Tony Levin Road Diary

First show tonight, of the tour and of the whole BEAT experience, that’s been in the making for years.

Here at the San Jose Civic Center there’s plenty of excitement, and, impressive to us in the band, it’s a bigger venue than many we’ll be playing - I’ve played here a few times before with Peter Gabriel.

Speaking of big…

the stage backdrop is pretty impressive!

Here’s our entrance to the venue

And a shot I’ll title “self portrait with bus”

Soundcheck, being the first of the tour, is a bit trickier than they’ll be after a few shows.

No, Danny, you're supposed to play those, not sign them

Standing by, two of the people who made this tour happen, Stevo and Scrote

in the wings, Thomas - who’s looking after both Adrian’s and my gear, does some work

Saying hi to a few folks before the show

Here we go.

Traditionally, I like to capture the first note of the first show, when something big is commencing.

Like back in 1981…

and, also traditionally, things go wrong when I’m trying to setup a remote tripod photo and get my instrument and pedals ready for the first note… so this is what I got tonight

After intermission, we come back on stage one at a time, to join in on Waiting Man. Adrian gets to play some drums and … I get a chance for a few shots