Black Sabbath April 29, 2013 Rod Laver Arena Melbourne, Australia 13 Australian Tour 2013
01 War Pigs 02 Into the Void 03 Under The Sun 04 Snowblind 05 Electric Funeral 06 Black Sabbath 07 Behind the Wall of Sleep 08 NIB 09 Methademic 10 Fairies Wear Boots 11 Symptom of the Universe drum solo 12 Iron Man 13 God is Dead 14 Dirty Women 15 Children of the Grave 16 Paranoid
Recorded from RHS of the stage - lower level row H - 20M from the stage corner. This was a great night. Met up with two other tapers (you know who you are) so expect to see other recordings from this show - and those guys were on the floor in the thick of it...had a couple of beers and compared noteson equipment / stealth tactics and security avoidance and then made our way to the show.
Good seats. But Christ it was loud!! I've been to a lot of shows and this has to be the loudest I've been to... Really good sound, well balanced and clear. Ozzy did a good job - even if he was shuffling around like he had dementia... He kept getting shuffling back to the drumkit and dipping his head in a bucket of water - no kidding...
Geezer and Mr Iommi did a fantastic job creating a wall of sound and the drummer - Jeez he's good. I can't remember the last time I saw a 10 minute drum solo but this one was really good. With his head band and long hair, along with the high arm smashes he had a real John Henry Bonham circa 1973 look (a little thinner and sporting a few more tats admittedly) - really enjoyable solo.
All the classics played alongside some new ones- and the world premier of one song...
Thoroughly enjoyed it. But my ears are still ringing and will be for some time I think....
