On Friday evening, and yesterday afternoon, David Gilmour and his new touring band performed a brace of shows at the Brighton Centre, on the south coast of England. It obviously bodes well when David Gilmour hires the Brighton Centre for production rehearsals. Concluding their time at the south coast of England venue, following the initial rehearsals at the King Alfred complex in Hove (just along the seafront road), a repeat of 2015’s preview show saw a pair of what was called “Dress Rehearsals” to further finesse the production. The first was a standard evening show, the second, a matinee so that everything could be broken down and packed ready to ship to Rome, Italy, for the first string of proper shows. We are now starting to receive pictures, comments and suchlike for the pair of shows, and are adding them to both of the show pages (Friday, September 20th (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/2024-david-gilmour-tour-zone/september-20th-brighton-centre-brighton-en.html) and Saturday, September 21st (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/2024-david-gilmour-tour-zone/september-21st-brighton-centre-brighton-en.html)) to join the short post-gig video that’s been put together by David’s team to give the tiniest of tasters of the show. If you went to either, we really welcome and appreciate any contributions you would like to offer – just email through the normal address of Matt@Brain-Damage.co.uk (mailto:matt@brain-damage.co.uk?subject=BD%20contribution) please. We’ve purposefully picked a very simple picture for this story, so as not to spoil anything for those who don’t want to hear anything about the show. The show pages also hide the set lists so people don’t see anything they don’t want to. Pictures and reviews are below the hidden set list section, so should be difficult to accidentally see things you might not want to see. Next stop for David and his team is Rome, Italy, for the six shows there, from this coming Friday, 27th September – and if you are going to any of these, we’d love to hear from you after the show!
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