The Australian Pink Floyd Show (aka TAPFS) are a tribute band of Pink Floyd. Formed in 1988 in Adelaide, South Australia, they are considered by some to play shows that closely replicate actual Pink Floyd concerts, and have become so popular that they do international arena tours.^[1] This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Pink Floyd are an English rock band that initially earned recognition for their psychedelic or space rock music, and, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Adelaide (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Australia (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Arena (disambiguation). ...

Band Members

The band consists of:

• Paul Bonney - Drums
• Damian Darlington - Guitar, vocals
• Steve Mac - Guitar, vocals
• Jason Sawford - Keyboards
• Colin Wilson - Bass guitar, vocals

• Mike Kidson - Saxophones

• Ola Bienkowska - Backing vocals
• Emily Gervers - Backing vocals
• Amy Smith - Backing vocals
• Jacquie Williams - Backing vocals

Additional Touring Members :

• Jamie Humphries - Guitar, North America 2006, 2007
• Carl Brunsdon - Saxophones
• Ian Cattell - Bass guitar,Vocals
• Bianca Antoinette - Backing Vocals North America 2005,2007

History

In 1993, the band flew from Australia to perform at the First International Pink Floyd Fan Convention at the Wembley Convention Centre, an event organised in conjunction with the Pink Floyd fanzine Brain Damage. The lineup consisted of 5 Adelaide musicians: Lee Smith, Grant Ross, Jason Sawford, Steve Mac and Colin Wilson. In January 1994 guitarist Lee Smith retired from the band and was replaced by Damian Darlington. In 1998 drummer Grant Ross also retired from the group and was replaced by Paul Bonney. Since 2002 the band has expanded to include female backing singers and a saxophone player. Additional musicians have also been recruited to enable the band to fulfil its demanding and ever-increasing worldwide tour schedule. Wembley, until 1965 a borough in its own right, forms the northern part of the London Borough of Brent. ... Brain damage or brain injury is the destruction or degeneration of brain cells. ...

In 1994, David Gilmour attended an Australian Pink Floyd Show performance at The Fairfield Halls in Croydon . ^[2] He subsequently invited the band to attend the end-of-tour, after-show party for The Division Bell tour at Earl's Court in London.^[3] Fairfield Halls, ready to receive Tony Hadley and Cindarella on Ice Fairfield Halls is an arts centre in Croydon, London and opened in 1962. ... For other uses, see Croydon (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Pink Floyd album. ... Earls Court is a place in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, in London, England. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

They are the only Pink Floyd tribute act to play for any Pink Floyd member. In 1996, TAPFS performed at David Gilmour's 50th birthday. ^[4] They are the only Pink Floyd tribute act to have performed at the Royal Albert Hall,first performing there on November 26, 2001 and being joined with the choir from Islington Green School for a rendition of Another Brick in the Wall pt. 2, and again sold out the Royal Albert Hall in May 2007. Roger Waters is reported to have attended this performance. For the Canadian writer and television journalist, see David Gilmour (writer), for the jazz guitarist see David Gilmore. ... Albert Hall redirects here. ... Logo of Islington Green School Islington Green School also known as IGS is a comprehensive mixed secondary school. ... This article is about the three songs by Pink Floyd. ... George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English rock musician; singer, bassist, guitarist, songwriter, and composer. ...

In 1994, the band appeared on Irish national television performing Young Lust on the chat show Kenny Live^[5] Young Lust is a song by the British progressive rock band Pink Floyd. ... Kenny Live was a very popular television chat show which was broadcast in Ireland on RTÉ One between 1988 and 1999. ...

In 1998, the band played at the Glastonbury Festival on the acoustic stage.^[6] The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or Glasto, is the largest[1] greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world. ...

In 2004, the band performed The Dark Side of the Moon at the King's Dock, Liverpool, which was recorded and released as a DVD the same year. This was released as a 2-DVD set with the full concert on disc one and bonuses on disc two. This article is about the album by Pink Floyd. ... The Kings Dock was a dock on the River Mersey and part of the Port of Liverpool. ... For other uses, see Liverpool (disambiguation). ...

Also In 2004, the band commenced a major tour of The United States, Canada, Germany and Italy, including a show in Switzerland. The Liverpool Pops DVD and more recently the performance at the Royal Albert Hall have been aired on public television in several of the United States on a number of occasions^[7] For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... Public broadcasting (also known as public service broadcasting or PSB) is the dominant form of broadcasting around the world, where radio, television, and potentially other electronic media outlets receive funding from the public. ...

In 2005, the band released a CD of live recordings of Animals and Wish You Were Here, again at the Liverpool Pops. In the same year the band undertook a two-week tour of South America consisting of dates in Mexico City,Buenos Aires and shows in Brazil. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Nickname: Location of Mexico City Coordinates: , Country Federal entity Boroughs The 16 delegaciones Founded c. ... For other uses, see Buenos Aires (disambiguation). ...

In 2007, the band performed at several major European Music Festivals, including the Sweden Rock Festival, Malta Jazz Festival^[8], Arrow Rock Festival, Rock Werchter and Festival do Sudoeste. A DVD of the band performing at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 2007 was released later that year. Sweden Rock Festival is an annual rock/metal festival held in Sweden since 1992. ... Arrow Rock Festival is a rockfestival that takes place on a yearly basis in Biddinghuizen, the Netherlands. ... Rock Werchter is a music festival in the village of Werchter in Belgium. ... It has been suggested that Festival Sudoeste TMN be merged into this article or section. ...

In September 2007, the group commenced its longest-ever continuous tour of the Americas, performing for the first time in Panama, Venezuela and Chile. In the same month a performance of the show in Buenos Aires was aired on Argentinian national television as part of the Pepsi music festival^[9] Argentina is a Spanish-speaking country in southern South America, situated between the Atlantic Ocean in the east. ... Pepsi music festival is a major Argentine music festival, held annually since 2003. ...

February 2008 saw the group commence their "Best of The Wall" tour on a 5 week tour of Europe performing in Spain^[10], Luxembourg, Poland, Norway and the Czech Republic for the first time and were later to play in Raanna, Israel in May of the same year.

Concept and Character of the Show

Their recent shows include not only music originally written by Pink Floyd, but also a psychedelic lightshow modelled after the lightshows used by Pink Floyd during their 1987 and 1994 world tours.^[11] The show includes a round screen with intelligent lights arranged around the perimeter. During each 2½ 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. Inflatables such as the pig used by Pink Floyd during the 1994 Division Bell tour and the band's own giant pink kangaroo are also used.^[12] For psychedelics, see psychedelic drug. ... High End Systems Studio Color, one of the more basic automated lights Intelligent lighting refers to stage lighting that has automated or mechanical abilities beyond those of traditional, stationary illumination. ...

The show employs much of its own imagery based on Floydian imagery but altered to include humorous Australianisms and the use of the band's own trademark pink kangaroo, which appears on many of its posters and T-shirts.^[13][14]

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, usually as a first set. 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 including early material by Syd Barrett and longer songs such as Dogs and Echoes to later material from the albums The Wall, The Final Cut, Momentary Lapse of Reason and The Division Bell. The Wall Disc Two track listing Comfortably Numb is a song by the British progressive rock band Pink Floyd, which was released on the 1979 double album The Wall. ... The Wall track listing In the Flesh (Track 8) Run Like Hell (Track 9) Waiting for the Worms (Track 10) Run Like Hell is a song on the Pink Floyd album The Wall. ... Roger Keith Syd Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, and artist. ... This article is about the domestic dog. ... This article is about the Pink Floyd song. ... For other Pink Floyd works based around this album, see The Wall (Pink Floyd). ... The Final Cut may mean: The Final Cut, an album by Pink Floyd The Final Cut, an industrial music group The Final Cut, the third part of the House of Cards trilogy about the rise and fall of a Machiavellian prime minister The Final Cut, a 2004 movie See also... Pink Floyds album A Momentary Lapse of Reason was their first album since 1983 and followed the departure of Roger Waters in 1985. ... This article is about the Pink Floyd album. ...

Recently, the band has begun to include minor theatrics in some performances which presently consist of Ian Cattell sitting in an armchair watching television whilst singing Nobody Home, the action making an allusion to a scene in the film of The Wall Nobody Home is a song on Pink Floyds album The Wall. ... For other Pink Floyd works based around this album, see The Wall (Pink Floyd). ...

Other Information

The guitar rig of Steve Mac closely recreates David Gilmour's guitar set up including custom made elements made by Pete Cornish^[15] Pete Cornish is a British designer of electric guitar effects and other electronic musical instruments. ...

The show has also had associated with it, people who have worked with Pink Floyd over the years, including Colin Norfield who has worked as a sound engineer for David Gilmour for both his solo work and on the Division Bell tour^[16][17], and also the drummer Clive Brooks as a drum technician. Brooks was also a founder member of the English progressive rock band Egg and was the drummer for the British blues band The Groundhogs Clive Brooks (born 28 December 1949, in London) is a drummer, best known for his work in the English progressive rock band Egg. ... See also The Egg (funk band) for the electronic band. ... The Groundhogswere a British blues band founded in late 1963, which toured extensively in the 1960s and continued in existence sporadically to the present day. ...

The saxophone player Mike Kidson 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^[18] The Muffin Men is a British band which primarily plays the music of Frank Zappa. ... Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Myung, John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, before they dropped out to support the band. ...

There is a mention of TAPFS in the Rough Guide Music Series paperbacks called 'The Rough Guide to Pink Floyd' by Tony Manning. Published 31 August 2006

There is a mention of TAPFS in the book 'Pink Floyd' by Patrick Humphries.Published by Andre Deutsch Ltd 23 September 1997

The book 'Echoes - a complete history of Pink Floyd' is written by Glenn Povey who managed the band in the early years of TAPFS in the UK (1993-1995)

In 2005 a documentary about the group was shot at the Bell Center in Montreal,Quebec and broadcast in North America on the Discovery Channel in 2007.^[19]

TAPFS often use the the image from the cover of Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon album as their logo, but rather than a triangular prism refracting light, they use a glass silhouette of Australia.

References

1. ^ * [1] Guardian Article on the tribute scene including interview with keyboardist of The Australian Pink Floyd Show.
2. ^ David Gilmour / Pink Floyd interview dotmusic January 2002
3. ^ Tribute to the masters | The Sun |HomePage|Showbiz|Something For The Weekend
4. ^ CMP Main Page
5. ^ The broadcast is featured on the 'TAPFS-Live at Liverpool' DVD which was recorded at the Liverpool Pops in 2004.
6. ^ Glastonbury Festival 1998 - Bands - alphabetical listing
7. ^ TPT e-newsletter
8. ^ LineUP 2007: Malta Jazz Festival
9. ^ Pepsi Music 2007, Buenos Aires – Last.fm
10. ^ [2]
11. ^ RADlite NG1 in Action with Australian Pink Floyd - www.etnow.com
12. ^ The Australian Pink Floyd Show @ M.E.N. Arena - Live Reviews - Music - Entertainment - Manchester Evening News
13. ^ The Australian Pink Floyd Show
14. ^ Express - The Australian Pink Floyd Show breaks the "cover band" mould
15. ^ PETE CORNISH Client List
16. ^ Entec Sound And Light Production
17. ^ david gilmour
18. ^ Dream Theater Perform Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side Of The Moon' | News @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com
19. ^ :: Discovery Channel CA ::

• [3] Interview with Colin Wilson, bass player of The Australian Pink Floyd show
• Mojo Magazine August 2007. Interview with Colin Wilson and pictures at Cardiff International Arena.

See also

• List of Pink Floyd tribute bands
• Pete Cornish

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External links

• Aussie Floyd.com - the official Australian Pink Floyd Show website
• Unofficial Australian Pink Floyd Show website, notaussiefloyd.com Fan site and forum.
• Link to YouTube clip of Royal Albert Hall Show in 2007
• Pete Cornish Website
• Official TAPFS MySpace