Richard-Eastham wrote: Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:22 pm
I really liked the show. I watched the live stream on my phone in a café bar in Gran Canaria on the phone signal, no WiFi. Picture and sound were perfect, never dropped out once. Incredible, really that we can do this, that just a few years ago was almost impossible.
Show highlights for me:
- The staging and the integration of the surrounding architecture was superb. The open, airy stage design without a roof was a joy. So much better than the giant black tent structures so common at festivals these days.
- Laser harp, new colour
- The new Stone Island silver jacket was very cool
A triumph!
Another move at this show that was great was the use of local architectural details being shown though the digital monoliths on stage during The Time Machine. For sure, Registan Square has some wonderful ceramics and intricate detailing.
Hindsight and all that, but the same technique applied to the Special Summer Tour would have given a local twist to each performance... taking architectural images from each city and creating a collage to use on the screens during just one of the tracks, didn't have to be Time Machine which was of course, not performed during the summer.
Kraftwerk do this during Space Lab. Really simple basic visuals, and they use Google Earth satellite images to create the impression of a spaceship landing in whichever city they are performing in that night. Crowd go crazy!
I've always loved that JMJ concerts of the past have tried to include a local dimension each time. He did it again in Uzbekistan and I thought that was a great touch. Bravo!
