Brit Floyd: A Celebration of 50 Years of the Dark Side of the Moon

Brit Floyd, widely recognized as the world’s greatest rock tribute show, performs on an enormous state-of-the-art production that replicates Pink Floyd’s stunning visual and audio landscapes with exquisite care, paying homage to their iconic catalog of iconic albums such as Dark Side of the Moon (50 Years Since Its Release). Their biggest production to date marks this epochal milestone perfectly and marks 50 years since its release!

The band first formed in London during 1963-64 while Roger Waters and drummer Nick Mason studied architecture at Regent Street Polytechnic. While playing rhythm and blues with The Tea Set group, Cambridge guitar player Syd Barrett joined as well and added more psychedelic songs than Waters would write himself for their music group. He brought an openly hopeful and loving tone that rivaled that of Waters.

Pink Floyd emerged from UK underground music to mainstream fame with their 1969 top-20 hit Ummagumma. However, Dark Side of the Moon became their flagship record and sold over 25 million copies worldwide – the album would remain on charts for 10 years before finally reaching #1 on Billboard charts in 1976.

Following their album‘s success, Pink Floyd became an international phenomenon, selling out concerts all around the globe and touring extensively. Unfortunately, with such unprecedented fame came increasing tension within the band regarding which direction to take – Waters preferred more theatrical spectacle and larger venues while Gilmour preferred an intimate approach; eventually they split ways and Waters formed his own solo act.

Caressing ballad with a stunning chorus and dramatic Gilmour guitar solo, this song expresses hope more openly and lovingly than anything Waters ever wrote for Pink Floyd. Furthermore, this tribute to Gilmour himself was written during an emotionally difficult period for him; perhaps reflecting how closely connected to personal demons he felt he was at that point in time.

Damian Darlington, lead singer / musical director for Brit Floyd, handpicks their musicians from an extensive network of former Pink Floyd studio and road musicians. For this performance at Wilson Center, they enlisted Guy Pratt, Scott Page (saxophon) and Emily Lynn and Lorelei McBroom as vocal backup. In addition, special guests Ian Cattell (guitar / vocalists from Pink Floyd’s live and studio line-ups), Edo Scordo (guitar/vocals), and Edo Scordo have both performed their roles within Pink Floyd’s live and studio line-ups!