BEAT Euro 26

Oslo Show

Our last show of the tour - we know it’ll be special, and something to remember, but pretty mixed feelings about this one - excited and sad.

We’re in Oslo, and the Sentrum Scene is a kind of theater club, seats upstairs, standing downstairs.

Oh, NOW I remember playing here.. it’s those Eyes. They look like cartoon eyes looking down at the audience.

Here’s a better view, from stage.

Yeah, spooky… but kind of cartoon happy spooky!

We haven’t got around yet to taking the big group shot of everyone on the tour… so today’s the day. And, like always, it’s herding cats…

What a great touring group.

Then soundcheck… Adrian and the Eyes!

Going onstage here is a bit unusual too. Convoluted route, though it has signs (clearly groups have failed to find the stage before.)

The sign says we’re at the stage, so…

a quick bow, then intermission

Hmm… I don’t remember taking this photo

Let me think about this… Let’s see, before going onstage for the second half, I give one of my cameras to Blair to bring onstage for me…

could it be his finger slipped while he was chatting with Nick and Junior? Must be. (Although it’s not easy to take a selfie with a big Nikon!)

OR... Maybe the lights made them do it!

Once Danny’s finished playing the electronic kit for “Waiting Man”, the guys come out to take it offstage while he begins the next song. Finallly got a shot of that.

Came across this pic… Adrian and me doing pretty much the same thing, but back in 1982 (when I had the camera on a tripod)

Some encores...
sometimes you just gotta go for a panorama

Danny usually tosses a drumstick or two to folks in the audience. Tonight he had Adrian do it…

And so, this wonderful tour has some to a close. Shows were great, band and crew vibe on all those bus rides, all those setups, and aftershow chaos… all great.

And best of all, the wonderful audiences, there with all their positive energy, to share our music - couldn’t happen without that.

It’s not the end for the band… we’ll have an announcement soon about what’s coming next.

But for now we’re headed home, and my usual closing of “more soon” isn’t quite appropriate. So I’ll say, “thanks for joining us on the ride.”