Saw the boys last night in Brisbane and it was an absolutely amazing show, loved every second of it. It's incredible the age of these guys are they are still going so strong. Bruce is the best frontman in the world, the guy is just incredible and his voice was top notch, and his performance from start to finish was to amazing.
The sound was quite good and the set and stage show was phenominal of course. Nicko's drums sounded very meaty and he performed well. Steve was solid as always, Adrian had some blistering solos, Janick was energetic and entertaining and Dave was good old Dave. Of the 3, Adrian was by far the best in the solo departement. Dave was actually a bit sloppy and seemed a bit lazy and Janick was Janick. Say what you want about Janick, but his sound is quite integral to the band now and he always puts on a show.
Going on about the Blood Brothers comment, I was quite surprised the difference in reaction between the new stuff and the stuff. Seemed a lot of people didn't really know Blood Brothers either and even the reception on the new songs seemed quite lukewarm. Not sure what's wrong with people, I found the new stuff more interesting and entertaining than the same old songs we've seen before. Thinking about it now, I would have loved to see the AMOLAD tour where they play the whole album. There was quite a number of people going out and getting drinks and shit during Death or Glory and The Book of Souls.
Highlights for me were If Eternity Should Fail (Bruce is God on this one), The Red and the Black, Powerslave, The Book of Souls and Blood Brothers. I was surprised how fucking amazing Blood Brothers was, and it might have been my fav actually. Would have loved to hear more post 2000 stuff to be honest.
All in all, just brilliant, and the crowd was quite full which was good. $55 bucks a shirt though, damn!!