David Gilmour has released his new song and video for “Dark and Velvet Nights,” the third single from his upcoming album, Luck and Strange. The album is Gilmour’s fifth solo LP, and his first in nine years (since the release of Rattle That Lock in 2015).
‘Dark and Velvet Nights’ follows the songs “The Piper’s Call” and “Between Two Points,” which features vocals by Gilmour’s daughter Romany. Gilmour said of the song in a press release: “The music sprang out one day. It was so exciting to have come across this groove. Polly [Samson, Giomour’s wife] had given me a beautiful poem for our wedding anniversary, which was sitting on the desk right next to me, so I picked it up and sang it on the track, to hear what it would sound like with words. I played it to Polly, and she said, ‘Lovely, great, I’ll need fiddle with it a bit. So she added a couple of verses,’ and there it was – very serendipitous.”
Gilmour will also play his first U.S. shows in eight years, taking place in Los Angeles and New York – at the Hollywood Bowl on Oct. 29 and 30 and Madison Square Garden on Nov. 4 and 5. Gilmour also announced shows in Rome on Sept. 27, 28 and 29, and Oct. 1, 2 and 3, and at London’s Royal Albert Hall for Oct. 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 15.
Gilmour’s upcoming concerts features bassist and backing singer Guy Pratt, keyboardists Greg Phillinganes and Rob Gentry, drummer Adam Betts, guitarist Ben Worsley and backing vocalists Louise Marshall, Hattie Webb and Charlie Webb.
You can watch the video for “Dark and Velvet Nights”- HERE.
“Luck and Strange” drops on Sept. 6; to pre-order, head HERE.
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