Watch David Gilmour and David Bowie Perform “Comfortably Numb”

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Surprisingly, David Bowie only made one appearance at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall in London throughout his whole career. Even then, it was only as a special guest, and it was for a unique two-song encore duet with David Gilmour of Pink Floyd.
More than five hours of video from the 2006 gig documenting David Gilmourโs version of Pink Floyd playing at the famed venue can be seen in the concert film Remember That Night: Live At The Royal Albert Hall. Backstage, Bowie rehearsed two Floyd songs with Gilmourโs band before his cameo appearance: โArnold Layne,โ from their 1967 first single, and โComfortably Numb,โ from 1979โs The Wall. The singer was seen chatting pleasantly with a camera team capturing what would be the concert film, so itโs safe to assume he wasnโt nervous about performing again two years after the forced cancellation of his Reality Tour in 2004.
In the brief chat, Bowie expressed enthusiasm for a plan to playfully humiliate Gilmour behind the scenes. โIโd say Iโm a big Pink Floyd fan,โ Bowie said, as Gilmour joined in on the conversation. โThe first time I saw them, my parents dragged me along when I was six or seven. I saw them at the Marquee I think.โ
Gilmour laughs, knowing that Bowie was in his teens when Pink Floyd first started to make rounds in the music scene. โSix or seven, I think not!โ Later that night, Bowie made a memorableย appearance onstage with the band, and the audience could tell how much the two musicians admired one another.
Check out David Gilmour and David Bowieโs performance of โComfortably Numbโ below.