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The Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA.
10-30-10

This was the 6th year I have seen Aussie Floyd play at the Tower and it was another great show.  The highlight for me was 'Echoes'. That was a great surprise! I loved it.  The band had good energy and gave a solid performance. The sound at the Tower was great as always.  The light show was better than the scaled back version from last year and they had the arch back drop behind Mr. Screen back.  I have to admit that I do miss the lasers though.  That and projecting images on the backdrop would have really completed the show.  I remember a few years back they played the entire WYWH album and at the beginning of 'Shine On' they had the animation of the stars and galaxies flying by on the back drop as well as more machine animation for 'Welcome To The Machine'.  That was so cool then that I miss it now.  Mr. Screen looked larger than before though so maybe they didn't have enough room for it.  But overall, it was a great evening and I look forward to seeing them again next year (as TBPFS I assume).


Set 1
Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts 1-5
Learning To Fly
High Hopes
Welcome To The Machine
Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert
The Fletcher Memorial Home
Pigs 3 Different Ones
One Of These Days

Set 2
Echoes
Time
Breathe Reprise
The Great Gig In The Sky
Keep Talking
Wish You Were Here
Money
The Happiest Days Of Our Lives
Another Brick In The Wall Part 2
Comfortably Numb

Encore
Run Like Hell

Very nice review from above. Pretty much sums it up. Last night they really seemed to be going the extra mile. Echoes was blistering. This band (TBPFS) are really getting their feet planted. They will do just fine as a band under a different name. I just hope that they don't tour the U.S. the same time of the year as the original Aussies. And that is assuming that the Aussies will return to the U.S. That first tour back in 2004 will always be my favorite. Steve Mac, Colin Wilson, Damian Darlington, Paul Bonney, Jason Sawford and Mike Kidson. What a killer line up.

My guess is that the Aussies will not tour the US next year (if at all) since the whole reason they hired the current TBPFS guys is because they didn't want to tour the US themselves.

At this point I'd simply like to see the TBPFS come to the states in 2011 with their best show ever.  New animation on Mr. Screen and the arch backdrop , lasers,  and if the stage is big enough some inflatables.  Let the Aussies tour Europe while the Brits are touring the US.

I'd be completely surprised if the Aussies didn't tour N. America next year. They need to keep the brand name alive and re-establish the bands true personality. There are surely some who remember the whole band from 2004, but it's been ever changing since then. This is re-enforced by the idea that TBPFS may not be back at the regularly scheduled (for the Aussies) fall tour time due to TAPFS touring then. I'm hopeful to see TBPFS next spring here, but it may be a truncated schedule at best depending on many variables.

I'm a bit jealous that some of you out on the east side of the country are getting to hear Echoes (always been one of my favorite Floyd tunes and one I've never heard in any concert).  We didn't get it in Salt Lake a few weeks ago and I kept on hoping before each song to hear that chilling high C from the piano which never came, but I hope all of you getting the song enjoy it.  Hopefully they'll play it out in the west some time soon.

I'm in central NY, saw the Scranton show, but missed it by less than a week. I'd have loved to hear it too!