Pure magic. This was their 4th show into the tour, and Faulkner looked like he had been there for years. Can't be easy to replace KK. Setlist was fantastic, and I can' get Blood red skies out of my mind. Will see them again at High Voltage. Can't wait.
any chance of a rough setlist?
The ever unreliable Setlist FM says
1.Rapid Fire
2.Metal Gods
3.Heading Out to the Highway
4.Judas Rising
5.Starbreaker
6.Victim of Changes
7.Never Satisfied
8.Diamonds & Rust
(Joan Baez cover) (First half acoustic)
Dawn of Creation
9.Prophecy
10.Night Crawler
11.Turbo Lover
12.Beyond the Realms of Death
13.The Sentinel
14.Blood Red Skies
15.The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown)
(Fleetwood Mac cover)
16.Breaking the Law
17.Painkiller
Encore:
The Hellion
18.Electric Eye
Encore 2:
19.Hell Bent for Leather
20.You've Got Another Thing Comin'
(with Richie Faulkner guitar solo)
Encore 3:
21.Living After Midnight
For 14th June in Oslo. If that's right it's not bad, but could be improved. I guess the trick for them is playing all the standards, Painkiller, Hell bent, etc... and also managing to supply those rarer live tracks they promised. I guess it may be a case of us finding out why they were nrarely/never played live in the past. Let's hope they sound great though.