David Gilmour to Release First Concert as an App for iPhone and iPad

By Rob Scott
November 13, 2012

Musician David Gilmour will become the first artist to release a music concert as a smartphone app.
DVD authoring group The Pavement has created a new technique to convert DVDs into apps and is hoping to reach a larger audience with the concert app, rather than the traditional DVD-only distribution.
Gilmour, formerly of Pink Floyd, released a compilation of songs on DVD recorded during Robert Wyatt’s 2001 and 2002 Meltdown Festival at London’s Royal Festival Hall. The app will be a version of the successful DVD release.
“The critically acclaimed performance features Gilmour alone with just his voice and along with a vocal choir that’s accompanied by a group of acoustic instruments,” reports The Unofficial Apple Weblog. “Robert Wyatt, Bob Geldof and Pink Floyd’s Richard Wright also join in on some of the performances.”
The concert app will be available for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch starting next week (an Android version is in the works). According to Gilmour’s website, the app will cost $8.99.
“The App works exactly like its source DVD — full of rich video and audio material with interactive motion, menu navigation options and bonus extras,” explains the site. “It is envisaged that this new process could open the door for many other classic musical performances to be made available as apps to be enjoyed on mobile devices, away from the restrictions of the home DVD player.”

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