Liverpool Summer Pops

[victorialush]

Originally Posted by kev

ROCK legends The Who are to play Liverpool's Summer Pops. more

Now that is going to be amazing, I saw them at Live 8... they blew everyone else off the stage.... craps all over Simply Red, lol

[lindylou]

Originally Posted by kev

ROCK legends The Who are to play Liverpool's Summer Pops. more

That's a good scoop for the L'pool pops

[Kev]

ROCK outfit Whitesnake and Canadian singer Bryan Adams are the latest to sign up for the 2006 Liverpool Summer Pops. more

[Kev]

THE Godfather of Soul is coming to the capital of pop. more

[Max]

Ah so the people who are organising the event have some taste at least bring James Brown to it.

[Kev]

FORMER Boyzone frontman Ronan Keating has signed up for this year's Summer Pops - along with one of the biggest British bands of the past 20 years. more

Aussie Floyd please, please please!!!!

[Howie]

See L'POOL SUMMER POPS 2006 at CMP Entertainment.

[Max]

Man summer pops sounds boring.

[Kev]

LIVERPOOL'S Summer Pops are simply the best - after being officially declared as one of Europe's most successful music events. more

[Kev]

I did something I've never done before unless I've really had to, (once in the last 10 years), I went to (*coughs) Manchester to see The Australian Pink Floyd at the MEN. Fanbloodytastic! I cannot wait untill The Liverpool Summer Pops 2006!

Here's my review:

So the excitement was building weeks before the Australian Pink Floyd were due to play Manchester’s MEN Arena as part of their 2006 UK Tour. This was followed by a few sleepless nights before the performance. I was picked up by my good friend Matt, a Floyd fan but never seen the Aussies play before. I couldn’t praise them highly enough, yet somehow I knew that seeing them would blow him away. They succeeded, another convert!

We arrived at the MEN at around 7.30pm and bought a beer, the Aussie Floyd would have approved, it would have been rude not to. We were shown to our seats and then took a little time out to have a walk around and meet several members of the unofficial Aussie Floyd forum before heading back to get ready for the whole of Animals (1977) live. It was pointed out to me that it would be Animals and not Wish You Were Here (1975), a careful look on stage at the image in the background gave it away! I originally heard APF play Animals for the first time at Liverpool Summer Pops 2005 and I am happy to report that they played it much better than last year! Just hearing my favourite Floyd album played live was a dream come true for me. From the acoustic opening of Pigs On The Wing it was played flawlessly, the sound was amazing accompanied by a superb light show and blow up pigs too!

After the album, it seems customary for the APF to declare a 20 minute break and we were advised again to grab a beer by the lads. With good intention we made our way to the bar to be greeted by a queue that was not moving anywhere. We returned eagerly to avoid missing the second half. It went dark and from the silence I recognised the haunting beginning to Shine On You Crazy Diamond, utterly brilliant. After that followed faithful renditions of Floyd favourites, crowd pleasers if you like, Sorrow, Astronomy, High Hopes, Time, The Great Gig In The Sky, Wish You Were Here, Another Brick In The Wall 2, One Of These Days ending with the unforgettable Comfortably Numb. I knew they would play an encore and they didn’t disappoint with In The Flesh and Run. Each track played almost to perfection with all the bells and whistles associated with a outstanding live performance. Skippy even made an appearance.

We began our exit from the arena and waited for ever to get out of the car park. We thought all was clear until traffic came to a halt in the pouring rain on the M62. A detour was suggested, so through Warrington we drove for a while. What a perfect opportunity to listen to some more Australian Pink Floyd recorded live at last year’s Liverpool Summer Pops!

I was knackered by the time I got home, the same can be said for Matt, now a fully fledged fan of The Australian Pink Floyd.

I have compiled a photo album of the evenings tunes which can be found: Here