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The Monsters are back in town to promote their latest album: Deadache. I saw Lordi in Filderstatdt, Germany 2 weeks earlier, on my way to see Iron Maiden in Belgrade. I knew what to expect, as they did an amazing show there. |
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Lordi are bigger than ever. This tour is, without any doubt, the best they have done to now. I guess they have a large budget for this tour, as there were lots of pyro and special effects. Moreover, they're playing a long show. In Fildersdadt they played for 2 hours, while in Paris the concert lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes. On the previous Lordi tours I've seen they used to play slightly more than one hour, even when they were headlining. Anyway, this is just to tell you that seeing Lordi live is really worth the ticket price: you have good music, a Rock'N'Roll mood, and a whole theatrical show made by our favourite monsters! |
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Once again I had to work late so I missed the opening acts. |
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They have an impressive stage prescence. Well, Mr Lordi spends 3 hours at the dressing room puting all his make-up. The other band members have 45 minutes. That's a lot, but it's worth. If you think that because of the costumes they don't play well on stage, this is totally wrong. The musical performance is great. They know that music comes first, even if they all wear their monster suits. |
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They also had a very good sound and, it was loud! This is a surprise, because bands playing at the Elysée Montmartre usually can't play very loud. And they broke another rule: normally there's a 10:30pm curfew at this venue. They finished their show later than that. But they couldn't completely break the pyro rule: They didn't use all the fireworks they have on this tour. Still, they used more pyrotechnics than any band I've seen playing here! |
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Because they wanted to play lots of songs and their time was reduced, almost all the songs were linked. |
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The setlist was very good to me, even if they still didn't play Shotgun Divorce, which is one of my favourite tunes. They played 19 songs (not counting the intros). Classics like Hard Rock Hallelujah, Would You Love A Monsterman, Devil Is A Looser, Bringing Back The Balls To Rock or Who's Your Daddy? were all played. The new songs sound great on stage, specially Missing Miss Charlene, Raise Hell In Heaven and Bite It Like A Bulldog. Comparing to the Filderstadt show, they replaced The Night Of The Loving Dead and Evilyn by It Snows In Hell and Haunted Town. It snows in Hell was a great choice, and the Elysée Montmartre was transformed in Hell as the stage looked as if was snowing. This picture was taken during that song. |
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Now, what about the show? |
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There was a dead lady seated behind Amen, as well as all kind of horrifying things, including a flask containing eyes... |
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During the song Monster Monster Mr Lordi was wearing a different mask covering his hair. |
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But Mr Lordi wasn't the only one doing those kind of horrifying things. Each band member did something during the show. |
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Finally, before Wake The Snake, the mummy Amen came with a nemes on his head and book in his hands. |
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The two best Lordi concerts I've seen are this one and the one from Filderstadt. In Filderstadt I had the whole show with all the pyrotechnics. But on this one I was closer. Anyway, on both concerts the band gave it all, making them unforgettable moments. I went back home with a big smile on my face after a monstrous Rock n'Roll night! Share on Facebook Bookmark Google  Submit to Digg  Bookmark del.icio.us |
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Setlist Lordi – Elysée Montmartre, Paris, France – February 18, 200901. Intro: SCG IV |
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Lordi Links:
Lordi Website Lordi My Space Get Lordi Cds and DVDs on Amazon.com  Lordi on Metal Traveller's Flickr Lordi Line-up:Mr Lordi - Vocals Amen - Guitars OX - Bass Awa - Keyboards Kita - Drums |
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