ABSTRACT
It’s a crazy night in Massive Stadium. During “Comfortably Rich,” the band’s biggest hit, images of a flying poodle, edited perfectly to the song’s beat, are showing on a giant circular screen. Video walls built into the set switch back and forth from prerecorded poodles to live views of the band. Throughout the song, sound effects and barks from the poodle footage emanate from the massive quad sound system. Then, suddenly, the drummer’s riser lifts 20 feet into the air, with massive spots tracking the riser from every direction; this is the moment the crowd has been waiting for-the drum solo. As the riser’s ascent slows, the poodle images disappear and the solo starts. As the drummer hits each of his drums, the huge array of moving lights dances precisely to the beat. At the end of his solo, the drummer plays the famous opening beats from “Young Rust,” and as the drum riser returns slowly to earth, images of rust and money appear on the screens.
