[Heeplist] Heep in Tampere last Saturday

Thu Jul 19 09:12:20 EDT 2018

Thanks Tapio - great read as always...and it seems the long bus journey 
was worth it

Sure hope you manage to see the other shows...

Heep On

Richard

On 2018-07-19 13:00, Tapio Minkkinen wrote:
> I don't know if the list is still alive as I haven't seen any mails
> after my mail last Saturday. I got an e-mail from Bob Winward saying
> he had replied to my mail but I never saw that or any other mails. I
> hope this comes throug.
> 
> 
> URIAH HEEP
> SAUNA CLASSIC HEAVY METAL GARDEN PARTY (www.saunaclassic.com)
> 13TH JULY TAMPERE FINLAND
> 
> I had been looking forward to this concert a long time as it had been
> over two years since Heep had played in Finland. That was the last
> time I had seen them live and this was  as support for Deep Purple.
> They only had one hour playing time then and the last time Heep had
> played a full set in Finland was April 2015.
> 
> Year 2018 really compensates for the long wait as Heep will be playing
> four shows here in the Summertime mostly at festivals and there’s
> already four shows confirmed in November/December when they will be
> touring on the new album. Eight Heep shows in one year in a small
> counrty like ours really great.
> 
> I was excited when I heard about this concert in Tampere as this would
> be as headliner at a heavy metal festival. It’s a sort of mini
> festival that was held last year for the first time and there would be
> perhaps only 1 - 2.000 people in the audience but the concert place is
> very nice. It’s neart the center of Tampere at a park by the lakeside
> and I’ve been to lots of festivals there before.
> 
> Lately we have been blessed with some very warm weathers that we don’t
> get that often, the temperature last Saturday in Tampere was around
> +30 Celsius (ca. 85 Fahrenheit). In the morning I took a bus from
> Helsinki and arrived there early. I was going to meet some friends
> that I hadn’t seen in a long time so there was something to do before
> festival doors opened. Heep was the last band on the bill and their
> showtime wasn’t until 9.30 p.m.
> 
> It was a nice coincidence that football Word Cup bronze medal game
> between Belgium and England was on at 5 p.m. I knew they had already
> arrived last night and surely wouldn’t miss the game. I went to the
> hotel where Heep were staying a little earlier hoping to get to meet
> them and I ended up watching the game with the band (minus Bernie) and
> some road crew members. Unfortunately Belgium won 2 - 0 but fourth
> place was still a good achievement. The last time England has made it
> as far in the tournament was in 1990 and their victory in 1966 is
> their only medal so far.
> 
> After the game ended I headed to the festival site. I had missed the
> first couple of bans because of staying with the Heep guys but there
> were still some pretty good bands for example Beast In Black – a very
> good new band - and Peer Günt that was founded in late 70’s so it’s
> over 40 years old. Also met some more friends and what a better way to
> spend Saturday night than hanging out with friends, listening to good
> music, enjoying the sun etc. As the festival site is a park it felt
> more like a picnic than rock concert and the athmosphere was very
> relaxed. It is called "heavy metal garden party" and that sums it up
> quite well.
> 
> Heep hit the stage in time at 10.30 and the band was excactly as good
> as always before. It’s great that they always give the same 100%
> performance whether it’s a small club gig or big festival. This was
> not that big event and the stage was pretty small but the band gave
> the same kind of positive and professional performance as ever.
> 
> The set:
> GYPSY
> LOOK AT YOURSELF
> SHADOWS OF GRIEF
> STEALIN’
> SUNRISE
> ONE MINUTE
> BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
> JULY MORNING
> LADY IN BLACK
> EASY LIVIN’
> 
> There was nothing special in the set itself. There were no surprises
> but I didn’t expect there would have been. Heep has never changed sets
> during tours and they’ve been using practically the same set since
> March 2016 with only minor changes. My only criticism to the concert
> is the setlist. It would be nice if they changed the set at least once
> a year. Only one song (Between Two Worlds) was added to the set last
> Summer, all the other songs have been played everytime when they’ve
> played the full set for almost two and a half years.
> 
> The set also could have been longer. They only played for ca. 70
> minutes even though they would have had time for 90 minutes. I don’t
> know why that was, I forgot to ask the band about that.
> 
> I went backstage after the show to meet the band again, thanked for
> the show and wished them a good trip home. I told Dave I like the new
> single Grazed By Heaven very much. I told that I think it’s nice that
> he as the newest member is also contributing to the songwriting. I
> like the fact that partly it sounds the same and is in the vein as a
> lot of the songs the band has recorded in the last couple of albums
> but there are also some new elements in the song. Dave was very
> pleased to hear this and he told they’re planning to include it the
> set at the Summer shows but so far they haven’t had time to rehearse
> it for live performance. I really hope they will do it at the next
> shows in Finland in August.
> 
> My bus home was leaving at 2.20 so it was about time to leave and head
> to the bus station. I had some sleep in the bus and was back at home
> at 5.30.
> 
> The next time I'll see Heep will be then in Hango 10th August and
> Lahti 11th August. There should be longer sets at these shows and
> hopefully also get to hear the new song live.
> 
> ---
> TapioM.
> tapio at heepfiles.net
> www.heepfiles.net
> 
> 
> 
> Tapio Minkkinen kirjoitti 14.7.2018 10:49:
>> Hi Heepsters
>> 
>> I haven't been active on the list lately because there's been some
>> "domestic problems" I've had to deal with but I'm still here.
>> 
>> It's been over two years since the last time Heep has played in
>> Finland but tonight I will see them in Tampere, only 200 kilometers
>> from where I live. Heep will be headlining a small heavy metal
>> festival, it's going to great. Review and pictures of course coming.
>> 
>> 
>> ---
>> TapioM.
>> tapio at heepfiles.net
>> www.heepfiles.net
> 
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