Had some extremely pressing deadlines, so did not post for a while (Evermind can still expect my reply to the roulette final
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But I saw BG last friday, they were awesome!
Setlist worked great and I am glad they left Bright Eyes, Welcome to Dying, LotR, Traveller in Time etc. to make room for some less played classics. "Acoustic" set was a great interlude as well. It was also awesome that they used War of Wrath to set up the first encore and then the orchestral intro of Sacred Worlds for the second encore. Three hype building intros on one evening. I finally got Imaginations, Mordred's Song (!!!), Journey Trough the Dark and Into the Storm live. Now my only big wish is ATTWS.
As for the new song choices, maybe the London crowd can convince you:
-Ninth Wave is absolutely a blast live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfeVl9r_1QI&t=4m2s-Miracle Machine is a nice change of pace:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD4-tMtvfcU-Twilight was actually really well recieved as well at the concert I was. The performance felt a bit off though.
-Prophecies was played really well and one of my favourites of the new album, but I missed a certain spark live. It works better as a studio song, alltough Hansi did great (a bit to my surprise to be honest, he is in great shape now, with frequent high pitched screams and higher clean singing, which I thought he lost a bit over the years).
Aaand they are recording a new live album!!!! (audio). Therefore they are recording many shows if not all this tour. I hope one of the songs with my voice shouting along makes the cut
Live is one of my most listened discs ever, probably.