According to blabbermouth.net, progressive metal band Dream Theater performed a cover of Pink Floyd’s “Echoes” during their concert on July 2), at Anfiteatro degli Scavi in Pompeii, Italy. A short time after the show, the band‘s drummer Mike Portnoy took to his social media to share a photo of the band’s setlist for the Pompeii gig, and he included the following message: “So many emotions tonight…will share photos and stuff tomorrow…but just want to leave this here for now. This was tonite’s setlist here at Pompeii. Yes indeed: Pink Floyd’s ‘Echoes’ performed in its entirety (all 25 minutes of it!) on the same hallowed ground that Pink Floyd performed it over 50 years ago!! It was indeed one for the books…a night I’ll always cherish! Wow…”

A few hours before the concert, Portnoy wrote: “Throughout my teenage years in the 80’s, I worshipped the film, Pink Floyd: Live At Pompeii. I wore out my VHS…(and then my Laserdisc of it, and then my DVD & Blu-rays…and as recent as a few months ago, now have added the newly restored and remixed version that was just released to the collection). Today I check off a MAJOR Bucket list venue for myself playing on the same exact hallowed ground that Pink Floyd’ filmed that psychedelic masterpiece over 50 years ago… Tonight is going to be EPIC and I am going to soak in every moment of it!”

Pink Floyd‘s 1971 performance at the ancient Roman amphitheater in Pompeii was captured for the 1972 concert film, Pink Floyd: Live At Pompeii, which was directed by Adrian Maben. The main footage in and around the amphitheater was filmed over four days in October 1971. The film was re-released in 1974 with additional studio material of the band working on “The Dark Side Of The Moon” and interviews at Abbey Road Studios.

Photo Credit: Ekaterina Gorbacheva