Volbeat return to the UK on their Greatest Of All Tours tour with support from Bush and originally first support was going to be the American hardcore punk band GEL but when they decided to break up the switch was made to Manchester's own Punk band Witch Fever.
There was a air of excitement and happy faces in the huge ques forming early for this, its been a few years since Volbeat have played in the Capitol, a return seems very much appreciated by all. The arena fills up really quickly and we get our first look at the stage set up which has a walkway for the bands to give everyone here tonight a good full view.
Time for our first band of the night, Witch Fever (5), whoever decided to add this band to the tour I really don't think they had seen this band play before or even listened to them. While they are certainly not my cup of tea they are most certainly a very talented band with good stage presence and a good vibe to them the problem being is they just are not right for this tour. The crowed look really bored and very non enthusiastic, and the majority didn't really appreciate the band, now this is no knock on the band itself it just felt like the wrong setting for them and their politically charged music.
We get a nice 20 minutes break before the mighty Bush (8) take the stage to one of their classics Everything's Zen and everything looks more like a big concert vibe again with people singing along and jumping about, we are not going to be getting pits or crowed surfing tonight just hardcore fans singing and enjoying themselves. Great lighting show throughout the set giving frontman Gavin Rossdale all the opportunity to shine at the front of the walkway and he did not disappoint, showing no sign of slowing down over the years with plenty of jumping and great energy while belting out hit after hit with no drop in talent or performance through it all.
We get a nice 20 minutes break before the mighty Bush (8) take the stage to one of their classics Everything's Zen and everything looks more like a big concert vibe again with people singing along and jumping about, we are not going to be getting pits or crowed surfing tonight just hardcore fans singing and enjoying themselves. Great lighting show throughout the set giving frontman Gavin Rossdale all the opportunity to shine at the front of the walkway and he did not disappoint, showing no sign of slowing down over the years with plenty of jumping and great energy while belting out hit after hit with no drop in talent or performance through it all.
We get songs from the latest album like Heavy Is The Ocean and The Land Of Milk And Honey, a good mix with classics from the big back catalogue. A nice pace changer in the middle of the set when Gavin sings arguably one of there biggest hits Swallowed which is done just vocals and synths without the rest of the band, very impactful and sounded very good. We even get a cover of Come Together by The Beatles which gets everyone singing along. A very good performance from one of the UK's best contributions to the music industry.
Another 20 minute interval before we get to the main event of the evening, Denmark's own Volbeat (8), returning to the UK on there latest European tour. We get sheets that cover front and side of stage beforehand with a huge silhouette of the band on the front, we kick straight into The Devils Bleeding Crown from there 2016 album Seal The Deal And Lets Boogie, a great start that get everyone here in Cardiff bouncing and singing along. That energy kicks up a notch in the first three songs as we have one of the bands biggest hits Lola Montez and Sad Mans Tongue right off the rip.
Another 20 minute interval before we get to the main event of the evening, Denmark's own Volbeat (8), returning to the UK on there latest European tour. We get sheets that cover front and side of stage beforehand with a huge silhouette of the band on the front, we kick straight into The Devils Bleeding Crown from there 2016 album Seal The Deal And Lets Boogie, a great start that get everyone here in Cardiff bouncing and singing along. That energy kicks up a notch in the first three songs as we have one of the bands biggest hits Lola Montez and Sad Mans Tongue right off the rip.
The amount of recognisable and sing along songs this band has is very underrated, they continue to give everyone the best show possible from stage presence, bassist Kaspar Boye Larsen seemed to be all over the place at any given moment, with singer and guitarist Michael Poulsen, wearing a Paradise Lost sleeveless vest by the way, moving from different mics set up across the stage and walkway and always being on the move. We get a little pause with the acoustic guitar as Michael explains how he is fine saying "we rip of a lot from Jonny Cash not just influenced by him, we love him" which is a refreshing bit of honesty from a band.
Moving from classic to classic the crowd here in Cardiff sing along to every single lyric loud and proud. We get towards the end of the set with Still Counting and last but not least and a medley of A Warriors Call and Pool Of Booze, Booze, Booza, the latter being the stand out song on their first ever album. A very good solid performance from a band that doesn't disappoint live and never really have.
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