Easy Peasy. Load out isn’t until tomorrow night as we have a second show tomorrow night, so it’s a walk away tonight!

Also, it’s a sell out show!

Excellent.

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People always ask how we know where all the set pieces go on the stage in the dark. Above you can see spike tape on the marley floor. Different colors and shapes tell us exactly where to place things. The tape stays on the floor, which travels with the road crew and is rolled out and taped down the the stage at each venue. 

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Next up, and opening the show was Tommy Tutone. He played acoustic guitar with his band-mate Greg. You may or may not remember who Tommy is but I’m absolutely sure you will remember his 1981 song “Jenny”, which peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Still don’t remember. Well here’s her phone number: 867-5309.

Tommy wanted to walk out into the audience during the show and then head out to the lobby to sign autographs near the merch table, so I gave him a short tour of the facility and introduced him to the usher staff (Penguins as I like to call them). While we were out there chatting he told me “I’m almost never recognized out in public, unlike some other musicians.” to which I said, “That’s probably for the best, you can live a normal life, but you still have one of the most recognized songs of all times. You’re famous enough for me to get a photo with!” He was a really nice guy and you can see the photo above.

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Nik West turned out to be an unbelievable bass player and has a great band. Super funky with driving beats.

The rest of the band was also incredible. David Collum II, the drummer rocked hard! And adding to the excitement of this great band we’re screaming electronic sounds from Lorenzo Campese on the keys and fantastic guitar riffs and solos by Tomo Fujita. 

Their sound is reminiscent of a funky Prince with a hard edge that just rocks. I guess they fall into the R&B/Soul, Dance and Electronic genres. I’m super impressed by this band and can honestly say I highly recommend them. I will definitely be listening to more of their music. They were also really friendly people. I’m waiting to hear Joss Stone play but I think that I’ve heard my favorite band of the evening.

I can’t say I know much about Joss Stone. She is a Soul and R&B and Reggae singer from England. Watching her show tonight I can say she is definitely talented. Her music is much softer and gentle than the opening band which is more my own speed but I sure couldn’t say anything bad about Joss.

I met her and her dog earlier in the day although we were not formally introduced, but she seemed to be a nice person. Her crew has been nothing but professional and friendly to our own and the day has gone rather smoothly. Both of these acts have been a pleasure to work with and if you see them playing in your area I can recommend buying a ticket to see them. Whether you like your music with a bit of a funky edge or you like it soft and sweet this pairing tonight was a winner.

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A Flock of Seagulls started as an English new wave band formed in Liverpool in 1979 (now members live all over the world). The group hit the peak of their chart success in the early 1980s.

The group had a string of international hit singles including “I Ran (So Far Away)” (1982), “Space Age Love Song” (1982), “Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)” (1982), and “The More You Live, the More You Love” (1984).

The opening band is Men Without Hats, a new wave and synth pop band originally from Montreal, Quebec Canada. Their greatest popularity was in the 1980s with “The Safety Dance”, a worldwide top ten hit (No. 3 in the United States), and “Pop Goes the World”. They took the 1990’s off and returned around 2010.

The drummer, Adrian is mixing in ear monitors for the band from a small mixer at the drums. FOH (Front of House) is mixed by their audio engineer Nick from an iPad. They will have wedges on stage as back up mixes which will be mixed by Kerry (our house monitor engineer). All the inputs go to the Men Without Hats audio rack at drums and then split  out to our system.

Adrian, Men Without Hats drummer explained the name of the band “In Canada, because it’s freezing cold during the winter only tough men go without hats.” Men Without Hats are going out on a new tour soon and are just getting set up with this new input rack and monitor ears rig, due to somebody losing their old  one (amongst other gear) as they passed through an airport not too long ago!

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