Experience Pink Floyd

The last time the classic rock band Pink Floyd performed together on stage was seven years ago. The occasion was Live 8, a charity concert held simultaneously in several cities around the world, and Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright played a few songs for the assembled crowd in London.

It was the first time in almost a quarter-century the four men had been on stage together.

If you weren't lucky enough to see that reunion, or any of the previous live performances by Pink Floyd during that band's storied career, then you'll have a chance to see what might be the next best thing on Tuesday.

The Pink Floyd Experience rolls into the North Charleston Performing Arts Center that night for a performance that might just make you think you're seeing the real Pink Floyd.

Led by band leader Tom Quinn, PFX strives to deliver the music of Pink Floyd as accurately as possible. In addition to Quinn, the tribute band includes bassist Gus Beaudoin, guitarist Zachary Throne, saxophone player Jesse Molloy, keyboardist John Cox and drummer Bob Sale.

Quinn bought his first guitar in 1973, the same year the real Pink Floyd released "The Dark Side of the Moon." After seeing Pink Floyd on its last official outing, 1994's Division Bell Tour, Quinn formed what eventually would become PFX.

Over the years, the scope and size of the show has grown, and the current production features a spectacular light show, huge video screen, special effects to match key parts of well-known Pink Floyd songs and even a giant inflatable flying pig named Brittany.

On its latest tour, PFX will be performing Pink Floyd's classic album "Wish You Were Here" in its entirety. Classic Floyd tunes such as "Shine on You Crazy Diamond," "Have a Cigar" and the albums title track are coupled with a multimedia display of lights and video that likely will give folks who never got to see Floyd live a taste of what the last couple of tours were like.

After "Wish You Were Here," PFX will perform another set of Pink Floyd classics, including songs such as "Money," "Time," "Run Like Hell" and "Comfortably Numb."

The current winter tour by PFX is an ambitious one, working its way along the East Coast before making a stop in the Lowcountry, then crisscrossing back West to end in Albuquerque, N.M., at the end of March.

Not bad for a guy who was initially inspired by his favorite rock band to start a group of his own.