I am a big fan of "theatrical" concert openings...none of this ...band ambles onto stage, singer mouths allo and band tune up for an age before the inevitable 1 2 3 4 !
No, I prefer something a little more theatrical ...a bit of suspense building before the band appear, or an explosive opening ...here's a few of my favourites , how about yours ?
Status Quo . Rocking all over the world tour - Curtains closed on stage, lights go down, opening riffs of Caroline heard from behind curtain as a projected globe starts to spin with city after city being projected onto the globe before the inevitable hometown gets projected over and over ( in my case Glasgow ) at which point as the crowd roars the curtain opens to reveal Rossi, Parfitt et al in full flight.
U2 - Zooropa ....Zoo TV starts to "broadcast" as Television , the drug of the nation by Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy plays over the PA at the end of which the house lights are killed, the stage monitors flicker into life and a video montage plays to the Euro anthem at the end of which Bono appears on a rising platform and in a puff of Cigar Smoke as the opening riffs of Zoo Station scream out.
The Killers at Glastonbury...a theatrical start with fireworks exploding above the Pyramid stage to the opening riffs of Sams Town before Brandon Flowers shimmies onstage in a Gold Vegas style show jacket.
Anyway, enough of my reminiscing ( for now ) ...how about yours ?
No, I prefer something a little more theatrical ...a bit of suspense building before the band appear, or an explosive opening ...here's a few of my favourites , how about yours ?
Status Quo . Rocking all over the world tour - Curtains closed on stage, lights go down, opening riffs of Caroline heard from behind curtain as a projected globe starts to spin with city after city being projected onto the globe before the inevitable hometown gets projected over and over ( in my case Glasgow ) at which point as the crowd roars the curtain opens to reveal Rossi, Parfitt et al in full flight.
U2 - Zooropa ....Zoo TV starts to "broadcast" as Television , the drug of the nation by Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy plays over the PA at the end of which the house lights are killed, the stage monitors flicker into life and a video montage plays to the Euro anthem at the end of which Bono appears on a rising platform and in a puff of Cigar Smoke as the opening riffs of Zoo Station scream out.
The Killers at Glastonbury...a theatrical start with fireworks exploding above the Pyramid stage to the opening riffs of Sams Town before Brandon Flowers shimmies onstage in a Gold Vegas style show jacket.
Anyway, enough of my reminiscing ( for now ) ...how about yours ?
) confetti and gas-masked extras escorting them along to the stage.
AMAZING show.
