2005 Shangri-La Tour Diary
Currently being rebuilt, stay with me....SL 2005 Tour Diary 24 - Vienna12th April 2005 Vienna - Stadhalle - April 12th When we flew out of Munich yesterday, we crossed paths with Roman Abramovich arriving for the big game in his private 767! This is our nose. Great show last night (it's.... |
 | SL 2005 Tour Diary 23 - Munich11th April 2005 Munich - Olympiahalle - April 11th Matt took this snap of another meet & greet tonight before the show in Munich. Sushi for dinner Here's a little bit of tech about our little jet The.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 22 - Stuttgart10th April 2005 Stuttgart - Schleyerhalle - April 10th Woke up in Germany for the first time on this tour and remembered from the many times we've stayed here that there is a swimming pool in this hotel. On with the .... |
 | SL 2005 Tour Diary 21 - Basel9th April 2005 Basel - St. Jakobshalle - April 9th View from behind the out-front boys Mark, Danny and Glenn during a particularly splendid rendition of 'Sonny Liston' at the last show in Barca. After a much anticip.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 20 - Barcelona7th April 2005 Barcelona - Palau Saint Jordi - April 7th This is Lance who looks after Danny's drums. He's done a great job since he took over from Harry who worked with Chad. Lance is from Maidstone which is where .... |
 | SL 2005 Tour Diary 19 - Marseilles6th April 2005 Marseilles - Le Dome - April 6th Ah, le dome! Here we are in Marseilles... it looks like the dreaded bug claimed one or two more victims but I think the worst is over now. Most of us have felt its eff.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 18 - Lyon5th April 2005 Lyon - Halle Tony Garnier - April 5th Just arrived at the Halle here in Lyon.....The crew (and some of the band entourage) had a very rough ride of it last night. As of this morning, eight crew member.... |
 | SL 2005 Tour Diary 17 - Bordeaux4th April 2005 Bordeaux - Le Patinoire - April 4th Matt celebrates the return of the B3 after the traumas of the previous show. Basically it couldn't deal with the fact that the voltage dropped substantially. Lawren.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 16 - Zaragoza3rd April 2005 Zaragoza - Pabellon Prin. Felipe - April 3rd Quite an eventful evening this turned out to be. Tonight, we flew from Barcelona and arrived at the hall at around 5:30. The crew were still setting up and.... |
 | SL 2005 Tour Diary 15 - Madrid2nd April 2005 Madrid - Palacio Deportes - April 2nd the avionics of the Embraer Legacy busy day.... the first thing to mention is the great start to the day I had at the Four seasons hotel spa in Lisbon. I had a re.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 14 - Lisbon1st April 2005 Lisbon - Pavilhao Atlantico - April 1st As you may have already read, Chad Cromwell will not be with us for a few weeks....his replacement on drums will be Danny Cummings! Chad wanted me to pass this .... |
 | SL 2005 Tour Diary 13 - Christchurch21st March 2005 Christchurch - Westpac Theatre - March 21st It's quite incredible how quickly the last show of this leg of the tour has come. Tonight's show in Christchurch was probably our best to date. Despite work.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 12 - New Plymouth19th March 2005 New Plymouth - TSB Bowl Brooklands -March 19th New Plymouth is very proud of this venue. Set in a beautiful natural amphitheatre it has a lake in front of the stage which is home to hundreds of ducks..... |
 | SL 2005 Tour Diary 11 - Brisbane17th March 2005 Brisbane - Entertainment Thingy - March 17th - St. Patrick's day Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, and another city we haven't been to in 14 years or so and wow, has this town grown up as wel.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 10 - Sydney16th March 2005 page 10 - Sydney - Entertainment Theatre - March 16th It's been a long time since we were last here, too long. The Sydney Entertainment theatre was home to us for 23 nights in succession in 1985 on th.... |
 | SL 2005 Tour Diary 9 - Sydney15th March 2005 page 9 - Sydney - Enmore theatre - March 15th There's nothing quite like the sun setting on the opera house. tonight's gig The Enmore theatre was a late addition to the tour itinerary, thought of gene.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 8 - Adeleaide13th March 2005 page 8 - Adelaide - Entertainment Theatre - March 13th Looks like Richard is about to launch a missile with that Bazouki. here's a shot sent in of me and Richard during 'done with Bonaparte'. We had a.... |
 | SL 2005 Tour Diary 7 - Melbourne8th March 2005 page 7 - Melbourne - Rod Laver Arena - March 12th Just back from the show tonight in Melbourne. Great show tonight, really good crowd. It was nice to have a lot of people from the front few rows actua.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 6 - Perth7th March 2005 page 6 - Perth - Burswood Dome - March 10th - It's great to be back in western Australia. Perth is always a bit of a shock as far as audiences are concerned. Very laid back and attentive. SO different.... |
 | SL 2005 Tour Diary 5 - Bangalore6th March 2005 page 5 - Bangalore - Palace grounds - March 7th <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-aJ1mnTN2YQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Mark myself and in.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 4 - Mumbai5th March 2005 page 4 - Mumbai - MMRDA grounds - March 5th On the left is a shot of Chad and Richard's taxi (no.7) overtaking Mark's 'putt putt' (no.35) on the straight leading down to the backstage tu.... |
 | SL 2005 Tour Diary 3 - Dubai4th March 2005 page 3 - Dubai - Media City (outdoors)- March 3rd There can't be a city in the world that has been more intesively developed than Dubai. In the past 20 years it's grown from a small trading port at th.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 2.5 - Johannesburg3rd March 2005 page 2 and a half - The Big Top Arena, Carnival City, East Rand, Johannesburg - March 1st - Beneath its dramatic skyline of towering marquees and laser shows, a wave of merry pandemonium besieg.... |
 | SL 2005 Tour Diary 2 - Johannesburg2nd March 2005 page 2 - The Big Top Arena, Carnival City, East Rand, Johannesburg - February 28th Well we finally did the first show. After a seemingly long rehearsal period and a bit of travelling, it feels really .... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 11st March 2005 diary page 1 - rehearsals - UK - February 2005 - getting the position of the risers absolutely spot-on involves a large portion of the crew - Mark and Chad in production rehearsals, running one.... |
 | SL 2005 Tour diary CAPTION CONTEST1st March 2005 2005 TOUR **CAPTION CONTEST **NOW CLOSED ** And the winners were 1st - Meet 'n' Greet to Uke 'n' Puke? Richard and Mark have come to the conclusion that Guy has taken this word association game.... |
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- Bap Kennedy sessions
- Princes Trust Rock Gala 2010
- Get Lucky Tour Diary 2010
- John Illsley album diary 2010
- Natural Selection album diary 2010
- Get Lucky Studio Diary 2009
- Kill to Get Crimson Tour 2008
- Inamorata recording diary 2007
- Promo Tour (KTGC) 2007
- 2007 Kill to get Crimson Recording Diary
- 2006 Boothbay Opera House
- 2006 MK-EH Tour Diary
- 2005 Shangri-La Tour Diary
- 2004 Shangri-La Recording Diary
- 2001 STP Tour Diary (the original)
