Hello, I haven't posted anything since the the Carter Administration it seems, so I thought I might as well. The show last night in Denver was much more laid back then the Beacon show last week, and this was manifested in some interesting ways. Sting looked clearly non chalant the entire evening, speaking an inordinate amount of times - even for him. He used his asprin water sprayer a lot too. There were no set changes compared to the Beacon show, save excluding the first verse of Shape of my Heart at the first encore. Seven Days was really great, perhaps the best version I've heard. Sting started off with his "one two three four five, two two three four and" From there, it was a disaster. Abe started playing in either 7 or 9 - not 5. It fell apart, and Sting said "Stop, stop stop! This is in 5, right Abe?" Poor Abe was having problems with his kit all night, and had to replace the hi hat and snare drums during songs also. Sting said "Be careful with those drums Abe, they're very expensive!" Then, as they started the 2nd time, Kipper came in too early. Sting just shrugged and went on with it. They are reverting back to the old "Central Park" version of Roxanne now. The new trumpet player continued to sound way out of place, IMO. Very thin, cold sound, and not nearly the confidence Chris had. The only other highlight was Danny Q's brother sitting behind us a few rows. He's the "thicker" version of Danny, if you will. See some of you in Vegas! I have 15 hours of driving ahead of me now...yeah!! James
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James E Norman