I have had the pleasure of going on the first three Monsters of Rock Cruises and I am currently booked on the upcoming fourth one in April 2015. One band that I am still surprised about their absence on the cruise so far has been Warrant. They have all the qualifications – American, MTV stars, late 80’s/early 90’s sound and they are still touring. Maybe there is a story behind why that I have yet to learn. However, I did get my chance to see them live on Sunday September 7th, 2014 as they pulled into the Western Fair in London, Ontario for a one off Canadian date.
Local band Nail started things off as they began to attract the fair goers towards the concert stage area. By the time Warrant arrived the place was packed. My sister Donna accompanied me to the park. She then asked me the infamous question us concert freaks get all the time. “So, how many originals left in the band?” I was quick to mention that the band consisted of the four original players from the heyday of their fame - Joey Allen and Eric Turner on twin lead guitars, Jerry Dixon on bass and Steven Sweet on the drums. The only replacement was at lead vocals once greatly held by the late Jani Lane who passed away in 2011. In the case of Warrant it is hard to complain about a band that wants to continue on despite the fact a member has passed on. I DO in fact have issues where bands have all original members but can’t get along long enough to give the fans what they really want – especially at this stage of our lives and theirs. Skid Row, Queensryche, Great White, Journey, the list goes on and on. (Don’t get me wrong – some of these newer renditions are pretty damn good.....but!). End of rant.
New on vocals since 2008 is none other than the great Robert Mason (Lynch Mob, Big Cock etc.). He truly has a great stage presence and really engages the crowd. He has a very distinctive voice but can pull off the lighter ballads such as "Heaven", "I Saw Red" and "Sometimes She Cries" with perfection. Although their set was short and sweet, clocking in around 1 hour and 15 minutes they managed to squeeze in all the faves and a few from their latest album Rockaholic. Warrant has the claim to fame in my books of having one of my all-time favorite songs from that era (or any other) in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” and one of my least favorite songs “Cherry Pie”. This show I heard them both live back to back to end the night and in between snapping pics I was actually snapping my fingers and fist pumping to the latter.
The power of loud, live rock and roll can do that to a person.
"Sebastian who?" was a text I received from a friend during the Skid Row concert in Toronto on Wednesday August 20, 2014. He was situated across the Virgin Mobile Mod Club in a different vantage point than I was for the show and this text came by the end of the second song of the setlist. I had caught the live Skid Row experience previously while at Sweden Rock Festival 2013 and learned the advantages of vocalist Johnny Solinger over Sebastian Bach but this was my friend's first experience. Solinger has been a full fledged member of Skid Row for over fourteen years now, longer than his predecessor, the arrogant Sebastian Bach and handles the material of both eras well, an excellent and crowd appreciative frontman. Many say things like "No Bach, no Skid Row", but I personally can do
Johnny Solinger-by Meister
without the arrogant, insulting and offensive attitude that we all know Bach to possess, something I witnessed during Bach's performance at 2014's M3 Festival. In any case Solinger and the rest of the band, originals Dave "Snake" Sabo (guitar), Scotti Hill (guitar), Rachel Bolan (bass) and relatively new drummer Rob Hammersmith delivered a high energy, raucous rock n' roll experience in Toronto that night. The boys whipped the "decent sized for a Wednesday night" crowd into a frenzy with a setlist encompassing almost everything you'd want from the
Scotti Hill-photo by Meister
early days of Skid Row and a selection of more recent compositions scattered throughout. They began with "Let's Go" from 2013's EP United World Rebellion: Chapter One and from there it was over to 1989's self titled debut album for a wicked four pack of "Makin' a Mess", "Big Guns", "Piece of Me" and "18 and Life". By now the floor was a little tighter packed as everyone surged closer to the stage, fists high in the air, caught up in the frenzy of an awesome rock n' roll show. We also rocked out to classics such as "Riot Act", "In a Darkened Room", "I Remember You" and "Monkey Business" as well as newer tracks like "Thick Is the Skin", "Kings of Demolition" and "Ghost".
Rachel Bolan-by Meister
Also in the mix was a Rachel Bolan sung version of The Ramones' "Psycho Therapy" and the three punch to the balls encore set of "We Are the Damned" (from Rise of the Damnation Army - United World Rebellion: Chapter Two), "Slave to the Grind" and "Youth Gone Wild" to raise the house lights. Grab your copy of Rise of the Damnation Army - United World Rebellion: Chapter Two through this link: Buy: The new Skid Row EP and don't miss Skid Row on tour! Keep an eye on the Decibel Geek YouTube channel for a couple of videos from the Toronto show being uploaded soon Decibel Geek YouTube Channel
Anyone having read many of my previous concert reviews will know that
a good portion of the awesome concerts that I have been able to catch
are thanks to a club in Toronto called the Rockpile. Actually there's
now two of them, one at each end of the east/west subway line and I've
received comments from all around the world saying how they wish they
had a Rockpile in their hometown. Dom and Steve (Owner and promoter
respectively) have done an incredible job of luring some high quality
rock groups from Canada and around the world into one or both of their
Rockpile Clubs. Just to name drop a few of the acts hitting the stages
in these two awesome venues over the last little while ....UFO, Michael Schenker,
Autograph, Helix, Brighton Rock, KiLLeR DWaRfS, Slaughter, Red Dragon
Cartel, Y&T, Stryper, Jack Russell's Great White, and coming soon
London Quireboys, Vixen and Hellion.
Tom Keifer's The Way Life Goes Album
On Saturday July 26, 2014 they
added another name to the long list in that of Cinderella frontman Tom
Keifer. Tom Keifer issued his first solo album, The Way Life Goes,
in April of 2013 and while the album received favorable reviews from friends
and on line sources it did not particularly appeal to me. The album
showed the bluesy acoustic side of Tom Keifer's musical journey and
while a few of the songs were catchy I feel they could have benefited
from a full on metal band. Bearing this in mind I headed out to his
show at Rockpile East that night expecting to hear the odd Cinderella
tune, but thinking it would mainly be comprised from The Way Life Goes.
Holy Crap was I wrong! Keifer and his band put
on what I'm going on record right now as saying was the best concert so far this
year and I've seen a lot of shows!
Tom Keifer-photo by Rebekka Brennan
After three opening acts warmed up the crowd Keifer's band hit the stage with Keifer trailing them out to take the mic. The setlist was sort of split up into three sections, the first containing five songs leading off with Cinderella's "Night Songs". I forgot just how great that song really is, especially live with a band like this that was spot on. Keifer displayed no loss of vocal prowess in any way and before long had me wondering if he'd discovered some fountain of youth. Two songs from The Way Life Goes solo album followed with "It's Not Enough" and "A Different Light". I was certainly getting a different light on these songs as while I didn't take to them particularly on the album, they were absolutely incredible and of course way
Tom Keifer-photo by Rebekka Brennan
heavier live. Tom was even sporting a thin leather jacket saying "It's Not Enough" constructed with duct tape across the back of the jacket. One thing was strikingly evident already (aside from this band was about to level The Rockpile East before this night was over!) and that was that Tom Keifer seemed like a rejuvenated and different man on this stage. I have never seen him so engaging with the audience, so energetic, so interactive with his audience as he was this night. Two more debut album Cinderella tunes, "Somebody Save Me" and "Shake Me" brought this first "section" to a close with me singing away at the top of my lungs, fist in the air. Not bad for a guy who didn't even feel like coming out tonight! I was not the only one caught up in the engaging performance, but in particular I noticed the woman stage right who had been putting on a truly embarrassing display, hurling herself on her back on stage, pulling and grabbing at Tom's pant legs and so forth, but I suspect she was more enamored with Keifer himself than the music.
Savannah and Tom Keifer-photo by Rebekka Brennan
As Tom and the band all took seats on some wooden bar stools they treated us to the first verse of "Heartbreak Station", Tom encouraging us all to sing along, before continuing into "The Flower Song". Tom introduced his wife Savannah to us as she took up a stool next to him, singing duet for "Ask Me Yesterday" and "Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)", the latter of which awesomely finished full electric. "Nobody's Fool" was the end of this sort of section and for those keeping score that's a fair amount of Cinderella compositions so far.
Tom Keifer gave us a short little guitar solo before "Solid Ground" which saw Savannah and another young lady taking up mics to the rear of the stage and providing background vocals. The harmonica
Tom Keifer-photo by Rebekka Brennan
came out for "Cold Day In Hell" before it was back to Cinderella with "Coming Home" and "Shelter Me". Tom was all over the stage, escalating the intensity and emotion in his performance, singing in crowd member's faces as the show came to an end and the band left the stage. The Rockpile would have none of that nonsense and I personally felt my voice "go" as I screamed, applauded and cheered along with everyone else for the encore.
An encore indeed we did get that was absolutely mind blowing. They ripped through a truly awesome version of The Beatles track also made famous by Joe Cocker, "With a Little Help From My Friends". Tom enticed us (which wasn't hard at all) to sing along with "Gypsy Road", which sadly would be the final song for the night. Tom Keifer took the time to slap and shake hands with as many of the crowd near the stage as he could reach and you could see the intensity of his performance tired had him out as he took the mic to deliver a truly heartfelt thanks to us all for helping keep these songs alive.
That my friends was a wrap on what is quite possibly the best show I've seen so far this year (no disrespect intended to any bands I've previously seen this year) and many around me were echoing the same sentiment. As we milled around, finishing beers, chatting and meandering towards the door I noticed two awesome vocalists had also been in attendance as I saw Priya Panda (Diemonds) and Nick Walsh (Slik Toxik/Famous Underground) in the club. Nick Walsh even posted a comment under a Facebook photo from the evening commenting something to the effect of "best show I've seen at Rockpile East!". If you get the chance make sure you get to Tom Keifer's next show in your town, trust me you won't regret it!
Decibel Geek Photographer Brian Ronald was in London, Ontario the night before where Tom Keifer and others performed at Rock The Park 2014. Here's a link to his photos from that event including Tom Keifer's set: Rock The Park July 25, 2014
July 25, 2014. I've been looking forward to this day for months. For me, this beats all the other events of the summer. We're heading down to Buffalo for a rockin' concert and the wedding of Darrell Millar (aka Darrell Dwarf) and his long-time girlfriend, Stracey Burtch.
The venue is one of the coolest I've been to. Braun's Bar and Grill, in the quaint little town of Akron, NY, is a favourite of the DWaRfs. The owner, Ray, has become a good friend of theirs over the years and he is actually the one hosting the free concert and also the wedding. The line-up is great. John Corabi will play a set, followed by his band, Cheap Thrill, and then there will be a real live rock n roll wedding, on stage, with the ceremony officiated by the Rev. Luc Carl from Sirius XM Hair Nation. Closing the night will be a concert by the KiLLeR DWaRfS. Awesome right?? Right!
We arrived at our hotel around 6:00pm and it was spectacular!!! Salvatore Garden Place is filled with old world Italian grandeur. It's right there, as you get off the highway, and it's breathtaking. We checked in and headed out right away. We cabbed it to the venue (of course) which is between Buffalo and Rochester, about 15 minutes from the hotel.
Walking out to the patio and down to the 'Concert Cove', the first face I saw was John Corabi.
He's such a friendly fellow. I'd met him briefly on the Monsters of Rock Cruise, so a big hug was needed to greet him. (I think I'm known internationally as the Canadian girl who hugs everyone.)
He had already played his solo set before we got there (darned border crossing delays, get us every time!!) but he was just about to go on with Cheap Thrill.
The 'Concert Cove' was buzzing with energy. Every time I turned around, I saw another familiar face, here to support a great couple, fantastic musicians, and have a good old rock n roll time. Ray Braun has done an outstanding job of bringing a top notch concert venue to the small town of Akron. It's a great place to eat, drink and party with friends. I can't believe I'm just finding out about Braun's!! It's definitely one of my top places to see live shows. I'm hoping there will be many more opportunities to visit Braun's but it's future is somewhat uncertain, due to a few influential people and some extremely dirty politics. (See the link at the end of the article.)
We took our places in front of the stage along with many familiar faces. It was somewhat of a Monsters of Rock Cruise reunion. People had flown in from far and wide for this event - from Minnesota, Missouri, New York City and, of course, a great showing from north of the border. Cheap Thrill were so much fun. I hadn't seen them play before but we completely enjoyed both the music and the great energy. There was a young boy (about eight years old) sitting on the stage and he was totally rocking out, following Crabby's riffs on a mean air guitar. It's always great to see rock appealing to youngsters like that. Next up was a real live Rock 'n Roll Wedding. The guys took the stage.
It was no surprise that Darrell's 'best men' were Russell, Gerry and Johnny Dwarf. Also on stage, ready to officiate, was Luc Carl. Stracey arrived in a wicked cool, yellow Lamborghini,
chauffeured by bar owner, Ray Braun. It was a perfect rock n roll entrance. It was so cute when the guys saw Stracey arrive - they all pointed, excitedly, to the back of the venue, then pulled out their phones and started snapping photos.
The sound of AC/DC's Hell's Bells rang out and the processional began with beautiful Marlow Millar, (Darrell and Stracey's four year old daughter), accompanied by Stracey's two gorgeous bridesmaids setting the stage for the stunning bride, who was proudly escorted by her uncle. Darrell was certainly glowing with pride as his bride stepped up on to the stage and the ceremony officially began.
The Ayatollah of Rock n Rolla (aka Rev. Luc Carl) laid on the perfect set of vows. Short, sweet and very rock n roll. Four year old Marlow, had Mommy's ring, for safe keeping, and was beyond adorable when called upon for the ring. She ran to her Dad , calling out "Daddy, here's the ring!" With a cymbal crash, each said their 'I do's' and, with their choice of wedding song being 'Long Live Rock n Roll', it was on with the party!! The DWaRfs then played a killer set, ending up with a stage full of musicians and friends and even the bride, to close off the concert with a bunch of great cover songs by BTO, AC/DC, Goddo and Led Zeppelin to name a few.
It was an incredible night - one I'll never forget!! The party continued on into the night, catching up with old friends, and making new ones. Then, it was back to the hotel for a few hours sleep before heading back over the border and back to reality once more.
Until the next time, which won't be long, I promise.
Rock on and Keep the Spirit Alive.
Kate Campbell,
(a proud member of Dwarfnation) signing off.
Here's some great footage of the wedding.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4cnIQ7Lfu8&sns=em
One last thing:
Some people with some very dirty politics are trying their hardest to shut down Braun's Bar and Concert Cove. Please check out the following link and share it to spread the word and help a local small business stay alive.
Photo credits to Joel Naphin, Darrell Millar and Tracy Milne and April Lee (except my awesome selfies and the one of the guys;))
Also, thanks as usual to my good friend Amanda Schumacher, who always double checks my punctuation and grammar before I go to print.
Oh Crabby!!!!! It's a good thing you're a true Pirate brother of Darrell's!!!!!
By now I'm sure that many of you have seen or heard the reports and
the lambasting of the debut or initial performance of Motley Crue's All Bad Things Must Come To An End
tour. I'm not gonna say that they're overly harsh or incorrect for the
most part. I was there, I know. Here's my story of Wednesday July 2nd,
2014.
A friend and I set out on an approximately six
hour road trip, very reminiscent of high school road trips in a beat up
old car with tunes cranked and snacks in hand, from Toronto Canada to
Grand Rapids Michigan. Upon arrival and check in at our hotel we met
some other Crue fans from Ontario for a couple of drinks before the
short walk over to Van Andel Arena. In a parking lot across the road
there was a cordoned off area set up with a bar, tables and a stage
with presumably a local band belting out some tunes. I got the feeling it was similar to the
tailgate party before an NFL game, but in any case the excitement was high and it's certainly something you
wouldn't see in Toronto. The time on the tickets indicated 7pm, yet the
entrance line was already around
the building at 6pm as we weaved around the protestors toting signs,
also something that you wouldn't see in Toronto. After wandering around
a little we discovered another, smaller entrance with a very short line
and wasted no time in getting into the arena. The merchandise booth
was terribly over crowded as I strained to see what was available.
Giving up, with a plan to return later, we hurried into the actual
auditorium as the opening band took the stage. In a growing trend of
concerts of late that I've noticed on several occasions, the opening
band begins substantially before the time printed on the tickets! This
is ridiculous! In the old days it would be printed Doors: 7pm on the ticket and the show would start at 7:30 or 8pm or Show: 7pm
to indicate the starting time. Having the opening band take stage at
6:40pm (20 mins before the time printed on the ticket) is extremely
annoying. In any case The Raskins played a half hour opening set and
they were not overly impressive in my mind. Our seats, however, were awesome, 24
rows back from the stage on the floor! The tickets, that surely would have
cost well over $600 if you can get past all the pre-sales to get them in
Toronto, we got for only $125 three weeks before the event!
Alice Cooper-photo by The Meister
I
was looking forward to Alice Cooper, having just seen him perform a two
and a half hour show at Sweden Rock Festival. Unfortunately tonight he
was only scheduled for 50 minutes of stage time, but it turns out that
he would be a show stealer. The approaching 70 year old was a
consummate professional and ripped through the condensed setlist with
almost no dead air between songs and all the stage tricks that you would
expect from The Alice Cooper show. Behind a backdrop sheet of Alice
Cooper's eyes "The Underture" emanated as the curtain gave way to "Hello Hooray". From there it was into "No More Mr. Nice Guy"
and Alice Cooper's newest member, guitarist Nita Strauss seemed
ecstatic to be there and the most active at this early stage in the
game. Replacing the departed Orianthi, Strauss (Femme Fatale/Iron
Maidens/L.A. Kiss) joins drummer Glen Sobel (Sixx A.M.), bassist Chuck
Garic (Beasto Blanco) and other guitarists Ryan Roxie (Slash's Snakepit)
and Tommy Henriksen (Warlock) to make up Alice Cooper's backing band. "Under My Wheels" led us through to "I'm Eighteen" which saw Cooper holding court around the stage wielding a crutch high above his head. This was followed by "Billion Dollar Babies"
for which, as he did in Sweden, Alice appeared toting a sword filled
with bills. A quick flick of the rapier sent bills, no doubt featuring
Alice Cooper's face, into the first few rows of the crowd. The late
80's smash hit "Poison" was next up bringing us to
Alice Cooper-photo by The Meister
"Dirty Diamonds"
which saw The Coop tossing necklaces into the crowd. The King of Shock
Rock next treated us to "Welcome to My Nightmare" before appearing in a bloodied white lab coat for "Feed My Frankenstein" during which Cooper was strapped down and transformed into a large Frankenstein monster. "The Ballad of Dwight Fry"
saw him in a straight jacket, bursting out and stabbing his nurse for
which his head was severed in a huge guillotine. Alice Cooper's head
was then paraded around the stage as an intro to the song "I Love the Dead", a stunt that never gets old! The closer of "School's Out" featured some huge balloons, the introductions of the band and even a little of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In the Wall" before wrapping up. An incredible show as I had expected and I think, even better than his show in Sweden.
Motley Crue's All Bad Things Must Come To An End Tour-photo by The Meister
The house lights darkened and a recorded intro began to emanate through the PA system. Motley Crue blasted into "Motherfucker of the Year"
as their first song, one that's less than a favorite of mine and I
think a poor choice for an opener. Things picked up steam with "Wild Side" and the stage was graced by two scantily clad ladies helping out with the background vocals. In general the
Vince Neil-photo by The Meister
Crue seemed
to be sloppier in comparison to Cooper and Vince's vocals were not the
best by any means, but what do you expect? Vince Neil's vocals have
been talked about for a long time now and let's face it, with the history
of the band members, they're playing is not the tightest, but that's
not why you go to see Motley Crue! If you want that style of
performance go and see Rush, if you want a good time and a great party
and a spectacle of a show to blow your mind, you go see Motley Crue! It
was by the end of the third song, "Primal Scream" that things
would begin to go really awry for the boys. The song featured lots and
lots of super high flame pyro and smoke bombs/machines timed to the
music of the chorus and they were actually sounding pretty good until we
approached the end of the song. Drummer Tommy Lee had an issue,
apparently a broken kick drum, but hey, these things happen. Vince Neil
even exclaimed "Tommy broke it!" and commented on the issues of the
first night of a tour. Neil then asked the crowd for 3 or 4 minutes to
fix the issue and to fill the dead air while they scrambled to repair
the drum Mick Mars took center stage to perform one of the most
uninspiring guitar solos I've ever seen. By the end of the solo, which
did not completely fill the repair time leaving some dead air and the
house lights a notch higher, he was simply playing riffs and chords.
The guitar solo silenced at 9:33pm and it wasn't until the lights dimmed
at 9:42pm as Vince returned to the stage toting a guitar were we
underway once again. Technical issues can strike at any time and are
completely understandable, but as a professional act I think they could
have done a
Motley Crue-photo by The Meister
better job of covering the issue and keeping the momentum going with having Vince or Tommy addressing the crowd perhaps. "Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.)" went through without a hitch and then into "Looks That Kill" featuring the lady dancers in light boxes behind the drum kit. They successfully pulled off a deeper cut from the Too Fast For Love album, "On With The Show", but the follow up however was a different story. Guitarist Mick Mars blew the beginning of "Too Fast For Love" prompting a jibe from Tommy Lee to the effect of "It's pretty fuckin' cool when a band forgets it's own song! It's "Too Fast For Love" and it's only 35 years old!" On the second attempt "Too Fast For Love" was delivered and a new composition, "All Bad Things Must End",
followed, but it didn't last long. No further than 30 seconds into the
song and the guitars went out. I don't know if Mars forgot the notes
again or if it was a technical issue, but the house lights came on again to full
brightness this time. I vacated my seat during this stoppage to use the
washroom and before long they were back up and running once again but talk about a momentum killer!
That would seem to be the worst of the issues and the latter half of the
show went much better as they ripped into "Smokin' In the Boys Room", "Without You" close on it's heels. Vince Neil looked confused and maybe annoyed during "Without You" as confetti fluttered from the rafters, but that didn't stop him from serenading a lady from the audience as she was pulled on stage to sit on a lone chair. The boys exploded into "Saints Of Los Angeles"
next featuring lots of flame pyro once again that you could feel the
heat from where I was seated 24 rows back! Nikki Sixx took the mic for
what I'm sure was intended to be a touching
Tommy Lee's Drum Coaster-photo by Meister
moment
that just came off awkward and annoying. He called for everyone to sit
as we were attending a funeral for Motley Crue, but we hardly parked
our butts in the seats before he instructed: "On four scream and we'll
break into a Sex Pistols song 'cause that's how the Crue does
it!".....uuuhhh Nikki, that doesn't even make sense! Never-the-less we
were served "Anarchy in the U.K." followed by "Too Young to Fall in Love"
before the stage went dark again and a recorded intro played. The
recording seemed to go on forever and with all the earlier issues I
wondered what was next, but eventually it was apparent that the stalling
was designed to get Tommy Lee strapped into his newest drum gimmick.
This time he rode a roller coaster that stretched along the ceiling of
the venue out over the crowd to a small satellite stage at the rear of
the floor seating area. No doubt about it this was a cool trick as the
kit spun 360 degrees as it slowly traveled over the audience. What I
didn't enjoy however was the mash up mix of recorded music that he
played to during this journey, including songs from artists like Bob
Marley, Jay Z and Rage Against the Machine. I understand how it must be
difficult to play spinning in the air, but if you're going to use a
recording to play to why not perform this solo during a Crue song even
if much of it is recorded? It would certainly be better than what we
heard Tommy play along to
"Home Sweet Home"-photo by Meister
and
maybe the whole thing wouldn't have seemed like the colossal waste of
time that it really was. Nikki Sixx was the highlight of "Shout at the Devil" with his flame throwing bass guitar preceding "Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)".
Throughout the whole show the two dancing girls were present for just
about every song in a different costume and I had the thought that they
were the most organized thing about the whole affair! "Live Wire", "Dr. Feelgood" and "Girls, Girls, Girls" were all a hit with the crowd and the booing from earlier seemed long forgotten as they ate up every minute. "Kickstart My Heart"
closed things down under the huge lighted pentagram suspended above the
stage with tons of flame pyro and smoke bombs. In fact the smoke was
so thick by the end of the song and the final bow that it was difficult
to see the stage at all! Motley Crue returned for a one song encore of
the ballad "Home Sweet Home" which they performed on the small satellite stage near the rear of the floor area.
One
thing cannot be denied and that's the totally over-the-top stage show
at a Motley Crue concert and even with all of tonight's issues there's a
kind of magic with these four guys on stage. Bottom line is this: you
shouldn't be going to a Crue concert to see the most technical and
perfect performance, if you want that go and see a band like Rush! You go to a Crue
show for the spectacle, to have a good time and let loose with some of
the music that helped shape your life. And that's just what I did, it
may have been messy at times but over all I had fun and that's what Crue is all
about to me! It will be interesting to see what the show is like in
August as they roll into Toronto!
