Why Long Islanders love tribute bands

Fans, wearing T-shirts with logos of "The Wall" and "Dark Side of the Moon," file into The Paramount in Huntington, where a stage is equipped with a familiar oval screen and a monstrous lighting rig awaits. When the lights go down, the sold-out crowd cheers as the opening chords of "Learning to Fly" come over the loudspeakers. However, they are not there to see Pink Floyd, but rather an international Pink Floyd tribute band, Brit Floyd, which performs material from the now-defunct group's legend...

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