The concert was BRILLIANT! I have a different take on one thing though. It looked to us like Thom tripped over one of the speakers on the stage floor in front and accidently fell while playing Paranoid Android. He tripped, did a nice graceful roll, lingered on his back a bit and came up playing without missing a lick. After the song he made a comment about the fall, something like "that is the trouble with those things".

The band members seemed to be having a great time. They were all smiling. Colin Greenwood was bouncing up and down looking like a kid at Christmas. Maybe he always does that but his enthusiasm was contagious. During one tune, (I apologize but can't remember which) while Thom had his back to the audience while playing his piano, he was turning his head around and giving smiles to us between verses-it looked like he was flirting. Some lucky fan managed to give Thom a hug before she was hauled away by the bouncers.

I have never been to such a great concert. The music was absolutely spectacular. Another element that enhanced the show was the lighting effects. As backdrop there were several columns with intermitent rows of three or four long white lamps. These would flash (along with a full complement of other white backdrop lights) at just the right high and loud climatic notes of the guitars. WOW!

The sound guys did a great job too. Red Rocks is situated on the slope of the foothills to the Rocky Mountains. When the wind kicks up the sound in the upper rows can get blown away. Although it was calm before the show, clouds and wind came rolling over the mountains behind us right as things got underway. The stage crew covered all the equipment ( and there was a lot of equipment!) with giant tarps that the wind would catch, causing them to billow up high above them. We didn't know it then, but about this time several tornados touched down at the Denver airport (maybe twenty miles east of Red Rocks) causing damage to some of their radar. But even with all that wind to play havoc with the sound, the sound was just spectacular. (I guess you can say that these guys are more powerful than a tornado.)

We sat close to the sound and lighting boards (row 16). The light board man had some lovely incense burning throughout the show. You know the sense of smell can recall events to mind more than any other sense? After the show I spoke with the light man, Andi. He was very friendly and humble. The name of the incense is 'Nag Champa'. He was kind enough to sign my tickets for our sons, (aged 11 and 9). He suggested I get the chief sound engineer to sign them as well. He was incredibly nice as well and commented on the trouble with the Red Rocks wind. He actually was apologetic for "blasting" the lower rows. I say it was perfect; if that was blasting then bring it on! I wish I would have seen Phil in the audience ...my guys would have loved his autograph too cause they love what we got - thanks to Andi and Jim!

Ok, I didn't mean to go on so much. One last thing, the show was so good that it compressed time for me. Two hours seemed like 40 minutes. I am going to do my best to see them on this tour again. I hope they had as much fun as it seemed; maybe they will play here again.

Thanks,
Lucin Gilliland