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2nd Time Seeing Alice Cooper
- Date of Concert: November 27, 2011
- Location of Concert: Keith Albee Performing Arts Center in Huntington, WV
I first saw Alice Cooper in August of 2011.
The second time was just a few months later, in November.
My cousin Zachary and I went to this show.
It was just 20 minutes from where we lived so it was a no brainer.
Like the first show and every time I’ve seen him since (I’m typing this in 2023 and have seen him many times and even met him once.) he and his band (Guitarists Steve Hunter, Orianthi, and Ryan Roxie, Bassist Chuck Garric, and Drummer Glen Sobel) are always great.
Classic song after classic song.
Great stage show.
Great theatrics.
I can’t say enough about Alice.
Aside from his first two albums, I think every album he has released is awesome and he never does a bad concert. EVER!!
Rock on!!
Set List:
- Tape: Vincent Price Intro
- The Black Widow
- Brutal Planet
- I’m Eighteen
- Under My Wheels
- Billion Dollar Babies
- No More Mr. Nice Guy
- Hey Stoopid
- Is It My Body
- Halo Of Flies (w/Bass and Drum Solos)
- I’ll Bite Your Face Off (New Song)
- Muscle Of Love
- Only Women Bleed (included a short Guitar Solo by Orianthi at the beginning)
- Cold Ethyl
- Feed My Frankenstein
- Clones (We’re All)
- Poison
- Wicked Young Man
- Killer (Partial)
- I Love The Dead (Partial)
- School’s Out (included part of Pink Floyd’s Another Brick In The Wall Part 2)
- Encore: Elected
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Epitaph? Not Quite: Judas Priest/Black Label Society/Thin Lizzy Concert Review
- Date of Concert: November 8, 2011
- Location of Concert: U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, OH
This was supposed to be Judas Priest’s farewell tour, hence why it was called Epitaph.
But luckily, it turned out not to be, because as I type this in 2023, they are still around making albums and touring. I’m glad.
However, last tour or not, this was a great tour and lineup of bands.
A newer incarnation of Thin Lizzy opened.
Classic members Scott Gorham (Guitar), Brian Downey (Drums), and Darrell Wharton (Keyboards) were there, along with new singer Ricky Warwick, who sounds uncannily like Phil Lynott (RIP). The band was rounded out by Bassist Marco Mendoza and Guitarist Richard Fortus, who also plays in Guns N Roses.
They played an awesome set of Thin Lizzy classics.
Sadly, they’re only known for two songs in America, The Boys Are Back In Town and Jailbreak. Both great songs, but trust me, they have sooooooooo many great songs. Please do yourself a favor and seek out their music. They rock.
Next was Black Label Society, which is Singer/Guitarist Zakk Wylde’s band.
They’re a very good band and Zakk is incredible, but to my ears, as well as my cousin Zachary’s who was there with me, they sounded terrible that night. SOOOO loud and distorted. The mix was awful. I’m sorry but it was. Again I love Zakk but the mix was awful. I’m sure most of their shows sound great, but to our ears, they were not great on this night. Maybe it was just where we were because I later heard an audio bootleg and they sounded fine. I don’t know.
Thank goodness that was not the case with Thin Lizzy or the headliner Judas Priest!!
They went on a little after 10 PM and played until after Midnight.
Tons of songs from almost every album they had released up to that point.
Singer Rob Halford forever a commander of the stage and singing/screaming his head off like no other.
Guitarists Glenn Tipton and newcomer at the time Richie Faulkner (replacing KK Downing, who left the band) playing phenomenally.
Bassist Ian Hill and Drummer Scott Travis solid as a rock, like always.
Priest are one of my favorite bands ever and I try to go see them every chance I get.
They never let me down.
Judas Priest Set List:
- Intro Tape (Battle Hymn)
- Rapid Fire
- Metal Gods
- Heading Out To The Highway
- Judas Rising
- Starbreaker
- Victim Of Changes
- Never Satisfies
- Diamonds & Rust
- Intro Tape (Dawn Of Creation)
- Prophecy
- Night Crawler
- Turbo Lover
- Beyond The Realms Of Death
- The Sentinel
- Blood Red Skies
- The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown)
- Breaking The Law (Rob did not sing this. He let the audience sing it. It was a rush!!)
- Painkiller
- Encore: The Hellion/Electric Eye
- Hell Bent For Leather
- You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’
- Encore 2: Living After Midnight
Black Label Society Set List:
- Intro Tape: New Religion
- Crazy Horse
- Funeral Bell
- Bleed For Me
- Suicide Messiah
- Overlord
- Parade Of The Dead
- Fire It Up
- Guitar Solo
- Godspeed Hell Bound
- Concrete Jungle
- Stillborn
Thin Lizzy Set List:
- Are You Ready
- Waiting For An Alibi
- Jailbreak
- Massacre
- Emerald
- Killer On The Loose
- Rosalie (Bob Seger cover)
- Roisun Dubh (Black Rose): A Rock Legend
- Cowboy Song
- The Boys Are Back In Town
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