[Heeplist] Heep in Hollywood

[brendajh]

We attended the first show of the Uriah Heep/Judas Priest North 
American tour last night (May 3rd) in Hollywood Fl. The boys rocked 
the house and did not disappoint! We drove 5 hours to attend the 
performance. The Hard Rock venue has a capacity of 3500 and appeared 
to be a full house. The mighty Heep played for approximately 50 
minutes. The set list included: 1.) Grazed by Heaven, 2.) Too scared 
to run, 3.) Take away my soul, 4.) Stealing, 5.) Between two worlds, 
6.) Gypsy, 7.) Look  at yourself, 8.) Sunrise, and 9.) Easy Living. 
Heep had a stellar performance. Uriah Heeps' music was tight, played 
at  just the right volume, and they kept the attention and interest 
of everyone including The Priest fans. Heep played with heart and 
soul and stayed true to who they are. We are thankful that they made 
the long journey to Florida and that we got to see them. We will see 
the Heep again this evening at the Miramar Beach venue. Lot of time 
in the car over the last 2 days, but they are worth it. They have 
traveled a lot further to bring their music our way.

Just a few comments about the Judas Priest part of the concert. I 
will say it was strange that Uriah Heep was not the headliner. (They 
were the headliner in our opinion). The first thing we discovered 
when entering the Hollywood Fl Hard Rock venue was the merchandise 
area. There was a wall and table loaded with Priest shirts etc. but 
only 4 types of Uriah Heep tee-shirts. The crowd appeared to be 
predominantly Priest fans based on seeing Priest tee-shirts on what 
seemed to be 9 out of 10 concert goers. Suggestion to Heepsters 
attending any of the upcoming Heep/Priest shows, wear your Heep 
tee-shirts and show your Heep pride! Stand out in the sea of Priest 
fans! Another tip, brush up on Uriah Heep discography and history so 
when a young Priest fan asks you questions about Heep you can 
enlighten them. Not being that familiar with Judas Priests' music 
other than what the radio in the States plays and the MTV era, most 
of the music was new for us. Judas Priest was well received by their 
fans and their performance was a highly orchestrated grandiose 
production with the front man changing his outer wear too numerous 
times to count. Judas Priest certainly delivered on heavy metal 
music, and the crowd was happy. Probably the most favorite thing of 
the Priest part of the concert was the Black Sabbath - War Pigs song 
that was played just before Priest went live on stage. The volume 
went way up and the audience was all singing the song.  I think this 
was a tribute to Ozzy. The entire event with Uriah Heep and Judas 
Priest lasted 3 hours (8-11).
Brenda