A question about Earls Court

We were all getting on so well in this thread too :D

[QUOTE] [b]thomasquinn 32989 wrote:[/b]

Well, then I guess it's just up to Bob to be cross with me, and you're off the hook ;P[/QUOTE]

I will do no such thing.

Carry on, gentlemen.

I stand corrected. Never knew that. Just that I was at the Liverpool Empire show a few days before EC and there was no crown there so I just presumed.
It featured when I saw them a year later at Wembley empire pool, although not at Stafford Bingley Hall the week before . Wonder why?

Leaving their new lighting in a van on a Liverpool road was not advised

The foyer (just inside the entrance doors) was decorated and had jugglers, magicians, stilt walkers, clowns and other entertainers mingling with the crowd.

Pics?

I was at the first night of Earl's Court and I can confirm there were all sorts of circus acts in the huge foyer.

There was also a bagpipe band that eventually marched into the auditorium.

It was quite weird. There were neck-chokers on sale. Clear tubes that were filled with a substance that reacted with warmth when worn and glowed a bright fluorescent green. Earl's Court was vast and very high. As it filled up it looked like thousands of fireflies all the way to the top.

I took this pic of the merchandise stand in the foyer. None of the 'circus' though

Whenever I've put up my good pics they get nicked immediately and end up being the cover for some shit bootleg. However I'm not bothered about these two.

One is a very bad but intriguing shot from about halfway back in the Earl's Court auditorium with the crown mysteriously glowing in the distance.

It was the first time it had been used and I don't think anyone had a clue what it was supposed to be. It just looked like a mess of twisted metal, gauze and lights.

Black drapes hung from the base which was only about 4 feet off the stage. I was in the front row (thanks to the fan club) and could not figure how the band would be playing in such a confined area. You have to remember this was the first (to my knowledge) of moving lighting rigs (ELOs spaceship was a year later).

When the Chopin stopped and the house lights went off Procession started and the black curtains slowly parted to reveal shit loads of dry ice. Cue thundercrack and as the DATR Intro played the whole bloody thing started to rise.

It was unbelievable because it was just SO HUGE. The later touring crown was much simpler and smaller. One of my best memories.

The other pic is two fans outside before the doors opened. No idea of names but if it's YOU please say hello.

Oops try this

Nice pics, thanks

Great stuff. Thanks for the first hand account.

[QUOTE] [b]master marathon runner wrote:[/b]

I stand corrected. Never knew that. Just that I was at the Liverpool Empire show a few days before EC and there was no crown there so I just presumed.
It featured when I saw them a year later at Wembley empire pool, although not at Stafford Bingley Hall the week before . Wonder why?[/QUOTE]

Probably too big to fit in there. It wasn't used at a couple of European dates for the same reason. Copenhagen was one of them.

@splicksplack absolutely excellent posts.

^^^ couldn't agree more!