Saskatoon, SK - Media Review Quotes

By Cam Fuller

Staging and tech were clever and tasteful. Light panels created neon club signs reading LIVE MUSIC and LUCKY. On the back wall during Armageddon It, a real-time counter scrolled the world’s growing population. Sobering, that.

Back centre was famous one-armed drummer Rick Allen, perched barefoot five steps up on an octagonal platform, fluidly drumming; efficient and focused, he has just as much impact with far fewer dramatics than most other drummers.

Their intro music was the entire song Won’t Get Fooled Again by the Who, and the boys kept their U.K. heritage top of mind - early in their career they were briefly vilified for allegedly pandering to America - with Rick Savage’s Union Jack bass and with "London 1957" printed on Phil Collen’s axe (his birth year).

Rocket got the blood pumping again and signalled the trajectory of the rest of the night, which would of course include Let’s Get Rocked, Pour Some Sugar on Me and, yes, Photograph. (Hope you took your own!)

By The Star Phoenix 2015.

Read the full review at - thestarphoenix.com

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