Posts Tagged ‘Sheffield Arena’
A marathon effort
You know that when a band comes on at eight o clock that its going to be a long show. Most of the punters seemed to know this and there was no milling about outside, everyone seemed to be in their place when the familiar roadie in a rabbit suit came on and treated us to a run through of YMCA, warming us up for the main event. When the lights dipped the stage set sprang into life, and what had looked like a pretty dull layout was transformed by a huge video backdrop of a city skyline. And there suddenly standing amongst it were the band. Read the rest of this entry »
On the laser's edge
Not of this world
The return of Muse promised to be memorable for a couple of reasons. Firstly the stage show was rumoured to be one of the most costly and spectacular this side of a U2 concert, and secondly we have missed the little buggers. There is a real lack of acts who have no shame in going for the epic overblown rock performance nowadays, in fact you have to go back to Queen (for the music), and perhaps ELO (for the light show) in their pomp to witness such overblown theatrics. Its safe to say this wouldn’t be a Bob Dylan style show. Read the rest of this entry »
