<P> A 10 - minute version of "Comfortably Numb" was performed at Earls Court, London on 20 October 1994, as part of The Division Bell tour . The Pulse video release edited out approximately 1: 20 minutes of the ending solo, whereas the original pay - per - view video showed the unedited version . </P> <P> Pink Floyd, complete with Waters, reunited briefly to perform at the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park, London in July 2005 . The set consisted of four songs, of which "Comfortably Numb" was the last . </P> <P> After leaving Pink Floyd, Waters first performed "Comfortably Numb" at the 1990 concert staging of The Wall--Live in Berlin on 21 July 1990 . The event's purpose was to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall . Roger Waters sang lead, Van Morrison sang Gilmour's vocal parts backed by Rick Danko and Levon Helm of The Band, with guitar solos by Rick Di Fonzo and Snowy White, and backup by the Rundfunk Orchestra & Choir . This version was used in the Academy Award - winning 2006 film The Departed, directed by Martin Scorsese . It is also heard in the TV show episode of The Sopranos, titled "Kennedy and Heidi", when Christopher Moltisanti plays The Departed soundtrack on his car stereo before a serious accident . Van Morrison's 2007 compilation album, Van Morrison at the Movies--Soundtrack Hits includes this version . </P> <P> Waters subsequently performed the song at the "Guitar Legends" festival in Spain in 1991 (with guest vocals by Bruce Hornsby), and at the Walden Woods benefit concert in Los Angeles in 1992 with guest vocals by Don Henley . </P>

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