''The Complex Rock Tour Live'' is a live DVD by

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in support of their album, '' The Complex'' with footage from their shows in

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. It features almost all of the songs from that album, one song ("Drumbone") from their older album, ''

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'', and a cover of

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song "

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". The DVD also has three music videos on it: "Sing Along", "The Current", and "Exhibit 13". Side B of the album has three tracks from ''The Complex'' in 5.1 surround sound, "Above", "Your Attention", and "Sing Along".

Production

Filming took place at NextStage at Grand Prairie which is in

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. Some additional footage was taken in Minneapolis. The song titles menu on the DVD spells the name of the song on track 13 as "Baba O'Reilly". Blue Man Group jokingly (and incorrectly) asserts that this alternate spelling is

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's intended spelling and attributes the spelling "Baba O'Riley" to a transcription error in the artwork for the album ''

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'' by

.Blue Man Group's article on the spelling of Baba O'Reilly
/ref> Two songs that were part of the performance but omitted from the DVD are "Piano Smasher" and "

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". Also cut was a short cover of

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's "

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" during the brief tributes section of the show.

Track listing

#"Above" #"Drumbone" #"Time to Start" #"Up To The Roof" #"Persona" #"Your Attention" #"Sing Along" #"Shadows Part 2" #" The Current" #"The Complex" #"

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" (cover of

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) #" Exhibit 13" #" Baba O'Reilly" (cover of

) #"What Is Rock"

Cover songs

The Blue Man Group played multiple cover songs in this concert. # Whip It by

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(Played before I Feel Love). # Crazy Train by

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(Played before I Feel Love) # I Feel Love

# Baba O' Riley by

(From the album ''

'')

Personnel

; Credits as provided by the DVD. * Matt Goldman, Phil Stanton, Chris Wink – Founders * Kalen Allmandinger – Blue Man * Matthew Banks – Blue Man * Tom Galassi – Blue Man * Eric Gebow – Blue Man ; Other musicians * Jeff Turlik – music director, strings, guitar, programming *

Tracy Bonham Tracy Kristin Bonham (born March 16, 1967) is an American alternative rock musician. Born and raised in Eugene, Oregon, she is a classically trained violinist and pianist, and a self-taught guitarist. After building up a local following, Bonham ...

– vocals, violin * Mike Datz – bass, Chapman stick * Corky Gainsford – drums * Peter Moore – keyboards, programming, vocals * Dave Steele – guitar * Todd Waetzig – percussion 1 * Dave Anania – percussion 2/backup vocals on "Sing Along" * Clem Waldmann – percussion 3 Additional performances by

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(

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, Tony Miracle, Annette Strean).

Certifications

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Complex Rock Tour Live, The Blue Man Group video albums 2003 live albums 2003 video albums 2000s live video albums