British Pink Floyd
Greatest Hits World Tour, 2011
Liverpool Echo Arena
January 22, 2011
Hey Teacher, there’s some new kids on the Floyd Tribute block, The British Pink Floyd Show and judging by this performance before a near sell out crowd of 10,500, they are going to take some beating.
From the opening strains of Shine On You Crazy Diamond to the final chords of Run Like Hell, Damian Darlington (Musical Director, Vocals, Lapsteel and Guitar) and Ian Cattell (Bass and Vocals) grind out hit after Floyd hit with such style, finesse and – dare I say – love, the music comes to being every bit as close to that which might be witnessed in the presence of Gilmour, Wright, Mason and Waters and all of which is aided and abetted by a fine array of musicians and a dazzling light show of epic proportions.
Ola Bienkowska’ vocals during The Great Gig in the Sky are mesmerising, whilst Bobby Harrison’s own guitar work and Rick Benbow’s fine keyboard playing during a full length Version of Echoes makes these true highlights amongst many.
Yet it is the effects that take the show from the simply stunning to the astonishingly memorable. The back drop of a huge screen that is topped off with the ubiquitous circular heart, displays graphics throughout that add that extra dimension to the mastery being played out beneath and truly comes into its own during Another Brick In The Wall (Part II), Mother and arguably the greatest song ever written by the band, Comfortably Numb. A little surprising is that the canine toothed Boar doesn’t make an appearance during One Of These Days, but that still doesn’t dilute the spectacle taking place. Besides, Piggy doesn’t take long to put his snout into the action as Pigs quickly follows in OOTD’s wake, though somewhat strangely it’s a pity there aren’t more lights cast in its direction. Stuck away in his sty in the corner of the Arena is no way to treat such a magnificent creature. But this is a minor quibble.
This is a special, special tribute to one of British Rock music’s foremost bands whose three surviving members are – to say the least – unlikely to ever grace the same stage again. However, even were Pink Floyd to ever tread the boards again, anyone would be hard pressed to tell the difference anyhow.
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Set List
Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Learning To Fly
High Hopes
Welcome to the Machine
Mother
One Of These Days
Pigs
Echoes
Time
Great Gig in the Sky
Wish You Were Here
Keep Talking
Nobody Home
Us and Them
Money
Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)
Comfortably Numb
Run Like Hell
Tour Dates:
Spring 2011
Saturday 22 Jan 11 Liverpool Echo Arena
Monday 18 Apr 11 Portsmouth Guildhall
Tuesday 19 Apr 11 Cambridge Corn Exchange
Wednesday 20 Apr 11 London Royal Albert Hall
Thursday 21 Apr 11 Sheffield City Hall
Saturday 23 Apr 11 Ipswich Regent
Sunday 24 Apr 11 Milton Keynes Theatre
Monday 25 Apr 11 Brighton Centre
Tuesday 26 Apr 11 Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
Wednesday 27 Apr 11 Llandudno Venue Cymru
Friday 29 Apr 11 Birmingham NIA
Saturday 30 Apr 11 Plymouth Pavilions
Sunday 1 May 11 Bournemouth BIC
Monday 2 May 11 Southend Cliffs Pavilion
Wednesday 4 May 11 Cardiff CIA
Thursday 5 May 11 Bristol Colston Hall
Friday 6 May 11 Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall
Saturday 7 May 11 Oxford New Theatre
Monday 9 May 11 Leicester De Montfort Hall
Tuesday 10 May 11 Preston Guildhall
Wednesday 11 May 11 Norwich Theatre Royal
Friday 13 May 11 Manchester Apollo
Saturday 14 May 11 Carlisle Sands Centre
Sunday 15 May 11 Aberdeen Music Hall
Tuesday 17 May 11 Glasgow Clyde Auditorium
Wednesday 18 May 11 Dundee Caird Hall
Thursday 19 May 11 Gateshead The Sage
Friday 20 May 11 Gateshead The Sage
Saturday 21 May 11 Croydon Fairfield
Summer 2011
Saturday 11 Jun 11 Isle of Wight Festival
Sunday 26 June 11 Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Saturday 2 July 11 Liverpool Echo Arena
Sunday 3 July 11 Dublin Grand Canal Theatre
Monday 4 July 11 Belfast Waterfront
Saturday 30 July 11 Liverpool Echo Arena
Tuesday 2 Aug 11 London O2 Arena
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