On March 18 I will go to see DT in Milan.
I can understand the will of the band to play the Astonishing in full colours, with orchestra and choir, but I am a little concerned with the choice to use recorded backing tracks.
I am 56 yo and I remeber having read that in the '70s the Who toured with their album Quadrophenia using tapes for the brass and extras instruments, but the things didn't go well because those were other ages and the technology was raw.
Pete Towshend got often pissed and various times he stopped the show accusing the sound engineer for tapes starting in the wrong moment or for out sync situations.
At the end they threw away the tapes and went on with the tour as a 4 pieces band.
I know that now things are different but I frankly would have preferred the DT playing the full opus by themselves, changing the arrengements to fit a 5 pieces group.
But the tour is already started with the "tapes" so I have few curiosities about:
How they mantain the sync with the "tapes?
Do they use a clock signal in earphones?
How much the necessity to stay in sync with the tapes can affect their playing?
Will they be stiffer?