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On an Island Tour

On an Island was a concert tour by musician David Gilmour to promote his third studio album, On an Island (2006).

Background

Richard Wright, Phil Manzanera and Guy Pratt joined Gilmour on tour to promote the album. The tour also featured Dick Parry, who played saxophone on the Pink Floyd albums The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here and The Division Bell and Jon Carin who, in 1980s and 1990s, toured with Pink Floyd. Zbigniew Preisner conducted the orchestra in concert at Gdańsk. Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason joined to play "Wish You Were Here" and "Comfortably Numb" at one of the London shows. David Bowie made a guest appearance in London, performing vocals on "Comfortably Numb" and "Arnold Layne", the latter subsequently released as a live single. David Crosby and Graham Nash also appeared on select dates, reprising their studio performance of "On an Island", as well as singing on three other songs.

The tour was documented by the release of a live DVD/Blu-ray, Remember That Night; recorded at the Royal Albert Hall in May 2006 and a live album, Live in Gdańsk; a recording of the final show of the tour at the Gdańsk Shipyard, Poland in August 2006.

Set list

Set one:

  1. "Speak to Me"/"Breathe"
  2. "Time"/"Breathe (Reprise)"<br /><small>(At the beginning of the tour the above tracks were played during Set 2)</small>
  3. On an Island (entire album)<br /><small>(At the beginning of the tour the On an Island album made up the entire first set. The album was originally played in order, but half way through the US tour "Take a Breath" was moved so it was played after "Smile".)</small>

All above tracks were present at every show.

Set two: The second set featured a selection of these tracks:

  1. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1–2, 4–5)" <small>(Always present in the set. Occasionally performed with David Crosby and Graham Nash. "Part 3" was omitted to make the song's intro more guitar focused.)</small>
  2. "Astronomy Domine" <small>(Added during the second European tour, after the UK tour.)</small>
  3. "Wot's... Uh the Deal?"
  4. "Wearing the Inside Out"
  5. "Fat Old Sun"
  6. "Dominoes"
  7. "Arnold Layne" <small>(was added at the end of the US leg with Richard Wright on lead vocals. A performance at the Royal Albert Hall on 29 May featured David Bowie on vocals)</small>
  8. "Coming Back to Life"
  9. "High Hopes" <small>(Always present in the set)</small>
  10. "The Great Gig in the Sky" <small>(performed on 30th/31 May with Mica Paris and during the early European dates, but was dropped until the London dates.)</small>
  11. "Echoes" <small>(Always present in the set, always the show-closer before the encore.)</small>

Encore:

  1. "Wish You Were Here" <small>(Always present in the set. On 31 May Nick Mason played drums)</small>
  2. "Find the Cost of Freedom" <small>(only performed with David Crosby and Graham Nash)</small>
  3. "Comfortably Numb" <small>(Always the final song of the shows. On 29 May at the Royal Albert Hall David Bowie sang lead vocals on the verses. On 31 May Nick Mason played drums.)</small>

Other songs: Special performances of the following songs:

  1. "On the Turning Away" (Venice, Italy on 11/12 August)
  • Unrehearsed, impromptu performance, played during the second set.
  1. <li value=2>"Dark Globe" (Performed during July & August)
  • Solo performances by Gilmour, performed after the death of Syd Barrett.
  1. <li value=3>"A Great Day for Freedom" (Gdańsk, Poland on 26 August)
  • One-off performance. The song is about the freedom brought to the Eastern Bloc with the fall of the Berlin Wall. It was this, in part, that the concert was celebrating.

Personnel

Main band

Special guests

  • David Crosby – vocals on "On an Island", "The Blue", "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" and "Find the Cost of Freedom" (various dates)
  • Graham Nash – vocals on "On an Island", "The Blue", "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" and "Find the Cost of Freedom" (various dates)
  • Robert Wyatt – cornet on "Then I Close My Eyes" (Royal Albert Hall shows)
  • David Bowie – vocals on "Arnold Layne" and "Comfortably Numb" (Royal Albert Hall, 29 May)
  • Mica Paris – vocals on "The Great Gig in the Sky" (Royal Albert Hall 30 and 31 May)
  • Nick Mason – drums on "Wish You Were Here" and "Comfortably Numb" (Royal Albert Hall, 31 May)
  • Igor Sklyarov – glass harmonica on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (Venice, 12 August)
  • Leszek Możdżer – piano (Gdańsk, 26 August 2006)
  • Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zbigniew Preisner (Gdańsk, 26 August)
  • Sam Brown – vocals on "The Great Gig in the Sky" (Paris, 16 March)

Tour dates

References

Citations

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