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Caught
the 9.30 train from Berlin to Prague for another show. Got
to Prague at 3pm and headed to the venue to sort out
somewhere to stay. Luckily the venue is only a short walk
from the train station we had arrived at. I checked into the
hotel right next to the venue The room overlooked the stage
door!!
Went to a cafe that seemed to be a part of the venue -
beer was 20 Kr - that's about 40pence/60 US cents and the
food wasn't much more expensive - but it was great. In there
we met some members of the Czech Pink Floyd club who were
planning to unveil a banner that said "Welcome to the Semtex
Machine" lol I had bought my tickets online and had to go to pick them up in the centre of Prague which was a metro ride away - but got into the centre of the city and it is still as beautiful as I remember it. When I returned I was told that the ticket office had front seats on sale!!!! Very bizarre that there were front row seats on sale at the venue a few hours before the show started - but they were 2200 Kr - which comparatively seems a colossal amount.
Another odd thing was that the seating blocks at the side
in line with the speakers only started half way back on both
sides - This was the best sounding show I've seen - I was in Row 10 and noticed very early on that the guitars were incredibly clear. The band also seemed to be in great spirits with Rog really getting involved with the crowd. At the beginning he spent some time at stage right interacting with the one person that stood up in the left seated area! Singing directly to her.
After Mother Rog spent some time talking to his guitar tech - but from where I was the guitars sounded great - maybe something else was wrong? The projectionists also seemed to be having some problems as at one point then both went out, just after the image on screen shook and had lots of horizontal lines running though it. It took a few minutes before an image reappeared. The card game during Dogs is still played on the South
African flag set of cards! Wonder if they will last the
whole tour? Something I have noticed and it happened again is that they seem to turn the sound up for the second half - why? At the beginning of Time - Graham dropped his drumstick - probably the worst time he could have done it ;-) Also as lines "half a page of scribbled lines" was sung, Rog gestured with his right hand writing on a piece of paper - never seen him do that before. PP excelled again and again, as did all the backing singers today. The whole show was fab and is probably my favourite so far. On this tour I have met lots of people I have traded with over the years - and last night was no exception. Always great to put a face to an email address ;-) Best show so far, most interesting venue and quietest drinking sessions which given the cheapness of the beer was odd Review thanks to John E |
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(Above) Official show schedule as used by the band.
With thanks
to John
E

(Above) The Paegas Arena. With thanks to
Martin
Smí¹ek

(Above) With thanks to John
E
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