1994-03-25 Blaisdell Arena, Honolulu, HI, USA
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Notes
This is the penultimate concert of this tour to have Andrew Fletcher on keyboards; the remainder of the tour has Daryl Bamonte in his place due to Fletcher suffering from a nervous breakdown and not continuing with the remainder of the tour.
From Shunt Q&A: live - live albums / versions / performance:
How long did it take Daryl Bamonte to learn Fletch's keyboard parts when he took over during the second leg of the 'Devotional' tour?
While everyone else was sunning themselves on the beach and enjoying a well-earned rest, Daryl and I spent a week cooped up in a hotel room in Hawaii where I taught him the entire set. He subsequently played it perfectly for the rest of the tour - pretty good eh, considering he'd hardly ever played a keyboard before in his life.
Here are Daryl Bamonte's relevant entries from his Devotional Tour diary, published in BONG #24 (page 8) in 1994:
March 19th, MANILA: Just when I thought that things could not get any weirder, that we were at a point when nothing would seem odd, then this. Fletch will not be completing the tour after Hawaii, and the other three want me to stand in for him (?!?). Time for a stiff drink, methinks.
March 20th, MANILA: I had lunch with Fletch today and I feel much better. Reality has sunk in a bit, and Fletch told me that he's glad it's me and not "any old session guy". Phew! That's the hard part out of the way, I've just got to learn to play keyboards now....
March 22nd, HONOLULU: Wob and Tom (super-techs) drop off the equipment to my room, and now it's starting to feel real. Me and Alan sort of did a run through.
March 23rd, HONOLULU: Everyone's gone to the beach today. I can't go, I've got to rehearse. I'm pretending to smile, but I don't really want to.
March 24th, HONOLULU: Apparently, I jumped out of bed in the middle of the night and viciously assaulted a pile of clothes. Oh dear....
March 25th, HONOLULU: Apparently, I did a complete run-through of the set in my sleep last night. ... The Band are doing a show tonight, so I'll be playing along with them, behind a curtain, to get the "feel". The audience won't hear it, thank god.
March 26th, HONOLULU: It went okay last night, but the strain is killing me. After pulling my hair out all week, I’ve now started punching myself in the head. Stress presents itself in funny ways.
March 27th, HONOLULU: The backstage run-through was better last night. The crew are being very encouraging. Anzac (Monitor Engineer) has told me that I CAN do it, so maybe I just might be able to pull this thing off.
March 30th, HONOLULU: Alan and I have finished rehearsals and things have worked out okay, apart from the fact that I have no hair left and a very sore head.
According to Honolulu Star-Bulletin, this concert was sold out.
There was no support act.
