Reply To: 2015 Taping Policy?

I”m also wondering about the policy for the Phoenix show. We now have a pretty good DSLR camera which would do a great job of filming the band if allowed. I’ve always had good luck getting my audio rig into shows. But Monday night at US Airways Center for Rush, it was very touchy. For the first time in over 20 years of going to this venue, they had metal detectors for everybody to pass through. I set off the beeper, and they scanned me with a handheld wand. In my two past experiences with wands, they were not set to very sensitive, and so my rig didn’t set them off. Monday night, the wand went off. I shrugged like I didn’t know WTF was going on, and the wand kept beeping, and finally the guard asked if I had a metal hip. It was like the cucumber scene from Spinal Tap. I nodded sheepishly, and she let me through. I was really starting to sweat, because they’d already scanned my ticket. I got a nice recording of the show, but that was too close for comfort.

I haven’t been out to the Pavilion (where VH is playing) in years, so I don’t know how security works there these days. But it would be great if we could get some kind of official confirmation from VH management.