This one is most certainly the latter.
It is a note-perfect copy of an original Pink Floyd show, combining all the perfect sound quality, lights, lasers and inflatables used during their shows of 30 to 50 years ago.
The Australian Pink Floyd Show at the BIC (Image: rockstarimages.co.uk)
It is what you would expect if you created a time capsule of all your favourite Floyd bits!
The current series of Europe-wide arena shows are honouring the 50 th anniversary of Wish You Were Here, the highly acclaimed follow up to Dark side of the Moon.
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The whole of the album is performed from the start of the show.
The two minute-long organ intro leading to the iconic four guitar notes at the start of Shine On still bring a shiver to my spine, even after all these years.
Welcome to the Machine, with its metronomic, Orwellian background rhythm, follows on.
All the while, the iconic circular screen, surrounded by an array of Varilights, has projected images complementing the music lyrics.
The Australian Pink Floyd Show at the BIC (Image: rockstarimages.co.uk)
The Varilights move with mesmerising patterns and bring back wonderful memories of those last Floyd concerts at Earls Court.
The album’s title track brings out the best applause of the evening so far with the entire audience singing along to those famous lyrics.
The Brick In The Wall section from The Wall, complete with inflatable Schoolmaster takes us up to the interval.
The Australian Pink Floyd Show at the BIC (Image: rockstarimages.co.uk)
Following the interval we are taken back to 1967 with classic Astronomy Domine, complete with projected images of Sid as a reminder of how the Floyd journey started.
It must be so hard to update the show set list to keep things fresh as there is such a plethora of classics that everyone wants to hear.
We were then treated to a selection from Dark Side, including Great Gig in the Sky.
The Australian Pink Floyd Show at the BIC (Image: rockstarimages.co.uk)
Although no one will come close to the wonderful Clare Torry’s original vocalising (originally paid £30 for it!), the three female backing singers each took a turn and placed their own individual stamps on the performance, with massive applause at the end.
After a nod to the Floyd’s last couple of albums, we were in for the final three songs which the Floyd cognoscenti would have no trouble recognising.
One Of These Days, Run Like Hell and of course Comfortably Numb.
The Australian Pink Floyd Show at the BIC (Image: rockstarimages.co.uk)
I can say that was the favourite song of the evening with a fantastic long guitar solo, arguably surpassing Gilmour’s original.
A completely emotional performance which even had the chap next to me unashamedly shedding a tear!
It goes without saying that we were treated to a visually intense extravaganza of multi-coloured lasers, inflatable pig and all the lighting effects you can imagine.
To say people went home satisfied is a total understatement.