Live played the Premier Theater at Foxwoods the weekend before Thanksgiving and it was a show I was thankful to be seeing. Lead singer Ed Kowalczyk (Rhythm Guitar) is the only original member left in the band but it is his voice and stage presence that brings Live to life. If you didn’t know he was the star of the show you would after a couple songs as beside his performance he was in the […]
ARCADE FIRE – LIVE AT THE MOHEGAN SUN ARENA
I will say the Mohegan Sun marketing team knows their stuff. I was offered tickets to the Arcade Fire show and thought, why not? They know I’ll spend a little money while there so it turns into a win-win situation. I had heard of Arcade Fire but couldn’t name a song of theirs. Opening act Boukman Eksperyans I hadn’t even heard of. Thankfully there was no work the following day or I might have skipped […]
JUDAS PRIEST – LIVE AT THE OAKDALE THEATRE
Thursday, October 16th, Judas Priest kicked off the North American leg of their 50 Heavy Metal Years tour at the Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford with supporting act Queensryche. The show stated with lead singer Rob Halford situated behind a large illuminated cross. When the cross lifted, Halford went center stage with the band roaring into “Electric Eye”. For the first time since 2005, Priest powered into “Riding on the Wind”. Afterwards Halford screamed to the […]