I went to the same school as Gilmour ( Perse) and lived in the city ( Cambridge). We were not contemporaries at school, but I recall seeing Syd Barrett around Cherry Hinton, a Cambridge suburb and pink Floyd were very much the local boys made good with “Dark Side of the Moon” and “Meddle “ epoch defining records. I was, am, and will continue to be a fan of almost sixty years standing.

Gilmour’s guitar prowess is a given, but this is dreary stuff save for an inevitably majestic “Comfortably Numb” the hymn for the “Comfortably off” who can afford £400 a ticket prices.

The running time is almost 3 hours, and 2 hours in I was checking my watch. This was dreary fare which could have been livened up by some chariot racing. It felt like Dire Straits/ Mark Knopfler or Chris Rea, worthy, meticulously crafted, but dull.

Setlist

Act 1:

5.A.M.

Black Cat

Luck And Strange

Breathe (In The Air)/Time/Breathe (Reprise)

Fat Old Sun

Marooned

Wish You Were Here

Vita Brevis

Between Two Points

High Hopes

Act 2:

Sorrow

The Piper’s Call

A Great Day For Freedom

In Any Tongue

The Great Gig In The Sky

A Boat Lies Waiting

Coming Back To Life

Dark And Velvet Nights

Scattered

Encore:

Comfortably Numb