Pink Floyd Reunite at Roger Waters Show in London

[steve2470]

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/pink-floyd-reunite-at-roger-waters-show-in-london-20110512

The surviving members of Pink Floyd reunited onstage tonight at London's 02 Arena during a stop on Roger Waters' Wall tour - marking only the second time that Nick Mason, David Gilmour and Waters had played together in the last 30 years. Waters and Gilmour performed "Comfortably Numb" as the crowd at the arena went absolutely insane, and during the finale of "Outside the Wall," Gilmour returned to the stage alongside Mason, who played a tambourine.

As he did on the original 1980/81 tour, Gilmour played his epic solo on the top of the Wall. Last July, Waters promised that Gilmour would play the song during one show on the tour, but drummer Nick Mason's involvement was kept a secret. They last performed together at Live 8 in 2005. Original keyboardist Richard Wright died in 2008.

Confirmation of Gilmour's appearance hit the web hours before the reunion on Gilmour's official fan blog. "I should also remind you that tonight is most definitely a one-off," the blog notes. "David is not repeating his special guest performance at a later occasion, I’m sorry to disappoint those of you with fingers crossed and tickets for later shows."

Last July – shortly before Waters began his Wall tour – he played a brief set with Gilmour at a benefit for the Hoping Foundation. They closed the set with a cover of Phil Spector's "To Know Him Is To Love Him." Waters initially told Gilmour that he wouldn't sing the song with him because of Gilmour's "superior vocal skills." (Watch a fan-shot video of "Comfortably Numb" with Waters and Gilmour below.)

[sharp_stick]

1. Oh the things I would do

to be there for that show. Nasty, degrading, probably illegal things..... likely I've said more than enough. ;-)

[catbyte]

6. Me too, sharp_stick! :D

[tridim]

2. Bury the hatchet Floyd, reunite and record new material.

You know you want to.

[Trajan]

3. Here is a 'fan shot' clip ... it begins after the song is into the first chorus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNRSChj6w4c

[BeyondGeography]

4. Fantastic...I revere these guys

So lucky to have them to listen to as a teenager. Then you turn it off for a decade or two, come back to it, and realize it was all pure brilliance and integrity.

[Johonny]

5. kick

[htuttle]

7. By the way, which one's Pink?

[TheDeceptiCON]

8. Awesome shows!

Saw Waters in Denver for both the Dark Side and Wall tours.

BEST SHOWS I EVER SAW IN MY LIFE!!!

It's nice to see Waters finally getting a bit unbunged about the whole thing and have some fun!