We have purposefully chosen an intimate theatre setting rather than a large venue or stadium. It would mean a great deal to me if you would please refrain from taking photos or filming during the shows. I very much want to have contact with you as an audience, not with iphones, ipads or cameras. I know it's a lot to ask but it would allow us to all share in the experience together.
Struck a chord because my last 2 or 3 JN concerts have found me seated or standing next to 'semi-pro'/'serious- amateur' photographers armed with digital SLRs clicking away for the entirety of the show. And why do digital SLRs still need to click? Even more distressing than these technotwats was the idiot in Belgium with his archaic FILM SLR, gifting my right ear with not only a shutter click but also with its inevitable and excruciating corollary: the mechanical wind-on. For the ENTIRE show. And yes if I was looking at you like I wanted to kill you, it was because I wanted to kill you. The 'happy snappers' are bad enough but tend to ruin only half the songs before getting bored with their point(less) n shoot efforts, but the cnuts with 'gear' and 'talent' just never known when to put the fucking thing down and actually open up their hearts and souls. What the fuck do these guys (and in my experience it has just been guys) 'do' with all these shots? Don't you understand how privileged you are to be able to attend a concert by this most outrageously gifted of musicians?
It's been a long wait, but deep down we know the time is drawing near...and deep down I just know some cnut with a camera is gonna shit all over it.