[atlantaprog] Re: Peter Gabriel

>Wow, Allen.  That's awesome!  I knew I'd regret my decision not to go
>(because of Chastain's noise issues).  I saw PG on the Us tour and with the
>Amnesty Int'l tour and he's an amazing performer!  How much of the stage
>show that he's been touring with was he able to use at Chastain?
>
>Steve

Very little. Some nice projections and lights. A big circular screen. 
He did use the Zorb ball during Growing Up & a light-jacket during 
Sledgehammer. He brought back the face-camera from the US tour for 
Digging in the Dirt, and he introduced a Segway-ballet with his 
daughter during Games Without Frontiers. Oh yeah, one bit - during 
Solisbury Hill, everyone except the drummer and keyboardist left the 
stage and danced through the audience with their wireless guitars and 
mics - rather trusting of them I must say!

As a theater person I must say that, while during the first leg of 
the tour (in the round) - and during the US tour -  there was 
apparently a conceptual through-line with the music and the staging, 
the theatrics on this tour did little more than add a gee-whiz factor 
to some of the songs.

The strength of the show for me was the music... especially the newer 
stuff like Chris said.

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