London - Hackney Empire

We finally did it! - our week in London is now finished!

We have been building up to this set of 6 gigs now for a long time and all the hard work has paid off. The crew was a little larger as we had Gary with us and some extra helping hands on the get-in. We were able to fly our truss, which meant that we diddnt need any of our ground support system. This meant the truss went up pretty quick and the sight lines for the audience were fantastic. We also had the premiere of our new stage fan system which sucks all the low smoke under the stage so it doesnt cover the front row of the audience. It worked brilliantly and we gave each other a well deserved pat on the back for coming up with a working solution.

The new lower stage decks look great but we can no longer crawl under them, so the bolting procedure now requires some male-bonding....

The shows went really well and everyone seemed to be loving it, including the VIP's on the first night. Everyone involved had an aftershow party on the thursday night....






Sven did the lighting on the last night, so craig and I had the opportunity to take some photos and video back stage during the show....