- 01
- Jun
"We are the mighty Police and we are totally at sea." Just took two days for Stewart to have his first tantrum, which, hey, is two days longer than a lot of us thought it'd be! From what we saw of the "dress rehearsal," things seemed to be going fairly well -- but Reuters reports that Copeland has branded the second official show of the tour, in Vancouver, a "DISASTER GIG!" Don't worry though, he's not blaming Andy and the "petulant pansy" Sting. Not entirely, anyway. He even laughs it off! Stew posted this to stewartcopeland.net:
“Whenever you’re ready Mr. Copeland” says Charlie, the production manager, as two crew members hold aside the giant gong, creating just enough space for me to slither onto my percussion stage, which is still down in its pit. I leap on board but my foot catches something and I sprawl into the arena in a jumble as the little stage starts to rise into view. Never mind. The audience is screaming with anticipation as I collect myself in the dark and start to warm, up the gong with a few gentle taps. But I’m overdoing it. It’s resonating and reaching it’s crescendo before the stage has fully reached its position. Sort of like a premature ejaculation. There’s nothing for it so I take a big swing for the big hit. Problem is, I’m just fractionally too far away and the beater misses the sweet spot and the big pompous opening to the show is a damp squib. Never mind.