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Urban had framed the touching story with mystery and fantasy, the story started with the song ‘With a Tip of a hat’ and then finishing with ‘One Final song’. Throughout the album you experienced the curse, the love, the despair and the desperation.
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One of my personal favourites from the ‘Signal Fire’ album ‘All I Need Is You’ is given the acoustic treatment and sounded magnificent, with the vocals and the guitar bouncing off the walls of the church providing warmth and depth.
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“Rise Or Fall” from the eponymous titled album of 1987 sounds as fresh now as it did 30 years ago and reminded us once more what a good year for rock music that was. In 1987 rock ruled the airwaves.
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Say what you will about Metallica, they are still “The Big Four” of Heavy Music. Don’t miss this indoor arena tour.
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Copious amounts of beer consumed help the vocal performance of the crowd and ‘Heavy Heart’ is given a unique backing vocal that (cough) works very well!
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They appear like a modern ZZ Top, two at the front and one at the back, thankfully the front 2 minus the beards! The one at the back on drums, looking nothing like the two on guitar and bass.
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Warbringer is a band that you wouldn’t get tired of seeing after 50 shows.
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As well as the Deep Purple track Burn, which is the mother of all cover versions and features regularly in their set, they included a stunning rendition of Black Hole Sun, the second tribute of the night to Chris Cornell which was massively well received by the audience.
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Metal was in full force in Strong Island. Hometown heroes Anthrax took over the Paramount in Huntington
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Doyle doesn’t simply just play guitar, he punishes it into submission
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‘Perfect’, taken from current band Hey! Hello! and their second ‘…. Too’ album, is a real treat and possibly the first time the track that The Rev sings on the album has been performed to the public as an acoustic piece.
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Opening with ‘Why Are You Not Rocking?’ an ideal choice to kickstart the show, the crowd and the band decided early on that this was going to be a night to enjoy. Sing-alongs on tracks like ‘She’s A Witch’ and personal favourite ‘For The People’ really nailed home the quality of the tight four piece on stage.
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A true highlight and a track I hope remains in the band’s set for years to come is ‘Steal Your Crown’. It’s the sort of song that should grab the attention of radio stations and see it added to playlists worldwide.
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