Roger Waters

Billed as “an evening with the creative genius of Pink Floyd,” this rare appearance from a key member of one of rock’s most successful outfits was always going to be something special. And so it proved.

Greeted with rapturous applause by the capacity crowd, Waters, silver-haired and grinning stalked around the stage, his bass strapped around him like a sci-fi weapon. Accompanied by a top-notch band including ex-Thin Lizzy axe-man Snowy White and the legendary Andy Fairweather-Low, he took complete command of proceedings from the off.

The faithful were rewarded in spades with highlights from throughout his career including ‘Another Brick In the Wall’, ‘Money’ and ‘Comfortably Numb’ all delivered via a stunning 360° quadraphonic sound system. Other early highlights of this two and a half-hour marathon included a breathtaking version of ‘Shine On You Crazy Diamond’, Waters’ epic ode to Syd Barrett and the equally memorable, ‘Wish You Were Here’. The sheer majestic sweep of these timeless Floyd classics heard in a live setting left most of the audience open-mouthed in awe.

Inevitably, there were a couple from the Floyd’s magnum opus, Dark Side Of The Moon (the ninth greatest album ever made, according to a recent survey) including the aforementioned ‘Money.’ and ‘Eclipse’ which was accompanied by a near life-size total eclipse, courtesy of the giant back projection.

Pigs didn’t fly but this was as close to a Pink Floyd gig as made no difference.

Stunning!