Editing David Gilmour (section)

=== 2020s: "Hey, Hey, Rise Up!" and ''Luck and Strange'' ===
[[File:MickFltwoodPall250220-53.jpg|thumb|Gilmour performing with [[Mick Fleetwood]] in 2020]]
From April 2020, Gilmour appeared in a series of [[Livestreaming|livestreams]] with his family, performing songs by Barrett and [[Leonard Cohen]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch David Gilmour performing Syd Barrett songs whilst in lockdown |url=https://happymag.tv/watch-david-gilmour-performing-syd-barrett-songs-whilst-in-lockdown/ |access-date=15 May 2020 |language=en-US |archive-date=5 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605173503/https://happymag.tv/watch-david-gilmour-performing-syd-barrett-songs-whilst-in-lockdown/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In July, he released "Yes, I Have Ghosts", his first single since 2015. Its lyrics were written by Polly Samson and features his daughter Romany making her recording debut on backing vocals and [[harp]].<ref name="RollingStoneGhosts">{{cite magazine |last=Grow |first=Kory |date=3 July 2020 |title=Hear David Gilmour's First New Song in Five Years 'Yes, I Have Ghosts' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-gilmour-yes-i-have-ghosts-1023745/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=3 July 2020 |archive-date=3 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703101549/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-gilmour-yes-i-have-ghosts-1023745/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2021, ''Rolling Stone'' noted that Gilmour and Waters had "hit yet another low point in their relationship".<ref name="RSAnimals2">{{cite magazine |last=Greene |first=Andy |date=1 June 2021 |title=Roger Waters Announces 'Animals' Deluxe Edition, Plans for a Memoir |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/roger-waters-announces-animals-deluxe-edition-plans-memoir-1176303/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=2 June 2021 |archive-date=13 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013222550/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/roger-waters-announces-animals-deluxe-edition-plans-memoir-1176303/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In early 2023, Gilmour's wife, Polly Samson, wrote on Twitter that Waters was antisemitic and "a lying, thieving, hypocritical, tax-avoiding, lip-synching, misogynistic, sick-with-envy megalomaniac". Gilmour responded to the tweet on Twitter: "Every word demonstrably true."<ref name=":16">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=7 February 2023 |title=Roger Waters Is 'Antisemitic to Rotten Core,' Says Former Pink Floyd Lyricist Polly Samson — and Her Husband, David Gilmour, Emphatically Agrees |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/roger-waters-antisemitic-says-polly-samson-david-gilmour-agrees-pink-floyd-ukraine-1235515432/ |access-date=8 February 2023 |website=[[Variety (website)|Variety]] |publisher= |archive-date=7 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207224214/https://variety.com/2023/music/news/roger-waters-antisemitic-says-polly-samson-david-gilmour-agrees-pink-floyd-ukraine-1235515432/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In April 2022, Gilmour and Mason reformed Pink Floyd to release the song "[[Hey, Hey, Rise Up!]]" in protest of the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]. It samples a performance of the 1914 Ukrainian anthem "[[Oh, the Red Viburnum in the Meadow]]" performed by the Ukrainian musician [[Andriy Khlyvnyuk]].<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last=Alexis |first=Petridis |author-link=Alexis Petridis |date=7 April 2022 |title='This is a crazy, unjust attack': Pink Floyd re-form to support Ukraine |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/apr/07/pink-floyd-reform-to-support-ukraine |access-date=7 April 2022 |archive-date=9 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809192321/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/apr/07/pink-floyd-reform-to-support-ukraine |url-status=live }}</ref> Gilmour said the song was a "one-off for Pink Floyd".<ref name="Rolling Stone2">{{cite magazine |date=8 April 2022 |title=David Gilmour: Why I'm Bringing Back Pink Floyd After 28 Years |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/pink-floyd-david-gilmour-ukraine-interview-1334514/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=8 April 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412010603/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/pink-floyd-david-gilmour-ukraine-interview-1334514/ |archive-date=12 April 2022}}</ref>

In 2024, Gilmour contributed guitar to a new version of [[Mark Knopfler]]'s "[[Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero]]" in aid of the [[Teenage Cancer Trust]].<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.nme.com/news/music/mark-knopfler-recruits-bruce-springsteen-brian-may-ronnie-wood-teenage-cancer-trust-single-3584338 | title= Mark Knopfler recruits Bruce Springsteen, Brian May, Ronnie Wood and more for Teenage Cancer Trust single | work=NME | first=Liberty | last=Dunworth | date=8 February 2024 | access-date=4 March 2024}}</ref> On 6 September, he released his fifth solo album, ''[[Luck and Strange]].''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Helen |date=6 September 2024 |title=David Gilmour review, Luck and Strange: Graceful ruminations on love and mortality |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/david-gilmour-review-luck-and-strange-polly-samson-b2607577.html |access-date=6 September 2024 |work=[[The Independent]] |language=en}}</ref> It was recorded over five months in [[Brighton]] and London with the producer [[Charlie Andrew]]. Gilmour said Andrew challenged him musically as he "has a wonderful lack of knowledge or respect for this past of mine".<ref name=":2">{{Cite magazine |last=Grow |first=Kory |date=24 April 2024 |title=David Gilmour to Release New Album, ''Luck and Strange'', This Fall |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-gilmour-luck-and-strange-solo-album-1235009520/ |access-date=24 April 2024 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430212619/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-gilmour-luck-and-strange-solo-album-1235009520/ |archive-date=30 April 2024}}</ref> Samson wrote the majority of the lyrics, which she said reflected themes of mortality and ageing.<ref name=":2" /> The album features keyboards recorded by Wright in 2007, lyrics from Gilmour's son Charlie, and harp and vocals from his daughter Romany.<ref name=":2" /> Gilmour felt ''Luck and Strange'' was his best work since ''The Dark Side of the Moon''.<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Surej |date=6 August 2024 |title=David Gilmour says new solo album is the 'best' music he's made since ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/david-gilmour-says-new-solo-album-is-the-best-music-hes-made-since-the-dark-side-of-the-moon-3781177 |access-date=11 August 2024 |website=[[NME]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> It became Gilmour's third album to reach number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name=":3" />

Gilmour contributed guitar to a cover of "Comfortably Numb" by the American metal band [[Body Count (band)|Body Count]], released in September 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Owen |first=Matt |date=20 September 2024 |title="The initial contact from Ice-T was for permission to use the song, but I thought I might offer to play on it as well": Body Count and David Gilmour release radical reimagining of Comfortably Numb in 2024's most surprising crossover |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/news/body-count-david-gilmour-comfortably-numb |access-date=20 September 2024 |website=[[Guitar World]] |language=en}}</ref> He began a tour for ''Luck and Strange'' in September 2024, with performances in London, Rome, Los Angeles and New York.<ref name=":12">{{Cite magazine |last=Grow |first=Kory |date=13 May 2024 |title=David Gilmour sets first US tour dates in eight years |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-gilmour-us-tour-dates-1235019330/ |access-date=16 May 2024 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516111551/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-gilmour-us-tour-dates-1235019330/ |archive-date=16 May 2024}}</ref> He replaced some musicians in his touring band, saying he wanted to use more creative musicians and avoid "sticking quite so slavishly to the original records".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Greene |first=Andy |date=26 August 2024 |title=David Gilmour on his new LP ''Luck and Strange'', and plans for upcoming tour |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/david-gilmour-luck-and-strange-tour-1235084401/ |access-date=24 September 2024 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828180656/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/david-gilmour-luck-and-strange-tour-1235084401/ |archive-date=28 August 2024}}</ref> He plans to record another album with the same musicians soon after completing the tour.<ref name=":23"/>