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Brian May IG: "Tour Ready !!!"

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Posted at : Tuesday, July 09, 2019



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Tour Ready !!! Well, almost ! This is me about to perform our ‘Stagger-Through”. We’ve now put in 6 days solid production rehearsals for our QAL tour of North America and Beyond. Long days, hammering out new pieces of action - and interaction between us, the performers, and the massive and highly sophisticated beast which is our touring rig. Sound, lights, staging, moving parts, video content, magic tricks, monitoring, costumes, and ... MUSIC !!! I was pondering today that it’s such a shame that the wonderful Beatles never got the chance to indulge themselves and their fans in such a fantasy. Touring life became uncontrollable for them after only a few years of massive fame. For us we’ve had 40 years or more to develop and continuously innovate - and the technical and artistic team we have around us is at the very top level. Having recently spent some time with some of those amazing men who actually walked on the moon, I can definitely see some parallels. What we do isn’t exactly rocket science, but it’s a similar situation, where what you see - the end result on stage - is the result of the work of hundreds of highly talented people. I’m hugely proud of this whole operational team. Best in the World for sure. What’s the Stagger-Through ? Well in the theatre they would call it a dress rehearsal. It’s not exactly that for us, but it’s the time when we put together all the pieces for the first time, and run it, warts and all, as a continuous show in our private space. Lots of stops for train wrecks and final arguments ... but at the end of we can make a guess as to whether we actually have a show which works. I believe we do !! See you out there, Rockers ! Bri
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For anyone who does not have Instagram, here is the text of Brian's IG message:

Tour Ready !!! Well, almost ! This is me about to perform our ‘Stagger-Through”. We’ve now put in 6 days solid production rehearsals for our QAL tour of North America and Beyond. Long days, hammering out new pieces of action - and interaction between us, the performers, and the massive and highly sophisticated beast which is our touring rig. Sound, lights, staging, moving parts, video content, magic tricks, monitoring, costumes, and ... MUSIC !!! I was pondering today that it’s such a shame that the wonderful Beatles never got the chance to indulge themselves and their fans in such a fantasy. Touring life became uncontrollable for them after only a few years of massive fame. For us we’ve had 40 years or more to develop and continuously innovate - and the technical and artistic team we have around us is at the very top level. Having recently spent some time with some of those amazing men who actually walked on the moon, I can definitely see some parallels. What we do isn’t exactly rocket science, but it’s a similar situation, where what you see - the end result on stage - is the result of the work of hundreds of highly talented people. I’m hugely proud of this whole operational team. Best in the World for sure. What’s the Stagger-Through ? Well in the theatre they would call it a dress rehearsal. It’s not exactly that for us, but it’s the time when we put together all the pieces for the first time, and run it, warts and all, as a continuous show in our private space. Lots of stops for train wrecks and final arguments ... but at the end of we can make a guess as to whether we actually have a show which works. I believe we do !! See you out there, Rockers ! Bri

 

5 comments:

Dee R Gee said...

This tour sounds like it's going to wow us at every step! Hope we see lots of great vids!

Sunflower said...

Oh I can't wait for all of this! :)

Nanbert said...

So exciting!

It has often struck me that the geniuses who bring the lighting and rig to such perfection do not get enough accolades. And the lighting during the show is so perfectly timed! Each time an artist is showcased, he is spotlighted with perfect timing....and then it turned off and switched to another being showcased...again, with perfect timing. All of that adds SO much to the precision, splendor, and drama that is QAL....and is just as important a "player" in the final result. They are all the ultimate professionals....no part of the QAL performance and staging goes "unpolished"! Brian is justly proud.

Can't wait to see where this next step takes them/us! SOON NOW!!!!!!

LAMBERT Outlaw said...

Since I can't be there ever I am so Impatiently waiting for any & all videos from each venue!! There is going to be streaming tomorrow night in Vancouver at 11PM ET & I will be glued to my computer listening to all of it!! I can't wait!!

tess4ADAM(LAMBERT Outlaw)

Nanbert said...

Lambert Outlaw....me too! SO-O-O excited....love QAL!