How Singapore’s Pink Floyd tribute band has been self‑funding their shows for 12 years and counting

It takes a rare kind of musician to dedicate their craft to the music of just one band – driven not by fame, fortune or the spotlight, but by deep admiration and enduring passion.

Welcome To The Machine, a Singapore tribute band honouring the legendary 1970s English rock group Pink Floyd, is a testament to that kind of devotion.

For the past 12 years, the band – consisting of current members Noel Ong, 53, David Baptista, 55, Lim Kiang, 75, Arindam Chatterjee, 51, Laurence Bucci, 51 and Andrew Yerkes 58 – has been performing Pink Floyd’s songs at shows ranging from pub gigs to live music concerts.

On Sept 12 and 13, they will be taking on their biggest, most ambitious project yet – a two-night production of Pink Floyd’s 1979 album