Next came the band of the night!! AIRBOURNE!
They opened their Hard Rocking set with 'Ready To Rock'. The band came rushing out hitting their marks prepared to give Birmingham a show never to forget. The crowd roared to life, beer started flying everywhere as fans started cheering and throwing devil horns in the air. The wall of Marshall Amps where cranked up to 11 flooding the venue with the epic riffs we have come to love!
They followed up the opener with 'Too Much Too Young Too Fast' which provided the fans with the classic dirty rock sound which we all know and love! Joel and the guys interacted with the crowd getting everyone in the arena to clap along in the breakdowns as the rocking guitar solos broke out from the white Explorer.
Joel of course began to break out the booze and the sweet talk with the ladies of the audience. 'Girls In Black' filled the venue and the crowd began moving again. During the breakdown Joel told all the guys to get the ladies on their shoulders lifting the show off of the ground. Of course he bribed everyone who got in the air with beer! (I was too far back to get a beer).
I love it when bands talk with the crowd and crack jokes, it just shows they are just like everyone else in the arena, just better a music!
The hour show went by far too quickly! They ended the set with 'Runnin Wild' one of the songs off of their first ever album. I could of quite happily watched that show for another couple of hours as it was that epic! What also amused me was the amount of Airbourne T-Shirts floating around the venue. There was by far more Airbourne fans than Black Stone Cherry Fans.
When they left the stage and we went off for another pint we all said Black Stone Cherry where not going to be able to top what they just did. And to be brutally honest they didn't. I prefer the hard hitting Dirty Rock N Roll Airbourne provide. And I think a lot of fans agreed with me as some of the fans left after their set. It is just like the Def Leppard and Motley Crue tour where Motley Crue blew the headliners Def Leppard out of the water!
So overall three points:
- Epic Live Show and performance.
- Great interaction with the fans.
- Will I be going to see them for a fourth time? YES!
This leaves us to the headliners Black Stone Cherry...
They opened the show with 'Rain Wizard' off of their new album and to give credit where credit is due they performed it really well they gave a good opening to the show following it up with 'Blind Man' and 'Me And Mary Jane'.
The opening songs where brilliant the whole crowd was getting behind the band and cheering. It went down a storm. But for me the middle of the show went down a few notches, they were not firing on all cylinders. But it didn't bother me too much as I new pretty much all of the songs and I was a little bit drunk causing the show to still sound good, (thank you for booze!).
In the middle of the set they performed 'Things My Father Said' and the band let the crowd sing the whole song as pretty much everyone knew the words and were getting involved. And to be honest it was a great moment especially for the band hearing over 8000 fans singing your song and you not needing to help them out.
Ben Well's stole the show for me running around the stage with his long blonde hair rocking out with his Les Paul guitar he was gorgeous! (And I think all the ladies agree with me).
Finally the set ended with 'White Trash Millionaire' and of course the classic 'Blame It On The Boom Boom'. Those final two songs ended the same way as the first four started. With lots of power and energy! Black Stone Cherry are like Marmite, you either like it or you don't and I like it but I feel they were not the best on the night, they were overshadowed by Airbourne.
Heads up! They did film the show so if they release a tour film in the near future it is the Birmingham show they filmed at.
Well that is all for this post!
Next post will be a must read as I am reviewing the MOTORHEAD show!
(Yes I am lucky enough to be seeing the greats!)
Lissy.C
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