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The psychedelic British rock band that propelled Gilmour to
fame made a film in 1971 at the site, which lay buried under ash
for more than 1600 years after nearby Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD.
"Agreement reached. After 45 years David Gilmour will play again
at Pompeii on July 7 and 8," Culture Minister Dario Franceschini
said on Twitter.
Gilmour will probably play at the site's Roman Amphitheatre,
rather than the Large Theatre where the documentary "Pink Floyd:
Live at Pompeii" was made, a Pompeii spokesman said.
Built to hold gladiator fights more than a century before Rome's
Colosseum, the stone Amphitheatre can hold about 2,000 people.
The 70-year-old Gilmour will have an audience this time, having
played to an empty theater over four days to film the
documentary, the spokesman said.
The concerts have not been listed on Gilmour's official website.
On July 10 and 11, he is due to play in a first-century Roman
amphitheatre in Verona, northern Italy.
British singer Elton John is also scheduled to perform at
Pompeii in July.
(Reporting by Isla Binnie, editing by Ed Osmond)
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