L.A. Guns & Pretty Boy Floyd live in Paris

A great Hollywood glam rock tour stopped last december by the town of Savigny Le Temple, near Paris: L.A. Guns and Pretty Boy Floyd!

It was quite a suprise, but both bands played great shows and the concert turned into a big party!
Reviews, photos and setlists are avilable on the website:

Pretty Boy Floyd live in Paris concert report

L.A. Guns live in Paris concert report

Avantasia live in Kaufbeuren, Germany

Concert report from Avantasia live in Kaufbeuren is now online at Metaltraveller.com!

So, Avantasia were playing a historical, something not to be missed for a fan living nearby the scheduled cities on tour.

Avantasia scheduled dates in Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Japan, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina.
So, here I was on my way to the small Bavarian city of Kaufbeuren to see Avantasia on stage!

Click here for Avantasia live in Kaufbeuren pictures, setlist and concert review

Kreator / Exodus / Death Angel: Thrashfest live in Paris

Live report from Kreator at the Thrashfest available online!


Special 3 pages review with Death Angel and Exodus!!

As the headliners of the Thrashfest, Kreator were the only band to use the full production: They used the full stage, with an elevated platform on each side of Ventor’s drum.

Thus, Mille Petrozza could sing from 3 spots, the center, plus the left and right sides on the rear.
This gave the impression of a bigger stage.

Click here to read the complete Kreator at the Thrashfest concert review

Lynch Mob live in Paris

Concert report from Lynch Mob live on Paris is now online.

Jetboy live in Paris

Remember this San Francisco band named Jetboy? Search for the album Feel The Shake and you'll probably find out that you know some of their songs!

After a 27 year carreer, Jetboy embarked on their first European tour, and their second stop was Paris!

Tracy Gang Pussy was the opening band

Even if there was not much people, everyone was crazy to see the band for the first time. Read the whole Jetboy Paris concert review on metaltraveller.com

Deep Purple: Live in Paris 2010

New concert review: Deep Purple live in Paris, October 2010

Deep Purple is one of the most succesful rock bands in France.
They play here almost every year. In 2010, they were even doing an extensive French Tour, covering the whole country.
Even if their latest album Rapture Of The Deep came out 5 years earlier in 2005, this concert was sold out... and it was the 4th gig in Paris since the album came out.

Deep Purple started their show precisely at 9pm. Their was an intro, a short intrumental jam... and the incredible Highway Star to start! read more...

ZZ Top live in Paris 2010 - setlist and concert report

Just two years after the last ZZ Top concert in Paris, the long beard Texas rockers were back in the French capital.

ZZ Top live in Paris setlist, pictures and concert report available at metaltraveller.com

The concert began with the howling of a wolf, followed by a disco / techno intro, during which I asked myself if I was at the right concert... But a couple of minutes later the guys from ZZ Top were on stage, playing their hit Got Me Under Pressure.
read more...

Annihilator live in Paris

New concert review and setlist: Annihilator live in Paris on october 5 2010


Annihilator planned a European Tour for the fall of 2010. Paris was the last date to be added... and we were lucky because it was the first date of the tour! read more on metaltraveller.com

Guns'N'Roses live in Belgium

A few weeks after the Guns'n'Roses concert in Paris, I went with a couple of friends to Belgium to see them again.

Hey, Guns'n'Roses don't play so often near to my town so I couldn't say "no"!

Read the Guns'N'Roses live in Belgium 2010 concert report, with cool pics and the setlist

Blind Guardian live in Paris

Live review and setlist from Blind Guardian live in Paris available online and metaltraveler.com

Blind Guardian was on tour again, and their stop in Paris was, as usual, at the Elysée Montmartre. The place was not sold out this time.

Ozzy live in Paris

It's been ages since the last time that Ozzy played in Paris. It was at a venue called La Cigale, on March 5 1992.
It was supposed to be his last tour, and well, it almost was his last time in Paris... but he finally came back more than 18 years later!

Ozzy Osbourne played live at Bercy Arena and did an amazing show.

Click here for the Ozzy Osbourne setlist and concert report by Metal Traveller.

Steel Panther live in Germany

Steel Panther are a very rare sight in Europe.
Previously, they had only played festivals in Sweden, Finland and the UK, and clubs in the England.

Steel Panther came to Europe to support Ozzy Osbourne at the Ozzfest in London. They sized the oportunity to do a headlining show in England, plus a short 4-gigs German Tour.

Click here to read the Steel Panther live in Germany concert report.

Guns'N'Roses live in Paris

New concert review posted online: Guns'N'Roses live in Paris, at Bercy Arena, on september 13 2010.

I went quite late to the venue even if the organizer said that GnR should be on stage around 9pm.
You all know the statistics: Guns'N'Roses are never ever on time!

The band started at 10:40 pm. Just an hour and 40 minutes late, which is not that much for Guns'N'Roses standards. Read the full Guns'N'Roses concert review

Bang Your Head Festival 2010: Twisted Sister, Quireboys, Hades, Treat and more...

Here comes the review of Bang Your Head Festival 2010 in Balingen, Germany.

The festival was held in July 2010 and I was there for the second day. It was some kind of a tribute to Ronnie James Dio, as many bands performed cover songs from this great man.
You'll find reviews, pictures and setlist from the following bands

Sacred Steel, Hades, Treat, Fates Warning, The Quireboys, Queensrÿche, and Twisted Sister

Twisted Sister setlist and review

The Quireboys setlist and review

Hades setlist and review

Treat setlist and review

Fates Warning setlist and review

Sacred Steel setlist and review

Edguy live in Valencia, Spain

Now online, the concert review and some pictures from Click here for more pictures, a complete review and the setlist Edguy opening for Iron Maiden at the Auditorio Marina Sur in Valencia, Spain, August 21 2010. Go to MetalTraveller.com for the full review, setlist and pictures.

Iron Maiden live in Valencia

Just came back home from Valencia in Spain, where Iron Maiden played an amazing show, the best of the 3 I saw on The Final Frontier Tour!

Click here for more pictures, a complete review and the setlist.

Iron Maiden’s last concert for 2010 happened in Valencia, and it was a Saturday.
The special thing about it is that it was not a festival with several other bands playing.


Back in 2008, on the Somewhere Back In Time Tour, Iron Maiden were forced to cancel a show in Spain, at the Metalway Festival.


As you can imagine, all Spanish metalheads had great expectations read more.

Kamelot live at Sziget Festival in Budapest

Also available from Sziget Festival: Kamelot live in Budapest setlist and review

It’s been years since the last time I saw Kamelot playing live.

They were playing at the Sziget Festival, right after Iron Maiden, on the smaller Mtv Headbanger’s Ball stage.

The stage was under a tent. It was well filled for Kamelot and there were a lot of fans singing every song in the front rows. Read more...

Iron Maiden live in Budapest 2010

Hello!

Just cacame home from Sziget Festival in Budapest! Here's the concert review from the Iron Maiden show

The Sziget is one of the biggest festivals in Europe.
All music styles are represented, it’s not a metal festival, but there are always a few metal bands scheduled. Iron Maiden played as headliners on the mainstage of the Sziget Festival in Budapest. read more

KISS live in Prague, Czech republic - May 23 2010

KISS Sonic Boom Over Europe Tour only stop in France was at the Hellfest in Clisson.

I knew I couldn't attend this show, as Slash was playing in Paris on the same day. Same for AC/DC who were playing in Paris 2 days earlier and woudldn't be able to see them.

But I found a solution: I went for a long weekend to Central Europe and saw AC/DC's concert in Wels, Austria, then the next day KISS in Prague.

Aerosmith Live in Paris

New reviw posted online about Aerosmith live in Paris, on June 29

It took 4 years to come back to Paris, and Bercy was sold out!

The Cocked, Locked And Ready To Rock Tour started in South America in June, then travelled to Europe for some selected dates, before a 2-month long US/Canada leg.

So we were very lucky to have this tour in read more...

Hellfest Open Air: concert reviews posted online

It's finally ready! Here's the Hellfest Open Air 2010 Festival review!

You'll find pictures, setlists and gig reports of the followings bands:

Anvil

Airbourne

Slash

Twisted Sister

Alice Cooper

But also from Nevermore and Annihilator.

Enjoy!

Slash: Live in Paris (with Alice Cooper)

New concert review posted online: Slash live in Paris, in June 2010.

Enjoy the setlist pictures and review!

Slash was on tour in Europe for his album solo with his new band.
Quite late, he was scheduled at the Hellfest, which was great news.

A few days later, it was announced that he also will play in Paris… the next day. Read more...

The Big Four live in Romania - Sonisphere Festival with Anthrax, Slayer, Megadeth, Metallica

Hi friends,

I went to the Sonisphere Festival in Romania on June 26 to see The Big Four! Anthrax, Slayer, Megadeth and Metallica, all touring together for the first time!

You wll find on this link a complete review of The Big Four and individual pages for each band. As usual, you'll find the setlist as well as some pictures.

Enjoy!

Click here for the Sonisphere Festival review
Read Anthrax review here
Click here for Megadeth's review
Read Slayer's review here
Click here for a Metallica review

Iron Maiden setlist 2010

Iron Maiden have started their Final Frontier World Tour at the Superpages.com Center in Dallas, Texas!

After the classic Somewhere Back In Time Tour, they're back with a tour composed mainly of recent songs from their last 3 albums, plus 5 classics and a new song from the upcoming record.

Here's the new Iron Maiden setlist for 2010:

01. The Wicker Man
02. Ghost Of The Navigator
03. Brighter Than A Thousand Suns
04. El Dorado
05. Paschendale
06. The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg
07. These Colours Don't Run
08. Blood Brothers
09. Wildest Dreams
10. No More Lies
11. Brave New World
12. Fear Of The Dark
133. Iron Maiden
Encore:
14. The Number of the Beast
15. Hallowed Be Thy Name
16. Running Free

Adam Bomb live in Prague!

New concert review posted online: Adam Bomb live at Exit Chmelnice in Prague, Czech Republic, May 24 2010.

When I was on the line for the KISS concert in Prague, I saw a familiar face… Adam Bomb? I asked what he was doing there and he told me he playing a gig that night, as a KISS aftershow!

Needless to say, after the Kiss show I went to the Exit Chmelnice.
And the greatest thing of all read more...

Scorpions: Live at the Olympia in Paris

New concert review from Scorpions live in Paris, at the Olympia Hall.

Scorpions Farewell Tour stopped in Paris for an incredible show! 

It's frustrating to know that a band in such a good shape and with such a good show will stop soon! Well, in any case it's great to see them at their best!

The Olympia is a myhical venue and the show was completely sold out. And for good reason Read More...

Mr. Big live in Concert

New concert review available, with some pictures and the setlist: Mr. Big Reunion Tour live in Paris.

I had been waiting this moment for so long!

After a few shows in Japan, the Mr. Big Reunion Tour came to Europe!

The Bataclan is a nice place, but the problem of this venue is as usual the poor light show.

Little promotion was made for that show, but the Bataclan was almost full. Most of the people in the audience were over 30 years. Read More...

Deep Purple live in Paris

New concert review: Deep Purple live in Paris, september 2009

Deep Purple performed near Paris in 2009, at the festival La Fête de l’Humanité, held on a nearby city called La Courneuve.

La Fête de l’huma is organized by France's communist party, and seeing this was absolutely worth the 15€ entrance fee!

I arrived to the place right on time, just before Deep Purple’s start. read more...

Europe live in Paris - concert review and setlist

New conecert review online: Europe live in Paris!

Metal Traveller brings you some pictures an the setlist.

As you know, Europe had a successful past during the 80's, but they always claimed that if they reunited it was to look forward into the future.

They're right, and so, this was no surprise when they started with the title-tack of their new album read more...

Status Quo live in Paris

New concert report: Status Quo live in Paris!

After a few years of absence, Status Quo were back again to Paris.

I was pleased to learn that they were playing at the Casino de Paris, a beautiful venue that I discovered this year and where I previously had seen only two shows: Heaven And Hell and Whitesnake.

Read more...

Scorpions: Live in Mons, Belgium, April 10 2010

Hi!

Just came back from a crazy weekend in Belgium and Northern France, where I had the chance to see The Scorpions live in Mons!



Scorpions have already announced their Farewell Tour... It will last for about 3 years, but it started right here!

The first date of the tour was hold in the city of Mons, in Belgium, withing the frame of the Power Prog and Metal Festival! Read More...

Metal Traveller in Tajikistan

Hello!

Here are the first pictures from my latest far away trip: Tajikistan!

Enjoy the pictures and the travel adventures from Dushanbe, Nurek, Hisor, Hulbuk and Kulob!

Blaze Bayley live in Cergy (near Paris)

Blaze Bayley didn't took long in coming back to France!

Here's a review with pictures and the setlist from Blaze Bayley live in Cergy on March 10 2010

Just a couple of months after his show in Paris in late 2009,  Blaze Bayley and his band started their European Promise And Terror Tour in Cergy.
The venue is called the Pacific Rock. Read more...