I merely interjected that the 'professionalism' and implied 'conservative playing' that Joop mentioned in the podcast came from the powers that be. That's how the rehearsals were run. The various comments about mark's mood, justified or not, flowed from forum members afterwards.
I have no idea what the band members are thinking in the picture. Chris White is a friend and I know what he thought at the beginning of the tour.
They rehearsed for the tour in Croatia, which is why he thinks the photo was taken before the shows actually began. At the point they thought it was a fairly standard tour like any other. The budget was fairly average, standard travel, standard hotels. The BIA album had not yet become a sensation.
As the tour went along, the venues and audiences grew larger, the album started to sell like hotcakes.
Mark was obviously thrilled and the band were all having a fantastic time riding a giant wave of success and going from a standard tour to a blockbuster arena and stadium tour.
It all ended on a massive high in Sydney Australia.
