I did one of the 20 spot-lights when they played Oakland the other night, not because I wanted to, but because I'm one of the few spot ops that is certified for high-climbing, and they had a butt-load of truss spots hanging off with those little go-cart seats to sit in. Hardest part of that is not drinking anything for 4 hours before so you don't have to go for the two+hours non-stop you're going to be up there.
Perhaps the most amazing thing was how many people he needed to replace the other 3. And, no matter how good they are, someone else paying riffs off of a record is just that.
It was a very weird week, I head someone pretend they were Jimmy Page in Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin tribute, Dwezil covering his dad Frank, and someone pretending they were David Gilmore. I don't know, it never works for me.
But, I know what does work for me, my personal motto: If you can't bring talent, bring production. So with 23 (count 'em) 23 53 foot semi-trailers I'd say that hit that mark, and then some.