TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA Violinist Anna Phoebe - "KISS At Wembley Arena Was A Physical And Visual Bombardment"
May 19, 2010, 14 years ago
TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA violinist Anna Phoebe, who recently joined ROXY MUSIC for live shows, has posted her latest weekly column for Classic Rock Magazine. An excerpt is available below:
"Most bands I’ve played for it’s been a case of ‘plug in and go’ – where my role as a violinist is limited to playing the notes and running around the stage performing them, rather than building any kind of sound effects. In previous bands I’ve played for, the time I’m dedicating to developing sounds with the violin has only really been reserved for the guitar players. With Roxy, there is so much to take in and so many decisions to be made about how things are played and how they sound. On Saturday, the musical director and I spent a good six-and-a-half hours programming keyboard/organ sounds for four songs!From intricate sonics to complete over-the-top everything – KISS at Wembley Arena was more of a physical and visual bombardment! Travelling with 17 trucks of lights, explosives, flying lifts, costumes and platform boots, they put on an amazing show which lasted for around two hours.
My sister, a friend and I had a great time dancing the entire time, giggling at Gene Simmons’ ever-present tongue and Paul Stanley’s incessant bum-wiggling. We were standing behind the sound and lighting desk, and directly behind what must have been Gene Simmons’ ’wife’. She was a voluptuous, full-bodied, full-lipped pouting blonde beauty wearing enough bling to redirect and shoot the lasers directly back onto the stage. She kept standing up and giving a royal wave to the adoring middle-aged male fans who fumbled excitedly to get the cameras out of their pockets every time she looked their way. Hilarious."
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Anna's Roxy Music summer tour schedule is as follows:
June
17 - Kaisafest - Helsinki, Finland19 - Sonar - Barcelona, Spain
July
17 - Lovebox - London, England31 - Fuji Rock - Tokyo, Japan
August
8 - Lokerse Feesten - Belgium27 - Lots Festival - Holland
29 - Rock En Seine - Paris France
September
3 - Electric Picinic - Stradbally, Ireland11 - Bestival - Isle Of Wight, UK
Anna's solo live schedule is now as follows:
May
31 - The Purple Turtle - London, UK **June
1 - The Bedford - London, UK (fulll band - free entry)September
5 - Weyfest Festival - Farnham, UK (full band)** Jurojin show
