Tag Archives: Gig Review. Echo Arena

Jeff Lynne’s E.L.O., Gig Review. Echo Arena, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

It might have been shock, it was more than likely reverential, but the early applause for some of rather ear catching songs played by Jeff Lynne’s E.L.O. was certainly building up to the cascade, the utter crescendo of wall to wall sound that would eventually come pouring down upon the Echo Arena, would be one that would have justified completely the decision by the much loved man from Birmingham to bring back his version of E.L.O. to the arenas and venues of the country.

Jeff Lynne’s E.L.O., Gig Review. Echo Arena, Liverpool. full post

(513 words, estimated 2:03 mins reading time)

The Feeling, Gig Review. Echo Arena, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Opening up for legends might be the finest double edged sword possible, not so much a weapon of Damocles, the weight of the movement swaying precariously and with a semi inclination towards amusement, but one that comes out of the lake held aloft by a woman with excellent lung capacity and with all the drama of Camelot at her disposal; The Feeling may not have been anointed Kings of Pop in Liverpool for the night but they did a damn marvellous job of opening for the regal elect inside the Echo Arena.

The Feeling, Gig Review. Echo Arena, Liverpool. full post

(408 words, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

Black Stone Cherry, Gig Review. Echo Arena, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The devastating effect that a exploding volcano has on the surrounding earth and the serenity of the once peaceful air is never surely lost when a rock gig comes to town, especially one born out of a series of bands, one after each other that allows the intense heat and atomic like measure to flow evenly for a period of time before culminating in one final blow out, the landslide of love and affection overtaking the surge of rock endeavour. Volcanoes come and go, it is in their nature, however for Kentucky’s Black Stone Cherry, the impression they left on the minds who made their way to the Echo Arena on a cold January night will live on beyond the fertile cooling down of the Earth beneath the Rock lover’s feet.

Black Stone Cherry, Gig Review. Echo Arena, Liverpool. full post

(433 words, estimated 1:44 mins reading time)

Shinedown, Gig Review. Echo Arena, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The Carnival of Madness tour picks its bands carefully, almost with grace and tremendous forethought, for how else is it possible to believe that the bands on stage at the Echo Arena in January’s dying whispers could quite easily host a night headlining some of the city’s other venues and the same cranking of intensive hard rock sound be felt quivering in the spine.

Shinedown, Gig Review. Echo Arena, Liverpool. full post

(395 words, estimated 1:35 mins reading time)

Halestorm, Gig Review. Echo Arena, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The American railroad system was once upon a time a boon to the country, a piece of engineering wonder that straddled the distance between the Atlantic and the Pacific with pride and wonder, it helped put small towns on the map and paved the way for expansion that was unsurpassed for years. No sooner had it been completed than the great American love affair with cars began in earnest and small town America found itself strangled and cut off from the rest of the country, forced to join in or to become a back water of neglect and social abandon.

Halestorm, Gig Review. Echo Arena, Liverpool. full post

(468 words, estimated 1:52 mins reading time)

The Corrs, Gig Review. Echo Arena, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The closeness of the band often betrays just how well they are likely to be received on stage; the audience after all are no fools and their evening, their enjoyment stems from the harmony on stage or the desire that emanates from it and for that, and despite time away from the glare of a Liverpool crowd, The Corrs proved that they had lost none of their intrigue, polish or intimacy and that they could still hold a room, even a vast one, spellbound and breathless.

The Corrs, Gig Review. Echo Arena, Liverpool. full post

(393 words, estimated 1:34 mins reading time)

The Shires, Gig Review. Echo Arena, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Like most good things, The Shires seemed to come out of almost nowhere. The puff of wind that gently brought them into the lives of the Country fans, not just delicate and pleasurable, but one with a hard edge, the British crush well endowed on a pairing suited to capturing the ears of the listener with their dramatic songs but laid back and sweetly divined innocence.

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(403 words, estimated 1:37 mins reading time)

Kaiser Chiefs, Gig Review. Echo Arena, Liverpool. (2015).

Kaiser Chiefs, Echo Arena, Liverpool. January 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Not so much as offering a riot or an explosion of epic proportions, what first nights really do after all but The Kaiser Chiefs kicked off their latest tour with some style, much swagger and ultimately thunderous applause from an Echo Arena crowd that had seemingly waited far too long for the band to return to Liverpool.

Kaiser Chiefs, Gig Review. Echo Arena, Liverpool. (2015). full post

(680 words, 1 image, estimated 2:43 mins reading time)

Slipknot, Gig Review. Echo Arena, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

“Prepare for Hell”, as the tour posters exclaimed, and whilst there was no sign of Dante anywhere in the vicinity, the heat, the taste of brimstone hanging in the air as if two Devils had had a 10 round fight over who would have the best seat in the house and the surely never imagined sight of one of the great Metal bands of their time, Slipknot, performing live on stage in the heart of Liverpool.

Slipknot, Gig Review. Echo Arena, Liverpool. full post

(512 words, estimated 2:03 mins reading time)

Korn, Gig Review. Echo Arena, Liverpool.

Korn at the Liverpool Echo Arena. January 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

A stray and uncharted asteroid ripping into the moon with the precision of the 8 ball being placed head on into the side pocket would, not makes as much noise as the cacophony of sound that greeted Korn as the Prepare For Hell tour wound its way to the Liverpool’s Echo Arena.

It was almost as if the fans of the band and of the genre had been starved of having the strength of quality of the music that Korn were able, and willing to provide.

Korn, Gig Review. Echo Arena, Liverpool. full post

(574 words, 1 image, estimated 2:18 mins reading time)