gilmour

dortmund, march 10. kick off of david gilmour's short tour around smaller venues in europe. with the superb royal festival hall shows from 2001/2 in mind, i realised that things couldn't get much better. and they didn't. gone were the intimate and musically richer arrangements with a nine piece choir, a cello, and a greater touch of reality. gilmour was again playing his former floyd cards in a smaller setting. not bad, but a few steps down from his former shows in which he proved he didn't need floyd's bombastic approach. echoes was a great surprise but stroboscopes in a konzerthaus? a bit over the top in my opinion. dominoes, shine on, wish you were here, high hopes, comfortably numb. all played before four years ago, and better also, i'm sorry to say. the choice for a full rendition of his new album can only be treated with respect, but i'm still waiting for other songs from his beside the floyd back catalogue. on the other hand, as said, echoes was a welcome surprise as was wot's uh the deal. and phil manzanera proved to be a superb choice.