Matt Riddle

Keyboards

When did you join TAPFS?

January 2026.

What is your favourite Pink Floyd album?

Wish You Were Here.

What is your favourite Pink Floyd song to listen to?

Shine On.

What is your favourite Pink Floyd song to play?

Can’t decide. Echoes or Shine on, especially 6-9.

How did you get in to Pink Floyd?

I heard DSOTM through a pair of headphones when I was 9 or 10 and was instantly hooked.

What other bands do you like?

Too many to list but I enjoy the English prog bands of the 70s  plus good song bands like Beatles or Elton John, etc. I also quite like big band, jazz, blues, fusion, classical. 

If you weren’t in a floyd tribute what tribute would you be doing?

I’ve been in many different tributes, classic rock and blues bands. I think I could enjoy a good jam band where anything goes.

Have you met any Pink Floyd members?

No but I have met and played with members of PF touring bands.

What is your least favourite Pink Floyd Song?

There isn’t one.

If you weren’t a musician what would you be?

Most likely a builder like my dad and grandfather.

Best thing about touring?

Seeing new places and meeting new people .

Worst thing about touring?

It can be very difficult with all of the traveling and being away for so long.

Favourite venues?

I’d say it’s hard to beat Red Rocks.

Most enjoyable gig?

Hard to answer that. As a performer it comes down to how well you’re treated by the venue or promoter.

What instruments do you play?

Obviously keyboards but I also play guitar and bass and I played violin and clarinet as a kid.

When did you start playing music?

I began on piano around age 7.