The Sisters Of Mercy Are Back With GrandMA

Gig reviews, set lists, thoughts, comments and observations on the 2008/2009 Sisters tour, including the Autumn/Winter 2008 U.S. and European 2009 legs.
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A nice inside article about the lighting of the European leg of the 2009 tour and the woman behind the controls.
Found it here:

http://blog.livedesignonline.com/briefi ... h-grandma/
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She really did a great job! For the Paris show I watched most of the show from the balcony and those lights just blew me away! :notworthy:
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yep, the last more than any other seems to have gotten some really good feedback about the lightshow 8)
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Indeed. I only missed the sunset yellow coloured lights during summer :innocent:
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ta muchly for the link. quite a nice read :) :notworthy: :notworthy:
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the lights were wonderful in Cologne as well, including green and yellow ... :notworthy:
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Thanks for the linkage. :notworthy:

Makes me so jealous all over again, though - I have just somehow got to see shows outside the US. :(
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Biggest upset with the lights in Leeds is that the red floods were not used in FALAA
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"Eldridge will also articulate ideas and enjoys working highly interactively with light, particularly using it as a concealment"

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Wait a minute, didn't she take Andrew for Jean Michel Jarre?

"Andrew has pushed me hard creatively, making me think about light beams as physical objects for him to interact with, and it’s been absolutely brilliant"
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:lol: - :lol: - :lol: ... :notworthy: : ;D : ...
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Thanks for the link! Nice read and beautiful pic. :notworthy:
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Found it here also, it's the same but with a different photo:

http://www.plsn.com/index.php?option=co ... 4&Itemid=1
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Thanx circle! Found a short lightography of Liz Berry to complete this topic:

http://www.avolites.org.uk/gallery/avo- ... ry-liz.htm
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:eek:
Hey, that's her the woman with the console that stand in front of me in Thessaloniki live of the Sis :lol: :lol:
Very good work and excellent in improvisations :notworthy:
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I liked her LJ style too but sometimes she put too much stroboscope fx into the lights .
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:lol: :lol: :lol: ... doesn't matter when you're in the front row ... ;D
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There was stroboscope lights at the stage? Thank Von that i was in front row...
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