STEWART COPELAND

Here I am...back from a couple of days with Stewart and Gizmo!!!
I don't have a lot of time right now, but I will send a bigger message probably tonight.

Now, some of the highlits:

-rehearsals went great, the theatre where they rehearsed was really a cool place to work on the songs; the sound was amazing and the result was really powerful!

- Dodo Nkishi on vocals is very interesting, the image is cool and he got a great vibe on stage; he goes from raggamuffin to soul, from rock to world and ethnic vibes...

- Phil X on guitar is fantastic, he rocks and you can tell he makes the real difference with last year sound; Fiuczinsky was great as well last year, but the band decided they wanted a different sound, more into rock.

Both Dodo and Phil are amazing guys, very excited about the project; I will tell you more about them when I will write specific messages on them.
We talked a lot about their musical backgrounds.

The tracklist is similar to last year tour with a couple of new songs and an instrumental track....then we have RUMBLEFISH, MISS GRADENKO, LOUIS HANSA, DARKNESS, WIELD THE SPACE....

About 'Wield The Space', to introduce the song, they used an historic recording from IL DUCE (yes, MUSSOLINI), one of the specches he used to do when he decided Italy had to be in war....the song is now 'sung' by Stewart...it's more of a spoken word song now and Stewart does it in a fantastic way!

- Stewart is in great great shape! He loves being in Italy with Gizmo once again and is ready to go on with the project; the band will get some days to work on some official recordings that will finally see the official release, probably next year.
As you can imagine, we took hundreds of pics and recorded the whole thing on our videocameras; you will get all the pics on our pics section as soon as the tour will finish; Eugenio is still on the road with the band and will do some updates on the news page as soon as he will come back.

I can send you some pics if you like, just write to my usual e-mail giovanni@stewartcopeland.net if you can't wait till Eugenio comes back.

Ciao ciao
Giovanni

Hope tomorrow I'll be there.See you,Gio.

Thanks for the update, Gio. It's good to know things are going so well and some pictures would be great, of course!

I'd like to see some choice video footage of Stew's drumming!

Thanks for keeping us posted. Looks like we U.S.-based fans won't get to see much Gizmo unless we can attend the Modern Drummer fest this fall (won't work for me for a few reasons), but rumor has it there may be some Oysterhead recordings and tour dates soon, so I can't complain too loudly.

Hope y'all are having fun and that it's not too, too hot over there. We've had a pretty dramatic heatwave in the U.S., but it's starting to break, thank all the little gods...

thanks gio
you are one of the lucky italians... we apreciate.
i hope one day you will be realy directly involved in what stewart does. engineering for the coming up gizmo album ? or something interesting like taht.
thanks for appreciating the show in name of all those who can’t assist to it.

yes, send me some pics. thanks in advance.

philip

I will not be in Rome.
Giovanni

Me neither, but then I live thousands of miles away. ;)

Hope it's not due to an illness or family problem. Keep us posted. Thanks for all you do!! DotD

No, no, don't worry and thanks for caring....too sweet!
It's just a matter of time available, as simple as that, but thanks again for caring.
Giovanni

Has Gizmo planned to play in France in a next future ?
Thanx
Olivier.

I hope the same as you Olivier.

By now I will be very happy to hear Fall Out-Police Experience at Nirvana on October...

Sorry but no Gizmo dates have been planned in France and anywhere else in Europe.
Giovanni

What is the key about how Italians get Stewart's concerts every-year.

Do you know something about it Gio?

Sure, it's very simple.
Stewart loves Italy.... as simple as that....I guess it's about a mixture of things: food, landscapes, people, music, promoter, technicians.....


Giovanni

I've seen that Stewart has learnt some Italian words.The way he speaks Italian is very funny.