With an army of roadies on stage building a physical wall between the band and the audience, Pink Floyd’s final tour as a four-piece was one of the biggest live rock undertakings ever seen.

The prohibitive cost alone meant it could only visit four cities across the world.

And with the band on the verge of disintegration, with keyboard player Richard Wright being pushed out by the increasingly dictatorial Roger Waters, it was unlikely it would ever happen again.

But the tour of The Wall still holds a place in many Floyd fans hearts, and today the album ranks alongside Dark Side Of The Moon as one of the main entry points for any new fans.

With the behemoth of a double album marking its 30th anniversary this year, it is understandable tribute band The Australian Pink Floyd has decided to concentrate on The Wall for their 2009 tour.

“It’s a nice time to bring it around the world to fans who have never had a chance to experience it before,” says bassist Colin Wilson.

“We are bringing a huge show with ten musicians, a massive light show, lasers and projected animation – all designed to best capture the spirit and atmosphere of The Wall.”

The wall itself will be animated, rather than constructed out of real bricks, but all the great music from the album will be there in the story of rock star Pink and the titular construction he builds between himself and the rest of the world.

“The Wall is basically rock opera, so we took a more theatrical approach to the project than we had done with performing other albums,” says keyboard player Jason Sawford.

“We use a new set of animations and projections specially created for this particular show. Trying to duplicate the famous Wall concerts is ambitious, of course, and presents many logistic challenges but we’ve come up with our own solutions given the constraints we encounter on the road from time to time.”

The band has promised a “greatest hits” encore to close the show, drawing from classic albums such as Dark Side Of The Moon and Wish You Were Here.

But the main meat of the show will be The Wall, complete from beginning to end.

“A couple of songs are based on the live version Pink Floyd performed, and we borrowed some ideas from the film of The Wall and the Berlin version Roger [Waters] performed,” says Sawford.

“So it includes a couple of tracks that are not on the studio album but are part of the concept that Roger had in mind when he composed it.”

With Floyd classics such as Comfortably Numb, Run Like Hell, Nobody Home and the number one single Another Brick In The Wall (Part Two), there is plenty to enjoy.

But it wasn’t always easy to transfer to the stage, not helped by the fact the band was on tour while they came up with the concept.

“There are so many aspects of performing this album, both visually and musically, that have presented us with a challenge,” says Sawford. “It required a whole new set design and approach and that took a lot of work to get right.

“Musically there is a lot to learn – new sounds and arrangements and making everything flow.

“To get everything together took about a year, and a couple of months of intensive work and rehearsals. I think it’s as close as you’re going to get to seeing a real Pink Floyd show.”

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