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Saw Leprous for the 1st time last night and they surpassed my expectations! Rocked harder and the band really jumped around during those parts.
Great audience participation.
Said this was their 1st time headlining in Houston!
Sadly, my favorite song Alleviate wasn't played.

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Leprous Setlist at White Oak Downstairs, Houston

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terrell39 said:
Saw Leprous for the 1st time last night and they surpassed my expectations! Rocked harder and the band really jumped around during those parts.
Great audience participation.
Said this was their 1st time headlining in Houston!
Sadly, my favorite song Alleviate wasn't played.

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Leprous Setlist at White Oak Downstairs, Houston

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Only one song from Bilateral is criminal, but I’m glad it was Forced Entry. Maybe I’m in the minority but I really liked their first few albums and haven’t loved the direction they’ve gone in since.

Glad you had fun. How is their latest album?
 
Detective Beauregard said:
Only one song from Bilateral is criminal, but I’m glad it was Forced Entry. Maybe I’m in the minority but I really liked their first few albums and haven’t loved the direction they’ve gone in since.

Glad you had fun. How is their latest album?
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Except for the opening track (which to me sounds like club music), love the new lp.
But more importantly, the new songs were great live.
Keep in mind though that I am a new fan so not knowledge enough yet to compare old to new yet
 
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Except for the opening track (which to me sounds like club music), love the new lp.
But more importantly, the new songs were great live.
Keep in mind though that I am a new fan so not knowledge enough yet to compare old to new yet
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I do like some of their newer stuff. The Sky is Red is great, and The Weight of Disaster may have one of the catchiest choruses I’ve ever heard.

What of their older stuff have you heard?
 
Saw David Gilmour at the Hollywood Bowl on 10/29. Was never really a Pink Floyd fan, but I know almost all of those songs through osmosis, and his solo stuff was accessible and digestible for a first timer. Loved his smooth-as-butter guitar work, and the light show got pretty impressive over the course of the evening. Good times.
 
Drove the family to Austin to see the band Kansas last weekend.
Really impressive.
Every member did great!
50th anniversary tour!

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Kansas Setlist at ACL Live at The Moody Theater, Austin

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Love when this song kicks in about 4:00 mark

 
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2024 has been excellent concert wise
Previously posted about:
  • Judas Priest, Saxon & Uriah Heep - Happened to be in London for a work trip they played my last night there.
  • Foreigner
  • Pearl Jam
  • Billy Joel w/ Jason Bonham
  • The Rolling Stones
Since then:
Saw the Austrailian Pink Floyd show, overall a cool show, I wish they had just played all of Dark Side of the Moon and dropped an instrumental or two but the show was great. Day of I bought a ticket to see Robert Plant & Alison Krauss which was a shift from the rock theme for some bluegrass which was a really good show, their version of "Rock and Roll" was a highlight as was "When the Levee Breaks". The summer rounded off with Metallica (Friday night with Mammoth WVH and Pantera), I quite enjoyed Wolfie and Metallica, Pantera I could do without. That aside Metallica's show while really cool in concept made the set feel a little uneven due to the no repeat weekend. I wish I could have heard more of their "hits".

Fall started off with P!nk with my mom, the show was excellent and quite entertaining. Rocktober started with Evanescence, Halestorm and the Warning, which was an unbelievably good concert. Evanescence sounded excellent and Amy's voice was top notch. I found it really cool how many new songs were played yet the show felt really balanced. Halestorm had ear moniter issues but Lzzy did a great job and the Warning showed their chops real well, I hope they come through again on their own. Then Iron Maiden (while catching half of The Hu) was excellent although the 6+ hours was fairly tiring. Roctober ended with W.A.S.P. and Armored Saint which was a pretty solid show overall, Blackie definetely has the chops but also gets a fair bit of help throughout the show.

Coming Up:
Springsteen
Myles Kennedy
 
Things have been pretty quiet in the concert front since the couple of Manic Street Preachers gigs I went to in July, but a couple of weeks ago I went to see a very entertaining show by The Ramonas (no prizes given for guessing which band they pay tribute to) and yesterday I had a great time seeing The Cult on their 40th anniversary tour:

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The Cult Setlist at Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth

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It was nice to get a good selection of tunes from all their career instead of just material up to 1992.
 
Saw Yngwie Malmsteen last night on his 40th anniversary tour.
Had a good time but was surprised most of the songs he played were shortened down to intro, 1st verse, chorus, solo. Guess that's how he fit so many songs in 90 minute set.

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Yngwie Malmsteen Setlist at Warehouse Live Midtown, Houston

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For my best buddy's birthday last night, took him and my son to meet up with a friend of ours and we saw Armored Saint open for WASP!
Both bands were great!

Tried playing both bands' music ahead of time for my son, but he couldn't get into them.
But he was impressed and had fun last night so he hears them differently now.

Blackie said that when he called promoters to float the idea of playing debut lp in its entirety, one of them convinced him he HAD to play it in label sequence. Was amazing!
Crowd was very into both bands!

Our friend got drunk and entertained my son with stories of our youth (oh boy)


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Armored Saint Setlist at House of Blues, Houston

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Just saw Pineapple Thief live in Dallas for the 2nd time.
Enjoyed them last time 2 years ago, but much more so this time! Partly because I am more familiar with their songs now but also because they ROCK live!
I realize they may sound boring and repetitive at times to a new listener, but live is very different.

Well worth 4 hour drive each way!

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The Pineapple Thief Setlist at Granada Theater, Dallas

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It's been an incredible year for concerts. I saw 18 shows, which is a personal record. The highlights (roughly in order from best to worst):
  • Iron Maiden - I saw them twice (and I've written about both shows previously). In Phoenix, I stood at the barrier, front and centre, directly in front of Bruce Dickinson. It was probably the greatest concert experience of my life. I still sometimes think that it was only a dream (fortunately I have a few photos as proof). The only disappointment is it was so hot in Phoenix, I wasn't able to do as much hiking as I had hoped. I also saw the band play in Toronto. I was seated for this show, and it just wasn't the same experience.
  • Wishbone Ash - I saw them perform twice at a bar in upstate New York (both times in the front row, although seated). On the first night, they played "Argus" in its entirety. (It's one of the greatest albums of all time, and the blueprint for Iron Maiden). The second night featured a "best of" setlist. (I also did three good day hikes during this road trip).
  • King Crimson affiliates - two longtime members (Adrian Belew and Tony Levin) teamed up with Steve Vai and Danny Carey to form "BEAT". They performed King Crimson songs from the 1980's (including six of the seven songs from "Discipline" - one of the best albums of that decade). It was a great performance. (My only complaint is sequencing - the second set was better than the first by a wide margin). I also saw the David Cross Band perform "Larks Tongues in Aspic" in its entirety (along with three more KC songs, and several of their own compositions). This was at a much smaller venue. I was able to stand front and centre for the second set.
  • Death From Above - not to sound like a hipster, but I was a huge fan before they became (somewhat) popular. I saw them play many shows at tiny venues in Toronto before they had any mainstream success. They played "You're A Woman, I'm A Machine" from start to finish. I was at the barrier. The crowd was surprisingly rough (I was bruised by the end).
  • Matthew Good - he's mostly performed solo acoustic concerts over the past several years, but I prefer seeing him with a full band. This was mostly a "greatest hits" setlist. (He had a hand injury, so wasn't able to play guitar, but that's not necessarily a bad thing - he was never a virtuoso guitarist, and this allowed him to really focus on his singing). This was my first show at History, an upscale venue in Toronto's east end.
  • Yes & Deep Purple. Yes, my favourite prog rock hand, played (by their standards) a fairly mainstream setlist. (It's strange seeing Yes without the late Chris Squire, but Billy Sherwood did an admirable job - if anything, I wish the bass had been even louder). This was my 4th time seeing Deep Purple and their performance isn't anywhere close to where it used to be (ie "Made In Japan"), it was still a solid mix of new and old songs.
  • Weezer - I've had essentially zero interest in anything they've released over the past 30 years. But I went because the band was playing The Blue Album from start to finish. It's one of the best rock albums of the 1990's. (Their set was based on a space travel story. The band obviously wasn't taking it too seriously, but it helped provide some visual entertainment during the show).
  • Queensryche - they played their debut EP, and "The Warning", in their entireties. It was a good performance, and I got a spot close to the stage. I wish I had spent more time familiarizing myself with these songs before the concert.
  • Limp Bizkit - I wouldn't say they're one of my favourites, but during high school, I liked many of their singles. It was a fun night out (even though it was a chore to sit through the numerous opening acts).
  • Green Day - they played their two biggest albums, "Dookie" and "American Idiot", in their entireties. This show was at the Rogers Centre (a baseball stadium) and I sat high up. It felt odd to be in the building, but also feel so disconnected from the performance. (I also caught part of the Smashing Pumpkins' set - I find myself surprisingly indifferent to them).
  • Imagine Dragon - I went with my cousin. I'm not a big fan of their music, but they've written some catchy pop rock songs.
  • Four cover bands - the best of these four shows was Judas Priestess.
 
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GhostofCain said:
Things have been pretty quiet in the concert front since the couple of Manic Street Preachers gigs I went to in July, but a couple of weeks ago I went to see a very entertaining show by The Ramonas (no prizes given for guessing which band they pay tribute to) and yesterday I had a great time seeing The Cult on their 40th anniversary tour:

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The Cult Setlist at Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth

Get the The Cult Setlist of the concert at Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, England on November 1, 2024 from the 8424 Tour and other The Cult Setlists for free on setlist.fm!
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It was nice to get a good selection of tunes from all their career instead of just material up to 1992.
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Great set list! They are playing here in Brazil a couple of months from now. The ticket is a little expensive, but I am tempted to pull the trigger.

Saw a lot of great stuff in 2024. A little over 50 concerts. Highlights were Satyricon, Aeternus, Rotting Christ and Discharge.

It was also great having the chance to see live a lot of stuff that I used to listen when I was a kid (Pretty Boy Floyd, Vandenberg, Roland Grapow playing a 90's Helloween set, Michael Vescera doing Loudness and Malmsteen etc).
 
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