2005 Shangri-La Tour Diary
Currently being rebuilt, stay with me....SL 2005 Tour Diary 101 - Vancouver, BC31st July 2005 Vancouver, BC - Queen Elizabeth Theatre - July 31st Here we are then, the final installment. Show no. 105 is upon us, a day of mixed emotions and endless hugs amongst band and cre.... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 100 - Seattle, WA30th July 2005 Seattle, WA - Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery - July 30th Glorious weather, fantastic winery location, great crowd, well organised local crew, full house, delightful dressing rooms, .... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 99 - Portland, OR29th July 2005 Portland, OR - Schnitzer Concert Hall - July 29th In all the times I've visited Portland Oregon, I've never managed to get myself out on the Columbia River, Gorge and experience t.... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 98 - Jacksonville, OR28th July 2005 Jacksonville, OR - Britt Pavillion - July 28th The first thing that surprised me about this part of Southern Oregon was the heat. We stepped off the plane into 100 degrees. "Dry summers .... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 97 - Saratoga, CA27th July 2005 Saratoga, CA - The Mountain Winery - July 27th pic - Roger van der Laan After the end of tour beach party in LA on Monday, the extra day off was much needed as there were a few so.... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 96 - San Diego, CA24th July 2005 San Diego, CA - Copley Symphony Hall - July 24th Show number 100.. and all is well. The last two days off of the tour now in LA and a chance for band and crew to get together at the end .... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 95 - Berkeley, CA23rd July 2005 Berkeley, CA - The Greek Theatre - July 23rd The fabulous 100 year old Greek theatre in Berkeley was opened on Sept. 24, 1903 and is clearly an awesome venue; William Randolph Hearst mak.... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 94 - Los Angeles, CA22nd July 2005 Los Angeles, CA - The Greek Theatre - July 22nd Another one of the eagerly anticipated shows on the tour, the Greek in LA has always been a memorable experience for one reason or another.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 93 - Las Vegas, NV21st July 2005 Las Vegas, NV - The Joint - July 21st We find ourselves in Vegas once again, albeit for only about 5 hours. We flew from LA and landed in Vegas wherupon Laurie served us our dinner on th.... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 92 - Salt Lake City, UT20th July 2005 Salt Lake City, UT - Abravanel Hall - July 20th As we've never played in Salt Lake city before, we weren't quite sure what to expect. One thing I did notice as we drove to the venue was .... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 91 - Morrison Denver, CO19th July 2005 Morrison/Denver, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre - July 19th Another day off yesterday, one could get used to this. It seemed everyone in the band was pretty knackered, one can only imagine how the.... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 90 - Minneapolis, MN17th July 2005 Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre - July 17th $$$ Local boy Glenn Worf - pic Tom Roberts Quite an eventful day as it turned out. Got to the gig at about 6:45 and before we knew wh.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 89 - Milwaukee, WI16th July 2005 Milwaukee, WI - Milwaukee Theatre - July 16th No soundcheck today, so we left Chicago quite late and promptly got stuck in the traffic heading for Soldier Field for the world tour match .... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 88 - Chicago , IL15th July 2005 Chicago, IL - Auditorium Theatre - July 15th Adrian Fitzpatrick - keeper of the Glengettie Dan Scher joins us in the US as part of the lighting crew We generally expect a show in .... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 87 - Indianapolis , IN14th July 2005 Indianapolis, IN - Murat Theatre - July 14th Matt loses all sense of balance as the aerobatics begin I think we were all quietly relieved to have the Nashville show behind us, especially.... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 86 - Nashville , TN13th July 2005 Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium - July 13th Mark signs at the stage door whilst DC holds. Well, here we are again at The Ryman Auditorium. One of the high points of the tour as this ven.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 85 - Atlanta , GA12th July 2005 Atlanta , GA - Chastain Park Amphitheatre - July 12th Two relaxing days off in Nashville which I spent driving Danny to and from my favourite haunts from all the time spent here recording Mark'.... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 84 - Kettering , OH9th July 2005 Kettering , OH - Fraze Pavillion at Lincoln Park Centre - July 9th ..doing a meet and greet in such a confined space, the band finds it difficult to look anyone in the eye. Mark joins us.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 83 - Auburn Hills , MI8th July 2005 Auburn Hills , MI - Meadowbrook Amphitheatre - July 8th you read it here! Back into the US once again and a trouble free crossing as customs boarded the G4 to check passports and then le.... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 82 - London , ON7th July 2005 London , ON - John Labatt Centre - July 7th last night during speedway at Nazareth - pic Jerry Richard I must offer my thanks to everyone who has e-mailed me and the band concerned for o.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 81 - Toronto , ON5th July 2005 Toronto , ON - Molson Amphitheatre - July 5th I think we all knew this would be a good one; you only have to look at the venue and it's facilities to realise this. The fear of thunderstorms soo.... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 80 - Ottawa , ON3rd July 2005 Ottawa , ON - National Arts Centre - July 3 rd Another one of those fly-in fly-out days where we started the day in Montreal and ended it in Toronto having played a show in Ottawa. The N.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 79 - Montreal , QC2nd July 2005 Montreal , QC - SWP/Place des Arts - Juli 2nd Montreal is buzzing at the moment being in the midst of their 26th annual Jazz festival. We found ourselves play.... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 78 - Boston , MA1st July 2005 Boston , MA - Fleet Pavilion - Juli 1st It was great to play in a well designed, purpose built venue tonight. Situated right beside the water in the dock area of South Boston, the Pavili.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 77 - Florence , MA30th June 2005 Florence , Ma - Pines Theatre - June 30th no backdrop tonight Laurence Adams - arguably the world's greatest keyboard tech - captured Trees, trees everywhere...and bugs. BIG bugs..... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 76 - New York , NY29th June 2005 New York , NY - Radio City - June 29th Radio City music hall is one of the high points of the tour and I think we were all looking forward to it with a slight trepidation. An awesome venue, it .... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 75 - Newark , NJ28th June 2005 Newark NJ , NJPAC - June 28th the new ukulele if anyone at Digico would like to contact me, the hi-res image of this shot is for sale!! The beautiful Digico desk Robert Collins uses for .... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 74 - Vienna , VA26th June 2005 Vienna , VA - The Filene Center (aka Wolftrap) - June 26th Another painless flight in and out of the gig from New York on the luxurious G4. Now as far as sheds go, this one must be the best. A .... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 73 - Philadelphia , PA25th June 2005 Philadelphia , PA - Mann Center - June 25th The support act for this section of the US tour is Bap Kennedy from Ireland accompanied by James Walbourne on guitar. Well worth arriving early and c.... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 72 - Portsmouth , VA24th June 2005 Portsmouth , VA - NTELOS Pavillion Harbor Center - June 24th So here we are again, back in America, after five glorious days at home with the family. I knew about the impending UK heatwave of c.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 71 - London16th June 2005 Private Deutsche Bank gig - old Billingsgate Market - London June16th Just time for a quick corporate gig in London before we head off to the US. We did a shortened set for the bankers, .... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 70 - Reggio Calabria15th June 2005 Reggio Calabria - Palapentimele - June 15th Siggy and Mark Ike, Stephan and Siggy Today was one of those very long days which when looked back upon, seems like 3 days in one. It s.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 69 - Naples14th June 2005 Naples - Arena Flegrea - June 14th Today, three of our drivers are in the spotlight. Bernie (above) drives the AMG S55 Mercedes which is a beast of a machine, to put it mildly! He.... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 68 - Rome13th June 2005 Rome - Palalottomatica - June 13th Ah yes, I remember this venue from '92 when the straits played here. A bit of a nightmare I recall, but I guess they've done some work on acoustics in t.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 67 - Florence12th June 2005 Florence - Mandela Place - June 12th Rob and Taj have been excellent pilots for the whole of the European leg (60 flights!) and apart from being great fun to be with, they have demonstrated ext.... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 66 - Stra11th June 2005 Stra - Villa Nazionale Pisani - June 11th At the end of a very short flight from Milan, on approach into Venice airport. After a 40 minute drive from Venice, we were greeted by of the mo.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 65 - Milan10th June 2005 Milan - Filaforum - June 10th This is Mark with his brand new Pensa Custom brought here from NYC by the man himself, Rudy Pensa. He and Mark of course have been good friends for a long time now.... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 64 - Leipzig8th June 2005 Leipzig - Arena - June 8th Today we flew from Berlin to Leipzig and enjoyed being indoors again after the chilly experience last night. The final show of this run of eleven in a row, and.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 63 - Berlin7th June 2005 Berlin - Waldbuhne - June 7th The general theme for today is 'cold'. As you can see from all of these pictures today, the gig was unseasonably chilly. Outdoors in Berlin can be nice but tonight.... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 62 - Cologne6th June 2005 Cologne - Arena - June 6th I always like staying at this hotel in Koln. It must be the gym/pool and the magnificent cathedral on the other side of the Rhine. After a much needed gym work.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 61 - Lille5th June 2005 Lille - Zenith - June 5th Back on the continent once again, and what a crowd. One of the best of the tour so far, we all agreed afterwards. Above left is Glenn Saggers' 'Stress-cymbal' w.... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 60 - Birmingham4th June 2005 Birmingham - NEC - June 4th On to the final show in the UK for this tour. It was such a hectic week at the RAH, Birmingham NEC seemed SO quiet. I think we were all a bit tired after the .... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 59 - London30th May 2005 London - Royal Albert Hall - Monday May 30th - Friday June 3rd As this is a very busy week, I decided to condense these 5 RAH shows into one page. Like the rest of the band, I have my family wi.... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 58 - Manchester26th May 2005 Manchester - MEN - May 26th A great gig to round off this run of shows before we go to London. The MEN is massive and it seems we did pretty well as it was configured for about 10,500. From the.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 57 - Brighton25th May 2005 Brighton - Brighton Center - May 25th pick Dave Watson Firstly, thanks to everyone who has sent me birthday wishes etc. Much appreciated. As Brighton is classified as my local venue, I had a fe.... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 56 - Cardiff24th May 2005 Cardiff - CIA - May 24th My birthday cake. . . which in no way reflects my current drinking habits! On the plane to Cardiff today, Susi had laid on a splendid cake and balloons etc..... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 55 - Newcastle23rd May 2005 Newcastle - City Hall - May 23rd God only knows how our boys got four truck loads of gear into this place. As always it's the show they dread because of the load-in, and the one we cheri.... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 54 - Edinburgh22nd May 2005 Edinburgh - Playhouse - May 22nd From a band point of view it was great to be back in a good theatre again, especially this one with so much history etc. but from a crew perspective, it w.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 53 - Belfast21st May 2005 Belfast - Odessey - May 21st I hope I didn't tempt fate for poor Colin Barton yesterday by writing about him because during the show in Dublin, he fell through a hole in the stage and cr.... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 52 - Dublin20th May 2005 Dublin - The Point - May 20th It's great to be back on familiar ground and the Point is no exception as we played here many times in the past and always had a good time. I think it.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 51 - Horsens17th May 2005 Horsens - Arena - May 17th Today we flew into Billund, also known as Legoland - the home of Lego, from Copenhagen and drove for about an hour to Horsens, a town of only 58,000 inhab.... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 50 - Copenhagen16th May 2005 Copenhagen - Forum - May 16th That's fifty shows gone, fifty to go. Number fifty was a good one...great crowd, sound and once more, lots of fun onstage. Once again, a lot of people came to the front a.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 49 - Gothenburg15th May 2005 Gothenburg - Scandinavium - May 15th Crocks got a birthday surprise as we boarded the plane after-show..football balloons (being a devout Arsenal fan) and a suitably tasteful shir.... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 48 - Bergen14th May 2005 Bergen - Haukelandschallen - May 14th OK, another map to let you know where we are geographically. A great view above of Glenn's world during the show. What he does during the time we're .... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 47 - Oslo13th May 2005 Oslo - Spectrum - Friday May 13th The 47th show of the tour and in my opinion, probably the best in terms of what came off the stage. Storming versions of Tupelo, Telegraph, Rudiger etc. .... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 46 - Stockholm12th May 2005 Stockholm - Globe Arena - May 12th The giant golf ball that is the Globe-Stockholm. It really is massive inside here. Once again, great to be back onstage after a day off relaxing in Helsinki. A prett.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 45 - Helsinki10th May 2005 Helsinki - Hartwall Arena - May 10th After staying in Helsinki for a few days and playing the Baltic towns in Estonia and Latvia, we finished this stretch of eight in a row with the Helsinki sh.... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 44 - Tallin9th May 2005 Tallin - Saku Arena - May 9th Estonia, the smallest of the Baltic States, was ruled for many centuries by Danish, Swedish, German, and Russian factions. When the former Soviet Union collapsed in 1991,.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 43 - Riga8th May 2005 Riga - Kipsala Hall - May 8th The crew had a hell of a journey across the Polish border last night, as if they don't have enough problems with the schedule as it is. Their journey was long and .... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Dairy 42 - Warsaw7th May 2005 Warsaw - Torwar - May 7th The crew were concerned that the trucks were too full, a problem made worse by me employing an extra Hammond and Leslie on the road....so Richard kindly offered.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 41 - Katowice6th May 2005 Katowice - Spodec - May 6th 'Landed' 'Spodek' from the Polish meaning saucer. It doesn't look that big but inside it's huge. This is Elzbieta Wasilewska, our lovely wardrobe lady for the.... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 40 - Prague5th May 2005 Prague - T-Mobile Arena - May 5th Here's a shot of Danny and Lance interrupted whilst heavily in discussion over something 'drums'. Matt continued his guitar lessons with Mark backstage before the sho.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 39 - Budapest4th May 2005 Budapest - Arena - May 4th As you can see, this place is new. It's definately one of the better new halls we've played on this tour both in terms of facility and sound. Everyone on the crew lov.... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 38 - Ljubljana3rd May 2005 Ljubljana - Hala Tivoli - May 3rd It's been 20 years almost to the week since we last played here. It seems I'm one of the few who remembers this place from all that time ago. We came her.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 37 - St. Petersburg28th April 2005 St. Petersburg - New Ice Arena - April 28th The Ice Palace in St. Pete. is actually of Finnish design. It was built in 2000 at a cost of $84m. Today was another full on day which seemed to go by SO qu.... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 36 - Moscow27th April 2005 Moscow - Kremlin Palace - April 27th This is our second time in Russia and this time we got to play the venue we were originally going to play back in 2001 on the STP tour - the Kremlin Palace..... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 35 - Antwerp25th April 2005 Antwerp - Sportpaleis - April 25th The only show in Belgium on the tour always threatened to be a great one. Indeed, another seated audience just couldn't contain themselves after we played Sul.... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 34 - Dortmund24th April 2005 Dortmund - Westfalenhalle - April 24th Today was another '4 cities in one day' days. woke up in Hamburg, flew to Dortmund, played a show, drove to Cologne after-show because the airport at Dortmund cl.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 33 - Hamburg23rd April 2005 Hamburg - Color Line Arena - April 23rd "...a trio I think they are" 'tea for two' The encore drinks table. Steve Rayment, assistant tour manager sets up this table behind the stage ever.... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 32 - Frankfurt22nd April 2005 Frankfurt - Festhalle - April 22nd Quite a day once again. We woke up in Frankfurt in a hotel without a DSL/Broadband service. (this page uploaded on arrival into Hamburg) It's no .... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 31 - Erfurt21st April 2005 Erfurt - Messenhalle - April 21st The delightful Erfurt Messehalle Soundcheck today was cut short rather abruptly as one of the security guards had a momentary lapse in concentration and decided to op.... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 30 - Paris19th April 2005 Paris - Bercy - April 19th This show in Paris has been eagerly anticipated for a few reasons. Firstly, it sold out about three months ago (16,000) and secondly, DS played here in '91 a total of.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 29 - Rotterdam18th April 2005 Rotterdam - Ahoy - April 18th These pics sent in by Peter Hassing Another fairly tiring day which started with eager anticipation as Mark, Tim and I had arranged to go out to a 'p.... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 28 - Rotterdam17th April 2005 Rotterdam - Ahoy - April 17th Ahoy , now here's a venue most of us remember with great affection . We played here many times with the straits and it was always a great night and last night was .... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 27 - Amsterdam16th April 2005 Amsterdam - HMH - April 16th The second show in Amsterdam . Here's a still from the venue webcam pre-show. There's a bar either side of the hall, and I wondered during the show, why isn'.... |
![]() | SL 2005 Tour Diary 26 - Amsterdam15th April 2005 Hamsterjam – HMH – April15th Great to be back in Amsterdam again, and in this particular venue which is a favourite of the crews'. Firstly, it's designed with music in mind and ther.... |
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SL 2005 Tour Diary 25 - Hannover14th April 2005 Hannover - Pruessag Arena - April 14th The cities really seem to be fizzing by now. Yesterday was a blur. Another four cities in one day starting with breakfast in Vienna, a.... |
![]() | 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.... |
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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.... |
![]() | 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 .... |
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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.... |
![]() | 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 .... |
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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.... |
![]() | 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.... |
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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.... |
![]() | 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.... |
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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.... |
![]() | 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 .... |
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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.... |
![]() | 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..... |
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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.... |
![]() | 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.... |
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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.... |
![]() | 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.... |
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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.... |
![]() | 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.... |
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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.... |
![]() | 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.... |
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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.... |
![]() | 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.... |
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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 .... |
![]() | 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.... |
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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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