Following the release of Rattle That Lock in 2015, David Gilmour set out to play a series of concerts in historic venues across the world. On July 7th and 8th, 2016, Gilmour performed two spectacular shows at the legendary Pompeii Amphitheatre in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, 45 years after he first played there for Adrian Maben's classic film Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii. The concerts were the first-ever rock performances played to an audience in the ancient Roman amphitheatre, which was built in 90 BC and entombed in ash when Vesuvius erupted in AD 79. Gilmour is the only performer to play to an audience in the arena since the time of the gladiators, almost 2,000 years ago. 

The concerts included songs from throughout David's career including the title tracks of his two most recent No. 1 solo albums: Rattle That Lock and On An Island. Also included are other solo and Pink Floyd classics such as "Wish You Were Here," "Comfortably Numb" and "One Of These Days," the only song that was also performed by the band in 1971. Both concerts also saw extraordinary performances of "The Great Gig In The Sky" from The Dark Side Of The Moon, which David rarely plays as a solo artist.

Speaking about the Pompeii shows David commented, "It's a magical place and coming back and seeing the stage and the arena was quite overwhelming. It's a place of ghosts..." Live at Pompeii is available in multiple formats: a 2 CD live album, a standard DVD and Blu-Ray concert film, a Deluxe Boxset including the 2 CD live album and 1 Blu-Ray of the entire live concert and bonus content, and a special 180g 4LP vinyl package. Hear for yourself the best of these haunting and powerful shows on this exclusive vinyl box set which showcases the entire concert on 4LPs, with 2 gatefold sleeves, poly liner inner sleeves, booklet, download card, and slipcase.