David Gilmour Joined On-Stage by Surprise Guests, David Crosby & Graham Nash, During Sold-Out Concert at Radio City Music Hall

NEW YORK, NY (Columbia Records) - David Gilmour fans were surprised and delighted this evening by an unannounced appearance by David Crosby and Graham Nash during the first of two concerts launching Gilmour's eagerly-awaited On An Island North American Tour at New York's Radio City Music Hall (full itinerary follows).

Joining Gilmour and his band on-stage, Crosby and Nash added their trademark vocal harmonies to a live version of the title track from Gilmour's best-selling On An Island album. Crosby and Nash recorded the title track for the album, released on March 7, at Gilmour's recording studio housed in a boat on London's River Thames.

The David Gilmour touring ensemble includes guitarist Phil Manzanera (Roxy Music and co-producer of On An Island); keyboardist Richard Wright (Pink Floyd); bassist Guy Pratt (Pink Floyd, Roxy Music); keyboardist Jon Carin (Pink Floyd); and drummer/percussionist Steve DiStanislao (Crosby & Nash).
Marc Brickman, who has worked with Gilmour on many Pink Floyd tours, has designed the lighting for the intimate venues chosen for this tour.

David Gilmour 2006 North American Tour Dates:
April 4 - New York - Radio City Music Hall
April 5 - New York - Radio City Music Hall
April 9 - Toronto - Massey Hall
April 10 - Toronto - Massey Hall
April 12 - Chicago - Paramount Theatre
April 13 - Chicago - Paramount Theatre
April 16 - San Francisco - Oakland Paramount
April 17 - San Francisco - Oakland Paramount
April 19 - Los Angeles - Kodak
April 20 - Los Angeles - Gibson Theatre

Released on March 7, David Gilmour's long-awaited third solo album, On An Island, the first CarbonNeutral CD to be released by Columbia Records, debuted at No 6 on the Billboard Top 200 best-selling albums chart giving the artist his first American Top 10 honors outside his work with Pink Floyd.

On An Island - the first David Gilmour solo album since 1984's About Face and the artist's first studio recordings since Pink Floyd's 1994 multi- platinum The Division Bell - hit the No 1 spot on the UK charts.