 Twenty five years after the death of Phil Lynott,
Thin Lizzy are back with a whole new line up which
consists of Ricky Warwick on vocals and guitar,
Scott Gorham on guitar, Vivian Campbell on guitar,
Marco Mendoza on bass, Darren Wharton on keyboard
and the one and only Brian Downey on drums, now
most people hate to see bands carry on after a
key member has left or passed away but tonight
at the Colston Hall in Bristol the sold out crowd
was there to welcome Thin Lizzy back with arms
wide open and also to celebrate the life and work
of art of Phill Lynott.
The all new Thin Lizzy line up had the crowd
in the palm of their hands from the moment the
curtain went down during opening track ‘Are
You Ready’ right until the final good bye
bow after the perfect closing track ‘Black
Rose’.
Thin Lizzy had a bit of a 1970’s stage
show with their big light up Thin Lizzy logo,
two big screens which projected the action on
stage so everyone had a perfect view of everything
and not to mention the two disco balls which lights
shined off during a few songs, the screens at
the back of the stage were also used to project
photos from the bands scrapbook and old album
covers but it was the face of Phil Lynott which
filled the screens for the majority of the time
to show that he will never be forgotten.
 The set list was like a massive greatest hits
set with all the fan favourites such as ‘Waiting
For An Alibi’, ‘Jailbreak’,
‘Dancing In The Moonlight’, ‘Angel
Of Death’, ‘Whisky In The Jar’,
‘The Boys Are Back In Town’ and many
other classics being played across the mammoth
19 song set, ‘Whisky In The Jar’ was
the song that got the biggest reaction with the
band dropping their vocals during the chorus and
putting the full lights on in the venue to encourage
the crowd to sing-a-long which they did with pleasure
and word for word.
Ricky Warwick seemed to be the perfect man for
the job when it came to the frontman slot as he
had a really good stage presence was spot on with
his vocals, kicked arse with his guitar work and
praised Phil Lynott with every opportunity and
had showed no signs at all of wanting to replace
Lynott.
Massive praise also had to be given to Brian
Downey who did an amazing 2minute long drum solo
where he played his drums with full on passion
and energy creating an amazing sound which was
greeted with a sea of claps after the final beat
was laid down.
 Two encores were played tonight and as soon as
the first one started off with ‘Roasline’
the whole of the Colston Hall got out of their
seats and rocked along for the last couple of
songs throwing their hands in the air whilst singing
along.
Overall tonight was a great experience and I
am pretty sure that the whole crowd went home
happy tonight knowing that money was well spent
seeing Thin Lizzy, yes Thin Lizzy will never be
the same without Phil Lynott but watching the
re born Thin Lizzy in concert is the best way
to listen to some of the best rock and roll songs
ever written whilst also paying respect to the
late Phil Lynott, I had a blast and would happily
watch Thin Lizzy again.
4/5
Review By Trigger
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