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Was there last night. Awesome show. I think this may have been one of my favorite performances, because of the fact of the noise from the fireworks and a nearby stage, Lu decided, “Fuck this, lets rock out.” By far the most straight-through rock concert I have seen from her.
I was there last night running a spotlight. It was a great show. In fact probably the best show I’ve ever worked at summerfest. After the complaints of the volume level coming from ( Thievery Corporation at ) the Miller Stage, the head electrician and stage manager on headset scrambled to solve the problem. After calls to the stage manager at the Miller stage went unanswered the production manager for the entire ground was called to step in. A song later the decible level went down at least 10 dbs. Which made the show much more bearable and Lucinda had turned up the volume and rocked the f*** out. I felt like she won the fight and made me respect her even more. By playing long after the other stage had gone dark and even after the festival grounds had closed. Everyone who stuck around for the whole show was treated to an amazing evening. It’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock n roll!!!
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Thanks for the report and the great review, it is really good to keep up with what Lu is doing, cause this side of the pond it is like she does not exist, and really appreciate these posts, good to hear about the new material as well, with hopefully a European tour later on to promote it.
Keep up the good work.I was at the concert–what a great show. Much better than last year’s at this venue! Lucinda should get mad more often. I would have loved to hear the ballad stuff as she planned, but Summerfest really isn’t the place for it. I hope she’s not mad anymore and plans to return.
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I was there last night running a spotlight. It was a great show. In fact probably the best show I’ve ever worked at summerfest. After the complaints of the volume level coming from ( Thievery Corporation at ) the Miller Stage, the head electrician and stage manager on headset scrambled to solve the problem. After calls to the stage manager at the Miller stage went unanswered the production manager for the entire ground was called to step in. A song later the decible level went down at least 10 dbs. Which made the show much more bearable and Lucinda had turned up the volume and rocked the f*** out. I felt like she won the fight and made me respect her even more. By playing long after the other stage had gone dark and even after the festival grounds had closed. Everyone who stuck around for the whole show was treated to an amazing evening. It’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock n roll!!!
Thanks for the background info. Here’s an ironic touch: Lucinda has been playing a Thievery Corporation song live a fair amount, “Marching the Hate Machines into the Sun”–though she didn’t do it at this show.
So, I know Lu introduced the band, and forgive me for my ignorance, but does this band have a name? Last time I saw Lu was after West was released, and I don’t think she had a name for the band then, though a couple of the guys are still with her.
Thanks for the insight.
I just realized she played Riders on the Storm and it’s missing from the setlist? Or was it mixed into one of the songs?
I did NOT attend this show, but “Riders on the Storm” is usually segued from Joy. Perhaps, stoger can elaborate for this specific date.
Yep, Paul, should have put the old proverbial slash mark after “Joy,” for she did segue into “Riders” from it that night. I’m pretty sure in Ottawa that she did not, however.
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