Is this an April Fools joke? Will Wayne Newton be opening?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Ziglar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 6:49 PM Subject: [etree] The future of Phish? > By GEOFF BOUCHER, Times Staff Writer > > > > Phish says they were inspired to create an extravagant > show after seeing > a performance of Cirque du Soleil's "O" at Las Vegas' > Bellagio Hotel. > "It changed my life and my entire way of thinking > about performances on stage." Trey Anastasio, whisking > along last week in a limousine en > route to a recording session, was not talking about > the upcoming solo > album or the power trio "Oysterhead" that he formed > with bassist > extraordinaire, Les Claypool and former Police > drummer, Stuart Copeland. Instead, the epiphany > arrived two years ago as fellow > bandmates sat in a Las Vegas casino. And, it turns > out, the moment may also reshape the life of the > evolving entertainment scene in the > high-rolling desert city. > Phish, who stepped away from the public > concert stage in October of 2000 to begin an > indefinite hiatus, has > agreed to an unprecedented pact that will see them > perform five nights a week for 40 weeks a year over > three years at Caesars Palace. > The deal is worth a reported $100 million and will > also see the > casino resort build a $95-million, 4,000-seat theater > to house the production. The shows, scheduled to begin > next March, will mix the band's music and an > elaborate theatrical production on a vast, > 22,000-square-foot stage. Phish becomes the only > contemporary rock > band to make such a lengthy commitment to any venue. > For Las Vegas, it may lead to an era of rock stars in > residence, the way country singers have become house > acts in Branson, Mo. The path to this unlikely > commitment and destination began when Trey Anastasio, > Mike Gordon and Jon Fishman, sat captivated in the > audience of "O" at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino. "O" > is the production that channels 1.5 million gallons of > water and six dozen performers into the trademark > surrealism and acrobatics of Cirque du Soleil, the > French Canadian theater company. Phish saw in > the show a way to create a backdrop to match their own > often epic music. > "I knew I wanted to perform and have a visual show > like this and have, like,60 performers on stage with > us and make every song look like a visual experience," > Gordon said during a cell phone interview from the > car. "It's kind of impossible to travel with a show > like this; the effects and the decor and the whole > thing makes it technically impossible. We would have > to have a base. And we found that in Las Vegas. > > > > ===== > Dave Z. > > http://db.etree.org/dziglar > Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > etree.org etree mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://mail.etree.org/mailman/listinfo/etree > > Need help? Ask <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ etree.org etree mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://mail.etree.org/mailman/listinfo/etree Need help? Ask <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
