Australian Pink Floyd, Point Depot Dublin - ALI

John,

thanks for asking - the gig was great!! (big understatement btw)

Sorry for not sounding too enthusiastic, and for taking so long to reply, but I am just recovering from the dreaded lurgie, which my gorgeous other half caught (we think) on the way to/while we were in Ireland and then managed to give it to me just in time for coming off-shore!
I've been quarantined in my cabin for the last three days but am feeling better now, albeit a bit thinner, but this is effectively my first night shift (was sleeping in 4 hour stints before) so am a bit lethargic to say the least......

Anyhoo, the concert, excellent, much more than I could have asked for - all of Animals (including the inflatable pig!) some from Dark Side, some off the Wall (so to speak), bit of Division Bell, One of the Days (with inflatable Roo this time) and a final three sounding just like the 'oh for fucks sake it's delayed again' Pulse ending - Wish you were Here, Comfortably Numb, and Run like Hell.......

Compared to the set I saw them do in Aberdeen a good 6/7 years ago - well, the music was just as good, with more animals, but the light/laser show was amazing! Just makes me wish for the real thing sooner.......yup, that Pulse DVD again!! Heck, it's about as close to the real thing as I'm ever going to get unfortunately, although the Aussie show hit the sweet spot!!

Here's a few pics to give you a feel for the packed venue....taken on me phone, so quality's crap!





Oh, almost forgot about Dublin itself......
Saturday was - check-in at hotel, dump bags, lunch, shopping, dinner, drinks, gig.
Sunday was - more shopping, open top tour bus, pub, drinks, pub, dinner, drinks, pack.
Monday, for gorgeous other half, wasn't pleasant at all but at least we made it home first....

We'd still like to see the real Ireland, probably via a campervan like we did in NZ sometime, but doubt if it'll be this year....

Cheers,
Ali

Glad to hear you had such a good time.

Shows the popularity of Floyd when a tribute band can play Dublin's biggest indoor venue.
On previous tours they played the Olympia (about 1/3 of the size)

John

For what it's worth, ie. if there are tickets left, their tour dates look like this...

3rd April UK Perth Concert Hall 0845 612 6323
5th April UK Newcastle Metro Radio Arena 0870 707 8000
6th April UK Birmingham NIA 0870 909 4144
7th April UK Bristol Colston Hall 0117 922 3683
8th April UK Cardiff CIA 02920 224 488
10th April UK Plymouth Pavilions 01752 229 922
11th April UK Bournemouth BIC 0870 111 3000
12th April UK Portsmouth Guildhall 023 9282 4355
18th April UK Llandudno North Wales Theatre 01492 872 000
19th April UK London Royal Albert Hall 020 7589 8212
21st April UK Sheffield Hallam FM Arena 0114 256 5656
22nd April UK Brighton Centre 0870 900 9100
23rd April UK Ipswich Regent 01473 433 100
25th April UK Southend Cliffs Pavilion 01702 351 135
26th April UK Leicester De Montfort Hall 0116 233 3111
28th April UK Cambridge Corn Exchange 01223 357 851
29th April UK Oxford New Theatre 0870 606 3500
30th April UK Norwich UEA 01603 508 050

2nd July UK Beaulieau National Motor Museum 0871 230 2627

If you are into a bit of Pink Floyd I'd seriously recommend the show!!!

Cheers,
Ali

Anybody planning on going to the show.....??

Went to the last gig of the tour last night UEA, Norwich. Have seen them previously (2004) at Cambridge Corn Exchange, where there is more space to do the light/slide show, with all all its humorous 'OzFloyd' variations. But they made a fair attempt in the space available - nice lasers/smoke.

The sound quality was pretty good, though it could have been a bit louder to begin with, to make it physically harder for people to hold conversations. Unless you were able to get there really early, and get into the central pit, the overwhelming sound was that of the pub on a Saturday night with then juke-box in the background (- sorry if the music interrupted your conversations...)

Anyway, began with a complete Animals (apparently in tribute to our rural area...), which I loved, as it was the first Floyd album I ever heard as a young teenager (yes, even before DSOTHM!!). After an overly-long interval (IMO - having grabbed the crowd, the break lost the crowd) this was followed by the usual round of 'greatest hits', culminating in the customary fireworks from The Wall.

My own faves were 'Astronomy Domine' and 'One of These Days'. 'The Great Gig in the Sky' was sung pretty convincingly, though it was amusing to hear the predominently male crowd twice cheering-as-if-the-song-had-finished too early. As this is often known as the 'screaming orgasm bit', I could understand the amused smile on the screaming Sheila's face - isn't the classic female complaint that men always finish too soon...? (And presumably especially whinging poms...??)

Despite the irritating babble of those to whom the music seemed entirely incidental to the evening, I did enjoy the gig, and was glad to have had the opportunity to go.

But, as my wife said - entirely unprompted - it was 'like listening to the hi-fi, live'. Very compenent, very carefully worked-out, very skilfully played (comment from a guy near me in the crowd: 'I'd give my right bollock to be able to play like that'). But somehow you just know it isn't Floyd! And on reflection, next time round I'll make the extra effort to get to see them at the Cambridge Corn Exchange again - seats, you can get far enough back to not see the musicians close to, and enjoy...

Catch them if you can!

Good listening,
James

Sorry, my last post was wrong thread/Forum. Meant to be 'What was your last concert' in Music Room, where I have now put it. - So Moderator, if you are reading, please delete the one here...

With apology,
James

Dont forget APF under canvas:

Fri 30 Jun 06 Liverpool Big Top Arena

Sat 22 Jul 06 Liverpool Big Top Arena

Details can be found here