Wickfield's home and going to school in Canterbury). Wickfield's law office (this is while David is boarding at Mr. David first meets Uriah Heep when Uriah is 15 years old and working as a clerk in Mr. And he will never stop – at least, not until he runs up against the unlikely resistance of all-too-human Mr. He's like a really slow-acting version of the Terminator, bent on the destruction of anyone and everyone who has it better than him. Photo: Ya Cheng/MetalTalk Uriah Heep, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.Uriah Heep is not a person he's an evil machine. Photo: Ya Cheng/MetalTalk Uriah Heep, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Cheers guys! Uriah Heep, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Here’s to the first fifty-two years of Uriah Heep. They all earned it.Īnd the current line-up just smashed this delayed celebration out of the park. I hope the ghosts of David Byron, Lee Kerslake, Gary Thain, Trevor Bolder and all the other musicians who have trod the boards with this rock institution over the years were feeling the love tonight. There’s more to come with a new album already recorded and due next year. This was a superb evening of classic rock music performed with a smile, a swagger and the knowledge that this is not the end. Sandwiched in between was a video tribute to all the band’s previous members, which was a classy touch and a nod to everything that got them to this point. The David Byron era of the band inevitably dominated the closing part of the evening, and who can argue with a closing trio that was July Morning, Gypsy and Easy Livin’. What Kind Of God featured a powerhouse performance from Shaw in a song that fitted neatly alongside all the older classics.Ĭlassics there were a plenty, too, with the crowd happily roaring along to Stealin’, Sunrise, Sweet Lorraine and many more. The songs got to shine as well, with the band delving deep into their catalogue to play the likes of Against All Odds and Wise Man but also sliding in tunes from the current line-up. Keyboard player Phil Lanzon shone too, adding flourishes and style to the integral part that the keys have made to the sound of this band over five decades. Mick Box was free to play his wah-wah pedal and show off the most infectious grin in rock ‘n’ roll while spreading his magic guitar dust all over the sound. Photo: Ya Cheng/MetalTalkĪfter a short interval, the rock set saw the band back on more familiar territory. The rock frontman can only be contained for so long! Uriah Heep, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. He couldn’t resist getting everyone off their seats for the anthemic Free Me and Lady In Black, too. This format let Bernie Shaw show the controlled power of his voice, effortlessly adding colours and highlights to tunes like the piano-only Confession and a terrific version of the much-underrated Circle Of Hands. The acoustic set naturally has the band in relaxed mode, sitting on stools and giving cultured performances of the likes of the rarely played Come Away Melinda and a medley of tunes from the classic Demons And Wizards album. Alice Cooper and Ian Anderson had the most fun with it, but it was a nice reminder that the band’s peers give them more respect than much of the rock press has over the years. The evening opens with a video montage of rock luminaries wishing Heep well, from Biff Byford to Steve Harris and Brian May. An acoustic set, then an electric set delivered by the current road-hardened line-up. The need to cover twenty-four studio releases through those decades means there’s no room for a support tonight. Uriah Heep – Glasgow Royal Concert Hall – 30 September 2022 Fifty! It’s even actually fifty-two as Covid-19 delayed this tour like so many others. But here we are at a gig to celebrate the band’s fifty-year career. It may only feel like a couple of decades since our scruffy denim-clad selves were discovering the majestic sounds of Uriah Heep and following the twists and turns their line-ups and sound went through. The numbers are getting scary for us old rockers.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |