The Musical Box at the Bell Center (Montreal)
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Topic: The Musical Box at the Bell Center (Montreal)
Posted By: ProgLucky
Subject: The Musical Box at the Bell Center (Montreal)
Date Posted: May 11 2006 at 22:50
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The Musical Box at the Bell Center: Selling England By The Pound After the amazing success of their "Lamb Lies Down" show last November at the Bell Center, Montreal's own http://www.themusicalbox.net/ - The Musical Box is at it again, and will this time present their stunning recreation of "Genesis - Selling England By The Pound" on Friday, December 15 2006 at the http://www.bellcenter.ca/ - Bell Center theatre. Well known for their high quality re-creations of Genesis’ shows at the time of Peter Gabriel, The Musical Box will perform this meticulous recreation of the "Selling England" show that was originally presented by Genesis in 1973 and 1974, this famous concert is still considered today as the pièce de résistance of their career. Impressively, The Musical Box is the only group to have obtained the Worldwide License of Genesis and Peter Gabriel. This particular replica has required exhaustive visual, scenic, audio and musical research even tracking down the original music instruments used at the time. The visual aspect of The Musical Box's "Selling England by the Pound" is based on hundreds of amateur films and pictures taken at the Genesis concerts, as well as the original slides used by the group. The Musical Box has presented 140 concerts in North and South America and another 10 in European cities, including a third time performance at the London Royal Albert Hall and two sold out nights at the legendary Olympia of Paris. After seeing their incredible "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" concert in Geneva last year, Phil Collins declared: «…The Musical Box play it better than we did ». Performed for the last time in Montreal in 2003 and at NEARFest on July 9 2004, "Selling England by the Pound" is a unique opportunity to discover this mystical Genesis concert and to relive a historic rock moment with The Musical Box! Tickets are $41.50 - $51.50 (+ service charges) and are available at the Bell Centre box office and at all Admission outlets, also by phone at (514) 790-1245 or 1-800-361-4595 or online at http://www.admission.com/ - www.admission.com and http://www.geg.ca/ - www.geg.ca . A http://www.geg.ca/ - Gillett Entertainment Group presentation! http://www.themusicalbox.net/"> |
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Posted By: proglil49
Date Posted: May 12 2006 at 17:32
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That's really cool. I'm gooing to see that show for sure ------------- I want to be an astronaut |
Posted By: belz
Date Posted: May 13 2006 at 16:55
Je vais TELLEMENT être là! 
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Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: May 13 2006 at 18:27
Moi aussi, y'a aucun doute! 
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RIP in bossa nova heaven. |
Posted By: Sit Ubu Sit
Date Posted: May 15 2006 at 09:42
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Good Luck to all who attend this show -
Saw "The Musical Box" perform Lamb in Syracuse NY a couple months ago, and they were plagued by sound problems for most of the night...
JS
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Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: May 15 2006 at 13:11
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^ I saw them 4 times now and they never had problems. You were unlucky  -------------
RIP in bossa nova heaven. |
Posted By: Firepuck
Date Posted: May 15 2006 at 20:30
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^ I've seen 'Selling England by the Pound' twice and 'Lamb' once - both shows had excellent sound. Go see it, you will be blown away. ------------- Kryten : "'Pub'? Ah yes, A meeting place where humans attempt to achieve advanced states of mental incompetence by the repeated consumption of fermented vegetable drinks." |
Posted By: Buze
Date Posted: May 15 2006 at 21:09
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Sounds problems do not relate to the band, but to the Venue ! Go and see 'em ! These are totally incredible !! Close your eyes and you will fly back to 1970 ! |
Posted By: Sit Ubu Sit
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 12:39
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Buze Wrote
"Sounds problems do not relate to the band, but to the Venue ! Go and see 'em ! These are totally incredible !! Close your eyes and you will fly back to 1970 !
Sorry Buzie Boy - but I certainly know the difference between venue and equipment problems. Gee, D'ya think that shutting down for 30 minutes while roadies swap out keyboards and cables is equipment or venue?
Don't get me wrong - they were great before the problems struck. But it was hard to get into again after the 30 minute break...
JS
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Posted By: Entity79
Date Posted: May 20 2006 at 14:37
| Does anybody know if they will do any other North American dates? Or is that their last show? I'd really like to go to a show closer to me than Montreal... |
Posted By: proglil49
Date Posted: May 22 2006 at 15:32
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I know that they are preparing another tour but it's not sure that it will be Selling England By The Pound ------------- I want to be an astronaut |
Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: May 27 2006 at 12:52
Why??? 
Why are they not in my town right now ,playing "Supper's Ready" or something?..
God,I must move to Europe. |