Gilmour Will Join Waters for One Date on The Wall Tour
"To my eternal shame I bottled out (refused to play) and told Dave I would happily do 'Wish You Were Here' and 'C. Numb', but that 'To Know him is to Love him' was beyond me.
"Some weeks passed with David cajoling me from time to time, telling me how easy it would be, but I clung resolutely to my fear of failure until one day he made one final entreaty. I quote "If you do 'To Know Him Is To Love Him' for The Hoping Foundation Gig, I'll come and do 'C. Numb' on one of your Wall shows". Well! You could have knocked me down with a feather. How f**king cool!
"I was blown away. How could I refuse such an offer. I couldn't, there was no way. Generosity trumped fear. And so explaining that I would probably be s**te, but if he didn't mind I didn't, I agreed and the rest is history. We did it, and it was f**king great. End of story. Or possibly beginning."
"PS. Just heard from David, he will decide in due course which gig he wants to do, it will be a surprise!"
Slowly this relationship is being repaired and my initial steadfast position is starting to change. Initially I felt no tour was ever going to happen, and I still believe that. But maybe, just maybe we could get one off shows in key cities. Waters and Gilmour are so charity minded, why not do a few shows, charge a bundle, and have the proceeds go to a charity?






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