[Heeplist] Uriah Heep and Saxon 2024 Tour - Tampa and Orlando

[Brenda - Heep]

We were in attendance at the Tampa and Orlando Uriah Heep/Saxon 
concerts. Two amazing nights of music. We went to celebrate Uriah Heep’s 
54-year career and to hear the soundtrack of our growing up years or 
wonder years. We missed Uriah Heep’s 50^th anniversary celebration (as 
most of us did), but the 54^th anniversary tour was very special. The 
Tampa concert (2^nd night of the U.S. tour) was headlined by Saxon and 
Uriah Heep was the opener. The Orlando concert (3rd night of the U.S. 
tour) was headlined by Uriah Heep and Saxon was the opening act. Heep 
rocked the house at both venues playing many of the older classic tunes 
such as “Rainbow Demon”, “Gypsy”, “July Morning”, “Stealin” , “Free and 
Easy”, among many others. The old tunes still reign supreme and we 
enjoyed the music as much as the first time we heard the songs played so 
many years ago…We were able to hear for the first time live performances 
of the songs “Save Me Tonight”, “Hurricane”, “Hail the Sunrise”, from 
their latest album “Chaos and Colour” . The songs are all fantastic and 
Uriah Heep have entered a new era (their next 50 years) with an 
incredibly fresh sound. Mick and the boys are at the top of their game! 
Just a few additional things to note about the Tampa and Orlando 
concerts. Not sure who was responsible (the bands or the venue), but at 
the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa venue, we were issued meet and greet badges 
just for being at the right place at the right time. We were in 
dis-belief how one minute we were trying to locate the events center in 
the casino and the next minute we were having our photos taken with both 
Uriah Heep and Saxon. There are no words to describe this unexpected 
good fortune! Thank you Uriah Heep and Saxon for taking time out of your 
busy schedules to accommodate your fans. Many thanks to the Seminole 
Hard Rock Tampa for letting us know about the “meet and greet” which we 
would have missed otherwise. One last thing to note, we somehow missed 
knowing about Saxon all of these years. After hearing 2 nights of their 
music, we declare ourselves fans! Albums have been ordered. Please go 
see Uriah Heep and Saxon on the current U.S. tour, you will not be 
disappointed!