Well,the Level 42 gig came & went..After fighting through traffic & snow flurries, we arrived too late to catch anything of the support band.
Had balcony seats, slap bang in the middle, so a good view of stage & the sound had time to develope. I had some reservations about the p.a in general but i think the soundguys have obviously worked on the sound since Jacko & Whitecloud saw them, the only bad mix was the guitar to begin with, which was too quiet.
The keyboards sound came & went occasionally but was more due to the actual patch sounds if anything.
It made such a change to hear Mike Lindups vocals on all the classics.
Gary Husband's drumming was top-notch as always (one of my favourite drummers).
My only critiscism was the sound of Mark King's new Status king basses, I don't know whether it's the 32'' scale but the bottom 'E' string lacked punch & clarity ( not something that would have mattered in his old Alembic era).
Overall a good gig which must have had input from the fanclub as the set featured some great early tracks & of the 6 times i've seen the band, the 1st time i've heard Mark actually play 'dunetune'.
Steve
