By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR A technical glitch at last Friday night’s concert by The Band Perry actually turned out to be a blessing. It showed what great entertainers the three siblings are. Like many bands in concert these days, The Band Perry’s stage set includes a giant video screen behind the performers. These screens are great for all sorts of special lighting effects as well as providing videos that help set the mood. But after the first couple of songs at the Mohegan Sun Arena, something happened. The screen stopped working as intended. From my seat, I saw a crew person replacing one panel on the screen, apparently, to get the electronic gadget to function again. But it was to no avail because every time the panel was invoked it gave off all sorts of wonky visuals, which were clearly not part of the plan. The focus had no choice but to shift from the flash to the music. And The Band Perry and their backing band delivered. The three siblings— Kimberly, Neil, and Reid Perry— are Energizer bunnies on stage. They were constantly in motion as they zipped from one side of the stage to another—taking full advantage […]
By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR A technical glitch at last Friday night’s concert by The Band Perry actually turned out to be a blessing. It showed what great entertainers the three siblings are. Like many bands in concert these days, The Band Perry’s stage set includes a giant video screen behind the performers. These screens are great for all sorts of special lighting effects as well as providing videos that help set the mood. But after the first couple of songs at the Mohegan Sun Arena, something happened. The screen stopped working as intended. From my seat, I saw a crew person replacing one panel on the screen, apparently, to get the electronic gadget to function again. But it was to no avail because every time the panel was invoked it gave off all sorts of wonky visuals, which were clearly not part of the plan. The focus had no choice but to shift from the flash to the music. And The Band Perry and their backing band delivered. The three siblings— Kimberly, Neil, and Reid Perry— are Energizer bunnies on stage. They were constantly in motion as they zipped from one side of the stage to another—taking full advantage […]