December 2011… Feat: Tyketto/Wrathchild/Def Leppard/Motley Crue/Steel Panther/ Dr. & The Medics/Dawn Trader/Thunder/Hell…
December 21st… Thunder… (Rock City Nottingham )…
Yet another Christmas party and this time it’s none other than Thunder who having ‘split up’ a couple of years ago came back to play the High Voltage festival in July and seem to want to round off 2011 with their traditional end of year visit to rock city in Nottingham. Due to the demand of tickets Thunder added an extra show, which was the 20th of December, so being prompt at getting our tickets means we’re seeing the ‘second house’ so to speak. It has to be said that this show was one of the most uncomfortable gigs of the year; too many people were refusing to move forward resulting in a near impossible quest to reach any sort of vantage point to see the band. Thunder played two sets, the first one an acoustic affair of covers and original songs which having rucked and mauled my way to the head of the scrum I still couldn’t see due to the band sitting down on stage. After a half hour break Thunder returned, this time upright and plugged in to play the main set of the night. It was all meant to be a bit of fun but too many covers were included for my liking. The crowd went wild at the original material however and the cover of the evening, the Slade classic ‘merry Christmas everybody’ sent most of the audience home happy. I’ve heard that Thunder are not reforming but I’d be very surprised if we’ve seen the last of messers Bowes, Morley, James, Matthews and Childs… GD.
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