Entertainment
4 July, 2024
Dark side of ‘pink’ moon
THE best deep cuts and experimental tracks of Pink Floyd are coming to the Cairns Performing Arts Centre (CPAC) for a psychedelic musical experience like no other tonight with ‘Pink Floyd’s Evolution’.
Seven seasoned Australian musicians have gathered as a supergroup to bring a tribute to Pink Floyd for the ages, diving into their most popular Dark Side of the Moon and delving into their more experimental and psychedelic side with their over 20-minute-long tracks like Echoes and Shine On You Crazy Diamond at CPAC next Thursday from 8pm.
Headlined by legendary musicians James Ryan – who has played for Men At Work, Ross Wilson and more – as the musical director and guitar and vocals, Kit Riley – from The Badloves – in bass and vocals, Haydn Meggitt – who’s played with Ross Wilson, Kate Ceberano and Bachelor Girl – in drums and vocals, Pete Mitchell – from Melbourne Ska Orchestra – in saxophone and guitar, Olivia Nathan – who’s performed with Vanessa Amorosi, Katie Cole and Tommy Rando – in vocals and Susie Goble – who’s performed with Miley Cyrus and U2– in vocals, Pink Floyd’s Evolution will offer a display of Aussie talent.
“Following a very successful tribute to 50 years of Dark Side of the Moon last year, performing the whole album as it is, following up how well that went we wanted to put together a show that included that album but also had a bit of the history of what happened before it,” Mr Ryan said.
“We also wanted to do things that either have never been done before or very rarely, so a couple of the songs in the show will be Echoes from their very early psychedelic sound that started to develop their signature elements, and that one is a wild ride, going through a lot of sections, emotions and feels and it’s a big favourite of Pink Floyd fans.
“We’ll also do Shine On You Crazy Diamond and we do the full version, which I don’t think it’s ever been done, of nine parts. It’s often done in a few sections but we’re actually doing the entire version as it was originally conceptualised.”
Through psychedelic and hypnotising visuals and videos of the early days of Pink Floyd, the audience will embark on a never-seen-before journey of two hours of the highest quality of music and remarkable Australian musicianship for die-hard Pink Floyd fans.
To buy tickets, visit https://bit.ly/3VH7nhz
