Rock Concert Instruction Manual

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The Rock Concert Instruction Manual is a satire of how to gain fame and fortune by becoming a rock star used by Blue Man Group in the Complex Rock Tour and the How to Be a MegaStar Tour 2.0. It is also used in the performance 'Live at the Venetian'.

[edit] Origins and attributes

The Rock Concert Instruction Manual is bought at the beginning of the show from a fake infomercial, using an audience member's credit card (they later give this audience member a marshmallow sculpture that was in one Blue Man's mouth as compensation for the "charged" money). The Manual is narrated by a monotone male's voice (Todd Perlmutter) who directs their actions step-by-step, from creating their persona to ending the show.

[edit] Rock concert movements

The Blue Men use a variety of movements to make the audience have a better "rock concert experience," some of which are:

Rock Concert Movement #1: The basic head bob.
Rock Concert Movement #2: The one armed fist pump.
Rock Concert Movement #3: The up and down jumping motion.
Rock Concert Movement #4: The behind the head leg stretch.
Rock Concert Movement #5: Wave your hands in the air like you just don't care
Rock Concert Movement #6: The Two-Armed Upward Thrust with Yell.
Rock Concert Movement #7: Raise The Roof
Rock Concert Movement #8: The Black Out
Rock Concert Movement #10: Getting a closer look at the audience.
Rock Concert Movement #15: Bringing a Guest Vocalist Onstage
Rock Concert Movement #23: Getting the audience to sing along.
Rock Concert Movement #27: Saying Hello to the People in the Cheap Seats
Rock Concert Movement #28: Getting an Audience Member Onstage to Dance
Rock Concert Movement #37: Flashing the Floppie the Banjo Clown hand puppet
Rock Concert Movement #48: Introducing the Band
Rock Concert Movement #63: Bringing out Venus Hum
Rock Concert Movement #78: The fake ending.
Rock Concert Movement #__: The big push towards the final rally
Rock Concert Movement #91: Enjoying the T-Shirt You Bought at The Complex Rock Tour Live
Rock Concert Movement #237: Taking the audience on a Jungian journey into the collective unconscious, using the shadow as a metaphor for the primal self that gets repressed by the modern persona and also by using an underground setting and labyrinth office design to represent both the depths of the psyche and the dungeon-like isolation of our increasingly mechanistic society which prevents people from finding satisfying work or meaningful connections with others.