Live Performance
"Fat Old Sun" was performed live by Pink Floyd from 1970–71. It was later adopted by David Gilmour for his 2001/02 tour and the On an Island tour of 2006. On stage, the song was transformed from a folk ballad into an extended rock jam, leading off from the blues rock solo after the last refrain. Extended jams would usually follow, including free-form drumming, organ solos and revised chord progressions based on the "Sing to me" vocal line.
More recently, it has been performed acoustically in the 2001/02 David Gilmour in Concert tour, minus the electric guitar solo. Early during the tour in support of Gilmour's On an Island album in 2006, the song returned to the set list. This incarnation was composed of the lyrics followed by the concert's backing singers repeating the "sing to me" chorus, then a bluesy version of the guitar solo closer to the length of the album version (the 2006 incarnation clocked in at around seven minutes). A performance from the Royal Albert Hall is featured on Gilmour's DVD, Remember That Night. It is also featured on Gilmour's live album Live in Gdańsk.
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