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Can anyone make out who is on Bass..to me the stature of the person, does not look like Neil Fairclough??
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snail
I have seen some pictures of the stage set up. To me it looks not so impressive. They have 13 trucks to move all the equipment from one place to another. For excample Rammstein had for there tour 24 ! trucks.
bucsateflon
Maybe the stage in rehearsals is not the complete setup.
inu-liger
According to the QOL admin, that was the stage setup for the iHeartRadio show on Monday. So assumingly that isn't even the full setup :)
taptap
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[b]taptap wrote: [/b] [QUOTE]
[b]snail wrote: [/b] I have seen some pictures of the stage set up. To me it looks not so impressive. They have 13 trucks to move all the equipment from one place to another. For excample Rammstein had for there tour 24 ! trucks.[/QUOTE]
Someone said they had info from one of the roadies who is also one of the backup drivers that they have triplicates of everything (staging, lighting, instruments, sound systems, outfits, etc.), so that full staging is contained with each of 5 sets of trucks. The first set of 5 will be unloading and setting up for the first concert while the other ten trucks head for stops 2 and 3, where they will begin the same as soon as the arena is free. At the end of the night of concert 1 in chicago, the stage will be packed up and those 5 trucks will head to concert venue #4. It's like a game of leap-frog to ensure maximum efficiency over the greater distances between some venues in North America.
It sounds very logical, but no one's really been able to confirm if this is true. It does beg the question of what's contained in the 16th truck, if only five are needed for each of the three groups, so it may not be true at all. I'm sure someone will get to the bottom of it eventually through.[/QUOTE]
[b]taptap wrote: [/b] [QUOTE]
[b]snail wrote: [/b] I have seen some pictures of the stage set up. To me it looks not so impressive. They have 13 trucks to move all the equipment from one place to another. For excample Rammstein had for there tour 24 ! trucks.[/QUOTE]
Someone said they had info from one of the roadies who is also one of the backup drivers that they have triplicates of everything (staging, lighting, instruments, sound systems, outfits, etc.), so that full staging is contained with each of 5 sets of trucks. The first set of 5 will be unloading and setting up for the first concert while the other ten trucks head for stops 2 and 3, where they will begin the same as soon as the arena is free. At the end of the night of concert 1 in chicago, the stage will be packed up and those 5 trucks will head to concert venue #4. It's like a game of leap-frog to ensure maximum efficiency over the greater distances between some venues in North America.
It sounds very logical, but no one's really been able to confirm if this is true. It does beg the question of what's contained in the 16th truck, if only five are needed for each of the three groups, so it may not be true at all. I'm sure someone will get to the bottom of it eventually through.[/QUOTE]
Mr.QueenFan
[QUOTE] [b]taptap wrote:[/b]
It sounds very logical, but no one's really been able to confirm if this is true. It does beg the question of what's contained in the 16th truck, if only five are needed for each of the three groups, so it may not be true at all. I'm sure someone will get to the bottom of it eventually through .[/QUOTE]
The 16th truck is for Roger Taylor groupies :-)
But this sounds very true to me, because the Queen "Magic Tour" in 86 had the biggest stage in the world and there were more than one stage for the same purposes. U2 used this same concept for their Pop tour. So, it makes perfect sense to me.
It sounds very logical, but no one's really been able to confirm if this is true. It does beg the question of what's contained in the 16th truck, if only five are needed for each of the three groups, so it may not be true at all. I'm sure someone will get to the bottom of it eventually through .[/QUOTE]
The 16th truck is for Roger Taylor groupies :-)
But this sounds very true to me, because the Queen "Magic Tour" in 86 had the biggest stage in the world and there were more than one stage for the same purposes. U2 used this same concept for their Pop tour. So, it makes perfect sense to me.
cpc98
Doesn't make sense to me. Why have triplicates? It's definitely not for setup time. They can setup and take down in a matter of hours. Most busy arenas have events almost everyday and some have to change from basketball to hockey to concert configurations in a matter of a couple days. For instance, the second show on the tour, Winnipeg's MTS Centre, has Cher playing the night before and Heart the night after Queen + AL. So they can only setup the stage the 21st anyway. I guess the duplicates will just arrive and wait at the arena?
Oh, and the Magic Tour is not a fair comparison. Very few pre-built parts for that stage. It basically had to be built from scratch on site every show.
Oh, and the Magic Tour is not a fair comparison. Very few pre-built parts for that stage. It basically had to be built from scratch on site every show.
taptap
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[b]Mr.QueenFan wrote: [/b] [QUOTE] [b]taptap wrote:[/b]
It sounds very logical, but no one's really been able to confirm if this is true. It does beg the question of what's contained in the 16th truck, if only five are needed for each of the three groups, so it may not be true at all. I'm sure someone will get to the bottom of it eventually through .[/QUOTE]
The 16th truck is for Roger Taylor groupies :-)
But this sounds very true to me, because the Queen "Magic Tour" in 86 had the biggest stage in the world and there were more than one stage for the same purposes. U2 used this same concept for their Pop tour. So, it makes perfect sense to me.
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The leapfrog strategy/theory makes good sense to me, too. I know that experienced roadies in sufficient number (I hear there are >100 permanent ones, and > 100 local for each venue) can put up and tear down a whole stage in hours, but in North America transport between venues can and does present a significant challenge. The leapfrog system seems perfectly suited not only to effectively deal with that issue, but to provide duplicate and triplicate backup for any system malfunctions or failures. It'll be interesting to see how it all really works - I hope we do, at any rate, because it's fascinating stuff.
ETA: Maybe the 16th truck is to transport backup pieces to locations where there was a failure or damage to some item(s)? It might be the roving vehicle that follows the general tour and loads up from one set and transfers to another as needed.
[b]Mr.QueenFan wrote: [/b] [QUOTE] [b]taptap wrote:[/b]
It sounds very logical, but no one's really been able to confirm if this is true. It does beg the question of what's contained in the 16th truck, if only five are needed for each of the three groups, so it may not be true at all. I'm sure someone will get to the bottom of it eventually through .[/QUOTE]
The 16th truck is for Roger Taylor groupies :-)
But this sounds very true to me, because the Queen "Magic Tour" in 86 had the biggest stage in the world and there were more than one stage for the same purposes. U2 used this same concept for their Pop tour. So, it makes perfect sense to me.
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The leapfrog strategy/theory makes good sense to me, too. I know that experienced roadies in sufficient number (I hear there are >100 permanent ones, and > 100 local for each venue) can put up and tear down a whole stage in hours, but in North America transport between venues can and does present a significant challenge. The leapfrog system seems perfectly suited not only to effectively deal with that issue, but to provide duplicate and triplicate backup for any system malfunctions or failures. It'll be interesting to see how it all really works - I hope we do, at any rate, because it's fascinating stuff.
ETA: Maybe the 16th truck is to transport backup pieces to locations where there was a failure or damage to some item(s)? It might be the roving vehicle that follows the general tour and loads up from one set and transfers to another as needed.
inu-liger
Yeah I would think so too the 16th truck being loaded as a back up with tons of spare parts.
SweetCaroline
All I know is if we end up driving this Wednesday behind a truck that says "Truck 'n Roll," I'm gonna freak out!!!!! LOL