MUMBAI: It is Music Friday, and this Friday, former Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour has released the first single from his latest solo album ‘Rattle That Lock’. The album is slated to release it on 18 September globally, and will mark Gilmour’s first solo album in eight years, after his 2006 release ‘On An Island’.

Additionally, English singer/songwriter, Gilmour, has also announced his first North American tour dates after ten years. The ‘David Gilmour Live 2016’ concert will take place in March and April with stops in Los Angeles, Toronto, Chicago and New York, and ticket buyers will be among the first ones to receive his album.

The new single, also titled ‘Rattle That Lock’, features The Liberty Choir and singers Mica Paris and Louise Marshall. There is quite a story behind the ‘Rattle That Lock’ track, which begins with four notes created by Michael Boumendil, followed by announcements at French SNCF railway stations that Gilmour recorded on his iPhone at Aix-en-Prevence station. Samson’s lyrics were inspired by Book II of John Milton's ‘Paradise Lost’, which is also featured in her recent acclaimed novel, ‘The Kindness’.

The title track was played on BBC Radio 2 in UK for the first time, after which it was be made available worldwide to stream and download.

The album will be made available in CD+DVD and CD+Blu-ray versions. The deluxe edition also includes two hardback books, a double-sided poster, a postcard in a dedicated envelope and a David Gilmour plectrum.

The track list for the new album is ‘5 A.M.’ (Gilmour), ‘Rattle That Lock’ (Gilmour/Samson/Boumendil), ‘Faces Of Stones’ (Gilmour), ‘A Boat Lies Waiting’ (Gilmour/Samson), ‘Dancing Right In Front Of Me’ (Gilmour), ‘In Any Tongue’ (Gilmour/Samson), ‘Beauty’ (Gilmour), ‘The Girl In The Yellow Dress’ (Gilmour/Samson), ‘Today’ (Gilmour/Samson), and ‘And Then’ (Gilmour).

‘Rattle That Lock’, which is Gilmour’s fourth solo album, will be released on Columbia Records and will be available for pre-order from 17 July. The 69-year old musician ended his association with progressive rock band- Pink Floyd in 2014. Gilmour’s association with Pink Floyd started in 1967, and the last album that the band released was ‘The Endless River’ in 2014.