
Yeah, I was at the show too. It was awesome!

I have not been to a big indoor arena show in a loooong time. Ronnie, Geezer, Tony and Vinnie were in top form and sounded great. I went with my friend Marc, which was fitting considering we spent 3 years in a DIO tribute band together. It was cool to see all the tunes done by the masters themselves!
The only people I saw there that I knew were Rob & Dan from Twelfth Gate and the back of Jason's shirt as he walked away (how can you miss the Novembers Doom logo!

). I know quite a few other people I know were there, but it was pretty packed...
I was a little disappointed that Machine Head only played like 4 or 5 songs, but what can you do when Megadeth & Sabbath are on the bill? However, I was actually really impressed with Megadeth. I have not really been into them since the "Rust in Peace" and "Countdown to Extinction" eras, plus when I saw them recently at Gigantour, I was REALLY disappointed and have pretty much written them off. However, at this show, they pretty much kicked ass. I liked how they picked all of their faster tunes and were just jammin' them out back to back and barely talking in between songs.
The stage show for H&H was pretty awesome! The brick pillars and iron gates really put you in the metal mood. Plus, the video screens and the lighting effects were top notch. Needless to say... The music rocked too! With the exception of the fact that they didn't play "Wishing Well", the setlist was just about perfect! I can hardly believe that 30 years later, these guys are rockin' out with so much energy and sounding so damn good! Dio is one of my favorite singers ever and this show reminded me why! Speaking of favorites, I simply bow to the fact that I was in the same room as Geezer Butler

(even if it was a really REALLY big room

).
I had a hard time coming up with the cash for the tickets, but I'm glad I went. It was really worth it and probably a concert that will go down in history as one of my favorite ones ever!
