Went to see Deep Purple, Styx & Thin Lizzy on the 1st of May at Glasgow Auditorium and it was TOTALLY AWESOME.
An early start with Thin Lizzy coming on first at 7pm. Gets to our seats as the band come on stage, 3rd row tickets which gave us a superb view and we were over on the left and I was standing directly in front of Marco Mendoza. Couldn't believe how close I was to him, took a few photos straight away of him but my hands were shaking that much being so close to him that they're too blurry. Anyhoo the steward guy comes over to me and I thought he was gonny tell me to put my camera away but he told me to go and stand at the front of the stage and take my photos. YOU BEAUTY!!!!! There was no-one else standing at the barrier at this point, so I just saunters up and stands directly in front of John Sykes - WOW WHAT A HUNK. This was my 3rd time seeing Lizzy and they totally fantastic. My memory's a bit blank for Lizzy but I'm sure they started with Jailbreak and then we got all the usual songs, Boys Are Back in Town, Waiting for an Alibi, Cold Sweat, Killer on the Loose, Suicide and the place was in an uproar when they played Emerald, that was PHENOMENAL which was then followed by Cowboy Song. Those 2 songs were the highlights for me, especially Cowboy Song cos Sykes sang it directly to me. BRILLIANT.
No encore for Lizzy, so heads to the bar and next band was Styx and wasn't too fussed seeing them but my pal wanted to - OMG BIG MISTAKE!!!! They were already on when we went back thru and they're playing I Am The Walrus - now I hate the Beatles at the best of times and really despise that particular song. It was horrendous, listened to half of the next song and then we bailed out back to the bar. They were CRAP!. Few more drinkies and then back through for Purple.
Right at the front of the barrier again, the band come on and next minute Gillan runs onto the stage barefooted and launches into Pictures of Home, my alltime fav song, and I very nearly keeled over it was that superb.
Purple were absolutely stunning, Gillan's voice was great and he had huge smile on his face the whole night, waving all the time, so they all looked like they were having a brill time. Songs that got played were Pictures of Home, Strange Kind of Woman, Into the Fire, Rapture of the Deep, When a Blind Man Cries (this was especially stunning), Spacetruckin, Highway Star and Black Knight - all were fantastic. Encore I think was Hush and Smoke on the Water, and obviously SOTW practically brought the roof down.
A totally tremendous night and Thin Lizzy were every bit as superb as Purple - Lizzy are back in Nov, so will be seeing them again.
The sound was awesome for Lizzy but for Purple there were a couple of times when I could hardly hear Gillan at all. The band sounded terrific and could hear them fine but I dont know what was wrong cos he was singing but there didn't seem to be any sound but apart from that, it was simply MINDBLOWING - a full 10 out of 10 for both bands. Styx of course get a big fat ZERO!!!
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LIZZY
An early start with Thin Lizzy coming on first at 7pm. Gets to our seats as the band come on stage, 3rd row tickets which gave us a superb view and we were over on the left and I was standing directly in front of Marco Mendoza. Couldn't believe how close I was to him, took a few photos straight away of him but my hands were shaking that much being so close to him that they're too blurry. Anyhoo the steward guy comes over to me and I thought he was gonny tell me to put my camera away but he told me to go and stand at the front of the stage and take my photos. YOU BEAUTY!!!!! There was no-one else standing at the barrier at this point, so I just saunters up and stands directly in front of John Sykes - WOW WHAT A HUNK. This was my 3rd time seeing Lizzy and they totally fantastic. My memory's a bit blank for Lizzy but I'm sure they started with Jailbreak and then we got all the usual songs, Boys Are Back in Town, Waiting for an Alibi, Cold Sweat, Killer on the Loose, Suicide and the place was in an uproar when they played Emerald, that was PHENOMENAL which was then followed by Cowboy Song. Those 2 songs were the highlights for me, especially Cowboy Song cos Sykes sang it directly to me. BRILLIANT.
No encore for Lizzy, so heads to the bar and next band was Styx and wasn't too fussed seeing them but my pal wanted to - OMG BIG MISTAKE!!!! They were already on when we went back thru and they're playing I Am The Walrus - now I hate the Beatles at the best of times and really despise that particular song. It was horrendous, listened to half of the next song and then we bailed out back to the bar. They were CRAP!. Few more drinkies and then back through for Purple.
Right at the front of the barrier again, the band come on and next minute Gillan runs onto the stage barefooted and launches into Pictures of Home, my alltime fav song, and I very nearly keeled over it was that superb.
Purple were absolutely stunning, Gillan's voice was great and he had huge smile on his face the whole night, waving all the time, so they all looked like they were having a brill time. Songs that got played were Pictures of Home, Strange Kind of Woman, Into the Fire, Rapture of the Deep, When a Blind Man Cries (this was especially stunning), Spacetruckin, Highway Star and Black Knight - all were fantastic. Encore I think was Hush and Smoke on the Water, and obviously SOTW practically brought the roof down.
A totally tremendous night and Thin Lizzy were every bit as superb as Purple - Lizzy are back in Nov, so will be seeing them again.
The sound was awesome for Lizzy but for Purple there were a couple of times when I could hardly hear Gillan at all. The band sounded terrific and could hear them fine but I dont know what was wrong cos he was singing but there didn't seem to be any sound but apart from that, it was simply MINDBLOWING - a full 10 out of 10 for both bands. Styx of course get a big fat ZERO!!!
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LIZZY
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But I was thinking to go see them next time they come here.And ofcours Deep Purple is must see.
THose are some great shots and a great review. Thanks for both!
