Friday 11th June

Gary Moore - Festival Stage (3/5)

When we first got the reports that Gary Moore had abandoned his boring blues journey to start playing the hard rock he used to do so well, it sounded almost that we, the fans had won the Gary Moore lottery and he would bring that hard rock show to headline SRF. Also, he had brought back his old partner in crime, Neil Carter on keyboards and rhythm guitar, so on paper everything seemed just swell....

On the other hand, Moore is guilty of having played the most hated concert in SRF’s history a few years back, when he refused to played even one of his old rock hits, only concentrating on his blues. So, his first hard rock tour since 1989 could end up being either great or really crappy. It was neither. First of all, a pretty overweight Moore took the stage with a somewhat tired version of “Over The Hills And Far Away” and you could spot right away that he had gotten old.


The high energy stage presence of before were gone and it made you wonder if he REALLY wanted to do this or if he just had given in to the fans requests. And the “back to the hard rock” thing was a bit exaggerated.

No songs from his heavier days of Corridors Of Power or Victims Of The Future were played, which is a huge shame, only concentrating on the hits of his successful Wild Frontier and Run For Cover albums. And of course the blues weren’t all gone. Both “Still Got The Blues” and “Walking By Myself” were played. Not that strange maybe, as these are both good songs and huge hits.

Still, the concert as a whole was a bit tired and for some reason the songs never took off. And how could he NOT play “Wild Frontier”???? For me, this was the only real disappointment of the festival and had it not been for the songs he did play are great songs this gig would only had gotten a two star review.







Check out Gary Moore :
http://www.gary-moore.com

Review : Jon Wilmenius


For more reviews from Sweden Rock Festival 2010 - click here >>>