So, I’d planned on uploading videos from the show along with the images. But, well, sometimes on-the-road WiFi just isn’t fast enough. OK, truth is that I set all the videos to upload at once and then went to take a nap. When I woke up, all the uploads had failed and we were setting off to do something else. Hey, I’m in road mode, so it just took a couple more days. Of course, it didn’t hurt that we visited a friend’s place in Monterey and he had blazing fast Internet, so I shot those videos up to the cloud between beers.
The Sphere is an amazing venue. These vids only capture a sense of what it was like. As we’ve said, if you get the opportunity to see your favorite band here, do it!
What we thought was the “backstage” was actually just a fanciful image that split along Stealie’s lightning bolt and slid open
After the wall opened, we found ourselves on Haight Street only to take off into space
I never got to experience Bill Graham’s Wall of Sound, so it was cool to watch it grow and get a sense for the experience
This type of stuff is what the Sphere is made for…if you listen carefully you can hear Cheryl scream mid-way through
Gotta have a spiral of dancing bears (yes, I know, they’re marching, but I prefer to imagine them dancing)
All those different tickets, posters, and passes; hallmarks of a storied career and history
Another of those “Spehere-only” experiences as we traveled from one famous venue to another
DrumSpace…maybe the only time I actually didn’t get up and go to the bathroom. No drums here, but it’s cool to watch Mickey play his Blaster Beam.
You just can’t get enough of the visuals, often forgetting to look at the stage
Just look at that stage; it seems so small against the image wall
Skeletons…never enough skeletons
Well there you go, more skeletons on motorcycles
Eventually we had to return to earth, but it sure was an amazing four hours
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