Editing David Gilmour (section)

==Awards and honours==

Gilmour was appointed a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[2003 Birthday Honours]], "for services to music".<ref>{{London Gazette
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}}</ref> The award was presented to him at [[Buckingham Palace]], on 7 November that year.<ref name="Getty-CBE">{{cite web |title=David Gilmour at Buckingham Palace, 07 November after being awarded a... |date=7 November 2003 |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/david-gilmour-at-buckingham-palace-07-november-after-being-news-photo/2707570 |access-date=29 December 2018 |publisher=[[Getty Images]] |archive-date=30 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230082359/https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/david-gilmour-at-buckingham-palace-07-november-after-being-news-photo/2707570 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 22 May 2008, he won the 2008 [[Ivor Novello Awards|Ivor Novello Lifetime Contribution Award]], recognising his excellence in music writing.<ref name="ivors">{{cite web |date=2008 |title=Nominees |url=http://www.theivors.org/awards.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080624061129/http://www.theivors.org/awards.html |archive-date=24 June 2008 |publisher=The Ivor Novello Awards}}</ref> Later that year, he was recognised for his outstanding contribution to music by the [[Q Awards]]. He dedicated his award to the Pink Floyd keyboardist, [[Richard Wright (musician)|Richard Wright]], who died in September 2008.<ref name="qawards" /> On 11 November 2009, Gilmour received an honorary doctorate from [[Anglia Ruskin University]].<ref>{{cite web |title=ARU honours Floyd's Gilmour with degree |url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/cn_news_home/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=455580 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523185229/http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Cambridge/ARU-honours-Floyds-Gilmour-with-degree.htm?ID=455580 |archive-date=23 May 2012 |access-date=9 August 2010 |publisher=Cambridge-news.co.uk}}</ref>