with sssoul Wrote:
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> >> Doesn't Mick have a large printed version on
> the ground? <<
>
> i'm not sure, but i think i imagine it's on Mick's
> teleprompters, not a piece of paper.
> in 81/82 and earlier eras, maybe there was a
> setlist taped to the floor among his other
> prompts,
> but even then i believe the drum riser was the
> traditional place for the paper version of the set
> list.
>
> apparently the transcriptions of the things Mick
> says in the local languages are on paper taped to
> the stage,
> rather than on screens - i found that interesting.
> my theory is that he writes them out them himself
>
> as a learning strategy.
>
> but at Shepherds Bush there was all kinds of stuff
> taped to the stage - looks like lyrics?
> did the teleprompter break down or not fit or ...
> ?
>
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> 19990608shepherdsbush_rockman.jpg
> - Shepherds Bush june 8th 1999, courtesy of
> Rockman
What a great show that Shepards Bush was....