[Heeplist] Heep in Hollywood

[Bob Winward]

Thank you for sharing. You are the first USA tour review!!!!

Bob Winward
All Heep is Good Heep!


> On May 4, 2019, at 12:59 PM, brendajh <brendajh at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 
> 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
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