David Gilmour - 2015-09-14 - Verona, IT (AUD/FLAC) KM140's

(Audience flac)

Source Info: Neumann KM140’s > TinyBox > Sony PCM M10 
Taped from the cheap seats at the back. 

David Gilmour 
Arena 
Verona, Italy 
Monday September 14th 2015 

01 Crowd 
02 5 A.M. 
03 Rattle That Lock 
04 Faces of Stone 
05 Wish You Were Here 
06 A Boat Lies Waiting 
07 The Blue 
08 Money 
09 Us and Them 
10 In Any Tongue 
11 High Hopes 
12 Astronomy Domine 
13 Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V) 
14 Fat Old Sun 
15 On an Island 
16 The Girl in the Yellow Dress 
17 Today 
18 Sorrow 
19 Run Like Hell 
20 Encore Break 
21 Time 
22 Breathe (Reprise) 
23 Comfortably Numb 

Again I somehow managed to get tickets to a show that sold out lightning fast. Just this time all I could get was the cheap seats on the top, but in this case this was not a bad thing. Just look at the pictures that come along and you’ll know why. 

And I had an extra ticket. Selling it to a scalper would have been very easy, but selling it to a fan was a bit trickier. Fear not, I found a young couple that needed one more ticket and seeing their happy faces and their dance across the Piazza Bra after I sold them my extra for face value was worth way more that all the extra cash I could have made selling it on one of the scumbag ticket re-selling sites. 

The Arena in Verona is 2000 year old and quiet simply the best arena in the world. Yes, there is no roof and you might get wet, but I rather get wet and enjoy perfect sound than stay dry in one of the modern echo chambers built on the outskirts of each city. 

You might have seen one of the last two Pink Floyd (1987ltd.) tours or Roger Waters In the Flesh, Dark Side or Wall tour. All these shows where gigantic sound and visual expiriences with the music timed perfectly to the screen videos and the light show. This Gilmour gig was not, and that’s a great thing. It felt like the music was let out of a way to tight corset and finally could breath again. And not only the music seems happier, but also David Gilmour. It felt to me that he is playing this gigs because that really is what he wants to do right now. With the light show and video screens back on a normal level the music was the center of this concert, and you realize that the music is so good, that it doesn’t need all the over the top glitter. 

And one little thing about the setlist: This was billed as a David Gilmour concert and so if you are expecting two and a half hours of Pink Floyd this one is not for you. It would have been easy for David Gilmour to do just that, but I think it’s great that he didn’t. 

This was a beautiful night of music in the world’s most beautiful arena. I am glad I get to share this one with you.