
Cheers, Ernest
P.S.- Regarding the quality of the picture: I believe, sitting so close to a such a big screen, any live concert registration (filmed under these light/contrast conditions!) will show some grain. Movies or registrations filmed using analog 35mm film tend to show even more “noise”. I actually like this effect in cinema! And we wouldn’t want to see David and his band without all the light effects, lasers and smoke etc.? On DVD and LCD TV-screen the image will look crystal clear.
Can’t wait to hear the 5.1 surround sound!
Hello FEd,
Last Thursday at the Odeon was a great evening, ended with the greatest jam I have heard in a long time.
Hope they reproduce some good tones next Saturday.
I did try to find you last Thursday, and was told you would not be seen, so I hope next Saturday.
All the best for a job very well done over the past 2 and maybe more years.
With my best personal regards
Emmanuel
Hi Fed,
Its been a fab weekend – what with seeing delicious David on Thursday at the Odeon and taking all those wonderful close up pics I took when he came down for the press photos, and then the BBC 1 “Remember That Night” on Saturday.
On Sunday, I held a barbeque at my house and played On An Island CD continuously through the afternoon, then changed it to the album Wish You Were Here, just as the sun was setting.
Now I am going to see David again on Saturday at The Ritzy. Yubba Dubba Doo!
I reckon that The Ritzy gig is gonna be a whole lot more lively since it’s being broadcast to North America. Let me tell you I intend to go wild and want the audience to stop being so British and get on their feet. I was so awestruck by David on Thursday that I just couldn’t talk, let alone ask a question, so this time, I’m gonna practice real hard and think up something groovy.
I clapped and cheered every scene of the DVD at the Odeon, and “wooed” a bit, when things got really exciting, which was most of the time. Echoes made me cry. The stranger I was sitting next to kept giving me weird looks but do I care….NO I DON’T.
Roll on Saturday and then a trip to Castellorizon (with a K), perhaps. I would love to see the island that became David’s inspiration for this wonderful memory.
Once I have loaded my photos to a site, I shall let you have a link.
Thank you, David, for being so lovely.
Love and peace.
CORI BURNS xxxxxxxx
PS: Happy birthday to Ian (10th Sept) xxx
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Quick Quessie, Fed.
Where are we meeting up for a tipple on Saturday? Thanks, sweetie. Cori xxxxx
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Hey Guys…
Positives:
The blend of live and video, most questions were good, event was an intimate gathering of true fans. Very classy. The Odeon decorated in David Gilmour posters, the footage shown before the event. I’m looking forward to seeing the broadcast from a movie theater in Utah this coming Saturday and will be wishing I was at the Ritzy too!
Negatives:
My fiancee’s not being able to make it up to London for this as well as the fact that we both missed the pub meet-up. People who fetch autographs to sell on eBay: some of us just want to pass something special on to our kids – the experience can be a true disappointment for a life-long fan! Some of us just want to say “thanks, we grew up listening to you”. A lot of the folks in an event like this are true fans at heart, some from very far away and that one minute experience can be the icing on the cake after years of finding so much meaning in the music.
I went to Stratford upon Avon Picturehouse. It’s a smashing cinema, nice bar, we could take our drinks in to the cinema, nice staff.
The staff came to get us from the bar to say something was on screen already, what a nice surprise, the documentary of the tour.
The sound system in the cinema was fabulous. I had my reservations about whether or not it would do it justice. It did.
I didn’t see the tour, but I knew from old that this would be something special. I thought Castllorizon was amazing, didn’t realise straight away that David was playing live.
As the dvd continued I became more and more aware of just how good the performance had been. I expected nothing less actually. What was really stunning was just how good the recording is and how well it came across on the big screen. It was the next best thing to being at a concert and in some ways probably better. (all those close up shots).
‘Wish you were here’ moved me to tears, I have tears in my eyes again remembering.
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There were just a few of us who couldn’t contain ourselves and burst into applause but by the end I think all the audience were clapping.
Echoes. Unbelievable. Do you know what was especially nice about close up shots? You could see expressions on the faces of the band and you could tell they were really enjoying playing. Echoes rocked. They were all really in to it. The crowd could have all left and the band would have carried on, that’s how much they appeared to be enjoying what they were doing.
One or two people have mentioned picture quality, It didn’t bother me much, I vaguely recollect it might have been a bit grainy but I just didn’t remember it until it was mentioned. The picture quality on my TV was good for the BBC 1 broadcast, the sound wasn’t as good. (I have to look at what I can do with my TV now
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The sound system in the cinema was great. I’ve never seen or heard a music dvd this well done and presented. I wanna see and hear it again.
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hi
loved every minute of it. came down from glasgow and brought my 11 year old daughter with me who was very impressed!!!
cheers for a great memory
Last Thursday in Leicester Square was flipping great.
I finished reading Guy Pratt’s entertaining book a few weeks ago and there he was….oh and there’s Phil Manzanera…and there’s Bob Klose…..gee’s…it was quite surreal seeing all these faces that we’d like to see, suddenly you’ve seen them…..a dream come true…..
I really liked the bare vocal parts to “Shine On” it made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up…….and “Echoes” was amazing, parts seemed so fast and fresh, and it was really nice to have a visual feast of just Mr Wright and Mr Gilmour lead together through the beginning of the song……
When the show finished I stayed inside the auditorium and met Dick Parry…(I play in a band and we’ve dubbed ourselves the 21st Century Bonzo Dog Band-electronic silly twits). I spoke to him about his involvement with their last album and he was really friendly….while Mr Wright walked past my friend who just sat there dumb-struck…..outside we waited a little while and Gerald Scarfe appeared…he was really nice…..
I thought there was some good questions asked, like the lady who mentioned “playing in Cambridge”…..I’m from Wisbech (which is not to far from there) but moved to london……I hope he has a good time in Brixton!
Thanks for a memorable evening…..
I’m sure I’m not alone when I say “We’re all very Proud of you Mr Gilmour”.
robert
Congrats to all who are getting to go to the London show, I wish I could attend with you but I don’t have a passport and didn’t have time to get one. Never had one, I’ve never been out of the US but you can believe I will be getting one soon so I wont be left out next time.
I will be attending the show at my local theater though I’m sure it will be good too, I just wish I could go to the blog party in London. I know you guys and gals will have a great time. Maybe next time for me I hope.
Have a great day everyone
Clarice
Had a brilliant time.
Would love to go to Brixton (if there is anyway this is possible), but couldn’t contribute to the blog when tickets were offered as I was working away from the Internet for a few days.
Got as far as the Imperial, then realised I needed money. The cashpoint ate my card due to an ATM fault, so I spent the time I should’ve been in The Imperial on the phone to my bank. What fun!
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The Q&A session went well I thought. David seemed very relaxed and happy to talk. There was just once or twice his body language said ‘Oh No’. But he did very well for a very private man. The one good thing that came out of the, ‘will you play in my town?’, question was, David finished his reply by saying not to rule it out because he hasn’t finished yet. Yippppeeeee
(sorry I didn’t quote exactly, that was the gist it doesn’t mean he will play that lady’s town necessarily).
Do you know what’s really, really nice to realise, David does what he does because he enjoys it, he obviously delights in surprising us, the fans.
Looking forward to whatever comes next.
ash X
I forgot to mention Take a Breath, it was terrific. I was nearly jumping out of my seat and dancing.
Anyone across the Atlantic who has not got a cinema ticket, get one, you won’t be disappointed.
ash X
It sounds like it was a fantastic event and enjoyed by many with lots of surprises. Looking forward to the screening this weekend. Will it pretty much be a carbon copy of last Thursday’s event? Or is there something else planned as well?
In any case, I can’t wait for the week to be over.
Finally, a shout out of Happy Birthday to Tomi Sue who celebrated over the weekend.
Thanks.
Andrew
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Can’t wait for the DVD – Thursday was a wonderful evening.
My favorite number – Echoes. I saw Pink Floyd perform it at Wembley in 1974 (yes, there are still some of us oldies about – I still have my ticket and programme – £1.65p for the ticket, 15p for the programme !) and it has always been my favourite Floyd number. The Albert Hall version may have been a little better but I have no recording of the Wembley concert so I cannot be sure.
My biggest regret is not knowing how to use my mobile phone camera when I saw David in Leicester Square on Thursday!!!! Oh well, maybe another night.
I was at the Odeon and was lucky enough to have my question broadcast on the big screen…A moment I will never forget and thankfully captured on both my camera and the Radio 2 broadcast.
The performance was stunning!!! Lazers, lighting, smoke, and two live songs.
Greetings to the great bunch of folks my wife and I met at the Imperial Pub and thanks to all that signed my T Shirt…it’s a very special momento of a very special night.
I echo everyone’s thanks to David and friends.
All the best
Mat & Val
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Lol Ralph
Rgds Geoff Duffy ( Dublin close to Brixton… I think???????)
Dear F.Ed.
welcome back after a brilliant event and I hope you’ve had a resting weekend.
I’m very happy to read the above impressions and I can’t hide that I really envy you all.
Tell me please if we can hope to read forward the questions and the answers given by Mr.Gilmour to the fans.
So … it’s less 7 days to the DVD release: is it time to book it ?
Thank you
take care
bye and ciao
Elisabetta
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amazing!!! i want to do it all over again right now!!!
thank you, david.
Geoff Duffy (Dublin), apologies, I missed you off my list of people met.
Pete – Coventry
The highlight of highlights for me watching it on t’internet was:
DG following up an answer to question about future plans and him not having any with “But I’m not done yet”…
Happy Birthday, Ian !
I think two words sum up the thoughts and feelings of what people thought of the premiere…
Happy Days!!
[Geoff Duffy (Dublin), apologies, I missed you off my list of people met. - Pete - Coventry]
A pleasure to meet you mate, I had a ball.
Rgds Geoff Duffy ( Dublin )
Ciao a tutti,
hope that everyone has enjoyed the special occasion. It seems the English at Odeon has also seen many personalities in rock scene, quite exciting! very sweet the idea of a laser show in the cinema. It is of some consolation to those who were not able to see the concert.
But let’s get to the point.
Fed, I read that EMI italia will release the DVD in shops on FRIDAY 14 september instead of monday ( also “on an island” was out in Italy before other european countries ). Can you please confirm this news? Because I am getting just “a little” anxious :-)))))
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* Congratulations to David and all at DG.com *
A masterful show from a group who I really hope David will continue to work with.
Glad to hear you also had a good time Fed
M_d
Well, what a great evening.
I was at the Odeon and enjoyed the whole thing from start to finish (even my own question was on screen!)
David didn’t seem to enjoy the Q&A much, I can’t say I am surprised, but clearly loved playing. That is really all we should ask of him in future!
The surprise at the end was just fantastic, it was so nice t see a bunch of mates on stage having a good time and (David aside) the best bit was seeing Richard playing.
Thanks to all of you who provided the best possible evening.
Peter
I must add, I think David’s use of the whammy/octave on, “The Blue,” is phenomenal.
- James.
Hello Fed!
We saw David’s release of the DVD at the Cinemagnum Dresden. For us it was a great evening (there were approx. 500 fans).
At the beginning we saw still the Gdansk documentation and then the Odeon theatre and “sat actually in the middle in it”. The live show began with David, who plays “Castellorison”, exactly how our concert in the last year in Hamburg. It was great!!
The change to the DVD was artistically super made. My favorite songs were “On an Island”, “High Hopes”,”WYWH” and “Echoes”. The picture and sound quality were at any time very good, only during the very dark moments we have seen pixels.
During the Q&A many people unfortunately went out of the cinema (no translation, no subtitles). But the Q&A was so amazing, because David’s answers were humorous and interesting.
The Island Jam for me and my husband was the highlight of the evening.
The end of the transmission came suddenly, the standing ovations of fans at the Odeon we did not see.
Our first Full HD concert was spectacular. Thank you to David and his team. You are the pioneers of the presentation of a DVD in this form.
Our final result: at the end of the year buy a Full HD TV and a Blu Ray Player to see this wonderful DVD in highest quality.
I wish a wonderful week to all (to our American friends wish a fantastic evening with David next Saturday)
Ina
So disappointed, nothing in France !?
Awwwww:-)
Thank You Andrew and Fed!
You just know I’m getting that DVD for self as present.
(-:Tomi:-)
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You’re a true gem, dear Fed!!! I will be grateful forever!!!
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Hello again FEd,
Belgian french-speaking radio station “Classic 21″ announced the “Discover the David Gilmour Remember That Night DVD” day on September 14.
Moreover, their search engine seems to be malfunctioning. Anyhow, for those who understand French, it will probably be well-worth a listen.
Best regards,
Ralph
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What a wonderful and enchanted evening this must have been. I am very happy to hear that all our favorite irregulars as well as some new friends had a fan~tastic time.
Kudos to David and the band, Scooter Pies for everyone else…
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There were programs? Didn’t see that in Ede… What does the program show?
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The highlight of the evening was Echoes; truly awesome with the lasers, smoke and lighting. Well worth giving up my seat at for the mixing desk and controls to be moved to the front!
A really memorable night, apart from the batteries on my camera expiring……grrrrr. Would love a couple of tickets for the Ritzy to do a retake?
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Thursday’s events sound like they were fantastic. I’m envious.
I’m kicking myself for not having a passport. They are a little hard to come by right now, here in the US. The waiting list is like 6mo. to a year. I think I’m going to put in for one though, because I can’t bare anymore of these losses.
I’ve seen the available footage, and once again, it reinforces the fact that these people are my favorite musicians.
I’m really looking forward to Sat. at the cinema.
Ciao a tutti.
Amedeo
Fantastic, Myself and my not so enthusiastic missus came over from Dublin to the premiere. We loved every minute of it and I can live happily now I’ve seen Waters/Mason in Earls court and David/Rick live (albeit not together).
Dvd highlight was echoes and the jam at the end was supreme.
Legend