Suite à la mise aux enchères de sa vieille batterie Premier Cerise, Phil en a racheté une nouvelle, toujours une de marque Premier.

elon Plank, le technicien du groupe, voici la configuration utilisée en tournée, en 2006 :
[quote ]« Phil’s touring gear…. this includes : Premier Vintage white
20« Bass drum, 16 » floor tom, 13 + 10« rack toms, 12 » maple snare and
14″ Noble and Cooley vintage snare…… drum heads are Remo powerstroke
4’s and a Coated ambassador snare…….. also custom triggers and pads
running into Roland SPD brain……….Cymbals are Zildjian…..custom
13« Hi hats, 12 » splash, 15« thin crash, 16 » crash and 18″ breakbeat
ride…… DW9000 Hi Hat remote and premier hardware….. pic is of kit
from earlier in the tour…..  »[/quote]
une photo du matériel de 2006, avant le premier concert à Amsterdam (18 mai 2006) :
[quote ]« No strings on it but here is a pic of Philips new Premier kit taken during setup this morning.  »[/quote]

et des commentaires additionnels, toujours sur le blog de Plank, mais le 12 mai :
[quote ]« Today
is setup and showday 1 in Blackpool, experiments with trying to power
SP303 with batteries and a wireless so it can be walked around with,
instead of 9v 1000ma power supply…….. a 9v pp3 battery gets hot and
suprisingly lasts about 4 minutes and 30 seconds which is tight but
covers one song !!?….. We have made up a shrink wrap battery pack with
8 procell ’D’ batteries to make a neat rectangle but with only 7
connected and some flying leads……we will see how long it lasts and I
will let you know….. it is interesting to experiment with batteries
as the technology is improving all the time and I’m sure it will prove
useful in other ways……. »[/quote]