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=Tour personnel= | =Tour personnel= | ||
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===Touring musicians and bandmembers=== | ===Touring musicians and bandmembers=== | ||
| − | [[Eberhard Schoener]] | + | *[[Eberhard Schoener]] |
| − | + | *[[The Police]] | |
| − | [[The Police]] | + | *[[Gerry Richardson]] - keyboards |
| − | + | *[[Olaf Kübler]] - saxophone | |
| − | [[Gerry Richardson]] | + | *Andy Geer - pantomine |
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| − | [[Olaf Kübler]] | ||
===Road crew and technicians=== | ===Road crew and technicians=== | ||
| − | + | * Phil Guskin (Laser Images, Inc.) | |
| + | * Bernie Shwayder - Laserist (Laser Images, Inc.) | ||
| + | * [[Peter Hoeger-Wiedig]] Projections: 9 Projectors Slides Multiscreen & 16mm Cinemascopefilm, 12 x 6 m Screen | ||
| + | * Dietmar Klinke - Assistant Projections | ||
| + | * Gerd Glaser - Sound Service - Sound & Light, Seeheim | ||
| + | * Reiner Oppelland - clay/tone master | ||
| + | * Rüdiger von Weitershausen - Engineer, Electronic Instruments to [[Eberhard Schoener]] | ||
| + | * Andy Mietling - Stage monitoring | ||
| + | * Werner Schuhmacher - FOH | ||
| + | * Rudi Gies - Tourbus | ||
===Production crew=== | ===Production crew=== | ||
| − | + | *Curtis Briggs - Production Manager | |
| + | *Peter Pracht - 2nd Production Manager | ||
| + | *Irene Peters - Office | ||
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| + | [[Image:1979_01_personnel_Peter_Hoeger-Wiedig.jpg|70px]] | ||
=Support act(s)= | =Support act(s)= | ||
| − | [[The Police]] | + | *[[The Police]] |
=Timeline= | =Timeline= | ||
| − | + | [[Eberhard Schoener]], [[Gerry Richardson]] and [[The Police]] rehearsed for this tour at [[ARRI-Studios]] in Munich from [[1979-01-02]] to [[1979-01-07]]. | |
==Summary of tour dates== | ==Summary of tour dates== | ||
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| [[1979-01-14]] | | [[1979-01-14]] | ||
| + | | [[Neue Welt]] | ||
| + | | Berlin, Germany | ||
| + | |- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;" | ||
| + | | [[1979-01-15]] (cancelled) | ||
| [[Neue Welt]] | | [[Neue Welt]] | ||
| Berlin, Germany | | Berlin, Germany | ||
|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;" | |- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;" | ||
| [[1979-01-16]] | | [[1979-01-16]] | ||
| − | | [[Stadthalle | + | | [[Stadthalle (Bremen) | Stadthalle]] 4 |
| Bremen, Germany | | Bremen, Germany | ||
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=Quotations and trivia= | =Quotations and trivia= | ||
| − | [[Eberhard | + | As the support act [[The Police]] would play 3 songs on their own before playing the main gig with Gerry and Eberhard. |
| + | |||
| + | On a day off [[The Police]] played a concert on their own in Bremen. | ||
| + | This set was recorded for German TV show [[Musikladen]] on [[1979-01-18]] at [[Radio Bremen Studio 3]]. | ||
| − | + | =See also= | |
| + | [[Image:1979_01_stage_schematics_Peter_Hoeger-Wiedig.jpg|80px]] [[Image:1979_01_setlist_1_Peter_Hoeger-Wiedig.jpg|156px]] [[Image:1979_01_setlist_2_Peter_Hoeger-Wiedig.jpg|79px]] | ||
| − | + | =Tour passes= | |
| + | [[Image:1979_01_backstage_pass_PeterHoegerWiedig.jpg|88px]] | ||
| − | + | =Tourbook= | |
| + | [[Image:1991_Soul_program.jpg|50px]] | ||
| − | = | + | =Tour itineraries= |
| − | + | [[Image:1979_01_itinerary_Peter_Hoeger-Wiedig_01.jpg|50px]] [[Image:1979_01_itinerary_Peter_Hoeger-Wiedig_02.jpg|50px]] [[Image:1979_01_itinerary_Peter_Hoeger-Wiedig_03.jpg|50px]] [[Image:1979_01_itinerary_Peter_Hoeger-Wiedig_04.jpg|50px]] [[Image:1979_01_itinerary_Peter_Hoeger-Wiedig_05.jpg|50px]] [[Image:1979_01_itinerary_Peter_Hoeger-Wiedig_06.jpg|50px]] [[Image:1979_01_itinerary_Peter_Hoeger-Wiedig_07.jpg|50px]] | |
=External links= | =External links= | ||
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=References= | =References= | ||
| − | sources: German tour schedule, magazine and newspaper reviews, TV recording, tickets | + | sources: German tour schedule, magazine and newspaper reviews, TV recording, tickets, [[Peter Hoeger-Wiedig]] |
[[Category:Performances (Andy Summers)]][[Category:Performances (Eberhard Schoener)]][[Category:Performances (The Police)]][[Category:Performances (Stewart Copeland)]][[Category:Performances (Sting)]] | [[Category:Performances (Andy Summers)]][[Category:Performances (Eberhard Schoener)]][[Category:Performances (The Police)]][[Category:Performances (Stewart Copeland)]][[Category:Performances (Sting)]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:26, 17 February 2025
Between 1979-01-09 - 1979-02-01, The Police took part in the Laser '79 In Concert Tour.
Contents
[hide]Introduction
The Police supported German composer Eberhard Schoener on stage for the third and last time.
Tour personnel
Touring musicians and bandmembers
- Eberhard Schoener
- The Police
- Gerry Richardson - keyboards
- Olaf Kübler - saxophone
- Andy Geer - pantomine
Road crew and technicians
- Phil Guskin (Laser Images, Inc.)
- Bernie Shwayder - Laserist (Laser Images, Inc.)
- Peter Hoeger-Wiedig Projections: 9 Projectors Slides Multiscreen & 16mm Cinemascopefilm, 12 x 6 m Screen
- Dietmar Klinke - Assistant Projections
- Gerd Glaser - Sound Service - Sound & Light, Seeheim
- Reiner Oppelland - clay/tone master
- Rüdiger von Weitershausen - Engineer, Electronic Instruments to Eberhard Schoener
- Andy Mietling - Stage monitoring
- Werner Schuhmacher - FOH
- Rudi Gies - Tourbus
Production crew
- Curtis Briggs - Production Manager
- Peter Pracht - 2nd Production Manager
- Irene Peters - Office
Support act(s)
Timeline
Eberhard Schoener, Gerry Richardson and The Police rehearsed for this tour at ARRI-Studios in Munich from 1979-01-02 to 1979-01-07.
Summary of tour dates
| Date | Venue | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1979-01-09 | Siegerlandhalle | Siegen, Germany |
| 1979-01-10 | Eurogress | Aachen, Germany |
| 1979-01-11 | Ruhrlandhalle | Bochum, Germany |
| 1979-01-12 | Philipshalle | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 1979-01-13 | CCH | Hamburg, Germany |
| 1979-01-14 | Neue Welt | Berlin, Germany |
| 1979-01-15 (cancelled) | Neue Welt | Berlin, Germany |
| 1979-01-16 | Stadthalle 4 | Bremen, Germany |
| 1979-01-17 | Jahrhunderthalle | Frankfurt, Germany |
| 1979-01-19 | Kürnachtalhalle | Würzburg, Germany |
| 1979-01-20 | Hemmerleinhalle | Nuremberg-Neunkirchen, Germany |
| 1979-01-21 | Stadthalle | Heidelberg, Germany |
| 1979-01-22 | Kongreßhalle | Saarbrücken, Germany |
| 1979-01-23 | Stadthalle | Freiburg, Germany |
| 1979-01-24 | Liederhalle | Stuttgart, Germany |
| 1979-01-25 | Ostseehalle | Kiel, Germany |
| 1979-01-27 | Ostwestfalenhalle | Kaunitz, Germany |
| 1979-01-28 | Kuppelsaal | Hannover, Germany |
| 1979-01-29 | Stadthalle | Kassel, Germany |
| 1979-01-30 | Halle Münsterland | Münster, Germany |
| 1979-02-01 | Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle | Munich, Germany |
Quotations and trivia
As the support act The Police would play 3 songs on their own before playing the main gig with Gerry and Eberhard.
On a day off The Police played a concert on their own in Bremen. This set was recorded for German TV show Musikladen on 1979-01-18 at Radio Bremen Studio 3.
See also
Tour passes
Tourbook
Tour itineraries
External links
This section needs more information.
References
sources: German tour schedule, magazine and newspaper reviews, TV recording, tickets, Peter Hoeger-Wiedig
