Billed as a co-headliner with Firewind, we struggled to find out all day who was supposed to be closing the show, but in the end it was academic really. We knew the show was to start at 7:00 and end at 10:30, which seemed a bit tight for three bands, and when we arrived to find the support band C.O.P UK still onstage we knew something was amiss...
Closing their set with Journey's 'Separate Ways' C.O.P. UK were a top notch pub band really, with a good singer and a very good guitar player (he looked a bit like Janick Gers). So time was ticking on and clearly the show was not going to be over by 10:30 (or was it?).
It became apparent that Firewind were headlining (hurrah) and Rage took the stage with 'Justify' from the new album, except Peavy wasn't singing... the guitarist was. Eh, what? It transpired that Peavy and the drummer were mega-ill and Peavy couldn't sing at all, so they were going to play a very short set.
It was a disappointment, but better than cancelling their set altogether, and the guitarist really was quite a good singer, especially when they did a bit of Holy Diver and Heaven and Hell, total Dio clone!
We didn't have much interest in Firewind so we tootled off home with all haste. I was quite surprised at the tiny crowd, but then touring in January in England is a terrible idea.
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