Let the show begin

Posted by bex — 8 March 2007 at 5:10pm - Comments

Part of the Trident: we don't buy it tour blog

Getting ready for the gig on the Arctic Sunrise

The fun's about to begin. Our ice-breaker has been transformed into a fully-fledged music venue. Lighting rigs, speakers, microphones, mixing desks, screens and crates of cables (approximately as heavy as the core of the sun) have been manoeuvred down slippery gangways, onto floating pontoons and set up on the ship's helideck. The soundcheck is happening now - the latest event on our Trident: we don't buy it tour is ready to go...

At 6.30pm, Sense of Sound will be performing a piece by Damon Albarn - it's called "Five Minutes to Midnight", referring to the Doomsday clock, a symbolic indicator of how close the world is to destruction by nuclear war. The visuals are being done by Robert del Naja of Massive Attack, and there are contributions by Brian Eno. Excited? Me? Just a bit!

We'll be posting pictures to our moblog as we go, and make sure you watch the webcast at www.greenpeace.org.uk, 7pm. And, as usual, please write to your MP to voice your opposition to their plans to replace Trident. Thanks!

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