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Hi guys,

This is my first EVER post, so please be gentle with me. I've been reading this forum with interest following recent events and wanted to get my facts straight before making any observations. I, personally am very excited about the forthcoming British Pink Floyd Show world tour, since my husband and I have seen this lineup for the past 2 years in the US, touring as TAPFS. From what I have read, I believe that this lineup will also tour the States this fall and am very excited about seeing them again.

However, I've just been onto the Aussie's new site and found it a little odd that under the Reviews section, two of the three reviews (Hartford CT and Manchester NH) are actually reviews of the new "British Floyd" band, since that very lineup toured New England in 2008 during The Wall tour. We came to both of these shows and there were no Aussies, apart from perhaps the keyboard player. Given the that Aussie's latest press release and logo is pretty much a carbon copy of the British Floyd's which came out weeks before, it would appear that the Aussie's are either suffering from a serious lack of imagination or deliberately trying to confuse fans by taking credit for the British Floyd's achievements, both past and future. 

No doubt I'll be shot down in flames for making this statement, but I have seen both lineups here in the US and greatly preferred the younger and far less static brits both last year and during The Wall tour. The musicianship and attention to detail was second to none and they really seemed to be enjoying themselves, rather than painting by numbers, which is often the case with tribute acts.

I also cannot understand why people on here seem to have such a b*ner for "Real Aussies" or "The original line up" all of a sudden. Musical ability and showman(and woman)ship aside, APFS and BPFS are tribute bands at the end of the day, not the real Pink Floyd. It's a SHOW and from what I understand, there were only ever 3 Australians in the band since they begun touring over here! You wouldn't go and see a production of Chicago in London and complain that the cast weren't natives of Chicago, would you?

I imagine the vast majority of members here have personal relationships with the band and so are unable to form unbiased opinions. This certainly appears to be the case on the Aussie's new forum, which is why I am writing here instead.

Jo-Anne x

It's like listening Stravinsky by the Philadelphia or the London orchestra....both are very good but the interpretation is different

The problem here seems to be that you are a relatively new fan......If you had had been going to see TAPFS since 94' as most of us here on this forum have your opinion may be different.  My opinion is as follows:
1st off I don't think a full Aussie line up has ever played in the USA......
Early on I never really paid attention to the individuals just the overall show, and never
had any affiliation with any of the bands whatsoever......I do know that Steve (Aussie) is one of the originals that David Gilmour endorsed and played at Davids 50th Bday Party.
I don't believe I ever got the chance to see him although I ve been going to the shows for 6 years in Philadelphia and NJ.....
The best shows I have seen by far were a combination of Brits & Aussies when I saw much of Animals on 1 occasion which had the hair on my arm stand up stiff for the better portion of the show and I had the privilege of seeing wish you were here on two different tours in its entirety.  Naturally I became fonds of their individual talents.  But the last two tours most admit many times on this site were a step down from earlier tours in both sound and effects. The 2009 tour Rob (Brit) replaced Jason (Aussie) on keys and in my opinion is nowhere near as talented. However I can't imagine not having Damien (Brit) in the band but I may not have seen Steve ever. I am afraid some of the best are going to be split between the two bands. Rather than having the best best in one, but on the other hand we get to see both rather never getting to see the likes of Jason who is far superior. So I am excited but with caution about the whole situation. In closing I'd like to say that may we save our critiques for after seeing both bands in their new forms.  So far though it seems the Aussies are much more in tune to the fans than the Brits as many on here have found out over the years that the contact us section of the site was rarely if ever answered any fans questions and the new Aussies site has already shown that is the first big change for them, all of which means nothing unless they play the music true to the way they did before CMT began to replace Brits for Aussies just for the sake of being Brit rather than for their abilities. 

Andrew

I have seen the Aussie lineup too, I think. My first experience of the band was in '95 (I think). We missed them for a couple of years after that, until the Wall Tour. It's just my opinion, but I preferred both the line up and the show I saw last year and the year before, musically and visually.

We were treated to a great deal of Animals last year too, which was amazing, since it's one of our favourite records.

The owners of the Australian Pink Floyd Show are Steve Mac, Jason Sawford, Colin Wilson and Damian Darlington. CMP is a management company appointed by them, under the terms of a contract agreed to by both parties, which has now been terminated. The idea of a master plan to oust the Aussies is utterly ridiculous, they own the business.

Nick,

Just because you are part owners in something does not mean you can make any decisions. It sounds as if you are biased for some reason, as I am not on any side but floyd's side. 
It has been made clear on the Aussies site that they are splitting away from CMT because they were not happy with CMT's management decision good or bad that they may be.
Furthermore that they feel there has been at least one case of  them being replaced and even despite being an owner was not enough to keep themselves in the lineup even though he may be better suited for the job. 
I never said that the was an complete all out outsting of Aussies although some would say that as time went on you did see less of them......

Us and Them

You said you saw them in 95' then missed a couple of years till the wall tour in 08'
that seems to me to be more than a couple of years unless you meant 05'......
You were lucky to see allot of Animals considering it was a greatest hits tour with so
much stuff to play! We got to see about half of it and hope to see the other half this time around since it is our favorite also....