And the musicians remained on stage - quite the testament to not only their skills but their commitment to performance. Leland Sklar did a podcast about this night.
"POWER CUTS IN MY LIFE TIME.... Nimes was one. I don't get angry with my Crew, they work harder than anyone I know to make sure the Boss's show goes OK. Sometimes a place like Nimes cannot handle the required power, and Alain Lahanna the French Promoter, who is a great friend of mine, does everything in his power to make sure it all goes without a hitch, However, you can't "rehearse" a show from a power POV, there are so many unknown factors. If everyone in Nimes decides to boil a kettle and have a cup of tea at the same time in one of our "BIG MOMENTS"... we're up the creek. Same goes for RF (radio frequencies) there are so many wireless things on stage, mic's, head sets etc.... at sound check it all goes swimmingly well. Then the security guys and the Police and the Building guys, all arrive and turn on THEIR wireless gear, the Walkie Talkie's and it becomes a nightmare !! Fortunately it only happens sometimes." (PC, Phil Collins Forum, 2004)
What an incredible audience! They love Phil so much! The band are totally professional. Phil is amazing. He is pissed off though - very angry performance! This video is fantastic. Thanks for posting.
+Mike Brady Not necessarily. He is professional enough to know that these things happen. It took him so long to start since, despite FOH was up and running, the IEMs were down. When something goes wrong at a show, you will get this kind of intense atmosphere most of the time, at least with a professional band. He might be angry (with the local venue crew then), he might just be very focused to bring this song home.
30th June 2004 - During the intro of In The Air Tonight when Daryl begins to step on the bass pedals suddenly there is no more sound at all! The whole sound as well as the big LED screen and most of the stage light are off. It takes about 15 Minutes to fix the problem. The intro of the second attempt takes extremely long until Phil finally starts singing. The LED screen is off for In The Air Tonight but back in service for Dance Into The Light.
💙 Being a perfectionist myself, I can feel how angry and frustrated he must have felt! You put so much blood, sweat and tears into something, you want it to be perfect for the crowd of adoring fans!! But hey, $hit happens, the show must go on and his fans got their favorite "In the Air Tonight and Phil's drumming. It would have been waaaaay more disappointing if they weren't able to get that song at all!!!😫🤬 Everyone knows you give 1000% Phil, so no one would be blaming you for the "glitch ". All we can do is our best, and roll with the punches when they happen.👍 Phil 😘
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Thegrandman I have respect for perfectionist, but some artists take themselves to seriously. I've been to many gigs in my time and seen a few artists cock up so to speak, they've carried on and joked about it and it made the gig more enjoyable to be honest. There's no need for anger, at the end of the day we're only human and so is Phil.
I think he's more upset with letting the audience down more than anything else. He's always been very self-conscious about his music and live performances, and he hate to disappoint an audience (take for example a cancelled gig during the We Can't Dance tour after he sang one song and his voice went out, he went to his dressing room and cried), so it makes sense that he takes live performances very seriously.
