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The Horizon. My first time to a concert out of Wisconsin. Steve and I drove down to Rosemont, near O'Hare. $25 show. This was a big event. Tickets were only available through a special phone line. I spent 45 minutes on redial, and finally made it through. I tried again, and didn't get through, but if I had, they would have canceled my previous order.
The Pixies opened up. Not being familiar with them, I wasn't extremely impressed with their show. Nor did I really get a feel for who they were. This opening stint turned out to be the band's doom, and they went on hiatus after this tour, and then terminated.
After the Pixies, a DJ by the name of BP Fallon came out to the B stage. He climbed into a car that was covered with mirror, and spun records.
Our seats were in the upper deck, second row, even with the stage, on stage right. The stage was open, and the upper deck was sold out all the way around. Above the stage, were hung half a dozen brightly painted Trabants - the legendary eastern European cars that were a symbol of the fall of communism. Most of them had spotlight inside, and moved. The stage concealed four big vidiwalls that rose out of it. The ones at the back of the stage sometimes turned toward the crowd behind. There were many other smaller video screens.
The band went out to the b-stage to do some songs. The mirror-encrusted Trabant that had been the DJ booth, was raised up for the show. There was a rope hanging from it, that Larry used to spin it. Spoltlights were on it, making it into a mirror ball. The band did some acoustic numbers from there, including "Satellite of Love" and "Angel of Harlem", I think.
This was the tour in support of Achtung Baby. I was a big fan of the album, and was excited to hear the bands new sound. I liked the heavy, electronic distortion sound of "Bullet the Blue Sky". The overloaded visuals of the show were exciting too. The ironic usage of hyper video was a wake up call for the excesses of the media of the day.
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The Pixies opened up. Not being familiar with them, I wasn't extremely impressed with their show. Nor did I really get a feel for who they were. This opening stint turned out to be the band's doom, and they went on hiatus after this tour, and then terminated.
After the Pixies, a DJ by the name of BP Fallon came out to the B stage. He climbed into a car that was covered with mirror, and spun records.
Our seats were in the upper deck, second row, even with the stage, on stage right. The stage was open, and the upper deck was sold out all the way around. Above the stage, were hung half a dozen brightly painted Trabants - the legendary eastern European cars that were a symbol of the fall of communism. Most of them had spotlight inside, and moved. The stage concealed four big vidiwalls that rose out of it. The ones at the back of the stage sometimes turned toward the crowd behind. There were many other smaller video screens.
The band went out to the b-stage to do some songs. The mirror-encrusted Trabant that had been the DJ booth, was raised up for the show. There was a rope hanging from it, that Larry used to spin it. Spoltlights were on it, making it into a mirror ball. The band did some acoustic numbers from there, including "Satellite of Love" and "Angel of Harlem", I think.
This was the tour in support of Achtung Baby. I was a big fan of the album, and was excited to hear the bands new sound. I liked the heavy, electronic distortion sound of "Bullet the Blue Sky". The overloaded visuals of the show were exciting too. The ironic usage of hyper video was a wake up call for the excesses of the media of the day.
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