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Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour has hired the Webb Sisters, who were on tour with Leonard Cohen, for his 2024 „Luck And Strange“ tour.

The Art Of Singing & Songwriting – Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour announces new album and the accompanying „Luck and Strange Tour“ – 2024! Gilmour revealed in an interview with British Uncut magazine that he hired the Webb Sisters, who toured with Leonard Cohen in 2008-2013, for the tour. David Gilmour and his wife have long been fans of Leonard Cohen. David Gilmour’s wife Polly Samson wrote the novel „Theatre For Dreamers“ about a trip to Hydra at the time of Leonard Cohen’s stay on the Greek island. Speaking to Mary Beard and his wife Polly Samson, David Gilmour told the BBC’s Front Row Late: „I became a fan very early on. I love his work. This last couple of years with dolly, going to hydra, has freshened him up enormously in my mind.“ And his wife replied: He hasn’t listened to anything but Leonard Cohen in recent years! David Gilmour commented: „And he got better and better. There are songs all through his career which are so brilliant.“

The Art Of Singing & Songwriting – Pink Floyd Gitarrist David Gilmour kündigt neues Album und die dazugehörige „Luck and Strange-Tour“- 2024 an! Gilmour verriet im Interview gegenüber dem britischen Uncut-Magazin, dass er die Webb Sisters, die 2008-2013 auf Tour mit Leonard Cohen waren, für die Tour engagiert. David Gilmour und seine Frau sind schon lange Fans von Leonard Cohen. David Gilmour`s Frau Polly Samson schrieb den Roman „Theatre For Dreamers“ über eine Reise nach Hydra zu Zeit von Leonard Cohens damaligen Aufenthalt auf der griechischen Insel. Im Gespräch mit Mary Beard und seiner Frau Polly Samson sagte David Gilmour in der englischen BBC Front Row Late-Sendung: „I became a fan very early on. I love his work. This last couple of years with dolly, going to hydra, has freshened him up enormously in my mind.“ Und seine Frau erwiderte: Er hat in den letzten Jahren nichts anderes als Leonard Cohen gehört! David Gilmour dazu: „And he got better and better. There are songs all through his career which are so brilliant.“