What is this 'thing' on stage with Sting ...?

[ikay]

Saw Sting at the Palladium last night and there was a bell-shaped 'thing' with wires going into it on a post behind his bass cabs. See pic below (apoligies for quality). It's been bugging me ever since! Anyone have any idea what it is?

 

[NickD]

It's a camera, placed by Copeland, Vinnie and Hakim so they could observe how much better the gig would have been had one of them been there!

 

It wasn't there on Saturday I don't think.... it should have been.😂

[skankdelvar]

A rotary clothes line in its folded down position?

 

 

Sorry, I've got nothing.

 

 

[Reggaebass]

I’ve got nothing, could it be a decibel meter?

[fleabag]

Wouldnt a DB meter be out front rather than at the back ?  Dunno...

[Frank Blank]

Sting is clearly under some kind of lyrical surveillance…

 

 

[mep]

It's one of these for when he does Roxanne.

[Doctor J]

Ambience microphone

[Dad3353]

S'obvious, no..? 

 

[steantval]

It’s a very thin Policeman.

[sprocketflup]

Darth Vader after a crash diet?

[NikNik]

I reckon it's an audience cam. I've been on events where these things have been utilised. Then again, they're not so obvious as that one.

[Newfoundfreedom]

Yup. As above, it looks like a police siren on a pole to me, so I'm guessing it's part of the lighting for one or more of the songs. 

[ubit]

Clearly it's a nasal hair wax remover. Sting isn't getting any younger and those pesky nose hairs can be a bit annoying when you have an image to portray.

[fretmeister]

2 minutes ago, ubit said:

Clearly it's a nasal hair wax remover. Sting isn't getting any younger and those pesky nose hairs can be a bit annoying when you have an image to portray.

 

I bet that hurts!

 

What's wrong with a trimmer?

 

[ubit]

25 minutes ago, fretmeister said:

 

I bet that hurts!

 

What's wrong with a trimmer?

 

 

 

It doesn't hurt and gets all of the hair out and leaves the inside of your nostrils like a babies bum. I have yet to find a trimmer that doesn't leave annoying stubble plus it grows back in a day or so. These are much better and last longer. My local Turkish barber does this and its not sore at all.

[ahpook]

It's a mandrel they use to get Sting's head out of his @rse so he can sing.

 

Edited April 22, 2022 by ahpook

[JellyKnees]

A dildo? oh no, sorry that's bottom left...

[Reggaebass]

I love how these threads evolve, it’s gone from sting on stage, to nose hair 😁

[pete.young]

Interesting, I think that's the first time I've seen the words 'Sting' and 'bell' in the same sentence without the word 'end' .

[Reggaebass]

Not a fan of his music but he was good in Quadrophenia , great film 

[ubit]

9 minutes ago, pete.young said:

Interesting, I think that's the first time I've seen the words 'Sting' and 'bell' in the same sentence without the word 'end' .

 

 

A bit like Bonio then.

[NikNik]

4 minutes ago, ubit said:

 

 

A bit like Bonio then.

Bonio (known by that moniker over here, too) is worse, as he has a messiah complex. String just spouts big words and likes to play medieval lutes of an evening.

[NikNik]

I see they gave him back his '70s/'80s nose in that clip.

[pete.young]

20 minutes ago, ubit said:

 

 

A bit like Bonio then.

Not sure I'm seeing the dog biscuit connection. More like what comes out of the other end of the dog after it's eaten the biscuits.