15 Facts You Need to Know About Pink Floyd's New Album ‘The Endless River’ ‘Endless River’ grew out of unreleased recordings from 20 years ago Gilmour and Mason returned to series of ambient, lyricless recordings from the same period as Pink Floyd’s last album, 1994’s ‘ The Division Bell ,’ to complete ‘The Endless River.’ These secondary sessions began in late 2013. Additional drumming from Mason was the first new element to be added. The album will include some of Richard Wright’s final recordings The initial leak on this surprise project, courtesy of Gilmour’s wife Polly Samson, framed ‘The Endless River’ as Wright’s “swansong” — putting into perspective, once more, what the keyboardist meant to Pink Floyd. His 2008 death led many to believe that ‘The Division Bell’ would be the group’s final recording. ‘The Endless River’ includes work by Wright from as far back as 1969. In all, he is credited with writing or co-writing 12 songs.

Secret sessions were, at first, mistaken for a Gilmour solo album Durga McBroom-Hudson, a long-time backup singer with Pink Floyd, posted a photo to Instagram last year from sessions being led by Gilmour — and at the time, the assumption was that the guitarist was at work on a follow up to his 2006 solo album ‘On an Island.’ Instead, McBroom-Hudson later confirmed that they were adding vocals to these original Pink Floyd recordings. This album’s title harkens back to an earlier Pink Floyd moment ‘The Endless River’ echoes the penultimate lyric on ‘High Hopes,’ the last song on ‘The Division Bell.’ That song was written by Gilmour, with additional lyrical help by Samson — who is also collaborating on the new album.

Though instrumental in its infancy, the project will have vocals McBroom-Hudson says Gilmour has “done a lead [vocal] on at least one” track, now confirmed as ‘Louder Than Words.’ The lyric, which Samson says she worked on, seems to call for an end to Pink Floyd’s years of inter-band turmoil: “We bitch and we fight, but this thing that we do, it’s louder than words.” Gilmour’s ‘Endless River’ co-producers have deep Floyd connections Manzanera co-wrote ‘One Slip’ for Pink Floyd’s ‘Momentary Lapse of Reason’ album in 1987, co-produced Gilmour’s ‘On an Island’ project and has toured with the guitarist several times. Youth, meanwhile, is part of the Orb, an ambient-house band that Gilmour worked with on 2010’s ‘ Metallic Spheres .’ Jackson has been a recording engineer for Pink Floyd on every album since 1979’s ‘The Wall.’ The initial recordings found Pink Floyd working as an intimate trio Gilmour began work on this new project by returning to some 20 hours of leftover material.

In fact, more than 100 pieces of music were initially recorded, some as a trio and the rest over two subsequent days of jamming with a group that also included Pink Floyd touring musicians Guy Pratt on bass, Jon Carin on keyboards and Gary Wallis on percussion. A portion of these original recordings became ‘The Division Bell,’ while the rest laid dormant for decades. Similar Pink Floyd ambient music from the era wasn’t used as source material Pink Floyd presented a complex, 22-minute soundscape before concerts of that era, attached below. It’s since been confirmed as a separate, if perhaps similar, piece of music. The initial news came with a hint of a possible Pink Floyd tour McBoom-Hudson, who has toured with Gilmour and with Pink Floyd off and on since the 1980s, initially didn’t rule out the idea of a dates in support of ‘The Endless River,’ telling fans simply to “stay tuned.” Pink Floyd last hit the concert trail in 1994, when these previously unfinished recordings were still new.

Early samples focused on Gilmour and Wright’s contributions The first clip (below) contained trademark melodic Fender Stratocaster work from David Gilmour, while a second unnamed segment (featured earlier on this list) highlights Richard Wright at the piano. Strings gently pulse underneath as Nick Mason’s cymbals, providing typically Floyd spacey atmosphere. 20 years is a long time between between albums, but not the longest Pink Floyd’s two decades between ‘The Division Bell’ and ‘The Endless River,’ though certainly the lengthiest expanse in their history, has been dwarfed by other classic rockers. There were, for instance, 24 years between the Who ‘s ‘It’s Hard’ and ‘Endless Wire.’ Then, there’s the Eagles . They waited 28 between ‘The Long Run’ and ‘Long Road Out of Eden.’ An unknown teenager created the distinctive cover art The art for ‘Endless River’ comes courtesy of an 18-year-old Egyptian graphic designer named Ahmed Emad Eldin, after his portfolio was discovered online at Behance. A creative director from Floyd’s long-time album cover designer Hipgnosis reached out to Eldin via email.

Stephen Hawking is making a return appearance Physicist Stephen Hawking, who was previously featured on 1994’s ‘Keep Talking,’ again provides vocals — this time on a track called ‘Talkin’ Hawkin’.’ Pink Floyd scored a No. 1 Billboard mainstream rock hit with ‘Keep Talking,’ off ‘The Division Bell’ album. But Roger Waters is not No, really. Stop asking! In a perturbed-sounding Facebook post , Waters reminds fans that “I left Pink Floyd in 1985, that’s 29 years ago. I had nothing to do with either of the Pink Floyd studio albums ‘Momentary Lapse of Reason’ and ‘The Division Bell,’ nor the Pink Floyd tours of 1987 and 1994, and I have nothing to do with ‘Endless River.’ Phew! This is not rocket science, people. Get a grip.” You Think You Know Pink Floyd? See how well you know David Gilmour, Roger Waters and the rest with the little-known facts on this exclusive video! Pink Floyd release new teaser for The Endless River, the band’s first album in 20 years | Consequence of Sound News The No.

1 Source For Breaking Music and Film Headlines Pink Floyd release new teaser for The Endless River, the band’s first album in 20 years Reddit Pink Floyd have share a third audio teaser of their new album, The Endless River . Whereas the first two clips previewed a guitar solo from David Gilmour and insights into Richard Wright’s contributions , today’s clip features snippets of several unreleased songs. Between the snippets, Gilmour and Nick Mason discuss the album’s recording process, including why they waited so long and how they went about adapting the original recordings from back in 1994. “We set up, just like the old days, so the three of us could play together,” Gilmour said of the 20-year-old sessions. “Just so we could play along together, just to see how it came out like. Out of that, this album grew.” Due out November 10th, The Endless River marks the band’s first new release in 20 years. The album was recorded by Gilmour and Mason in November 2013 alongside Roxy Music guitarist and producer Phil Manzanera.

The album utilizes unreleased lyrics and music written by multi-instrumentalist Richard Wright prior to his death in 2008. Other contributors include theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking and UK-based electronic string quartet Escala. For a more substantial taste of the album, check out lead single “Louder Than Words” . Listen to all three album teasers below. Teaser 3: Pink Floyd's First Album in 20 Years Due in October Chip Hires—Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images Pink Floyd in concert in Chantilly, France on July 31, 1994. The iconic band's first album in 20 years, recorded in 1994, will be released in October. The Endless River is based on 1994 sessions, according to a tweet from Dave Gilmour's wife Updated July 7 at 8:47 p.m. EST The iconic prog-rock band Pink Floyd will release its first album in 20 years this coming October , according to the wife of band member David Gilmour.

Polly Samson tweeted that the new album will be called The Endless River and is based on sessions recorded in 1994, the year the band’s last studio album, The Division Bell, was released. She also described the new release as the “swansong” of Rick Wright , the band’s keyboard player who died in 2008 at the age of 65. It was initially unclear whether Samson’s definition of “swansong” meant that the new album would be entirely based on old 1994 material or whether it would feature more recently recorded contributions, as Wright continued to record solo material after The Division Bell, according to the Los Angeles Times . Columbia Records confirmed in a statement on Monday the October release of The Endless River and said it was “mainly ambient and instrumental music” from 1993 and 1994 but that it was “still in progress.” Btw Pink Floyd album out in October is called "The Endless River". Based on 1994 sessions is Rick Wright's swansong and very beautiful. Pink Floyd | The Official Site For further information, please see the Press Release and Full Track Listing .

22 June 2016 RATTLE THAT LOCK TOUR ADDS FIFTH AND FINAL ROYAL ALBERT HALL SHOW David Gilmour has today announced a fifth show at London's Royal Albert Hall. The concert, being held on Friday 23rd September 2016, will be his 11th performance at the venue in support of his critically acclaimed UK No. 1 album Rattle That Lock. In addition, a very limited number of production seats have been made available for the four other nights at the Royal Albert Hall: September 25, 28, 29 and 30. These will be the final shows of the Rattle That Lock tour. As before, tickets for the Royal Albert Hall shows are strictly limited to four tickets per person across all nights, and photo ID for the lead ticket buyer will be required. Tickets for September 23rd will be on sale at 10.00am (UK time) on Thursday 30th June from the Box Office: 0845 401 5045 or +44 20 7589 8212, or from .

Please note tickets will not be available in person from the Royal Albert Hall. Tickets will also be available from Stargreen: 020 7734 8932 or . 26 May 2016 ROYAL MAIL TRIBUTE TO PINK FLOYD Royal Mail in the UK has announced it will issue a set of 10 postage stamps to celebrate Pink Floyd and their worldwide influence. Six stamps will feature the sleeves from: The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn; Atom Heart Mother; The Dark Side Of The Moon; Wish You Were Here; Animals; and The Endless River. In addition, four stamps within a special miniature sheet are designed to convey the experience of Pink Floyd live, from appearances at UFO, London, in 1966, to the ambitious staging for the Wall and the Division Bell tours. Philip Parker, Royal Mail's stamp strategy manager said: "Pink Floyd is arguably the most visually literate band of all time, with legendary live performances increasing in ambition over the decades. It's fitting that this iconic British band is recognised with these new stamps".

The stamps, as well as limited edition souvenirs including framed stamps and a special Dark Side of the Moon stamp sheet, are available to pre-order now here . The stamps will be issued on 7 July 2016 and available from UK Post Offices and online here . About Royal Mail Special Stamps: For 50 years Royal Mail's Special Stamp programme has commemorated and celebrated events and anniversaries pertinent to UK heritage and life. Today, there are an estimated 2.5 million stamp collectors and gift givers in the UK and millions worldwide. Her Majesty the Queen approves all UK stamp designs before they are printed.

20 May 2016 RATTLE THAT LOCK TOUR CONTINUES The summer leg of David Gilmour's Rattle That Lock world tour starts on Saturday 25th June with a very special show in Wrocław, Poland, where David and his band will perform with a 30-piece orchestra conducted by Zbigniew Preisner in the city's Freedom Square, and will then visit Vienna, Rome, Pompeii, Verona, Stuttgart, Paris, Wiesbaden, Nîmes, Besançon, and Tienen in Belgium before ending with a four-night stand at London's Royal Albert Hall. The band will be: Guy Pratt, bass guitar; Steve DiStanislao, drums; Chester Kamen, guitar; Greg Phillinganes, keyboards; Chuck Leavell, keyboards; João Mello, saxophone; and Louise Marshall, Lucita Jules and Bryan Chambers on vocals. 6 May 2016 THE COMPLETE PINK FLOYD CATALOGUE TO BE AVAILABLE ON VINYL On Friday 3rd June 2016, Pink Floyd Records will begin the reintroduction of the Pink Floyd catalogue on vinyl for the first time in over two decades.

The first four records will be The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, A Saucerful of Secrets, the soundtrack from the film More, and the 2-LP set Ummagumma. Pink Floyd Records will reproduce the vinyl catalogue throughout the year with release dates being announced at regular intervals. In the meantime, all Pink Floyd records are now available on CD, digital and most streaming platforms. Special care has been taken to replicate the original packaging. The first batch of releases, mastered by James Guthrie, Joel Plante and Bernie Grundman will be pressed on 180gram vinyl for optimum sound quality. Pink Floyd Records releases will be manufactured and distributed by Warner Music for the UK and Europe and by Sony Music for North America and the rest of the world. 18 March 2016 DAVID GILMOUR PLAYS POMPEII David Gilmour will return to Pompeii's Roman Amphitheatre to play two concerts there, on the 7th and 8th of July 2016, the first artist to perform a rock concert in the venue with an audience.

Pink Floyd were the first to play the historic venue in October 1971, filming 'Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii' over four days in the empty arena, and until now, no other rock concert has been staged there. Part of David's Rattle That Lock world tour 2015-16, tickets for David's concerts will go on sale on Tuesday 22nd March via DavidGilmour.com at 1.00pm Central European Time. David said: "I want to thank the Ministry of Culture for giving me the opportunity to once again play this beautiful and historic venue. Performing there in 1971 was very special and I'm looking forward to returning and hopefully creating some more memorable moments made even more special by playing to an audience". Dario Franceschini, Minister of Cultural Heritage and Tourism, said: "45 years after the legendary 'Live at Pompeii' David Gilmour will be back performing in a unique, fascinating, beautiful scenario. The legend of Pink Floyd will come back to life with him in Pompeii. It will be a show that can't be missed".

6 March 2016 DAVID GILMOUR IN ANY TONGUE VIDEO In advance of David Gilmour's North American tour dates, a video has been completed for the full track of In Any Tongue, one of the stand-out tracks from the No. 1 Rattle That Lock album and David's 2015/16 tour dates. David's Creative Director, Aubrey 'Po' Powell, was looking for a talented animator to work on a video for another album track, The Girl In The Yellow Dress, and discovered in America a young film maker named Danny Madden. Danny's short film Confusion Through Sand had won recognition at the 2014 SXSW Film Festival, and Po was so taken with the work that he showed it to David and lyricist Polly Samson, who immediately employed Danny to make the Yellow Dress film. However, David and Polly had also written In Any Tongue about the futility of war, and by chance some of the illustrations in Danny's film fitted the mood exactly. Danny gave his permission to use an edited part of Confusion Through Sand to fit In Any Tongue, which was used on tour.

Danny's animation has now been laid on to the album track as a full music video (see above), while an edit has also been done for the audio track for radio play around the world. 16 February 2016 58TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS Last night, James Guthrie and his assistant engineer, Joel Plante, won the GRAMMY for Best Surround Sound Album for their work on last year's remastered version of Roger Waters' 1992 album Amused to Death. 26 January 2016 DAVID GILMOUR RETURNS TO POLAND WITH 30-PIECE ORCHESTRA David Gilmour's Rattle That Lock global tour continues in Europe during 2016, including a very special concert in Freedom Square, Wrocław, Poland. Taking place on Saturday 25th June 2016, the concert will form part of the city's celebrations as European Capital of Culture 2016 and tickets are on sale now. Click here for ticket information.

The concert will be the first on the Rattle That Lock Tour 2015/16 to include a 30-piece orchestra, conducted by long-term collaborator, Polish composer Zbigniew Preisner, and will also include a special guest appearance by Polish pianist Leszek Możdżer. The special one-off event, located on Freedom Square in front of the National Forum of Music, will be filmed by Aubrey 'Po' Powell and broadcast live on Polish TV. Richard Wright played alongside David when, in 2006, he last performed in Poland; the final tour date, in the shipyards of Gdańsk, was released as the live album and DVD Live In Gdańsk. 6 January 2016 NEW SYD BARRETT WEBSITE LAUNCHED TODAY Today marks what would have been the 70th birthday of Syd Barrett, founder member of Pink Floyd and one of the most influential musicians in British pop history. To mark the occasion, Syd Barrett's new official Website was launched today  celebrating his unique life and career, both of which continue to inspire and enthral. Click here to visit the new SydBarrett.com.

30 November 2015 1965 RECORDINGS ON LIMITED VINYL To mark 50 years since the tracks were recorded, Pink Floyd have released a limited edition set of two 7" singles, containing the band's first recordings. Entitled Pink Floyd 1965  Their First Recordings, the songs include Syd Barrett compositions Lucy Leave, Double O Bo, Remember Me, and Butterfly, coupled with Roger Waters' Walk With Me Sydney, and I'm A King Bee by Slim Harpo. The band lineup was the original quartet of Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Nick Mason and Richard Wright, augmented by Rado Klose on guitar, and, on Walk With Me Sydney, Juliette Gale on backing vocals. The package includes two 45rpm 7" singles contained in a gatefold sleeve designed by Peter Curzon of StormStudios, based on Hipgnosis Creative Director Aubrey Powell's photograph of a light projection by Peter Wynne-Wilson. The audio was mastered from the original mono analogue tapes by Andy Jackson of Tube Mastering and Ray Staff of AIR Studios.

9 November 2015 DAVID GILMOUR: WIDER HORIZONS BBC TV DOCUMENTARY AIRS ON SATURDAY 14 NOVEMBER BBC producer/presenter Alan Yentob has been working on a David Gilmour documentary for some now, and it is due to air on BBC Two in the UK on Saturday 14th November at 9.45pm. Entitled David Gilmour: Wider Horizons, it is billed as 'an intimate portrait of one of the greatest guitarists and singers of all time'. The 72-minute film covers much of David's personal and profession life, and features some of his collaborators, in particular Polly Samson and Phil Manzanera, who help to shed light on the creative process, including how some of the songs on Rattle That Lock were crafted. It is essential viewing for anyone interested in David's career and music, but, should you miss it, it will be available on the BBC iPlayer after transmission. Click here for more information. A trailer, focussing on David's early musical learning process, can be seen here .

20 September 2015 DAVID GILMOUR AND POLLY SAMSON IN THE NEWS Anthony Mason from US TV's CBS morning news made a special trip to the UK to interview David Gilmour and Polly Samson, and the resulting piece was broadcast yesterday morning as Another Side of David Gilmour. Click here to see David and Polly talk in depth about their creative partnership, Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Pink Floyd, the Rattle That Lock album and more, punctuated by clips from the studio recordings and the new live tour. 10 September 2015 DAVID GILMOUR ON BBC RADIO 4 David Gilmour appeared on Radio 4's Front Row programme this evening, talking about his new album, Rattle That Lock, and collaborating with his wife, the novelist and lyricist Polly Samson. To listen to the programme, click here (UK only). 5 September 2015 DAVID GILMOUR'S PREVIEW SHOW  LOST FOR WORDS David Gilmour's preview show for the Rattle That Lock tour at the Brighton Centre contained some surprises, some familiar old friends and all superlative quality from start to finish.

For the sake of those who are yet to experience it, it probably is enough just to list the songs played... First Set: 5am; Rattle That Lock; Faces Of Stone; Wish You Were Here; A Boat Lies Waiting; The Blue; Money; Us And Them; In Any Tongue; High Hopes. Second set: Astronomy Domine; Shine On You Crazy Diamond; Fat Old Sun; On An Island; The Girl In The Yellow Dress; Today; Sorrow; Run Like Hell. Encores were: Time/Breathe (reprise); and Comfortably Numb. Playing alongside David, who excelled on Black Strat, acoustic guitar, lap steel and vocals, were, as previously announced, Phil Manzanera, Guy Pratt, Jon Carin, and Steve DiStanislao, joined on this tour for the first time by Kevin McAlea (keyboards), Louise Marshall, and Bryan Chambers (backing vocals), and Theo Travis (sax). The sensational band were equalled only by the creations of Production/Lighting Director Marc Brickman. Suffice to say that the screens, films and imaginative use of colour and staging made this a concert by which others should be judged.

For up-to-date photos from Polly Samson, click here . 3 September 2015 DAVID GILMOUR ON DRIVETIME TODAY This afternoon between 5.05pm and 7.00pm (UK time), BBC Radio 2's Drivetime show hosted by Simon Mayo has an exclusive first play of David Gilmour's new single, Today. For more information, and for details of how to listen to the show, click here . 20 August 2015 EXTRA DAVID GILMOUR TICKETS AVAILABLE TOMORROW Tomorrow morning, at 10am UK time, a limited number of extra seats will be released for David Gilmour's Brighton Centre preview show on Saturday 5th September, as well as for each concert at London's Royal Albert Hall, on September 23rd, 24th and 25th, and October 2nd and 3rd. For Brighton tickets, call the box office on 0844 8471515, or click here . For the London tickets, click here .

There are also a few tickets remaining for David Gilmour's show at The Forum in Los Angeles; click here for tickets. A reminder: tickets for David Gilmour's third and final show in Chicago, at the Auditorium Theatre on Wednesday 6th April 2016, go on sale tomorrow at 10am CDT. They will be available online here , at all Ticketmaster outlets, or by phone. Tickets purchased online each include a code redeemable for a CD of Rattle That Lock. 4 August 2015 DAVID GILMOUR ADDS 3RD LA DATE  27TH MARCH AT THE FORUM David Gilmour has added a third live date in Los Angeles  on Sunday 27th March 2016 at The Forum, 3900 West Manchester Boulevard, Inglewood, CA 90305. Tickets will be available from 10am PST on Friday 7th August 2015 from this link .

Tickets can also be purchased at Ticketmaster.com, at all Ticketmaster outlets, The Forum box office, or charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000 (toll-free only inside the US). Every ticket purchased online in North America will include a copy of the new Rattle That Lock album, via an online redemption link. Terms & Conditions apply. Please see the Live Dates page on davidgilmour.com for all confirmed live dates, 2015/2016. 31 July 2015 RATTLE THAT LOCK  BY ALASDAIR AND JOCK Now available to view above is the animated video for David Gilmour's single Rattle That Lock, created by Alasdair and Jock from Trunk Animation, the London-based production house, under the creative directorship of Aubrey Powell of Hipgnosis. The hand-drawn animation depicts various facets from John Milton's Paradise Lost, from which Rattle That Lock lyricist Polly Samson drew her inspiration. The poem itself encompasses twelve books, concerning the Biblical story of the Fall of Man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden.

Trunk directors Alasdair Brotherston and Jock Mooney, alongside producer Richard Barnett, assembled a team of 12 animators, artists and compositors, who worked continuously over three months to bring the narrative and many technical elements together. The team developed the narrative and took its main inspiration from the first three books of Paradise Lost, but also drew on details from across all twelve volumes. The film follows the fall of Satan from the kingdom of Heaven and his subsequent journey through Pandemonium, Purgatory and Chaos on his way to corrupt the virgin Earth. 21 July 2015 HUGE DEMAND PROMPTS EXTRA DAVID GILMOUR SHOWS After the huge demand for Friday's release of tickets to David Gilmour's North American shows, four extra shows have been added. Tickets go on sale next Monday, 27th July, for Los Angeles, Hollywood Bowl on 25th March 2016, Toronto, Air Canada Centre, on 1st April 2016, Chicago, United Center, 4th April 2016, and New York, Madison Square Garden, on 12th April 2016.

The links below are not yet active, but please use them to order tickets on 27th July  at 10am local time in all markets. NB Some persons seeking tickets have received the response 'We were unable to process your request. Try again later'. We are told it may mean that high demand is causing a delay in ticket processing, so we're told that fans should keep trying. The four extra dates are: 25 March 2016  Los Angeles  Hollywood Bowl (On sale: 10am PST) Click here when onsale begins. 1 April 2016  Toronto  Air Canada Centre (On sale: 10am EST) Click here when onsale begins. 4 April 2016  Chicago  United Center (On sale: 10am CST) Click here when onsale begins. 12 April 2016  New York  Madison Square Garden (On sale: 10am EST) Click here when onsale begins. Tickets can be purchased at Ticketmaster.com, at all Ticketmaster outlets, or by phone.

As with the concerts announced so far, every ticket purchased online in North America will include a Rattle That Lock CD. 21 July 2015 POLLY SAMSON'S THE KINDNESS PUBLISHED IN THE US Polly Samson, lyricist for The Division Bell, The Endless River and, for David Gilmour, On An Island plus the forthcoming Rattle That Lock, sees her most recent novel The Kindness published in hardcover and as an e-book in the US today. Already described as a "sumptuous, vivid and painterly work" by The New York Times, reviews in the UK included this from the Financial Times: "This is elegant, witty writing, informed throughout by generosity and wise perceptiveness. Dealing with many kinds of love, and with misunderstanding, betrayal, grief and forgiveness, the novel dares to posit, ultimately, the possibility of redemption. It is a book to cherish, to recommend, to return to  and not to lend anyone". To see more and order The Kindness in the US click here , in the UK here , and in Australia here .

16 July 2015 DAVID GILMOUR'S NEW ALBUM RATTLE THAT LOCK RELEASED ON SEPT 18 NORTH AMERICAN DATES ANNOUNCED FOR 2016 David Gilmour's new album Rattle That Lock will be released worldwide on Friday, September 18, 2015 on Columbia Records. The first single, also titled 'Rattle That Lock', will be released digitally tomorrow, Friday 17th July 2015. Additionally, North American live dates have been confirmed for March and April 2016, with stops in Los Angeles, Toronto, Chicago and New York. Ticket buyers will be among the first to receive the new album, as every ticket purchased online will include a Rattle That Lock CD*. Tickets for the North American concert dates, David's first since the On An Island tour in 2006, go on sale tomorrow, Friday 17th July, with individual venue times listed below. These follow his 2015 European shows in September/October, which are all sold out.

March 24, 2016  Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles  on sale 12pm (PST). Click here when onsale begins. March 31, 2016  Air Canada Centre, Toronto  on sale 10am (EST). Click here when onsale begins. April 8, 2016  United Center, Chicago  on sale 12pm (CST). Click here when onsale begins. April 11, 2016  Madison Square Garden, New York  on sale 10am (EST). Click here when onsale begins. Tickets will also be available at Ticketmaster.com, at all Ticketmaster outlets, or by phone. See the Live Dates page at davidgilmour.com for details. Rattle That Lock follows the 2006 #1 platinum album On An Island, and once again features novelist Polly Samson as primary lyricist, as well as Phil Manzanera, who co-produced the album with David. The striking cover was art directed by Dave Stansbie from The Creative Corporation under the creative directorship of Aubrey Powell from Hipgnosis.

The tracklisting is: 2. Rattle That Lock (Gilmour/Samson/Boumendil) 3. Faces Of Stone (Gilmour) 4. A Boat Lies Waiting (Gilmour/Samson) 5. Dancing Right In Front Of Me (Gilmour) 6. In Any Tongue (Gilmour/Samson) 7. Beauty (Gilmour) 8. The Girl In The Yellow Dress (Gilmour/Samson) 9. Today (Gilmour/Samson) 10. And Then... (Gilmour) The title track, 'Rattle That Lock', will be heard for the first time in the UK on BBC Radio 2's Chris Evans Show, hosted by Sara Cox, on Friday, July 17th and will be available immediately to download and stream worldwide. The song begins with the four notes, created by Michaël Boumendil, which precede announcements at French SNCF railway stations which David recorded on his phone at Aix-en-Provence station. Polly's lyrics were inspired by Book II of John Milton's Paradise Lost, which is also featured in her recent acclaimed novel, The Kindness.

The single also features The Liberty Choir, as well as singers Mica Paris and Louise Marshall. The Rattle That Lock album will be available in a CD edition with clothbound, foil-blocked cover, including a 22-page booklet, but also on heavyweight vinyl, digital download and a deluxe box edition, which includes 4 Barn Jam films, 4 non-album audio tracks, 4 documentaries, and 2 promo clips. Available in CD+DVD or CD+Blu-ray versions, the deluxe edition also includes 2 hardback books, a double-sided poster, a postcard in a dedicated envelope and a David Gilmour plectrum. Pre-ordering for all editions will be available around the world at various times tomorrow, July 17th. *Terms and Conditions apply. 7 June 2015 POLLY SAMSON AND DAVID GILMOUR FETED AT LITERARY FESTIVAL Polly Samson and David Gilmour were special guests at the Borris House Festival of Writing and Ideas in County Carlow, Ireland, on June 6th. In a session entitled 'Louder Than Words', they touched on lyric writing and the nature of creativity, amongst other topics.

As well as discussion on the process of writing lyrics for both On An Island and The Division Bell, Polly expanded on the collaborative nature of her writing for David and Pink Floyd, and how rewarding it has proved to be. Questions from the floor inevitably centred on David Gilmour's forthcoming album, and alongside praise for contributors and album co-producer Phil Manzanera, David and Polly revealed that the title will be Rattle That Lock. 28 May 2015 ROGER AND NICK UNVEIL SECOND REGENT STREET HERITAGE PLAQUE Today on Regent Street, London, Roger Waters and Nick Mason unveiled the second Regent Street Heritage Plaque to mark the site of the former Regent Street Polytechnic at 309 Regent Street where they met. As any Floyd fan knows, while studying architecture between 1962 and 1965, Roger, Nick and Richard Wright met and formed a band, originally called Sigma 6, which first performed in the college Common Room and at fellow students' parties. In a recent interview, Roger said he felt "enormously privileged" to have a plaque erected on Regent Street in the band's honour.

Nick said: "Studying at the Regent Street Polytechnic introduced me to some of the key people and biggest collaborators in my career, many of whom I have been lucky enough to work with over the last 50 years. Three of the founding members of Pink Floyd met there, so in essence we were formed under the roof of the Polytechnic. We rehearsed in the Common Room in the basement and played some of our first performances there. Not only did studying architecture give us an invaluable introduction to art and technology, but it also gave us an opportunity to develop, through what would now be called a 'government funded initiative' but was then called a 'student grant'. We are of course honoured to be recognised in this way and I have to add astonished; it was unclear in 1965 that a life time in music beckoned". Click here for a link to BBC Radio 4's piece from this morning, 28th May. There is also a feature on BBC Radio 4's Front Row at 7.15pm. tonight. Listen live or via the BBC iPlayer in the UK. On Twitter: @bbcfrontrow Photo: Dave Parry, PA.

12 March 2015 POLLY SAMSON'S THE KINDNESS PUBLISHED TODAY Novelist Polly Samson (lyricist for On An Island, The Division Bell, and The Endless River) has seen her novel The Kindness published in hardback in the UK today. It will be available on 5th May in Australia, and in the USA on 21st July. Early reviews have described it as a 'beautifully-written and intricately-constructed piece of writing' and a 'gorgeously chilling novel about grief and betrayal'. You can order The Kindness in the UK here , and pre-order in Australia here and in the USA here . Click here for some recent features, including BBC Radio 4's Front Row and spreads in You magazine, the UK Sunday Times, and The Guardian, or here for news of some of Polly's literary events. 4 March 2015 DAVID GILMOUR ANNOUNCES 2015 TOUR DATES AND NEW SOLO ALBUM It was announced today that tickets will go on sale at 10.00am GMT on Friday 6th March for David Gilmour's first tour dates in nine years.

The UK and European shows, planned for September 2015, will coincide with the release of his, as yet untitled, fourth solo studio album, which follows the platinum and UK Number 1 album On An Island. The shows kick off at the historic Roman amphitheatre in Pula, Croatia, on 12th September, and continue through some of the world's most beautiful cities and venues. Other places to be visited include: Verona, Italy (Verona Arena, Sept. 14); Florence, Italy (Teatro Le Mulina, Sept. 15); Orange, France (Theatre Antique, Sept. 17); and Oberhausen in Germany (Konig-Pilsner-Arena, Sept. 19). David then undertakes three consecutive nights at the sumptuous Royal Albert Hall in London on 23, 24 and 25 September. For full details, go to davidgilmour.com . David's new solo album follows the worldwide success of Pink Floyd's final album The Endless River, which hit the Number 1 chart position in 21 countries around the world, and was one of the UK's Top 10 best-selling albums of 2014.

Pink Floyd have also just been named by IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) as the seventh top-selling artist globally in 2014. 3 March 2015 'THE KINDNESS' PUBLISHED NEXT WEEK Novelist Polly Samson (lyricist for On An Island, The Division Bell and The Endless River) will see her novel The Kindness published in hardback on 12th March in the UK and on 5th May in Australia. Publication date in the USA is 21st July. Early reviews have already described it as a 'beautifully-written and intricately-constructed piece of writing' and a 'gorgeously chilling novel about grief and betrayal'. You can pre-order The Kindness in the UK here , in Australia here , and in the USA here . To pre-order a copy of The Kindness, signed and personally dedicated by the author (and available worldwide), click here . POLLY'S LITERARY EVENTS Weds 11th: BBC Radio 4, 'Front Row'. 7.15pm. Thurs 19th: London; The Athenaeum. 6.30-8.30pm. Harper's Bazaar event.

Tickets Sat 21st: Ireland; Dún Laoghaire. 12.30pm. Mountains to Sea Literary Festival. Tickets Fri 27th: London; Hampstead Theatre. 2.45pm. Hampstead Literary Festival. Tickets Sat 28th: London; Waterstones, Piccadilly. 6.30-8.30pm. Short story event. Tickets MAY Thurs 14th: London; Bloomsbury Publishing, 50 Bedford Square, WC1B 3DP. 6.30-7.30pm. Bloomsbury Book Club. Tickets: bloomsburyinstitute@bloomsbury.com Fri 15th: Brighton; Charleston Literary Festival. 3.30-4.30.pm. Tickets Mon 18th: London; John Maynard Keynes Library. 6.00-7.20pm. Birkbeck College event. Sat 30th: Hay-on-Wye Literary Festival. 11.30am. More information is available on her Website . Polly's most recent linked story collection, Perfect Lives, was a UK Sunday Times Fiction Choice Of The Year and was read on BBC Radio 4.

5 December 2014 GRAMMY NOMINATION FOR 'THE DIVISION BELL' The Division Bell has been nominated in the upcoming Grammy Awards for 'Best Surround Sound Album'. The award winners will be announced in a ceremony to be held on Sunday 8th February 2015. The surround mix is available in the 20th anniversary box set of the album, released earlier this year. 27 November 2014 THE ENDLESS RIVER HELPS DRIVE VINYL REVIVAL First week UK sales on vinyl of The Endless River were the highest of any LP released since 1997, making it the fastest-selling vinyl album this century, according to official UK Charts data. The BPI, the trade body which represents the UK's record labels, has just announced that annual sales of vinyl albums have exceeded the 1m mark for the first time since the Britpop era of the 1990s, according to Official Charts data released today. The milestone was achieved at the weekend, which saw 2014 sales already comfortably ahead of the 780,674 sales posted in 2013.

With the Christmas period still to come, the BPI says it's likely the final total for 2014 will rise towards around 1.2m unit sales, a level not seen since 1996, when 1,083,206 LPs were purchased. A new generation of music fans and a mix of iconic and acclaimed new rock bands is helping to drive the revival, which sees The Endless River at Number 2 in the current Official Vinyl Chart behind the David Bowie 'Best Of', Nothing Has Changed. 19 November 2014 CHARTING THE ENDLESS RIVER The Endless River is Number One in the album charts in: UK, Germany, France, Canada, The Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Ireland, New Zealand, Croatia, and Slovenia. STOP PRESS: the album has debuted at No. 1 in a further three countries: Poland, Sweden, and the Czech Republic, while in Italy, Pink Floyd jump from No. 2 to knock local artist Vasco Rossi off the top slot. This takes the total of chart toppers to 20 countries*.

Other charts include: USA  3; Australia  3; Finland  4; and Spain  6. *The Endless River is also the best-selling album in Romania, although there are no official charts there. 16 November 2014 'THE ENDLESS RIVER' TOPS THE CHARTS Pink Floyd's new album The Endless River reached a milestone today, entering the Official UK Album Chart at Number One ... with a similar story in a number of other countries. 4 November 2014 LATER... WITH WORDS David guests tonight on the BBC TV progamme show Later... with Jools Holland, in an interview with Jools about the imminent release of The Endless River. We can expect there to be an exclusive extract from the promo video for Louder Than Words too, so it should be a memorable show. The final live edition of the 45th series of the show is broadcast in the UK on BBC Two from 10.00 to 10.30pm, can be seen live via the Internet in the UK and again via the BBC UK-only iPlayer site.

A longer version of the programme will be transmitted in the evening of Friday 7th November at 11.50pm UK time. 13 October 2014 PRESS RELEASE: THE PINK FLOYD EXHIBITION  THEIR MORTAL REMAINS  CANCELLED Evolve Devolve, the Italian promoters of The Pink Floyd Exhibition  Their Mortal Remains, have announced today that the exhibition, due to take place on September 19th in Milan, has now been cancelled because the necessary conditions have not occurred in order to make it happen within the time frame available at the Fabbrica del Vapore. (These conditions have nothing to do with Milan's Municipality.) Ticket holders for the exhibition should seek refunds from their point of purchase according to the procedures already communicated. 10 October 2014 'LOUDER THAN WORDS' GETS FIRST RADIO PLAY Louder Than Words, the new song by Pink Floyd, had its first radio play yesterday on BBC Radio 2's Chris Evans show. Louder Than Words is performed by Pink Floyd.

Taken from David Gilmour, Rick Wright and Nick Mason's 1993 Division Bell sessions it has new lyrics by writer and Division Bell lyricist Polly Samson. David Gilmour said: "The music for Louder Than Words is from those final sessions, the three of us playing together on the houseboat Astoria with Rick's idiosyncratic keyboards reminding me now that you don't know what you've got until it's gone. At the start of the album I asked Polly [Samson] to write the lyrics. She felt that what I played her didn't need words, that hearing us play was more interesting. In the end she wrote just this one, which expresses, beautifully I think, the way the three of us, me, Nick and Rick have something when we play together, that has a magic that is louder than words". 9 October 2014 DAVID AND NICK TALK ABOUT 'THE ENDLESS RIVER' In addition to the release of the interview, above, David and Nick chatted to BBC Radio 6 Music's Matt Everitt about the release of The Endless River. This is available on the BBC iPlayer here .

22 September 2014 PINK FLOYD ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM DETAILS Details about The Endless River, the new Pink Floyd album from David Gilmour, Rick Wright and Nick Mason, were revealed today as the album artwork appeared on buildings in ten international cities, including an eight-metre lit installation on London's Southbank. The album will be released on Parlophone/Warner Music on 10 November and is produced by David Gilmour, Phil Manzanera, Youth and Andy Jackson. David Gilmour said: "The Endless River has as its starting point the music that came from the 1993 Division Bell sessions. We listened to over 20 hours of the three of us playing together and selected the music we wanted to work on for the new album. Over the last year we've added new parts, re-recorded others and generally harnessed studio technology to make a 21st century Pink Floyd album. With Rick gone and with him the chance of ever doing it again, it feels right that these revisited and reworked tracks should be made available as part of our repertoire." Nick Mason said: "The Endless River is a tribute to Rick.

I think this record is a good way of recognizing a lot of what he does and how his playing was at the heart of the Pink Floyd sound. Listening back to the sessions, it really brought home to me what a special player he was." The Endless River is mainly an instrumental album across 'four sides' with one song, 'Louder Than Words', with new lyrics by novelist Polly Samson. Visit the new microsite here . 11 August 2014 PRESS RELEASE: THE PINK FLOYD EXHIBITION  THEIR MORTAL REMAINS  POSTPONED Evolve Devolve, the Italian promoters of The Pink Floyd Exhibition, have announced today that the Exhibition, due to start on 19 September 2014 in Milan, has had to be postponed due to production delays. Building the complex Exhibition to the required specification has made it impossible to make the opening date. Tickets sales for the Exhibition are currently suspended. Existing ticket purchases will remain valid once the new exhibition dates are announced or can be refunded at point of purchase.

7 July 2014 'THE ENDLESS RIVER' Pink Floyd can confirm that they are releasing a new album, The Endless River, in October 2014. It is an album of mainly ambient and instrumental music based on the 1993/4 Division Bell sessions which feature David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright. The album is produced by David Gilmour with Phil Manzanera, Youth and recording engineer Andy Jackson. Work is still in progress, but more details to come at the end of the summer.

20 May 2014 PINK FLOYD TO RELEASE 20TH ANNIVERSARY BOX SET OF 'THE DIVISION BELL'  RELEASED: 30 JUNE 2014  PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED 5.1 SURROUND SOUND MIX  BLU-RAY DISC INCLUDING NEW 2014 FILM OF MAROONED  2-LP VINYL FEATURING FULL-LENGTH TRACKS FOR THE FIRST TIME  REPLICA 7" AND 12" COLOURED VINYL AND MUCH MORE Pink Floyd is releasing a 20th anniversary box set of The Division Bell, the band's 1994 multi-million selling album that included the Grammy Award winning track Marooned. Set for release on 30 June 2014, 'The Division Bell' was the last studio album to be released by the band: David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright.

This 20th anniversary box set features six discs, including three replica coloured or clear vinyl discs, 5 collectors' prints, a Blu-ray disc and for the first time Andy Jackson's 5.1 audio mix of 'The Division Bell'. 'The Division Bell' debuted at No 1 in the UK and in the USA, staying at the top of the US charts for 4 weeks; it also went to No 1 in eight other countries and, to date, has reached total album sales of over 12 million. The album was recorded by the band at Astoria and Britannia Row Studios with the majority of the lyrics being written by Polly Samson and David Gilmour. David Gilmour said at the time: "The three of us went into Britannia Row studios, and improvised for 2 weeks. Playing together and starting from scratch was interesting and exciting, it kick started the album and the process was very good, it was collaborative and felt more cohesive".

The Division Bell 20th Anniversary collector's box set will feature a new 2-LP vinyl edition of the album, remastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab from the original analogue tapes, including all the full length tracks (originally edited to fit on a single LP) in a gatefold sleeve designed by Hipgnosis/StormStudios. Five other discs are included: a red 7" vinyl replica of single Take It Back, clear 7" vinyl replica of High Hopes, 12" blue vinyl replica of High Hopes with reverse laser etched design, the 2011 Discovery remaster of 'The Division Bell' and a Blu-ray disc including 'The Division Bell' album in HD Audio, plus the previously unreleased 5.1 surround sound audio mix of the album by Andy Jackson. Another addition included on the Blu-ray disc is a new video for Marooned, the track that won a Grammy for 'Best Rock Instrumental' in 1994. Filmed in Ukraine during the first week of April 2014, the video was directed by Aubrey Powell at Hipgnosis.

It will appear on the disc with audio tracks in both PCM Stereo and a 5.1 mix by Andy Jackson. Bob Ezrin and David Gilmour produced the original album, with orchestral arrangements by the late Michael Kamen. The anniversary box set discs have been remastered by long term Pink Floyd audio associates James Guthrie and Joel Plante. Pink Floyd To Release First New Album in 20 Years This Fall - Rolling Stone See Where Pink Floyd Rank on Our List of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time "Btw Pink Floyd album out in October is called 'The Endless River,'" Samson wrote. "Based on 1994 sessions is Rick Wright's swansong and very beautiful." (Keyboardist and founding member Wright died of cancer in 2008 at the age of 65.) The band had just celebrated the 20th anniversary of 1994's The Division Bell with an extravagant reissue of the album on July 1st. The new material appears to be connected to unreleased recordings made during the Division Bell sessions.

Durga McBroom-Hudson, a singer who toured with Pink Floyd in the 1980s and 1990s and is apparently involved in the new project, offered more details on The Endless River through her Facebook page . "The recording did start during The Division Bell sessions (and yes, it was the side project originally titled 'The Big Spliff' that Nick Mason spoke about)," she explained. "Which is why there are Richard Wright tracks on it. But David and Nick have gone in and done a lot more since then. It was originally to be a completely instrumental recording, but I came in last December and sang on a few tracks. David then expanded on my backing vocals and has done a lead on at least one of them. That's the song you see being worked on in the photo." She went on to emphasize that the new album will consist entirely of unreleased songs. Don’t Miss a Story Sign up for our newsletter to receive breaking news directly in your inbox. We may use your e-mail address to send you the newsletter and offers that may interest you, on behalf of Rolling Stone and its partners.

For more information please read our Privacy Policy How we use your email address Trending Ranked on a scale from 1 to 10, the trending score reflects the number of users reading a story in real time. What is this? David Gilmour Tickets & Tour Dates October 30, 2014 In this article: Pink Floyd fans are in luck: the legendary rock band—who hasn’t released an album in over two decades—is gearing up for the release of The Endless River, due out November 10. Guitarist/vocalist David Gilmour , whose last solo record came out in 2006, is also planning a new album next year. So suddenly prolific! Gilmour recently told Rolling Stone that “there’s a few months in [the record] yet. I’m hoping to get it out this following year.” He also made reference to “an old man’s tour… not a 200-date sort of thing.” For the latest tour news and album release announcements, visit Gilmour’s website, and pick up that Pink Floyd album in two weeks.

Formed in 1965 by Syd Barrett , Nick Mason, Roger Waters , and Richard Wright, Pink Floyd gained popularity by performing in London’s underground music scene. David Gilmour joined the band in 1967 and Barrett left in 1968 due to his deteriorating mental health. Pink Floyd was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. The band has sold more than 250 million records worldwide, 74.5 million alone in the United States. David Gilmour Tour Dates & Tickets Coming soon 'The Endless River' Will Be Pink Floyd's Final Album - Music Feeds ‘The Endless River’ Will Be Pink Floyd’s Final Album Written by Nastassia Baroni on October 9, 2014 Rock legends Pink Floyd will this year release The Endless River, their first new album in over twenty years and according to band-members Nick Mason and David Gilmour, it will also be their last. “This is the last thing that’ll be out from us,” Gilmour told BBC 6 Music, via NME , about the record.

“I’m pretty certain that there will not be a follow up to this. Polly, my wife, thought that would be a very good lyrical idea to go out on. To describe the symbiosis that we have, or we had. It’s a shame but this is the end.” He also said there’s no more Pink Floyd music in the back catalogue to be released. Earlier this week it was reported that Stephen Hawking will appear on The Endless River, contributing to a track titled Talkin’ Hawkin, which features a sample from a 1994 British Telecom commercial featuring Hawking. Hawking also appeared on the band’s last album, The Division Bell, in 1994 on the track Keep Talking. The band also confirmed that late keyboardist Richard Wright contributed to much of the new album. “He has been underestimated by the public, by the media and by us,” said Gilmour. “I think we didn’t always give him his proper due.” It has already been reported that the album does not include Roger Waters , who quit Pink Floyd in 1985. Waters made it clear that he contently remains apart from his former bandmates via a recent post on Facebook .

Gilmour added that he still has some recorded sessions with Wright which he may use for a new solo record. “I have a little bit of Rick playing from my solo stuff that will hopefully appear on my next solo album, but not a Pink Floyd album,” he said. Listen to the full interview below.

Question: ‘The Endless River' due for release in October 2014 is the latest album by which veteran rock band?
Answer: Pink Floyd