ANYONE who closed their eyes during the stunning performance of Dark Side Of The Moon at the Barbican could have been forgiven for thinking Pink Floyd were on stage and not the bew British tribute band.

For almost three hours, including an encore, the audience was treated to an oral, aural and visual extravaganza, with nothing spared.

Tracks such as High Hopes, Welcome To The Machine, Keep Talking, Us And Them, Money, Another Brick In The Wall Part Two and Comfortably Numb were complemented by a spectral feast of lights and mesmerising cutting-edge visual displays, both perfectly interacting to tell the musical stories.

It was a superb match of soundscapes and landscapes – from spotlights scanning the audience as the helicopter could be heard at the beginning of Another Brick In The Wall Part Two, to a giant digital pig snorting across the screen to a phenomenal performance of Pigs, together with psychedelic plasma projections.

Among the many highlights was the full-length version of Echoes. The images of Syd Barrett added a poignancy to Shine On You Crazy Diamond and those of Pink Floyd during Wish you Were Here reminded the audience of what will never be again.

But Brit Floyd do, without doubt, fill this aching gap. The six band members and three female vocalists on stage were much more than just a tribute band: they are clearly very talented musicians in their own right and have made the show their own.

Review by Gary Duncan.