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Regarded by many as one of their finest live performances, at least of the post-Roger Waters era, Pink Floyd's appearance at 1990's Knebworth Festival was buoyed by a casual sense of camaraderie and freshness. Having taken a much-needed break after two years of globe-trotting in service of 1987's A Momentary Lapse of Reason
, the one-off show in rural Hertfordshire marked the band's return to the stage.
Considered to be the festival's headliners over fellow U.K. legends like Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, and Phil Collins, the Floyd dazzled nearly 120,000 fans with career bullet points like Shine On You Crazy Diamond
and Comfortably Numb
along with a more recent entry in David Gilmour's sonorous guitar showcase, Sorrow
.
Even the band itself has been said to have felt a certain magic in their performance, which, until its inclusion on the mammoth 2019 Later Years
box set, had only been available in bootleg form. This 2020 edition, remixed by Gilmour and engineer Andy Jackson, should help cement Knebworth's place in the group's expansive canon.
(Timothy Monger ; allmusic.com)
Recorded at Knebworth House, Knebworth, Hertfordshire, UK, on 30 June 1990
Pink Floyd:
- David Gilmour (Guitar, Vocals)
- Nick Mason (Drums, Percussion)
- Richard Wright (Keyboards, Backing Vocals)
With:
- Guy Pratt (Bass Guitar, Vocals)
- John Carin (Keyboards, Vocals)
- Tim Renwick (Guitar)
- Gary Wallis (Percussion)
- Durga McBroom (Backing Vocals)
- Sam Brown (Backing Vocals)
- Vicki Brown (Backing Vocals)
- Clare Torry (Backing Vocals (Lead Vocals on The Great Gig In The Sky))
Special Guests:
- Michael Kamen (Keyboards on Comfortably Numb, Run Like Hell)
- Candy Dulfer (Sax on Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Money)
℗ © 2019 Pink Floyd (1987) Ltd., under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd.,
a Warner Music Group Company, for Europe