Australian Pink Floyd Tickets

The Australian Pink Floyd Show is a tribute band of Pink Floyd. Formed in 1988 in Adelaide, South Australia, they are considered by some to play shows that closely duplicate actual Pink Floyd concerts

History:
The band flew from Australia in 1993 to perform at the First International Pink Floyd Fan Convention at the Wembley Convention Centre. David Gilmour attended an Australian Pink Floyd Show performance in 1994 at in Croydon who subsequently invited the band to attend the end of tour after-show party for The Division Bell tour in London.In 1996, TAPFS performed at David Gilmour's 50th birthday. They are the only Pink Floyd tribute act to have performed at the Royal Albert Hall, performing there in November 2001. Roger Waters is reported to have attended this performance.The band appeared on Irish national television in 1994, performing Young Lust on the chat show Kenny Live.In 1998 the band played at the Glastonbury Festival.The band performed The Dark Side of the Moon at the Liverpool Summer pops in 2003, King's Dock.In 2004 the band commenced a major tour of The United States, Canada, Germany and Italy, including a show in Switzerland. The Livepool Pops DVD has been aired on public television in several states of the United States on a number of occasionsThe band released a CD of live recordings of Animals and Wish You Were Here again at the Liverpool Pops in 2005. In the same year the band undertook a 2 week tour of South America consisting of dates in Mexico City, Buenos Aires and shows in Brazil. A DVD of the band performing at the Albert Hall in 2007 is to be released shortly.The band performed at several major European Music Festivals in 2007 including the Sweden Rock Festival, Malta Jazz Festival, Arrow Rock Festival, Rock Werchter, and Festival do Sudoeste

Concept and Character of the Show
Their shows include not only music originally written by Pink Floyd, but also a psychedelic lightshow modeled. The show includes a round screen with intelligent lights arranged around the perimeter. During each 2.5 hour concert, movies and animations are displayed on the screen while lights and lasers turn the stage and auditorium into a swirling mass of colour. Inflatable are also used.The show employs much of it's own imagery based on Floydian imagery but altered to include humorous Australianisms and the use of the band's own trademark pink kangaroo.The shows typically follow the format of one hour of music followed by a 20 minute intermission, resuming with another hour of music, often concluding with an encore of 'Comfortably Numb' and 'Run Like Hell'. Sometimes the band will play certain Pink Floyd albums in their entirety during a show. To date they have performed in this format Dark Side of the Moon, Animals and Wish You Were Here. When not performing a specific album, the band will perform songs from all periods of Pink Floyd's oeuvre.Recently the band has begun to include minor theatrics in each performance which presently consist of Ian Cattel sitting in an armchair watching television whilst singing Nobody Home, the action making an allusion to a scene in the film of The Wall.

Other Information
Steve Mac's guitar rig closely recreates David Gilmour's guitar set up including custom made elements made by Pete CornishThe show has also had associated with it. People who have worked with Pink Floyd over the years. Brooks was also a founder member of the English progressive rock band Egg and was the drummer for The GroundhogsMike Kidson, the saxophone player is a former member of the Liverpool based band The Muffin Men and has also played with Dream Theater in a performance of Dark Side of the Moon.