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"Pompeii" is a song by British pop rock band Bastille. It is the fourth single from their debut studio album Bad Blood and was released on 11 January 2013. The song's title and lyrics refer to the Roman town of the same name that was destroyed and buried in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.
Live at Pompeii is a live album and film by David Gilmour, the guitarist of Pink Floyd. It was recorded at the Amphitheatre of Pompeii . It documents his 2015–16 world tour to promote his album, Rattle That Lock (2015).
The amphitheatre at Pompeii where most of the footage was filmed. Film-maker Adrian Maben, interested in combining art with Pink Floyd's music, [4] contacted David Gilmour and the band's manager, Steve O'Rourke, in 1971 to discuss the possibilities of making a film in which the band's music was played over images of paintings by René Magritte, Jean Tinguely, Giorgio de Chirico and others.
"Cities in Dust" is a dance-rock, [1] and dance-pop song. [2] The lyrics describe the city of Pompeii, destroyed in a volcanic eruption in 79 AD.Imagery describing the volcano and its magma chamber, the condition of the victims of the eruption, and the subsequent discovery and excavation of the city comprises the bulk of the lyrics.
Gilmour also performed the song during his concerts at the Amphitheatre of Pompeii on 7 and 8 July 2016. This performance was released as part of his Live at Pompeii live album and was chosen to be the second single to promote the release. These concerts made "One of These Days" the only song played at Pink Floyd's 1971 performance and Gilmour ...
The band formed in 2010 and gained mass popularity in 2013 when the song "Pompeii" was released with their album Bad Blood. The band then released their second album, Wild World in September 2016. In June 2019, the band released their third album Doom Days .
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii, a 1972 concert documentary film by Pink Floyd; Pompeii: The Last Day, a 2003 UK television docudrama; Apocalypse Pompeii, a 2014 action-adventure-disaster film by Ben Demaree; Pompeii, a 2014 action-adventure-romance-disaster film by Paul W. S. Anderson; Live at Pompeii, a 2017 live album and film by David Gilmour
Trio of musicians playing an aulos, cymbala, and tympanum (mosaic from Pompeii) Masked theatrical troupe around an aulos player (mosaic from the House of the Tragic Poet, Pompeii) The music of ancient Rome was a part of Roman culture from the earliest of times. Songs were an integral part of almost every social occasion. [1]