In a world that is full of tribute bands everyway you turn it is amazing that this band has been performing for 16 years, way, way longer than many bands in their own right.

Along with millions I suppose I have been a huge Pink Floyd fan since the early 70’s and I actually wore out my original copy of Dark Side of the Moon by constantly playing it. I have not however seen them perform live as I have never been able to get my hands on a ticket for love or money, so here was a chance to catch ‘the next best thing’ a tribute band who have the backing of at least one, Dave Gilmour, of the band themselves.

Prior to the gig at the recently re-opened Dunfermline’s Alhambra Theatre around 1800 fans packed in for a marathon night of music, lightshows and VT as these ‘antipodeans sound a likes’ treated one and all to nearly three hours of superbly performed music.

This was the first gig of there current British tour and for this one, APF perform the classic album The Wall in its entirety, a first for them and this opus piece certainly has plenty of scope for them to showcase their amazing talents. With a note for note recreation of this album they had all hardened fans in ecstasy, and although it is not my favourite Floyd album I was blown away with the experience.

A lot of bands do an encore it’s a well known fact, but APF don’t do things by halves! Oh no! Their encore lasted for more than 45 minutes, longer than some bands actually play for and consisted a selection of tracks mostly taken form ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ and ‘Wish You Where Here’ . For me this absolutely made my night and was worth the admission money alone.

I was amazed at the age range of the fans that attended, people ranging from teenagers to possibly pensioners but why should I be. Quality has no age boundaries and this is a quality band in every sense of the word.  Totally professional is the expression I would use, a highly technical show, lighting show to die for, sound as clear at the front as at the very back of the circle, even a wide range of merchandising. A thoroughly great night out which was a credit to the band and Dunfermline’s Alhambra Theatre for staging it.

For the details of the rest our The Australian Pink Floyd Show’s current tour check out their website www.aussiefloyd.com and for many of the future gigs at The Alhambra www.alhambradunfermline.com is the place to go.