Taken at the Blue Man Group (BMG) 'How To Be A Megastar 2.1' Tour @ Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada on 25nd Sepember, 2008. Mr. Blue Playing notes for 'I Feel Love' by Donna Summers on a Backpack Tubulum at easily over 180 Beats Per Minute.
The group played variety of self invented musical intruments including some made from PVC. The list included Tubes ( Drumbone, Tubulum, Drumulum), Airpoles, Drum Wall, Strings (Cimbalom, Chapman Stick). And did I forget to include Piano Smasher (Yes, a piano whose strings are smashed with a mallet). Fun to see spin offs of classical instruments.
Some songs in the set list included instrumental covers of The Who, Ozzy Osbourne, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Donna Summers. Some of their own compositions included 'Rods and Cones', 'Time to Start', 'Above', 'Drumbone' and PianoSmasher.
Currently, Blue Man Group has permanent theater productions in New York, Las Vegas, Orlando, Boston, Chicago, Tokyo and Berlin. (And earlier in Toronto too).
More photographs here:
Blue Man Group Tour - Splashing Drums
Blue Man Group Tour - Firing Paper Ropes
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Taken at the Blue Man Group 'How To Be A Megastar 2.1' Concert @ Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada on 25nd Sepember, 2008.
Apart from the awesome lighting effects of the splashing drums, the question marks on the drums had a special meaning (Mocking the Latecomers). Before the show started, the audience were shown messages on the display panels, including doing wacky things when they see question marks. As the latecomers missed it, they found themselves puzzled when these signs were displayed later in the show (The rest of the audience was raising their cell phones).
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Taken at the Blue Man Group 'How To Be A Megastar' Concert @ Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada on 25nd Sepember, 2008. The show's ending.
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