Iron Maiden/Manson/TurboNegro

I just skiped all that talking just to say the one problem about Iron Maiden was that out of 9 or 10 songs they played (if not more) i only knew 3 of them but had a right laugh moshing to the rest of them.

was too far back up in the stands to have seen that :mad:

saw about 6 or so people being stretchered off by the paramedics, first guy we spotted must have been in a pretty bad state coz at one point we counted 12 paramedics grouped around him.

from our vantage point we could see a fairly rough crowd during the manson set, think there was 4 or 5 guys escorted out of the grounds that i could see anyway, every so often we would just spot security draggin some shirtless guy off to the back and then out towards to gates

merlinsmerryman wrote:

Little disappointed that Manson didnt finish with something like The Dope Show

But he finished with Antichrist Superstar, what could be better?

the_syco wrote:

Found it funny that Maiden noticed the bass guitar amp was broken after the first song, but Manson never copped on.

Tim Skold wouldn't have been using Maiden's bass amp, he would have been using his own.

I don't know where some of you complaining about the sound were, but I was about halfway back, and the sound was great there. Turbonegro were alright in fairness, but people's attentions were more on shouting things and watching the moshpits than actually watching the stage. And what the hell was up with the front guy slagging the famine? Arg, weird.

Manson was AMAZING! Got a video of the intro on my phone, even from that it sounds cool. Disposable Teens, The Beautiful People, Personal Jesus, mOBSCENE and The Nobodies were the highlights in the pit- my friend wouldn't let me go in for The Fight Song- it got so much crazier for that. Manson didn't have much interaction with the crowd though, and thanks to the smoke I could only see him when I was on someone's back/shoulders.

Maiden were ****ing legend, WOW. Although I missed parts towards the end, thanks to almost fainting a few times. Hallowed Be Thy Name, Wrathchild, Beast, Run To The Hills and The Trooper rocked a lot....amazing night, tbh.

never heard much of turbonegro before and didnt plan on getting in as early as i did, but for the opening band they pretty much rocked, kind of like wolfsbane with the inane banter in between songs but i was well impressed

manson was deadly, he's obviously lost some of his tendencies to be more violent and sexually explicit on stage but i suppose thats a mixture of old age, and restricted time and stage effects

i saw some recent live footage from the one of the european festivals and he wasnt up to much but i was dying to see him and the performance was much improved on the day, his voice held up big time and you could tell he was putting a lot into his singing and had pretty decent sound

the willy wonka intro was cool, the fight song and tourniquet were excellent and the whole 'puppet politician' act on antichrist superstar was brilliant

the big bad manson aint so bad anymore but it was still a good show for his fans

the last time i saw someone play a song by slapping their cheeks was on bosco and he's a fricking muppet so make your own conclusions,
any band i've seen before worth their salt who has had gear go down on them have some sort of back up jam or song, bruce dickinson just wittered on about the bonzo dog doodah band and rule brittania the guitarists just picked their butts until the problem was fixed, cmon guys you are supposed to be musicians, improvise!!!

i gave em til after the trooper the sound was still dull so i made my excuses and left, in all honesty turbonegro had probably the best sound on the night

Amen sarky! I was in the pit, pretty much right up front for a lot of the night and I thought thew sound was great, except for the fact that the vocals were too low. If the vocals had been higher it'd have been excellent. Whta a show though! Was very impressed by Manson to be honest. I thought he had a great show. Turbonegro just sucked ass in my opinion. I really didn't like them. The guy trying to be controversial with famine jokes and stuff was quite sad, like being slagged by an illiterate skanger...

John2 wrote:

Tim Skold wouldn't have been using Maiden's bass amp, he would have been using his own.

Gotcha. The bit was unknown to me (most gigs I've been to: everyone uses the same amps).

blastman wrote:

A lot of the people around me were parents with small kids. I don't think they particularly wanted to subject them to the mosh pit that early in life.

:rolleyes:

Meh. Hope they had binoculars.

Ph3n0m wrote:

"There were in fact 673 men in the Light Brigade, of whom 114, or nearly 20%, were Irish. During the charge 118 (including 21 Irish) were killed, 127 (including 16 Irish) were wounded and 45 (including 7 Irish) were taken prisoner by the Russians. Some 360 horses were also killed. Of the Light Brigade's five regiments, the Royal Irish Hussars had the most Irishmen; after returning from the Crimea in 1856 they were based in Dundalk. "

Then he should have waved an Irish flag.


Turnonegro were good, didn't know them at all but they gave a good show.
Would definatly pay to see them again if it was in a small venue.

Manson's performance was a little sub-par in my opinion, but the show was still great.
The songs were good though I'd have preferred if they hadn't played 'Tainted Love' and 'Personal Jesus'.
'Suicide is Painless' was a god choice of outro.
Cheffued that I finally got to see them.

I had an exam the next morning so I couldn't stay for Maiden, and I knew if I stayed for even one song, I wouldn't leave.
I'll never forgive myself.