20 YEARS AGO, DAVID BOWIE WALKED ONTO A STAGE IN LONDON \u2014 AND NEVER WALKED ONTO A UK STAGE AGAIN. May 29, 2006. David Gilmour was finishing his three-night run at the Royal Albert Hall, touring his solo album On an Island. Crosby, Nash, Nick Mason, Richard Wright \u2014 all showed up across those nights. But nobody expected what happened near the end of the set. David Bowie walked out. Two years after a heart attack nearly killed him on his Reality Tour. Barely performing anywhere since. And yet there he was \u2014 singing Arnold Layne, then staying on stage for Comfortably Numb, taking Roger Waters\u2019 part like it was always meant to be his voice. Those 15 minutes were Bowie\u2019s only appearance ever at the Royal Albert Hall. And his last on any UK stage. The full concert, Remember That Night, is now premiering on David Gilmour\u2019s YouTube \u2014 exactly 20 years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On May 29, 2006, the Royal Albert Hall in London felt like the center of the music world. David Gilmour was finishing a three-night run in support of his solo album\u00a0On an Island<\/em>, and the audience knew the concerts would be special. The guest list alone made that clear: Crosby, Nash, Nick Mason, and Richard Wright all appeared across the run, turning the shows into something far bigger than a solo tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the moment that people still talk about came near the end of the set, when the hall shifted from admiration to disbelief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n David Bowie walked onto the stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n