Welcome one and all to episode 390 of Signals from Mars. I'm your host Victor
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Welcome one and all to another episode of signals from Mars. I'm your host
Victor and joining me today is Mr. Jeremy Weltman. Jeremy how are you? Hi
Victor, yeah doing really well thanks. We've got lovely summer's day here or
summer's evening as you can probably just see from behind me. So yeah doing
good. What about yourself? I'm doing good as well. Very interesting that you have
the double-pronged attack there of Judas Priest and Iron Maiden going on. Too bad
that we've discussed recently on the show whether it comes to the the sphere in
Las Vegas, whether it comes to concert touring. I mean there's been so much
talked about in the past about getting these two bands to tour with one another
once again. That said let's talk about some shows that we've seen this year
already and maybe towards the end of the show we can talk about things that we've
we'd like to see. So Jeremy what are some of the actual concerts that you've been
able to see this year? Okay yeah well I'll actually probably come to Judas
Priest in a moment because they were one of the bands that I did see in back in
March but we'll take February 1st because that was my first concert of the
year. I went down to Manchester Academy. I went to Manchester Academy 3 which is
quite a very you know quite a small venue really. I would think no more than
four or five hundred people in there at any one time but the amount of people
that were actually in there for this show probably less than a hundred so it
was a very very small gig but there were four great bands on it was a new wave of
British heavy metal night so there was four bands there was Girl School,
Alcatraz, Raven and Air Force. Air Force are Doug Sampson's band who obviously
likes to talk up his contributions via Maiden at some point but anyway I'll
take you through the bands. Air Force were on first obviously they were the support
band and they were really really good. They were a proper new wave of British
heavy metal band they played that sort of style they played a lot of sort of
military based music you know with those sort of themes. There were chunky riffs
and they had a really really good vocalist who sounded really like Bruce.
In fact I saw him in the toilets after the gig you know in between the
bands and I said to him you know you're gonna be the guy who replaces Bruce
when it comes down to it if he ever leaves Iron Maiden and they want to carry
on you're the guy and he looked at me as if you know I was on a different
planet but you know he kind of I think he liked the compliment. He was a
Portuguese guy actually very young whereas the rest of the band were you
know quite old. So anyway they were on first and they got off the gig off to a
really good start I quite enjoyed their stuff and then the next band on was
Alcatraz because the other three bands were rotating who was going to be the
the headliners so they drew lots each night to decide what was
gonna get what was gonna happen. So Alcatraz were on next and they were very
very classy I mean Joe Stump was amazing on guitar really amazing to see him I
was very close to watching you know watching what he was doing and in
between the acts all the bands sort of mingled with the very small crowd so
you got a chance to sort of you know say hello or get your merchandise signed
really nice thing to do. Alcatraz played all their sort of stuff off the last two
albums and Doogie White was on form I mean he was really interacting very well
with the crowd he was walking around as well all the time and talking to people
and they seemed to really enjoy it you know they really enjoyed the gig and
then after them Raven came on. I've seen Raven before and they're the
favorite band of mine and they were amazing really amazing you know there's
just the three of them on the stage the two Gallagher brothers on bass and
guitar and they look old now but they don't half move they don't ask exactly
as they used to and they played a you know a lot of the hits that you've heard
on you know all the early albums a few new tracks and really again a band that
really looked like they were really enjoying themselves so really enjoyed
them and then Girl School came on and played what Girl School do you know they
again they were playing a lot of the old hits that they had from the you know the
80s I didn't see the whole show I actually left I had to leave because I
had to get a train home and obviously the four bands on so I only saw about
half their set which was a bit of a shame because I was enjoying them as
well so it was a really cheap gig or four bands I came home thinking I
really want to see that again so if there's any small bands out there they
want to club together and do that sort of thing it's a really good thing to do
so that I saw that gig in February but I'll pass it pass the baton over to you
before I mention any more and see what you what you've seen yeah interesting
that you leave things off with with that last bit there you know that you'd be
interested in seeing that bill or something similar to that for that price
point the last show that we saw back in May I believe it was May at this point
yes was Markie Ramones Blitzkrieg who's coming back around in November and I
told my wife I said you know they're playing 45 minutes away we enjoyed that
show but would we want to see that show again you know would would you be
willing to pay 35 euros per person to see him do the same exact set list to
all the same shit that we just saw and it'll probably be a bigger crowd and so
it'll be slightly different and she said to me she said well I think that's one
of those shows where you see them once and you kind of get your I go okay I
could go either way that's fine so so yeah it was Markie Ramone there was an
opener that was a national act Markie was clearly the headliner because once
he came on stage the venue filled out with people he's obviously why he's
obviously the drummer he's extremely old he's still playing a lot of the parts
like he used to I mean none of these songs are being played at half you know
or have to paste on what they were before it was a great show it was an
energetic show was exactly what I expected and what I wanted I have seen
the Ramones in concert and I have to say this was probably better than seeing
them only because it seemed like Joey and Johnny Ramone just wanted to get the
hell out of the venue and wrap up as soon as possible so Joey's vocals for
the most part were illegible now with this show they're singers from here in
Spain so it was it was interesting to see him interact with the crowd and and
say some things it was funny because my wife at first says to me what's he say
you know he he has to be from from the area to know about that specific term
that he's saying and afterwards somebody said yeah he's from like two hours away
he's from part of the Basque Country and he's been in like a million bands so he
knows how to you know talk up a crowd so that made a lot of sense so it was
again it was a cool show was 37 songs in 90 minutes I sent along for 35 and 37 and
it was cool it was it was really good I hope that they end up you know coming
back around here and then I again 40 minutes isn't that far away but I hope
that they continue bringing shows around similar to that to the venue where where
we went to to see whereabouts was that show then what was the place called where
was that okay so the place translated into English in Spanish it's called
Escenarios Santander which is Santander stage basically so this is a they built
a park where a bunch of marshland was okay and in part of that park they built
a venue and the venue probably holds I mean I would think if you max it out I
don't know 2,000 people maybe I'll have to look it up but it's kind of set up
cool to which if it's a big show and the weather's good the entire back of the
venue opens up so that you can potentially play out to a bunch of
people sitting in the grass and part of the park I don't know if they've done
that before but it is possible this venue has had in vain Mountstein in the
past it's had Dio Disciples Nashville pussy played there recently gun played
there recently they have all types of tribute bands that are playing there I
think it's a it's a cool venue not only because it's 20 minutes away from my
house but again the prices are fairly good and the atmosphere is good for
shows especially in a place that really isn't a rock music place the drinks are
kind of expensive but you know nothing compares to I'm sure drinks in London or
drinks in the US so that's interesting to hear people say yeah it's three
drinks for for ten bucks I'm like yeah in the States are probably paying 15 for
one beer so yeah
was there yes was there any support with that with that act so is it it was a
national act that I that no like there was one guy jumping around for the for
the band he was probably a friend of the band I don't recall their name I do
remember they sang I believe in Spanish English and in Basque so whenever you do
anything in Basque in my province it's like the proverbial fart in church so
not too many people are keen with it so yeah sounds a good gig sounds good yeah
it was fun cool well like what others go ahead what other shows did you see
outside of outside of the one that you just yeah I'm gonna leave the the best
one to last the one I saw in March which this band involved so I'll nip to the
nip to May where I saw an ACDC tribute act in my local town I've seen them
before the good live wire ACDC and they are extremely good if you cannot afford
to see ACDC and you haven't you know obviously they don't play very often
either they're on tour at the moment though they will be playing a few dates
in the UK but obviously it's really expensive to see ACDC now and that
they're not the full band we've talked about this before you know and we've
seen the clips on on various online places so yeah this is they're a great
band they play a lot of the hits but they played a few deep cuts as well this
time the Angus Young guy really plays Angus Young properly I mean he's a bit
tall he's a bit taller than Angus and he looks younger as well now that Angus is
all white and you know grey but they're fantastic and this time they only
had a Brian Johnson singer normally I've seen them they sometimes you know they
have two singers or they have the one singer who does both you know you'll
sort of change and he plays plays both but it was just Brian Johnson but he was
really like him had the t-shirt on and he had the cap on and he had the
Geordie accent and it was a really really enjoyable evening took a few
people locally who had not seen them before and they really thought they
sounded like them and again cheap cheap gig I think it was no more than probably
15 pounds to see them they're on for you know a couple of hours and at the end
they have a couple of little cannons they fire off just like the real ACDC
it's really great the Malcolm Young as well looks fantastic I mean he he looks
like Malcolm Young as well you know he's got everything down to what Malcolm was
like so it's a really good tribute and it's a tribute to people who have died
in the band you know which is another thing so yeah I really enjoyed that and
I think there is a room you know for some tribute acts some of them are not
very good but some of them are really good and you know if you if you get to
see one I am actually going to see another one this Friday I'm going to see
Limehouse Lizzie again which I've seen before you know a thin Lizzie tribute
band and they're really good as well they even have it so they've got a lead
singer bassist who is black just like Phil Lightner so you know the the
attention to details amazing yeah so yeah enjoy the ACDC live wire really
good yeah and that's an interesting point because I've mentioned several
times I've been in a tribute band in the past and some musicians don't care for
the for the whole tribute gig because their argument is well I'm not being a
lot in shows or you know or I'm not selling albums but this tribute band is
helping push copies of such-and-such a band or you know again they're consuming
up nights where they'd like to be doing shows I've never had even before I was
in a tribute band I never had an issue with it because I think that they're
always honoring the legacy of the bands that they're basically imitating there
have been times where I've seen some of these bands where it's been god-awful I
think I mentioned this to you where we had a Michael Shanker tribute come
through and hearing them sing I don't remember if it was ready to rock or what
it was anyway the lyrics were not legible the playing was great the the
musicianship was awesome but the lead singer was just scatting scatting scat
in Spanish basically so what was was not good so obviously you don't have an
issue with tribute bands a lot of times too similar to what you said some of
these bands no longer tour or don't come close enough to you yeah so I don't have
an issue with with so long as they do it well I don't have an issue with people
doing tribute bands or being cover bands because people a lot of times want to go
out want to see familiar things they're familiar with let's say and it can help
open up your horizon to bands that maybe you've never heard of a lot of times we
neglect to remember that not everyone is a music nerd like we are you know yeah
did again obviously you've gone to see a few tribute bands in the past do you
have an issue with bands doing that I don't have an issue with them at all
because the first thing is obviously if you don't want to see the tribute band
you don't have to go and you know if you want to go and see the real band and you
want to save your money up and go just go and see the real band that's fine if
you want to see the real band and the tribute band that's fine and if you just
don't want to see the tribute band so I want to see the real band because it's
too expensive it's far away and as you say they may be dead they may not be
here they may not be touring anymore I mean I've just recently I say recently
last year I saw a kiss tribute band and obviously kiss I'm never gonna see live
again I'm you know that they will have that avatar situation which they're
gonna bring out and I may want to go and see it who knows but you know just
actually see some guys dressed up and playing kiss songs and having you know
a fun time and it's only costing me 15 pounds or whatever it was why wouldn't I
want to do that just for you know an evening out you don't have to judge
them based on the original band either you can judge them based on you know
that they're doing a good job of it and if they play the hits they play the hits
if you play a few deep cuts they do that you know there's lots of different
angles to it as you say some bands are not very good I've seen one queen I've
seen a Queen tribute band that really wasn't very good but you know I won't
go and see them again but it won't put me off going to see other tribute bands
I've said Limehouse Lizzie I'm gonna see on Friday I've seen them about four
times before and they are absolutely like Thin Lizzie so if you know and who's
gonna see Thin Lizzie anymore I mean first of all where is John Sykes he's
not here and and neither is you know a few of the other band members and of
course Phil sadly is departed so it's never gonna really happen we've heard
about maybe Scott Gorham going on the road and doing it again but it's not
happened yet so yeah I'm in favor of it it's a cheap night out for people and
like you say that's a good point it gets people into music and that's always a
good thing people will always go back to the back catalogs once they've watched
a band I do it you probably do it as well you come home after the gig you
start going through all the old albums again and thinking oh I remember that
song but what's the rest of the album like and I think a lot of people do that
and that's why the bands themselves like tribute bands of themselves because
they know they're gonna sell albums through it as well right and they
technically get a kickback as well so I mean it's making a little extra money
without not really having to do much yeah yeah yeah I never understood when
Scott Gorham left blacks black star writers yeah yeah that that his first
thing was oh but I'm gonna you know I'm bringing thin Lizzie back and my thought
was like really like what lineup who you know cuz last lineup had essentially the
the guys that are in black star writers plus they had Troy Sanders on bass and
and I thought as much as I love Troy and as much as he loves thin Lizzie it was
it just seemed like an odd pairing for me also has Scott looked well to you
yeah yeah no well he's an old guy now isn't he I mean he's quite old right
but he's always seemed older than his actual age because of all the substance
abuse issues that he had yeah yeah so yeah maybe yeah yeah yeah so it was just
odd you know to me it was like okay well he's leaving BSR he's probably gonna
chill out and just take advantage of whatever time he has left no I'm just
I'm bringing thin Lizzie back really okay he's also doing a lot of art at the
moment he's touring his his own personal art in the UK okay so that's one thing
he's doing but yeah he did mention about who he'd actually have in thin Lizzie he
I think he did say he was gonna talk to Brian Downey obviously Darren Walker
buttons around because he's in that other band as the dare and he's still
touring so there's a couple there and in the past he's had Marco Mendoza
on bass as well so right who knows maybe they'll do summer gigs next year that's
the sort of thing that they might do you know just do a few one-offs it's quite a
few UK festivals here where they could headline with a thin Lizzie act and and
they'll make a good amount of money yeah yeah I mean they were gonna do it
through COVID that you know during the COVID year that I think they got
canceled I was actually gonna go and see them because they were gonna do one near
me it was a funny kind of show as well because it wasn't just a rock or metal
festival it was one of those you know had a lot of pop acts on various other
stuff they were gonna do a headline there yeah he's had some interesting
lineups he's had Vivian Campbell like I said Troy Sanders you mentioned Marco
Mendoza a lot of big-time players that under just odd seeing them fit into what
what they're doing with him as you but see they've left a mark on a lot of
people he's obviously spending a bit of time looking for John Sykes because that
will take that's probably consuming all his time so what is the mystery show
from March that you wanted yeah so I finally got a ticket and I was very
lucky really the show was pretty sold out and I was kept looking and looking
and eventually I managed to get a ticket on the fourth row on the you know right
at the front in the middle a single ticket to see Judas Priest in Birmingham
so that was fantastic it was at the Birmingham World Resort Arena which
used to be the NEC it's obviously a hometown hometown gig for Priest you
know it's fantastic big arena and I was really excited really looking forward to
this and it didn't let me down at all because they were supported obviously by
Saxon and Uriah Heap as well so Uriah Heap came on first he played about seven
songs Mitt Box obviously has been around since the Middle Ages so you know he
knows what he's doing they they were really sounded good Uriah Heap they
certainly hadn't dulled their sound or muffled it in any way and I went to the
toilets after and there was a guy in front of me who was a similar age and he
just looked round at me and said that was good wasn't it and I said yeah yeah
it was it was great and they were they were they were really good really good
support act so they were on and then Saxon came on and did you know
probably about an hour or so of a set they obviously have Brian Tatler on
guitar now and he fit into the band really well you know I mean it's
obviously the same era the same age so and he knows the Saxon songs so they
played a lot of the hits they played about four songs off the new album they
played Roswell they played the the the title track they played 1066 and they
played Madame Guillotine they were all played really well they all sounded like
they did on the album Biff's voice was brilliant they finally got all the crowd
around me to stand up because they'd been sitting down for Uriah Heap you know
there's quite an old crowd on the floor but you can imagine I was standing up
straight away from Saxon start and I was kind of like the only one on my own at
the front near the front and then eventually people started standing up a
bit more and you know enjoying it so yeah Saxon sounded great they they
really always put on a good show and really got the crowd going with all the
hits you know the usual stuff Wheels of Steel all that's all that's kind of stuff
and then Judas Priest came on and I was very impressed by them I'd seen them you
know three four maybe five times before over the years you know over a long time
and Rob Holford was looking in good form I thought he was better than when I last
saw him obviously when I last saw him he'd only just recovered from his cancer
so we know that that would have really hit him a lot this time I thought he was
you know he still looked old but I thought he moved a little bit better he
was singing was amazing and I don't know whether it was helped a lot by you know
that we know all the bands get a little bit of help with everything nowadays but
I think that you know his singing was amazing and I thought that the
guitarists really gelled together much better this time as well whereas the
first time I saw them Andy Sneap was you know fairly new to the band but this
time I thought the two of them were really on song and at the end Glenn
Titon came on for three songs he's not a well man I mean they were they were
holding him before you know on the side before he came on and he sort
of you know he looked as if he enjoyed it but he can't move very well he's very
slow taking his toll Parkinson's disease now on him but no that it was a great
show they had a great backdrop they played a lot of hits again they played
some new songs off the new album which were you know sounded really great and
everybody left the show with smiles on the faces and you know really had a nice
time great great to see them you never know if it's the last time with a band
like that because you know you just don't know so if it was great way to go
out but if it isn't I'll be looking forward to seeing them again
well what was the breakdown and who played how long you mentioned that you
right he yeah yeah so from this is from memory because it's it's now back in
March but you're right he were probably on for about 35 minutes that sort of
time I think Saxon were on for probably about well they were on for an hour at
least an hour and maybe an hour and 10 you know around that sort of time and
priest were on for probably an hour and three quarters okay which almost two
hours for for priest that's yeah that that's that's interesting okay and it's
interesting the the other times you know Saxon getting an hour I'm trying to
think of when I saw them previously the order was Saxon Motorhead priest so it's
interesting that Saxon was the second band on the bill there and also I'm
guessing that with your I heap they're probably flip-flopping who's the opener
who's the middle act well no not in this case no your I were actually set to be
the opener on all of these gigs and there's a good reason for that actually
in the UK is that Saxon are the bigger band your I heap do appeal to the sort
of slightly older crowd now you know fans who are probably in their 60s and
70s whereas you know Saxon are still appealing to sort of my age group which
is sort of you know 50s because it's it's the time period you kind of got
into the band I guess right but I would say definitely Saxon are much bigger
band than your I heap in the UK and that's that's sort of validated by the
chart placing for the album as well which got into the you know to the UK
charts cool that's yeah that listen they they've always had a following I'm not
the hugest fan of the band but I've recognized their their following
because I know a lot of people that are into them and and and and just deserved
I've seen them two three times in concert I believe but never because I
paid to see them just because they just happen to be on the on the festival
so yeah you have what seemed like sconeys sunny skies up to recently and I
have what sounds like rolling thunderstorms coming through my eyes
yeah yeah it's a European problem I think that sometimes in the summer is
that I got yeah absolutely all right so the only other show that I've seen this
year really not metal really not hard rock I do think that this band has
immensely influenced a lot of hard rock and metal bands through their lyrics
through their dark imagery through working with Anton Corbin who Metallica
later did it was the Peshmoat it was a band that was a bucket list for me I
didn't think we'd be we'd end up seeing them we had tickets years ago and never
went because we had a dog that a dog that had been poisoned so you know we
kind of didn't feel right about going to see the show it was a great show it was
exactly what I would expect from them just the whole production the songs that
they picked were great they pretty much played all areas of of the band they
played almost one song per album certain albums got more than one and their new
album they had four or five songs that they played with they they led off with
three new songs so I mean and that's I think what it should be you should be
proud of the music that you just recorded it shouldn't be a throwaway just
to get people to buy products no I think you should stand behind that those
tracks and and play them you know so yeah I wish other bands would would
would take notice obviously Iron Maiden has with them playing 319 minutes long
yeah incredible yeah I've I've always felt that they've kind of crossed over
into rock they've they have some overtones with guitar driven songs and
with stuff that isn't exactly dancy as some people would know them for I know
that bands have covered them within the hard rock and metal community so that's
why I'm confident to say that you know it's not that far off from what we we
normally listen to it is but it really is it's interesting point you make
really because when I was younger obviously to Pesh mode we were with that
sort of new romantic movement of the 80s but obviously they've released much
heavier material really more rockier material over the over the years but
there may maybe people who've not really got into that because they've really
sort of seen them as a different type of act altogether and interesting was that
you it probably was the case live that they come across as a different type of
act than the one that was you know off the 80s I guess well I think a lot of
people would be surprised I'm not surprised because I followed the band
and I have I don't know how many blue rays and DVDs but they play live they you
know I know that some people have said to me oh well you know it's all taped or
it's whatever I'm like what whether it is or not it seems like they're playing
their instruments and that they're doing it well they've always from
violator onward violator
maybe it's songs of faith and devotion they've always kind of performed as a
band after
who was it I want to say Andy Fletcher but Andy Fletcher is the guy that just
passed away
let's see band members it is Alan Wilder when Alan Wilder left in 95 they added a
permanent drummer to the band also added a what a third keyboard player
basically and now that Andy Fletcher passed away he's become the second
keyboard player so I mean for the most part they were a four piece I don't
think they had any backing vocalists I don't recall them having it but maybe
that could be my old man brain not remembering it at the moment but yeah
they have a they have a special bond with the crowd too especially now that
it's say that my t-shirt that I picked up it's just Dave Gahan and Martin Gore
so yeah and even with that I mean you listen to something like that we've
heard a million times over something like personal Jesus is a blues guitar
part mixed into that he does plenty of slide guitar not anything that's really
fancy but just to accent songs yeah I think it's helped endear them to a
larger audience and their their lyrics definitely have and and again when songs
of faith and devotion came out people won ape shit oh this this is a rock
album it isn't you know a pop album and they've kind of meandered the line for
for the last few albums a hell Delta machine was recorded down in in New
Orleans New Orleans and and it was a heavily guitar driven album I mean
there's no shredding on it per se but definitely a lot of guitar being used
throughout the album yeah yeah and presumably it was a it was a packed
arena there was it I mean where was it actually played at it wasn't Bilbao
Spain at the Bilbao Expo Center I've been there for for priest I've been
there for priest yeah for priest saxon and motorhead so this is a big arena
that um it's fairly big it's for the Peshmoat I believe there was 12,000
people there so it's yeah it's a decent crowd yeah yeah when I saw priests there
it was around 8,000 yeah so they had several sections roped off with the
Peshmoat they only had the section closest to the stage closed off
everything else was had people in so shows how popular and act like that is
now yeah yeah really popular yeah because they've sort of renewed their
the way they do stuff all the time as well that's the thing yeah I'm producing
good music what's that I'm producing good music right right and that's the
thing with with you know I talk about lazy listeners all the time there's
plenty of lazy musicians that tour after tour they just play the same material so
why are you gonna go out and see them whereas again the Peshmoat is playing
four to five new tracks every show plus they're rotating their their album you
know their classics in and out of the setlist as well so I think that they
they know how to work their crowd they know how to work their craft to the
point where they're continuing to sell tickets year after year because of that
because you're seeing a different show every time because you're hearing
different songs all the time that's that's definitely a that that's
definitely something that they do well and they do right yeah yeah and on this
show you always promote smaller bands so let's hear about the support act as
well is there a support band there was not there wasn't okay all right the
intro was just a few minutes of a repetitive like dance beat okay so so
how long were they on for then they must be done quite a while it was like two
hours yeah yeah cool yeah it was it was what it was what I expected you know I
know that in the past they've played longer but I mean I wasn't expecting
them to to do more than that this show also marked my kids first shows and
also my oldest was there with a broken leg yeah so that was a challenge I
started coming down with some sort of virus so some stomach bug while at that
show so close to the end of the show I was not feeling good at all I was very
worn down so I'll remember it for that as well but overall it was a great
experience for everyone that one at least from this household yeah yeah we've
all been at those shows haven't we were we're not felt well and we've not wanted
to go and yeah you've all you need to go because you have those memories that
will last forever and you've got the ticket stub and there and whatever else
and yeah just the memories of the show and yeah yeah I agree that sounds great
yeah agree 100% what other shows are you looking forward to seeing this year yeah
well I was hoping to maybe nip down to London to see a couple of shows but I
didn't manage to do it in the end really strange because ZZ Top and
Scorpions both played or I know Scorpions have played I think ZZ Top is
coming up just one show in the UK this year and they're just doing London so
it's very difficult to get tickets it's difficult to get down there so I would
have really you know enjoyed seeing those two but it's not to be this year I
have got a ticket though to see the cult in October and they're playing I think
it's like a sort of 40 year review of their hits over the over the years so
I'm hoping they're gonna play proper hits so you know we really want to hear
by them right and as you know they've just done the southern death cult tour
which I didn't see because I wasn't really into all the very early stuff
which they did right so I'm looking forward to this and obviously I'm going
to Manchester it's a hometown gig for Billy Duffy who's a Man City fan as you
know so it's gonna be great looking really looking forward to that my wife's
actually coming as well because she likes the cult we don't often go to a
lot of rock gigs together now but yeah she's quite excited by that one as
well so yeah October I think it's October it might be November but anyway
it's later in the year looking forward to that one and then maybe oh here we go
there's something there there he is looking cool yeah well yeah you could
see him better there yeah yeah fine he's a great guitarist and he's he's a cool
guy so yeah they should be good the cult as for others I mean I'd love to see
some of the bands whether they're gonna come over or not is another thing I've
never seen except and I've got a feeling that I will see them one day I'm hoping
you know over the next 12 months I might get to see them they occasionally come
over here but we've got this little thing called Brexit going on and some
bands are a little bit reluctant to source you know go they go on European
tours and then they think oh no we won't go to the UK so I don't know whether
I'll see them again I don't think it's gonna be this year but you know next
year I'd love to see the very final Ozzy Osbourne show in Birmingham which is
being planned I think for next summer but we'll see how that you know how Ozzy
gets on with that that would be good just thinking who else I think Richie
Cotson is touring I'd like to maybe go and see him oh and there is one other
that I haven't got the ticket yet but I am going to go and see I just remembered
Jeff Tate's touring in October and it's in the same place I saw that new
Wobham show that I mentioned in February so it's in a really small place it's
quite reasonably priced he's got a female singer on as the support act and
I think he's gonna play quite a bit off obviously all that's the Queens right
stuff so yeah that would be good night out I think what about yourself cool
yeah so I pull the trigger on the loser villa show which is Limp Bizkit with
Corey Haim and a few other acts I
set up a playlist with all the acts that are gonna be playing and for some
options for other shows that we were possibly considering going to see and
ultimately after speaking to you guys and also speaking to my wife you know we
figured all right well I can sit through some of these other acts so my son gets
to live out his dream of seeing Limp Bizkit so so we'll do it it'll be the
second time I see them okay while we're in the States we may also see there's
there's a package of Bush playing with wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute
before you get on to the US tell us when this Limp Bizkit show is and where it is
it's in the US okay yeah it is July 30th July 30th right okay great that's
brilliant so which are reading so where's that gonna be gonna be at the PNC Bank
Art Center it is a outdoor amphitheater right right okay great brilliant yeah
and and at that same venue they're gonna have again Bush with Jerry Cantrell and
Candle Box Wow and that's another show that we were contemplating going to and
we may still do because the price prices aren't that bad that terribly bad
considering how many bands you're seeing also I'd love for my older son to see a
band while we're there you know can continue growing his concert going
experience yeah yeah that sounds fun sounds fun yeah do you think you might see one in
London I know you're coming over to London later in the year or do you think
that's gonna be probably unlikely given the fact you only got a few days I
suppose yeah that it's gonna come down to time and money you know I'd love to
see the cult but they're playing I believe right after we're gonna be there
yeah there's always lots of smaller gigs going on in London I mean there's you
know stuff going on in pubs and smaller venues so I suppose there might be
something on that might might tempt you right yeah absolutely it's definitely
something that's that's in the works or that we're contemplating because
obviously we want to see a lot of the sites in London a lot of the different
things that we've only read about and seen you know on TV or on the net
there's also other things like possibility of going to a concert in my
case I told my wife that we're gonna be in three different countries in a short
period of months and and I I've been trying to swing it so that I could get a
tattoo in each country and and and she hasn't been all that keen on the idea as
yet but she wasn't keen on me getting one that I got at this point ten days
ago so so so and then right before she goes well you know go ahead and get it
you know so I did and then afterwards is when I started saying well you know I've
been I've mentioned this to you I've spoken to some tattoo artists and I may
be doing a series of interviews where we talk about the crossover between music
and getting tattooed and I said you know obviously I'll have to get tattooed at
this stuff so so we'll see we'll see how it all shakes out yeah well I'll keep an
eye out what's going on during the time you're here and I'll let you know if
there's anything that might be worth your time and you know it's within a
reasonable price all that sort of stuff there's always lows going on so you
never know there might be just something you might be able to see of an evening
even for a couple of hours yeah yeah absolutely absolutely yeah I still have
to speak to you more about some of the things to see so sure but yeah and the
the year it sucks because the year is shaping out to be a great concert year
as well seeing a lot of tours that are gonna be going on the States in the fall
right after we come back for example same venue where we're going to see the
the one show you have Alice Cooper with Rob Zombie I'm not the biggest fan of
either but it would have been a show that I would have gone to yeah gladly
because I think they both put on great shows so it would have been something
really really good to check out there are a bunch of other bands that are
gonna be out there as well different tours that keep coming up that I've that
I've seen in immediately so-and-so announces a tour and I'm like oh let's
see the dates oh it's in September yeah there's a couple of others I'm thinking
you just mentioned Alice Cooper he's actually playing over here in
Manchester later in the year I forget who he's supported by on that one
I think it's cheap trick yeah it's Alice Cooper and cheap trick and also
Journey are playing later in the years you know I'm a big fan of Journey I like
a lot of their stuff so that would be fun but the problem is the price of the
concerts those sort of concerts are quite pricey particularly Journey you
know you're looking at the sort of 160 mark so it's pricey stuff so you're kind
of looking around you go further back in the arena you know it's a bit cheaper
but this is a thing you're always balancing up the price and the the fun
have you seen them before yeah I've seen them a few times I've seen them three
times and the best time I saw them was with foreigner and sticks okay which is
a really really good show they were really on form then obviously I've only
ever seen them with the newest singer now is it Arnell Paneda yeah only seen
them with him but they've always played the hits they've always played quite a
few tracks off their current album whatever it is at the time right because
I think they've done three with him now haven't they so I've seen each of those
three tours I think yeah they've always been great live and Neil Sean is a
really really good acts live really good I mean he can't off play so yeah
they're worth seeing but once I actually saw them with White Snake and actually
White Snake blew them off the stage before they came on which is a bit of a
shame they they should have swapped it around so what you know everybody wants
to see White Snake because it was a UK act and then Journey came on after it
there's a lot of people leaving the arena which is a real shame because
Journey very good but they just it felt a little bit flat after White Snake
whereas if they'd done it the other way around it would have been absolutely
perfect yeah yeah I saw them at a festival where they were you know after
they played Dream Theater came on and there were other things like hate breed
and suicidal tendencies that played after them so it was an amazing mix of
just different styles of rock and metal and they brought it that night they
didn't play any ballads it was all you know the rock songs I think they knew
they said all right we got to win this crowd over and we're not gonna do it
with sender my love you know so they played a lot of songs that are not only
radio hits but staples I would say not only staples of theirs but just staples
in all types of rock and pop culture because we've seen their music appear on
Siri in different series and movies and whatnot so yeah they're they're
definitely a band that's transcended a lot of different things and it's cool
that they have the the headspace to know okay we can't pander to our usual crowd
here we got to do something special for these guys yeah yeah that really helps
and it really helps when you see a band live that you're not so into on record
but you just see them live and you think hell I get it now you know they're a
great live act and they do it well and that's you know that's all you can ask
absolutely so you know who else does it well Jeremy Weltman does it well and I
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