David Gilmour Talks About Returning To Pompeii

David Gilmour says that returning to Pompeii, Italy, which was chronicled in the 1972 film Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii, is ‘magical.’ Gilmour staged the first-ever rock concert for an audience in the stone, Roman amphitheater, which was built in 90 B.C “Tonight will be the first time since 79 A.D. that there’s been an audience watching something here,” he jokes.More »

By on July 9, 2016

David Gilmour says that returning to Pompeii, Italy, which was chronicled in the 1972 film Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii, is ‘magical.’ Gilmour staged the first-ever rock concert for an audience in the stone, Roman amphitheater, which was built in 90 B.C. “Tonight will be the first time since 79 A.D. that there’s been an audience watching something here,” he jokes to Rolling Stone. “And there were gladiators, I guess, but the history of it all is something that has crossed our minds.” “It’s a fantastic building. It’s an extraordinary place to be because it was preserved exactly as it was. There are many other sites. If you visit any other antiquity-type sites throughout the world, they’re very damaged with what’s gone on over the centuries since they were abandoned. But this one was just, like, sealed, so you’re looking at rock surfaces and the carving of letters and names in the stones looks like it was done yesterday.” Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii features Pink Floyd performing in front of no audience. It was directed by Adrian Maben. Copyright(c) 2016 RTTNews.com. All Rights ReservedLess «