Dreamshow


Dreamshow is a live DVD by Siouxsie, released in 2005. It was filmed at the Royal Festival Hall in London on 16 October 2004. The songs are performed on stage with the Millennia Ensemble orchestra. The setlist incorporates music from her bands Siouxsie and the Banshees and the Creatures.
Budgie, drummer and composer in the two bands, was the musical director on this tour; he re-orchestrated the songs with Siouxsie. As stated in the interviews present in the bonus of the DVD, this concert represents a musical achievement for Siouxsie and Budgie as they had always wanted to perform on stage with Leonard Eto, a Japanese Taiko drummer previously of the Kodo Drummers. Siouxsie added that this show was a dream come true as they also played with a fifteen-piece orchestra including two percussionists, a brass section and a string section. Budgie concluded the interview stating that the collaboration with Eto and an orchestra, was two dreams over two nights: "it can't be better than that". This was the last time he played with Siouxsie as the couple would split up in 2006.
Upon its release, the DVD was a commercial success reaching the number one position on the UK music DVD chart.

Track listing

  1. "Say Yes!"
  2. "Around the World"
  3. "Seven Tears"
  4. "Godzilla!"
  5. "Standing There"
  6. "Miss the Girl"
  7. "Dear Prudence"
  8. "Christine"
  9. "Killing Time"
  10. "Obsession"
  11. "Shooting Sun"
  12. "Kiss Them for Me"
  13. "The Rapture"
  14. "But Not Them"
  15. "Weathercade"
  16. "Prettiest Thing"
  17. "Take Mine"
  18. "Pinned Down"
  19. "Trust in Me"
  20. "Another Planet"
  21. "2nd Floor"
  22. "Happy House"
  23. "Not Forgotten"
  24. "Face to Face"
  25. "Cities in Dust"
  26. "Spellbound"
  27. "Peek-a-Boo"

Bonus

  • "Hong Kong Garden" and four other songs performed at the "100 club" in London two weeks before the Dreamshows.
  • Rehearsals at the Depot
  • Soundchecks featuring "Further Nearer"
  • interviews with Siouxsie and Budgie

Band

  • Voice: Siouxsie
  • Drums: Budgie
  • Japanese Taiko Drums: Leonard Eto
  • Guitars: Knox Chandler
  • Keyboards: Kristopher Pooley
  • Backing vocals: Ananda and Rehana Ellis
  • Strings, brass and percussion: The Millenia Ensemble°
  • Cello on "The Rapture" and "Not Forgotten", accordion on "Peek-a-Boo": Martin McCarrick
°Arranged by conductor Sally Herbert

Sound

Mixed by William Shapland, except bonus tracks by Monty Lee Wilke

Film Production

Produced by Sophie Coolbaugh for Demon Music Group.