Photo: The Automatic Stage Setup
by Lee on May.16, 2009, under Photos
This post is for Tuesday 12th May
This weeks photo is a slightly different style photo. It was taken on my phone (I forgot my digital camera this day – doh!) and is of the stage set up ready for The Automatic’s performance in Elements at the University of Bath
The Automatic Stage Set Up - Elements, Bath University
The thing I found most amazing was how much we fitted on such a small stage.
To say our standard set up in Elements isn’t that large would be an understatement. To fit The Automatic on their, with all their equipment, plus that of support acts etc. was nothing short of a miracle.
Although a big (ish) named band, they did struggle to get a crowd. Their performance at the University of Bath was part of the uLive tour which goes round a number of Students’ Unions in the UK. Apparently we weren’t even the smallest venue on the tour.
I believe only a few over 100 people came to see them in the end, which was surprising considering they’d had a number of hits – tickets weren’t even too expensive at only about £12. I think it perhaps came down to timing, with a lot of people starting to become busy with coursework at that time in the semester. That said, live music seems to struggle at the University of Bath in general.
Overall it was a good set, I certainly enjoyed it (it was one of the few uLive gigs I’ve hung around to watch this year) – a shame more people didn’t see it really as it won’t help us towards getting big acts in future.
We’ve had a few on uLive tours since then – The Twang & The King Blues for example. Next up though is The Wombats for the summer ball in a couple of weeks. A bigger stage this time and a much bigger crowd!
The Automatic Stage
