The concert was a powerhouse of moody songs rich with Gilmours emotive playing.
Luck and Strange, specifically, found the artist, who is 78, staring into a sunset.
The band was often obscured by clouds of smoke, and stark, colorful lighting.
David Gilmour at Madison Square Garden, 2024.Griffin Lotz for Rolling Stone
But unlike Pink Floyd, Gilmour remained the center of attention for most of the night.
(How else would you explain the appeal of Time?
For as bleak as some of the material reads as poetry, however, the performances never felt dour.
In the context of the concert and the rest of the morose material, it worked.
Gilmour livened things up anytime he played a guitar solo.
The typically taciturn Gilmour didnt address or endorse any presidential nominees.
It was nice to get a break.
The night ended with a typically stunning, nine-minute rendition of Comfortably Numb for the encore.
When the song was done, he simply smiled and looked satisfied.
He said thank you and goodbye, bowing with his bandmates, but he didnt need to.
His guitar had said all he needed to say for the previous two hours.
