David Gilmour reissues "On An Island" as CD/DVD combo

Out on Tuesday, November 28th, is an expanded version of David Gilmour's latest release, On An Island. Gilmour has fleshed out the package by teaming the album with a DVD of live performances. The new footage is taken from Gilmour's AOL Sessions visit in New York City in April; from his three-night stand at the Royal Albert Hall in London in May; and from his performance at the Abbey Road studios in London in August. The Albert Hall material is a teaser of sorts for a full-length DVD that will be out next year.

On An Island was released in March, and it entered the Billboard album chart at Number Six. Gilmour told us he worked on the music for the better part of a decade: "Yes, a couple of years this one's been in, in the pipeline directly. I've obviously been writing the stuff that it comes from over the last 10 years -- just jotting down little ideas and, and then popping them away into a place where I hopefully won't forget them forever, but come back to them later."

The songs featured on the On An Island DVD are: "On An Island," This Heaven," "Smile," "Take A Breath," "High Hopes," and "Comfortably Numb," from AOL; "Astronomy Domine" from Abbey Road; and "Take A Breath" from Royal Albert Hall.

The AOL Sessions material is still online at music.aol.com.
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