David Gilmour performed two spectacular shows at the legendary Pompeii Amphitheatre in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius last year, 45 years after he first played there for Adrian Maben’s classic film Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii. The concerts were the first-ever rock performances played to an audience in the ancient Roman amphitheatre, which was built in 90 BC and entombed in ash when Vesuvius erupted in AD 79. David Gilmour is the only performer to play to an audience in the arena since the time of the gladiators, almost 2,000 years ago. The event was called David Gilmour Live at Pompeii.
This historic concert will be broadcast exclusively at Cinema Nouveau and select Ster-Kinekor Cinemas for one night only, on 13 September 2017. On that same night, it will also be shown at 2000 cinemas worldwide.
Speaking about the Pompeii shows, David Gilmour commented: “It’s a magical place and coming back and seeing the stage and the arena was quite overwhelming. It’s a place of ghosts …”
The concert is a spectacular audio-visual experience, featuring the famous huge circular cyclorama screen as well as lasers, pyrotechnics and stellar performances from an all-star band. Performance songs include the title tracks of Gilmour’s two most recent No.1 solo albums, Rattle That Lock and On an Island, as well as other solo and Pink Floyd classics, including Wish You Were Here and Comfortably Numb.
David Gilmour Live at Pompeii shows an artist at a creative peak, in a unique setting, on a very special occasion and is not to be missed on the big screen.
In Cape Town, the cinemas include Tygervalley, Cavendish commercial and Somerset Mall .
What: David Gilmour Live at Pompeii
Where and when: Ster-Kinekor cinemas on 13 September 2017
Book: www.sterkinekor.com
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