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THE BAND
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CONCERT PHOTO GALLERY None yet. Have any? Submit 'em!. FAN SUBMITTED TOUR REVIEWS & REMARKS from S. Green <greens@westnet.com.au>
Just got back from the first Black Sabbath Australian gig in 25 years,
in Perth, Western Australia (Challenge Stadium). from Brodie Brimble <brodie.b@optusnet.com.au>
Hi there Joe, thanks for the great
web-site. I have a brief review to share with everyone of the Perth
concert last night.
First of all, ANYONE could have walked
off the street into that concert - through the door I entered at
least. I walked in & out 3-4 times & was not asked for my
ticket once. The first time I walked in ( & there was not even a
queue) I went to pull out my ticket & the guy just smiled, shook his
head & nodded me through the door. I later observed (due to
eventually being "challenged") the same guy conveniently only
checking people who were empty handed - those carrying drinks just
walked straight on in! I laughed, shook my head at him & told him
what I thought. So much for event security.
Anyway I didn't know much about the
support band "Down" but they rocked pretty hard & seemed to
have some younger hard-core fans up front crammed against the stage.
It seemed though that most were waiting around patiently for the
main act. A mixed 10,000+ crowd with (as I expected) many older
Sabbath fans, we had a 55+ guy sitting just near us dressed in his
Sunday best with his wife leaning asleep on his shoulder (during the
support act) which we had a good laugh at. I saw one rowdy kid with
dreadlocks getting dragged out by security but no other trouble from
where we were standing by the sound-desk area.
The Sabbath act opened with
E5150 (as expected), with the boys ripping straight into
Mob Rules. I was expecting After All (The
Dark) after reading previous reviews - fantastic song but Mob just
sounds better after E5150 (as per the original album). Anyway, there
followed a mixture of old & new including Children Of The
Sea, Voodoo, The Sign Of The Southern Cross, Falling Off The Edge
Of The World, Shadow Of The Wind (much better live than I
expected), Die Young (with opening guitar solo), a
very extended Heaven & Hell (with Ronnie getting
the crowd chanting) & Neon Knights finishing off
the show. That is roughly in the order I remember them & there were
a couple of other songs I was not familiar with. There was a great
Appice drum solo (around halfway through the gig) which started
pretty average but gained momentum & had the crowd roaring with
appreciation at his efforts. Ronnie James Dio was a great front man
as always & connected well with the crowd (I envy the fan up
front/centre who got handed the signed drum skin). The band as a
whole seemed to connect well with each other.
One observation - the stage set seemed
to be a cut-down version without the proper castle back-drop I have
seen in photos - the "fence" was there but the back-drop was just
big curtains painted like a castle with a "window" at each end. The
show & the lighting made up for this though.
This was the first "Sabbath" concert for
myself & the boys. Slightly deaf after the gig & a bit hoarse in the
voice today but definitely worth it!
Thank you Black Sabbath (or Heaven &
Hell - whatever) for a great concert & a great night out.
Brodie.
from The EO <mitri.azzam@gmail.com> Excellent, excellent show - nearly a
full house. Dio's voice was powerful and booming, more so than I was
expecting after listening to some H&H tour bootlegs beforehand.
That'll teach me. How a man as small has Dio can produce vocals like
that is beyond me, especially at his age now. |
