Brit Floyd

[eDave]

Caught these guys last night. If you are a Floyd fan, check them out for sure. I am and it's the best I've seen. 3 hour show with an intermission. Here's a couple of short vids I took:

https://video-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hv...8d&oe=55BBDD59

https://video-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hv...e0&oe=55BBDEDA

And a pic:



Australian Pink Floyd in September, with a Zeppelin opening act, should be great too.

[mikeyis4dcats.]

Aussie Floyd is a great show, I've seen them several times.

[mikeyis4dcats.]

Aussie is good enough Gilmour had them play his 50th bday party

[eDave]

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

Aussie is good enough Gilmour had them play his 50th bday party

Cool. As I understand it, these guys have some ex Aussie members. Don't know for sure, don't care. I don't know how it could have been better unless is it was Floyd themselves. Really great show.

Now I'm stoked even more for September. And the Zep band.

[mikeyis4dcats.]

Originally Posted by eDave

Cool. As I understand it, these guys have some ex Aussie members. Don't know for sure, don't care. I don't know how it could have been better unless is it was Floyd themselves. Really great show.

Now I'm stoked even more for September. And the Zep band.

yeah tyhe guitarist used to be in Aussie I guess

[eDave]

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

Aussie is good enough Gilmour had them play his 50th bday party

Caught Aussie Floyd last night and honestly, Brit Floyd was lots better. IMO. Better set list. Better visuals. Better musicianship all around. It just seemed 'smaller' than Brit Floyd.

Heck, I'd argue that their opening act - Led Zeppelin 2 - was better. They were great. Easy to suspend belief.

Great show overall though. And again, IMO.

[Coochie liquor]

I totally understand having this kind of show. It looks fun even though I'm not really into Pink Floyd. What I dont understand is tribute bands who are of bands that still tour. Like a Bon Jovi tribute band, why?? The real actual band still tours. I just don't understand that.

[Molitoth]

Originally Posted by Coochie liquor

I totally understand having this kind of show. It looks fun even though I'm not really into Pink Floyd. What I dont understand is tribute bands who are of bands that still tour. Like a Bon Jovi tribute band, why?? The real actual band still tours. I just don't understand that.

I understand your point, but Pink Floyd does anything but "still tour".
Besides a one-off Live 8 show, PF has been broken up since when? 1983'ish???

You can catch Roger Waters doing his thing, or a quick unusual David Gilmore show somewhere in the EU...

[Coochie liquor]

Originally Posted by Molitoth

I understand your point, but Pink Floyd does anything but "still tour".
Besides a one-off Live 8 show, PF has been broken up since when? 1983'ish???

You can catch Roger Waters doing his thing, or a quick unusual David Gilmore show somewhere in the EU...

Yeah I didn't mean any of the Floyd tribute bands. Just some of the ones that still tour. I'd go see the Floyd one if my wife wanted to go.

[Third Eye]

Originally Posted by Molitoth

I understand your point, but Pink Floyd does anything but "still tour".
Besides a one-off Live 8 show, PF has been broken up since when? 1983'ish???

You can catch Roger Waters doing his thing, or a quick unusual David Gilmore show somewhere in the EU...

I don't think it's really fair to say Floyd broke up just because Roger left. While Momentary Lapse wasn't that great, the Division Bell is a solid album that has only gotten better with age. Not to mention the accompanying two huge tours that went with those albums.

As an aside, the Floyd is probably my all-time favorite band, but I've had nothing but bad luck when it comes to seeing them live in any incarnation. First, I'm too young to have seen them in their prime, which for me would be 1970-1972. My first opportunity to see them was the 1994 Division Bell tour that came to Arrowhead. I was 17 years old and the night before tickets went on sale, I wrecked my mom's car. So I had to pay for that instead of the tickets. Then in '06, when Gilmour and Wright toured together, I was unable to go because I was acting as a caregiver for a loved one that was in the midst of some severe health issues. So when Gilmour announced another tour this year and next, I made sure that i was able to get some good seats in Chicago, which I have in my possession. Two weeks after I got the tickets we find out that we are preggo with our second kid and the due date is 5 days before the show. So while I'm thrilled to be having another child, it looks like I'll never fulfill one of my biggest bucket list items.