 Halestorm
are one of my favourite bands at the moment, always
a pleasure to hang out with them while doing an
interview, They opened there set with it's not
you, with lizzy coming on stage on her own, singing
the opening of Its not you, really showing the
power in her voice, then the band joins her on
stage and the kick start the night they sound
heavy as hell tonight, it’s a real great
sound that’s dry but meaty and full. They
continue their set with What were you expecting,
Love/Hate Heartbreak, they take it down a notch
with Familiar taste of Poison, a really haunting
song. After familiar Taste of poison, lizzys brother
starts the drum solo in which the rest of the
band join in on their own tom drums, do my dirty
work was the next song up and they closed their
set with I Get Off. Another good performance from
Halestorm, it’s a shame that a bigger crowd
wasn't there to see it.
There's something about the sound tonight in hear
that feels dry or slightly dulled, not as sharp
as it should be, there's also way to much smoke,
there's ambiance, then there's overkill, taking
photos of the band with all the smoke make it
a tad difficult to get sharp photos them.Buckcherry
open there set with  Tired of you, not a bad start
to the set, nice and heavy, but there’s
still something about them that I can’t
quite click with, they continue with Rescue me
and All night long, at this point the singer is
shedding clothes, showing off his tattoos. The
band don't seem to reaching out very far, anything
past directly in front of the stage, is rather
dead, there's also a lot of space out here. Oh
my lord lit up and it’s a party fill out
the middle/end of the set, there good songs but
the crowd is pretty lifeless. They closed the
set with crazy bitch I can only imagine it's to
some relief to the band as the response to most
of their set has been lacklustre.
Papa roach a band I'm really starting to love
again, there new material has got my attention
again, they open there set with, Kicked in the
teeth, and it’s actually a really great
choice of song to kick the night in to the next
gear and get the crowd going again and it’s
also a really catchy song, love it! Life line
and one tracked mind finish out the opening of
the set with life line being dead catchy they
take it down a notch with Scars. The enemy, getting
away with murder, bit of a sing along with the
crowd on this one, the crowd seems to be a bit
more alive, and there  seems to be more people
In here, but for bands this size, the turnout
is pretty damn shoddy!! To be loved, forever,
burn and Hollywood whore fill out the rest of
the middle set, between angels and insects and
last resort close the set in fantastic style with
between angels and insects sounding as heavy as
I've ever heard it, great meaty riff! As is last
resort with the crowd singing a lot of the chorus,
they didn't tear it up but it was still a good
as performance that I've seen from papa roach,
and a band that got the crowd going again top
stuff!!
 Disturbed, after having the pleasure of hanging
out with them while doing an interview, I was
curious to see there live show, I've been told
that I've seen them before, but I don't ever remember
seeing them, strange to say the least!! Anyway,
with the crowd nicely warmed up now by Papa Roach,
The come on stage and open with Remnants, a song
that I haven't heard before as I haven't listened
to Asylum yet, it’s in my to download list,
gotta love Itunes!! to be honest I'm not that
impressed with it, but Asylum is a much better
song that should have opened the set and maybe
have Remnants relegated to mid set, the game closes
the opening of the set. Prayer is the first song
I heard by Disturbed and subsequently got me into
them; Believe is still my favourite album by them.
Liberate and Land of Confusion is up next, no
idea why the covered that song, but in my opinion
its better than the original in every way possible.
This is a set that just keeps building and picking
up pace, Animal, Inside the fire, Stricken another
way to die and stupify, really filling out the
middle set with  some really good heavy songs and
keeping room simmering nicely. It hits the boil
on Ten thousand fists, I find this song slightly
amusing because, on a good night, there should
have been over 10 000 people hear but as it happens
there's less than 5000 here, but I enjoy the irony
of this song, but it’s a great song anyway,
and they take it up a notch with Indestructible
which also closes the set. Well I think everyone
can guess the show closer, Down with the sickness,
still a storming song, full of all the profanity
you need, a real metal classic, that sends most
of the crowd rabid, with mosh pits and tons of
head banging and crowd surfing, top stuff and
fun to join with. Overall it was a real top show,
it’s just a shame there wasn't a bigger
crowd here tonight!!
Halestorm - 4/5
Buckcherry - 3/5
Papa Roach - 5/5
Disturbed - 5/5
Review By Robert Lawrence
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