Magnum – Wakefield Warehouse 23 – 28 July
I always come away from a Magnum show amazed at the song
writing skills of Tony Clarkin.
From fantastic rock anthems that you can sing
and clap along to, to the more thought provoking lyrics and melodies of more
mellow material.
Tonight was no exception opening up with Solider of the
Line and Story Tellers Night before moving onto the title track of the current
CD Sacred Blood “Divine” Lies, also from this great CD we had Crazy Old Mothers
(a track that went down live as well as I imaged it would), Your Dreams Won’t
Die, Twelve Men and True and Princess in Rags.
Throughout Bob Catley held court like only he can. Throw
into the mix classics like How Far Jerusalem, All England’s Eyes and the showstopper
for me Les Morts Dansant and you have making of a fine show that had lots of audience participation. Sway along, sing along, clap along all, of this is part of the magic that is a Magnum concert.
Of course the set had to be brought to a close with a great
rock anthem so the band wheeled out Vigilante to bring the house down before
coming back for a two song encore.
This commenced with the acoustic The Spirit and then the evening closed with Kingdom
of Madness.
Sacred Blood “Divine” Lies is a fantastic CD and this was
great performance.
NH
