Rattle That Lock Tour
| Tour by David Gilmour | |
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| Associated album | Rattle That Lock |
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| Start date | 12 September 2015 |
| End date | 30 September 2016 |
| Legs | 5 |
| No. of shows | 50 |
| David Gilmour concert chronology | |
The Rattle That Lock Tour was a concert tour by English singer and musician David Gilmour to support his fourth solo studio album, Rattle That Lock. The tour became a commercial success, grossing $47 million and selling 288,997 tickets in 16 shows in the 2015 total. It was the 76th highest grossing of the year, according to Pollstar's annual year end tour chart. The tour is Gilmour's longest solo tour to date, covering 50 performances - 17 more than his On an Island Tour in 2006.
The first eight tour dates (in Europe) were announced on 4 March 2015, with two more dates added later. The concerts are spread across six European countries at nine different venues. The dates were planned to coincide with the release of Gilmour's new album. The two new dates were announced on 6 March 2015 at the Royal Albert Hall, and were added due to high ticket demand for the three concerts already planned at the venue. On 19 June 2015, a date was announced for a show in Wrocław, Poland, on 25 June 2016. Four North American dates were also announced on 16 July 2015, along with more details on the new album, to be released 18 September. Four more North American dates were added on 21 July 2015, in the same venues as the first four. On 26 July 2015, a 'preview show' was added at the Brighton Centre before the start of the main tour. Gilmour announced his first South American tour of five dates on 4 September 2015. Individual new dates were announced periodically until 2 February 2016, when a further 11 dates were added in Europe to take place in summer 2016.
Most of the venues on the first European leg of the tour were at Roman amphitheatres. Gilmour also played the Royal Albert Hall as his only UK venue of the tour. He also played the historic Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, having last performed there with Pink Floyd in 1972.
The touring band is made up of mostly the same musicians who accompanied Gilmour on his On an Island Tour of 2006. These are Phil Manzanera, Guy Pratt, Jon Carin and Steve DiStanislao. Kevin McAlea, who performed with Carin at Kate Bush's Before the Dawn shows in 2014, is also playing keyboards on the tour.
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