Brit Floyd
Royal Arena, Copenhagen - 2025
Text: Tobias Nilsson Photo: Lunah Lauridsen
There are many cover bands out there, but one of the most famous and successful of them must be Brit Floyd. Covering, not surprisingly, Pink Floyd, they’ve been around since 2011, and have been noticed for their attention to detail in the music, as well as creating and recreating the live visuals of the original band. Here in 2025, the tour was a celebration of the Wish You Were Here album’s semicentennial birthday.
“Tak, mange tak! It’s great to be back here in Copenhagen!”
- Damian Darlington (vocals/guitar)
To attest to Brit Floyd’s popularity, they were playing no less than three concerts in Denmark, the first of which in Copenhagen. Here they played at the Royal Arena, one of the largest venues Copenhagen has to offer, and they did so without any form of support.
Instead of music, there was a video playing on stage with various old black and white clips of Pink Floyd from the opening right up to when the concert started, keeping the crowd entertained as they found their seats. Yes, this was a seated concert, not something we’re overly familiar with here at Metalmoments.
The show was split into two sections and a break in between, where the first set consisted of songs from various albums, and the second set was the Wish You Were Here album in its entirety, as well as some extra songs for good measure. We were certainly going to get our money’s worth when it came to music, no doubt about that!
The show itself kicked off with Signs Of Life, accompanied by some cozy video clips of water in various forms. Rob Stringer was first on stage, playing the keyboard parts, and when it was time for a guitar to kick in, he was joined by Edo Scordo. After a while, the rest of the band joined the party as well, with band leader Damian Darlington, bassist Ian Cattell, backing vocalists Jessie Lee Houllier, Shannon Fayth, and Liza Melfi, as well as drummer Randy Cooke, and last but certainly not least, percussionist/saxophonist/bassist Rhiannon Dewey.
From the start of the show, it was clear to hear that the sound had gotten a top notch treatment here, with one of the best live sounds I can remember. Their playing was impeccable, with the musicians adhering pretty much perfectly to the original material. There wasn’t a finger to put on anything in this department, and Cattell, who stood for the main bulk of the vocal performance, had a great voice. Not that the rest of them lacked anything, it was just that he sang on most of the songs, although I should not forget to give a special shout out to Houllier for her solo performance in The Great Gig In The Sky - formidable work!
Given all this, it was odd to me to find a fly in my soup, as it were. With all the attention to detail given, how did they end up with the very old looking and far from flattering CGI look of their version of Gerald Scarfe’s animation sequences from the The Wall film, which they used in the songs from The Wall? And even worse, the AI looking video for Two Suns In The Sunset? One would think that a professional band like this wouldn’t have something like that in their show.
Regardless, Brit Floyd did deliver on the visual side as well. Like Pink Floyd, the show isn’t so much carried by the lively performance of the musicians, even though there was choreographed dancing by the backing chorus, but rather a created light and effects driven component to the music.
We’ve touched on the use of video already, and I would like to point out that there was genuinely well made and entertaining video as well. The aforementioned water shots used during Signs Of Life, while not the same as the ones Pink Floyd use, worked very well with the music, and the fact that they did get to use the actual concert screen film for the Shine On You Crazy Diamond suite was a great addition to the vibe. As you can see by the photos, they also employed a great looking lights and laser show, especially so in the second set of the evening.
Brit Floyd proved to be greatly entertaining, with an overall extremely sharp eye for detail, and musically they delivered absolutely everything you could want, if what you want is to hear Pink Floyd songs. I’m impressed with what they’ve created and taken out on tour. I’m well aware of this not being their first trip around the globe, far from it, but it was our first encounter with them, and from this, we wouldn’t mind seeing them again in the future.
Setlist:
Set 1:
Signs Of Life (Pink Floyd cover)
Learning To Fly (Pink Floyd cover)
High Hopes (Pink Floyd cover)
Goodbye Blue Sky (Pink Floyd cover)
Empty Spaces / What Shall We Do Now? (Pink Floyd cover)
The Dogs Of War (Pink Floyd cover)
Time (Pink Floyd cover)
The Great Gig In The Sky (Pink Floyd cover)
Two Suns In The Sunset (Pink Floyd cover)
Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2 (Pink Floyd cover)
On The Turning Away (Pink Floyd cover)
Pigs (Three Different Ones) (Pink Floyd cover)
Set 2:
One Of These Days (Pink Floyd cover)
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V) (Pink Floyd cover)
Welcome To The Machine (Pink Floyd cover)
Have A Cigar (Pink Floyd cover)
Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd cover)
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX) (Pink Floyd cover)
Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd cover)
Run Like Hell (Pink Floyd cover)
“Tak, mange tak! It’s great to be back here in Copenhagen!”
- Damian Darlington (vocals/guitar)
To attest to Brit Floyd’s popularity, they were playing no less than three concerts in Denmark, the first of which in Copenhagen. Here they played at the Royal Arena, one of the largest venues Copenhagen has to offer, and they did so without any form of support.
Instead of music, there was a video playing on stage with various old black and white clips of Pink Floyd from the opening right up to when the concert started, keeping the crowd entertained as they found their seats. Yes, this was a seated concert, not something we’re overly familiar with here at Metalmoments.
The show was split into two sections and a break in between, where the first set consisted of songs from various albums, and the second set was the Wish You Were Here album in its entirety, as well as some extra songs for good measure. We were certainly going to get our money’s worth when it came to music, no doubt about that!
The show itself kicked off with Signs Of Life, accompanied by some cozy video clips of water in various forms. Rob Stringer was first on stage, playing the keyboard parts, and when it was time for a guitar to kick in, he was joined by Edo Scordo. After a while, the rest of the band joined the party as well, with band leader Damian Darlington, bassist Ian Cattell, backing vocalists Jessie Lee Houllier, Shannon Fayth, and Liza Melfi, as well as drummer Randy Cooke, and last but certainly not least, percussionist/saxophonist/bassist Rhiannon Dewey.
From the start of the show, it was clear to hear that the sound had gotten a top notch treatment here, with one of the best live sounds I can remember. Their playing was impeccable, with the musicians adhering pretty much perfectly to the original material. There wasn’t a finger to put on anything in this department, and Cattell, who stood for the main bulk of the vocal performance, had a great voice. Not that the rest of them lacked anything, it was just that he sang on most of the songs, although I should not forget to give a special shout out to Houllier for her solo performance in The Great Gig In The Sky - formidable work!
Given all this, it was odd to me to find a fly in my soup, as it were. With all the attention to detail given, how did they end up with the very old looking and far from flattering CGI look of their version of Gerald Scarfe’s animation sequences from the The Wall film, which they used in the songs from The Wall? And even worse, the AI looking video for Two Suns In The Sunset? One would think that a professional band like this wouldn’t have something like that in their show.
Regardless, Brit Floyd did deliver on the visual side as well. Like Pink Floyd, the show isn’t so much carried by the lively performance of the musicians, even though there was choreographed dancing by the backing chorus, but rather a created light and effects driven component to the music.
We’ve touched on the use of video already, and I would like to point out that there was genuinely well made and entertaining video as well. The aforementioned water shots used during Signs Of Life, while not the same as the ones Pink Floyd use, worked very well with the music, and the fact that they did get to use the actual concert screen film for the Shine On You Crazy Diamond suite was a great addition to the vibe. As you can see by the photos, they also employed a great looking lights and laser show, especially so in the second set of the evening.
Brit Floyd proved to be greatly entertaining, with an overall extremely sharp eye for detail, and musically they delivered absolutely everything you could want, if what you want is to hear Pink Floyd songs. I’m impressed with what they’ve created and taken out on tour. I’m well aware of this not being their first trip around the globe, far from it, but it was our first encounter with them, and from this, we wouldn’t mind seeing them again in the future.
Setlist:
Set 1:
Signs Of Life (Pink Floyd cover)
Learning To Fly (Pink Floyd cover)
High Hopes (Pink Floyd cover)
Goodbye Blue Sky (Pink Floyd cover)
Empty Spaces / What Shall We Do Now? (Pink Floyd cover)
The Dogs Of War (Pink Floyd cover)
Time (Pink Floyd cover)
The Great Gig In The Sky (Pink Floyd cover)
Two Suns In The Sunset (Pink Floyd cover)
Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2 (Pink Floyd cover)
On The Turning Away (Pink Floyd cover)
Pigs (Three Different Ones) (Pink Floyd cover)
Set 2:
One Of These Days (Pink Floyd cover)
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V) (Pink Floyd cover)
Welcome To The Machine (Pink Floyd cover)
Have A Cigar (Pink Floyd cover)
Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd cover)
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX) (Pink Floyd cover)
Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd cover)
Run Like Hell (Pink Floyd cover)
