LYNN – Touted among the best Pink Floyd cover bands, The Pink Floyd Experience brings its ?Wish You Were Here’ show to Lynn Auditorium on Sunday, Feb. 19.Without question, Pink Floyd remains one of the most influential rock bands of all time. The band’s record-breaking status is legendary.As the follow up to Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here explores the idea of absence; takes a cynical view of the music business and waxes poetically on the personal state of former bandmate Syd Barrett.The album was produced by Alan Parsons and included musical guests Roy Harper and Stephane Grappelli. Richard Wright and David Gilmour have both stated that Wish You Were Here was their favorite Pink Floyd album. Now, The Pink Floyd Experience presents Wish You Were Here in its entirety.With a spectacular light and video show, full quadraphonic sound and six outstanding musicians dedicated to bringing the most authentic Floyd experience possible, it’s a must-see for any Pink Floyd enthusiast.Today, years since their last live performance, Pink Floyd’s appeal continues and spans the generations. Their shows were described as theatrical with mind-blowing lights and unsurpassed sound. The show was not only on stage but engulfed the audience. In keeping with this tradition, The Pink Floyd Experience is a full-on sensory assault – interpretive videos, plane crashes, flying pig, helicopter n it’s all there, live. This is the show for the ultimate Floyd Fan, and it gets closer to the true Pink Floyd concert experience every year.In addition to Wish You Were Here, all of Pink Floyd’s greatest hits are performed live including such favorites as “Pigs”, “Money,” “Time,” “Comfortably Numb,” “Run Like Hell” and many rarities not often heard live!Some Pink Floyd Facts: More than 200 million albums have been sold since 1967. They received four Grammy nominations in the ?70s, ?80s, and ?90s. They were one of the first bands to use pyrotechnics, video, and light shows in their stage acts. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. “Dark Side of the Moon” broke all chart records when it stayed on the Billboard Top 200 Album charts for 741 weeks. It stayed there from 1973 to 1988. Nearly 1,000,000 Pink Floyd catalog albums are sold each year worldwide.If You Go? Tickets are $29-$49 and available at the Lynn Auditorium Box office at Lynn City Hall, on line at www.LynnAuditorium.com or by calling 781-581-2971.
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