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cavea auditorium

reviews/comments

from stuart:

90db limit tonight in rome. wish us luck.

and again from stuart, after the show:

tonights show was amazing. great to feel some mogwai love after some frankly disheartening euro festival experiences of late. and we managed not to get jailed for being too loud (somehow).

from stefano:

an awesome flight of seagulls, a huge flock of seagulls saluted the beginning of the show, in a sky not yet dark.

from http://www.livinginrome.net/2009/07/mogwai-auditorium-rome-18-july-2009.html:

i love the auditorium and in particular sitting below renzo piano’s insect-like pods in the open-air arena during the summer - concerts usually start at 9pm when it’s still just light outside in rome, and the mood of the concerts intensifies as night falls. hardcore fans posting on online forums prior to the mogwai gig had been bemoaning the seated venue, preferring standing space in front of the stage, yet for me their particular brand of atmospheric, hypnotic music suited the venue perfectly! as the first notes of helicon 1 rang out a flock of dozens of seagulls flew above the stage and screeched through the opening bars, setting the mood somehow for something quite magical. as dusk turned into night bats were swooping overhead through friend of the night - spooky - and by the time they played the ethereal 2 rights make 1 wrong, it was already dark and looking up pegasus was clearly visible in the starry night sky.

this concert was one of discovery for me as i went out of pure curiosity knowing mogwai really in name only, yet with the final blistering version of mogwai fear satan ringing in my ears, i left the auditorium a brand new mogwai fan. highly recommended!

http://anddinosaurs.wordpress.com/2009/07/19/mogwai/

http://www.nerdsattack.net/?p=8741

photos

photos by stefano fasti