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David Gilmour Plays 'Run Like Hell,' Live At Pompeii

The Pink Floyd guitarist performed the song, from the 1979 album The Wall, in a stunning concert at the ancient amphitheater in Pompeii, Italy.

It's hard to overstate how remarkable 's live shows were back when the band still toured, not just for the and (or the ), but for the lengths the group went to to recreate their wild soundscapes and grooves on stage as precisely as they'd recorded them in the studio.

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