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I thought, surely not, that'd be a crazy nosedive so I listened to it. You really weren't exaggerating, huh. I assume Bruce is actually sick though since he can't even get the verses out and it's unfortunately been a regular occurrence on tour after his cancer treatments. e: Oh there was...

I personally doubt they rehearsed much of anything that didn't make the setlist in 2005, since otherwise they would've used something other than Wrathchild replace Charlotte the Harlot. Maybe something like Prodigal Son at best since there's been rumors about it, but probably only in a "nah this...

I wanna comment on this real quick, having seen another example earlier today: it's incredibly funny how loud Adrian's vocals are compared to Bruce's in the first half of the chorus. And for good reason! I think he needs to give up on the little dive bomb bit or let Janick do it or whatever so...

I used to think of this whole deal in the abstract, but being faced with the practical consequences of Nicko's forced retirement, I keep getting pissed off. It's utterly fucked and unfair he can't do what he was meant to do anymore. No disrespect to Simon for having the ungrateful role of...

That, or somehow they have a working pair of ears. I was honestly expecting him to go back to the Jacksons quite fast after a few shows so I was a little surprised the Lados endured so far, but knowing how fussy H evidently can be about tune and practical issues with guitars, I figured it's...

What's your verdict? Think we're gonna end the tour with the Lados relegated to curiosity pieces that show up for one or two songs each?

It's rare for established bands to go out their way to write B-sides that are so poor they don't even get included in the official b-sides compilation album, and yet here we are.

The synths are so loud they hurt my ears. It might just be the phone recording over-enunciating the highs but it seems like they drown out the guitars when they come in during the post-solo harmony bit. Doesn't help that the synth sound is straight out the 80s.

I gotta file in an actual Simon-related complaint: all the parts seem to be there for what I can tell, but he just can't quite get the feel right on SSOASS. It's like he can't quite get it going all smooth, he has to focus to get the snare hits in which results in them sounding overly staccato...

I'm seriously getting quite tired of this bit. I hope some enterprising concertgoer decides to make it a life mission to film the whole gig and continue posting it on YouTube with subtle changes each time to ensure they can't automate the takedown process and have to manually claim each and...

I'm surprised how similar the fuck-up in Phantom was to the '84 Hallowed one linked earlier. We sure they haven't been doing taste testing on new Trooper flavors before the gig or something?

I saw some other video claim it was from Rock in Rio, but the drums pretty clearly don't match since it's the Ed Hunter kit which he used for at least some of the 2000 Euro gigs. So somewhere in that date range. I did notice something else interesting which at least I wasn't aware of before: it...

Many years ago, I had some actual mariner (not ancient, but he did look the part, figured it was probably the lifestyle) tell me when both of us were incredibly drunk that you can't shoot seagulls because they're the souls of sailors. I mentioned albatrosses because, well, duh, and we'd just...

You wanna talk about feel? Have a listen, in case you haven't; the show starts at about 1:10 in: It's literally a completely different piece compared to how Clive originally played it by this point, but my God is it ever a perfect encapsulation of Nicko's influences in a singular tune that's at...

Even looking at the in-audience footage closer to the stage, it's pretty easy to tell that's a festival crowd deluxe situation right there; i.e. people who couldn't give less of a shit since they're really just there to be there and drink overpriced alcohol. The more advanced (in age) crowd will...

It'll be alright elsewhere in the world, but yeah it's not exactly the best impression when the tour's in the European summer. Especially in the Nordics. Fear of the Dark looks slightly comical in overcast weather, imagine when it's actually sunny and Bruce is performing in front of a giant...

Last year they also took down some videos of really rough performances by Nicko from Australia, I believe. I think in that case they specifically contacted the uploader and essentially went "we're giving you the chance to take it down yourself or we'll DMCA you". My answer remains the same as...

That cover photo's super interesting. Four familiar faces and also some guy.

Exactly. It's why I made sure to put a stab in re: Adrian's stance on AI in music in my post about this - it's beyond fucking hypocritical now for him to be critical of AI in music, when he's perfectly happy to play in a band that would rather use generative AI for its background footage than...

Yeah. This is why they never played Alexander the Great on tour and stuck to that decision, since it never sounded quite right to their ears in rehearsal.