Australian Pink Floyd USA tour starts Oct

[Spudman***]

The Australian Pink Floyd North American tour starts in October.

If you haven't seen or heard of them check out the web site.
http://www.aussiefloyd.com/

If you were to go to the show but not look at any of the members you probably couldn't tell the two bands and shows apart. They are that good.

OCTOBER 2008
07 OctoberUSAPittsburgh, PABenedum Center412 456 6660
9 OctoberUSAWilkes-Barre, PAFM Kirby Center570 826 1100
10 OctoberUSAUpper Darby, PATower Theater
11 OctoberUSANew York, NYRoseland Ballroom212 489 8350
12 OctoberUSAWashington, DCWarner Theater800 551 7328
13 OctoberUSABaltimore, MDHippodrome410 837 7400
15 OctoberUSABoston, MAOrpheum Theater617 931 2000
16 OctoberUSAManchester, NHVerizon Wireless Arena603 868 7300
18 OctoberUSAHartford, CTNE Dodge Music Center860 548 7370
19 OctoberUSAAsbury Park, NJParamount Theater732 502 4581‎
21 OctoberUSACharlotte, NCOvens Auditorium704 372 3600
22 OctoberUSAAtlanta, GAGwinnett770 813 7600
23 OctoberUSAClearwater, FLRuth Eckerd Hall800 875 8662
25 OctoberUSAMiami Beach, FLFillmore at Jackie Gleason Theater305 673 7300
26 OctoberUSAMiami Beach, FLFillmore at Jackie Gleason Theater305 673 7300
27 OctoberUSAOrlando, FLHard Rock Live407 351 5483
29 OctoberUSANew Orleans, LAHouse of Blues504 310 499930 OctoberUSAHouston, TXVerizon Wireless Theater713 230 1600
31 OctoberUSAAustin, TXAustin Music Hall512 263 4146

NOVEMBER 2008
01 NovemberUSAGrand Prairie, TXNokia Theater at Grand Prairie972 854 5111
03 NovemberUSATulsa, OKBrady Theater918 582 7239
05 NovemberUSARosemont, ILRosemont Theater847 671 5100
07 NovemberUSASt. Louis, MOFox Theater314 534 1111
08 NovemberUSASt. Louis, MOFox Theater314 534 1111
09 NovemberUSAKansas City, MOUptown Theater816 753 8665
11 NovemberUSADes Moines, IAVal Air Ballroom515 223 6152
12 NovemberUSAMadison, WIOverture Hall608 258 4141
14 NovemberUSAMinneapolis, MNState Theater612 673 0404
15 NovemberUSAOmaha, NEThe Orpheum Theater402 345 0606
16 NovemberUSASioux City, IAOrpheum Theatre712 252 3434
18 NovemberUSADenver, COParamount Theater303 892 7016
20 NovemberUSASalt Lake City, UTE Center801 988 8888
22 NovemberUSAPhoenix, AZDodge Theater602 379 2800
24 NovemberUSASan Diego, CACopley Symphony Hall619 235 0804
25 NovemberUSAUniversal City., CAGibson Amphitheatre818 777 3931
26 NovemberUSAAnaheim, CATheater @ The Honda Center714 704 2500
28 NovemberUSASparks, NVJohn Ascuaga800 648 1177
29 NovemberUSASparks, NVJohn Ascuaga800 648 1177
30 NovemberUSALas Vegas, NVThe Joint @ The Hard Rock Hotel702 226 4650

DECEMBER 2008
03 DecemberUSASan Francisco, CAThe Fillmore415 346 6000
04 DecemberUSAPortland, ORRoseland Theater503 219 9929
05 DecemberUSAEugene, ORHult Center for Performing Arts541 682 5000
07 DecemberUSASeattle, WAParamount Theater206 467 5510
08 DecemberCANVancouver, BCCenter for Performing Arts604 602 0616
10 DecemberCANEdmonton, ABWinspear Centre for Music708 428 1414
11 DecemberCANSaskatoon, SKTCU Place306 975 7761
12 DecemberCANCalgary, ABJack Singer Concert Hall403 294 7455
16 DecemberCANMontreal, QCBell Centre514 989 2841
17 DecemberCANToronto, ONKool Haus416 870 8000
18 DecemberCANQuebec, QCColisee Pepsi Arena418 691 7211
19 DecemberCANFredericton, NBAitken University Centre506 453 5054
20 DecemberCANHalifax, NBMetro Centre902 451 1221
21 DecemberCANMoncton, NBColisee De Moncton506 857 4100

[hagarfreak33]

CPTV has been playing this concert every weekend and it is great-

[street music]

They aren't even coming close to where I live but it would be nice to see.

[R_of_G]

They are coming quite close to me, but $47.50 seems like an awful lot of money to pay to see a cover band, no matter how good they might be (and those are the cheaper of the two ticket prices).

I don't think I paid that much to see Roger Waters and he wrote the songs.

[Spudman***]

They are coming quite close to me, but $47.50 seems like an awful lot of money to pay to see a cover band,

That's a good point. Here are a few more.

Recently I and many others have been discussing the actual costs of touring for bands that live in countries other than the USA when they tour the USA. The consensus is that $47.50 would actually be a very fair price.

1. You don't get the actual artist that wrote the songs in this case, but he doesn't tour with Floyd either so Gilmour's Floyd is covering Water's songs as well.

2. Floyd won't be touring any time soon. APF is bringing the music to many that have never heard and seen it preformed live and doing it in the same fashion production wise.

3. The only way foreign bands can actually come out ahead touring the USA is to either charge extremely high ticket prices or stay for several months and do a grueling day after day tour. Many foreign bands loose money on tour but they are promoting to improve album and merch sales and gain new fans. It is incredibly expensive to tour these days. EXAMPLE: I just saw Geoff Tate touring to promote his solo album - he has 18 people on his bus. Why? Because he likes people? Nope. It's to cut costs. Nobody in the band even got to bring amps because space was limited.

4. Many great artists these days have another day job and family they have to leave to do a tour. Sacrifice has to be worth something.

I'm sure there are more points I could come up with, but my objective is to illustrate that there is a cost to putting on entertainment of this level. I have yet to hear of anyone that felt like they didn't get their money's worth from an APF show.

Will I ever get to see the real Pink Floyd? No, and neither will the rest of us any more. Would I enjoy the same spectacle and music for the ticket price? Probably...if I really wanted to catch a Pink Floyd show.

[R_of_G]

Those are good points Spud and I would encourage anyone who wants to see them to see them.

[Guitar-Chris]

I saw the Australien Pink Floyd Show last year in Dusseldorf.

They're worth every cent of the ticket fee. Some oft the arrangements are even closer to the album version than the live arrangements of PF itself.

But be careful: They play very loud; especially they have a very loud bass.

When they played the first takes of The dark side of the moon my own heart was stumbling by beeing punched from the "heartbeat" beats. Some of the visitors left the concert hall, because they felt pain by the loud music.

And: Never ever take a fotograph while listening to them. Their security personal will take you to the outside just in a minute. Very strange. I saw 4 visitors that were taken outside the concert hall.

[Tim]

Keep your eyes on a PBS station near you. They were on PBS about two weks ago here in Pittsburgh. They have a CD and DVD out and can be obtained by donating to the station.

[Spudman***]

Keep your eyes on a PBS station near you. They were on PBS about two weks ago here in Pittsburgh. They have a CD and DVD out and can be obtained by donating to the station.

Ahhh. That's a good tip. Thanks matey.