#OnThisDay in Leppard History, 1987: The US Hysteria Tour kicks off in Glens Falls, NY, marking the debut of their "In The Round" stage - the first band to do so for a full tour.
"It's such a buzz playing on that stage. You can spin around like an idiot and wherever you end up you're facing kids. We're a lot closer - you can actually see faces." - Phil
“You could argue we were the quintessential cult band. But I was thinking, ‘We can be more than this’.”: the story of @PorcupineTree's seventh studio album, In Absentia, which they released on this day in 2002... https://t.co/O3biIhSNx5
OK it’s nearly time, and I think we’re ready to go. So the album is this 55 min piece of cinema for the ears split in to 12 scenes. We are playing the part that shares the name of the album, so it’s called Requiem for a Village, around 8 minutes of it. https://t.co/9iOlynM21g
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Today’s Pick: Steve Clark & Phil Collen – "Hysteria" (Live, ‘88)
The studio track hides eleven guitar parts, some built one note at a time by Mutt Lange; live, the Terror Twins used two.