“It’s a sound that I call ‘swell’. A sound I’ve used many times…”
She signed! Phew! 30 years ago today. The best xxx
The brilliant folk at Newham Bookshop who are still managing orders by email asked @pollysamson to send them some signed bookplates for her new book and we’ve put some signed CDs in so they can raise funds for all the wonderful work they do with charities. Email [email protected] for details.
David Gilmour rehearsing Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” with Ben Worsley (also featuring Wesley the dog).
#regram @christiesinc ・・・ Now open: Select guitars from The David Gilmour Guitar Collection are on view in Los Angeles until 11 May. #GilmourGuitar⠀ .⠀ Entry is free and there’s no need to book.⠀ .⠀ 📷 Courtesy of Jill Furmanovsky Archive.⠀ .⠀ The David Gilmour Guitar Collection – 20 June at Christie’s New York.⠀ .⠀
Out tomorrow! Dark and Velvet Nights, the third single from David’s new album, Luck and Strange. #DavidGilmour #LuckandStrange
It’s exactly four weeks until the #GilmourGuitars sale at Christie’s in New York, and David has agreed to answer some of your questions about the auction and the guitars being sold. If there’s anything you’d like to ask him, then please post your question in the comments below. We’ll pick some of our favourites and share David’s answers to them here.
‘Very hard to describe exactly how the guitar playing parts come out because they just pop out at me and demand to be heard’
“I’ve no idea how these instrument experts work out which woods to use.” Watch David talking about the magic of guitar makers, ahead of June’s #GilmourGuitars auction with @christiesinc (🎥 @gavin_elder)
#regram @christiesinc ・・・ Shine on you crazy diamonds!⠀ .⠀ One of our favourite moments from The David Gilmour Guitar Collection exhibition in London was seeing so many people rock out on this David Gilmour Signature Black Stratocaster. #GilmourGuitars⠀ .⠀ Select guitars will be on display at our Los Angeles gallery from 7–11 May. Entry is free and there’s no need to book.⠀ .⠀ 🎶 ‘Comfortably Numb’ by Pink Floyd.⠀ .⠀ The David Gilmour Guitar Collection – 20 June at Christie’s New York.⠀
With just six weeks until the Sept 6th release of Luck and Strange – pre-order on CD & vinyl from link in bio – David gives us a sneak peak of the album’s opening track, Black Cat.
Watch the official video for Dark and Velvet Nights, the third single from the new album, Luck and Strange (out Sept 6), via link in bio #DavidGilmour #LuckandStrange
“It’s very hard to know how much I will miss it.” David talks about his iconic Black Strat, ahead of its sale through @christiesinc next month in the #GilmourGuitars charity auction.
With exactly one month until the Sept 6th release of Luck and Strange – pre-order on CD & vinyl from link in bio – here’s David telling us about the album’s first single The Piper’s Call, a song about the deal with the devil.
With five weeks until the Sept 6th release of Luck and Strange – pre-order on CD & vinyl from link in bio – here’s David telling us about the album’s title track, which features electric piano from Rick Wright.
Ahead of the #GilmourGuitars charity auction with @christiesinc in NYC on June 20, David is releasing three podcasts featuring conversations with @everittmatt about the guitars. Subscribe now wherever you get your podcasts!
Yes, I Have Ghosts – David’s first new song in five years – is out worldwide today as a special limited edition 7″ vinyl for RSD Black Friday. Find participating record stores at @recordstoreday’s website. #RSDBF 🎤 @romany.rose 🖊 @pollysamson 📹 @gavin_elder
David is the cover artist of the new issue of Prog Magazine, which is available from today at newsstands and online from Magazines Direct.
The first episode of David’s new podcast is out today! Swipe up via Stories to listen now to David chatting with Matt Everitt about his Black Strat ahead of the #GilmourGuitars charity auction with @christiesinc in NYC on June 20.
Brilliant Charlie! @charliegilmour_insta’s Featherhood is Memoir of the Year in today’s Sunday Times. So well deserved – and so proud of you!
I’m really getting into my new role as film director – nearly as much fun as playing the guitar. Hope you’re enjoying them… #repost @pollysamson #ATheatreForDreamers
Sadly, we’ve had to postpone our A Theatre For Dreamers live events. But the new dates are confirmed, and ticket holders will still be sent your signed book plus a photo signed by myself and @pollysamson in publication week. More info on Polly’s website, at pollysamson.com
A Theatre For Dreamers is out five weeks today! On recent visits to Hydra, my amazing Mr made films of me reading some extracts from the book, which he’s now edited & added music to. Here’s the first one. Hope you like it. (And thanks @davidgilmour 😘) #ATheatreForDreamers #Hydra
Watch the gorgeous new trailer for @pollysamson book, A Theatre For Dreamers (out April 2). Shot by Gavin Elder on Hydra, while I supplied the music.
