HTP Tour Report 2004
MOTION - Zingonia (BG) March 8th, 2004
Luigi sent us a beautiful review of the gig, so I decided to translate it because really gives an idea of what was the state of mind of this Bergamo tourdate; you can also find a lot of photos at the end of the review. Don't hesitate to send other photos at our e-mails. Can't Stop Rock'n'Roll!
Hello everybody, after "millions of years" I decided to write a review... yesterday was a great night: "HTP live" i.e. His Majesty Glenn "The Voice Of Rock" Hughes and Joe Lynn Turner in concert... But let's start from the beginning...
Opening band is FireTrail, whose members are Pino Scotto and Lio Mascheroni (voice and drums of Vanadium, italian rock band). That's an heavy-rock sound of good quality, it proposes the very Vanadium repertoire... Sound unfortunately is really ugly and, despite the great guitars by Steve Arganthal and the powerful drumming by Mascheroni, everything else is confused, what a shame for Pino... he really gives all (or what remains of him)... with the lowest results, and after half an hour the Italian band leaves the scenes supported by an equally hot audience.
Waiting that the roadies work hard to set up the stage for the main-event of the night... h.22.30 lights off, and with On the Ledge as background (taken from the debut HTP album), the two enter the stage in Seventies clothing... The audience is burning and Hold On (from HTP2) starts; great sound, really crystal clear.. Glenn and Joe warm their throats during the songs really well followed up by the great choirs by the band. After the powerful You Can't Stop Rock'n'Roll, in which the two singers alternate singing, now's the solo moment by JLT. I Surrender remember us that Joe was the lead singer of the legendary Rainbow; and JJ Marsh on the guitars shows his skills and talent; great Joe, he seems really to run on a train-track while the audience screams... Next two songs from the last HTP album, and Glenn becomes the first actor; his bass pushes hard and his vocals cut out every single particle of oxigen of Bergamo... his moment is arriving and he seems to charge up in every note he sings... Now Joe goes out of the stage and JJ Marsh starts playing a black, gothic solo in seventies-style, introducing the monumental Mistreated. Glenn's vocals are literally superb, he takes strenght from the audience that screams along the song. This is surely the highest peak of the show: "The Voice Of Rock" is in perfect shape. The song flows as a deep stream until Glenn performs his vocal solo... 2 minutes of technique/heart/passion/brain/lungs everything magically melted togheter with a delicate keyboard background.
Now Rainbow speaking again with Joe singing the ballad Street of Dreams, he's really a great singer and he really stands up on the scene with Glenn. After a pause Glenn performs a bass solo to introduce two other Purple songs: first the funky Gettin' Tighter, with a jam in the middle in which JJ Marsh' guitar and Thomas Broman's drums do their solos supported by the Swedish keyboardist Kjell Haraldsson. Then the dreaming You Keep On Moving, one of my Purple faves. Hughes is really great... I don't have much adjectives...
After that, Death Alley Driver and Stormbringer come fast: my throat's on fire and I'm not sure which planet I am living... The whole band leaves the stage and thanks the mad audience... two minutes waiting and that's the final three: Devil's Road, Spotlight Kid with pa-ni-c solo by JJ and the last one Burn... now I don't know my name no more... Really I'm waiting for years to hear this song live sung by Mr. Hughes... The guys give all their best until the end... JJ's incredible solo is a tribute to Ritchie. The last chorus, and then we are arrived at the very end... Glenn and Joe and the band leaves the stage with a promise: "See you next year!"
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Photos by Alberto Marchetti
Photos by Chiara
Photos by Luigi
Photos by Maurizio Brugnara
Photos by Cesare
Photos by Paolo Muffato
Album covers signed by Glenn Hughes (sent by Duff)
Photos by Roberto Cosentino
Photos by Roberto Cosentino
Photos by Roberto Cosentino
Photos by Roberto Cosentino
