Steel Panther @ 229 Club

Toni and I went to the big smoke tonight to go and see Steel Panther at the 229 Club. Started the evening with our standard gig fare, Pizza Hut. We took out time as I knew the gig was sold out and walked slowly only to find that doors had opened later and there was stil a massive queue, so much for that plan. While we were waiting we saw Phil who came and joined us in the queue with his mate Alex.

There was no support act so we had to wait ages before Steel Panther hit the stage but boy was it worth it. They were superb. The musicianship was superb and they played out every known rock cliche known to man and had some very humerous between song banter as well as great audience interaction.

Justin Hawkins (formerly of The Darkness and now in Hot Leg) appeared on stage to do backing vocals on a Steel Panther number and then they all covered I Believe In A Thing Called Love by The Darkness.

The evening was fantastic and the encores of Motley Crue's "Kickstart My Heart" and Van Halen's "Panama" were superb. All in all this was one fabulous spectacle of an event and exactly what a fun night out is all about.










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