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As with Iron Maiden, Rob Halford’s set
was not a rehashing of the hits but more a celebration of classic Priest and an
introduction to Halford’s powerful “Resurrection” release.
“Resurrection” sounds like a natural progression from Halford’s
last effort with Judas Priest, “Painkiller”.
Halford took the stage at 7:00PM to a small but loyal Star Lake audience kicking
off the proceedings with the autobiographical, self-titled single from his new
CD “Resurrection”. Halford
struck a glaring pose and unleashed a vocal assault that most of his
contemporaries are incapable of in the new millennium.
Anyone doubting Halford’s vocal range certainly received an eye opening
as the band attacked Fight’s “Into The Pit”.
Threatening to steal some of Halford’s thunder was guitarist
Although Halford’s set started much too early, the band played a tight set and
furthered proved that Rob Halford himself has made a triumphant return to his
metal roots. Queensryche When The Pure Rock Shop first
caught up with Queensryche on the second leg of their tour, in support of their
latest studio release on Atlantic Records, Q2K, the band played a sold-out
performance in front of a club crowd. Now, with the addition of
their Greatest Hits album (Virgin) which offers 14 tracks from their earlier
releases and 2 bonus tracks, the band is warming up Iron Maiden fans at arenas
and amphitheaters after Rob Halford's opening set. The band hit the stage with
"Revolution Calling" and offered some other great older material
throughout the set, including "Queen Of The Reich", the majestic
“Take Hold Of The Flame” and "Walk In The Shadows," as well as
"I Don't Believe In Love" and "Eyes Of A Stranger."
And though their performance in Pittsburgh, PA did not draw the legions
that applauded the bands with a sold-out show at Madison Square Garden recently,
Queensryche's performance was definitely worthy of applause. They also delivered other
mainstays like "Jet City Woman" and "Empire," and newer cuts
like “Falling Down” and “Sacred Ground," which seemed to fit more
smoothly into the shorter set. Though,
they didn't refrain for “Silent Lucidity,” which had been the encore in
their club set, the fact that the show offered up a wider representation of the
band from past to present was a big plus. More information about
Queensryche can be found at www.queensryche.com As stated both in the print
media and by lead vocalist Bruce Dickinson himself, Iron Maiden’s “Brave New
World” tour is not a rehash of their past glories, but an introduction to a
new century of Maiden music madness.
Iron Maiden opened with 3 songs from their latest release “Brave New World”:
“The Wickerman”, “Ghost Of Navigators” and the title cut.
Dickinson still runs around the stage like a wildman using stage monitors
as a catapult for his running leaps all the while sounding as powerful as his
last visit to Pittsburgh as a solo artist several years ago.
Steve Harris looks virtually
the same after 20 years of touring and is still the most distinctive bass player
of the heavy metal era. Harris
urges the crowd on to singalong with him and still appears to thoroughly enjoy
himself on stage. Maiden’s first nod to
their past went back to the Paul Dianno era track “Wrathchild” a timeless
track that even after almost 20 years does not sound dated.
”Blood Brothers” was a concert highlight with the band pulling off this most
difficult track from the “Brave New World” CD. Also, the absolutely stunning “Out Of The Silent
Planet” penned by Jannick Gers with the trademark galloping bass line is on
its way to becoming another Maiden classic.
The band would only play one track from the Blaze Bayley era in “The
Clansman” which went over quite well with the crowd.
The overall set itself had a European feel to it in that many of the
longer, intricate songs were played, ignoring the typically shorter attention
span of American concert goers.
Other classic Maiden songs that made the show were “The Trooper”, “The
Evil Men Do” and encore tracks, “Number Of The Beast”, “Iron Maiden”
and set closer “Sanctuary”. This
was much to the disappointment of many lukewarm Iron Maiden as their set did not
feature such tracks as “Run To The Hills” or “Flight Of Icarus”.
After about one year into the current lineup, Iron Maiden still come off live
very energetic and if anything the short time split with Dickinson and
subsequent reunion has revitalized the band allowing them once again take their
place among the leaders of the millennium metal movement. |
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