Thunder: annunciati due nuovi album dal vivo
I THUNDER, tra le hard rock band britanniche più popolari e longeve degli ultimi 25 anni, annunciano due live album inediti, in uscita entrambi il 26 gennaio 2024, su earMUSIC.
Il primo dei due, “Live At Islington Academy”, è stato registrato durante il tour del loro ottavo album, “Robert Johnson’s Tombstone”, mentre il secondo Il secondo, “Live At Leeds” è registrato nove anni dopo, il 3 marzo 2015, come parte di un tour arena di tre date in supporto all’album “Wonder Days”.
Entrambi gli album saranno disponibili in CD, vinile e in digitale.
Di seguito tracklist e link di preorder di ciascun album:
THUNDER – “Live At Islington Academy”
Preorder: https://Thunder.lnk.
1. Loser
2. River Of Pain
3. The Devil Made Me Do It
4. Low Life In High Places
5. Robert Johnson’s Tombstone
6. You Can’t Keep A Good Man Down
7. Love Walked In
8. Backstreet Symphony
9. I Love You More Than Rock ‘N’ Roll
10. Dirty Love
THUNDER – “Live At Leeds”
Preorder: https://Thunder.lnk.
CD1
1. Wonder Days
2. River Of Pain
3. Black Water
4. Resurrection Day
5. Broken
6. The Devil Made Me Do It
7. Empty City
8. Backstreet Symphony
9. I’ll Be Waiting
CD2
1. The Thing I Want
2. When The Music Played
3. Love Walked In
4. I Love You More Than Rock ‘N’ Roll
5. Low Life In High Places
6. Higher Ground
7. Dirty Love
A mere 800 lucky fans got the opportunity to see Thunder perform at the Planet Rock Christmas Party on December 19th, 2006. Hosted by Rob Birnie and Mark Jeeves, the event was a massive success as the band offered up a storming, surprise performance dominated by golden classics such as ‘River Of Pain’, ‘Low Life In High Places’, ‘You Can’t Keep A Good Man Down’, ‘Love Walked In’, ‘Backstreet Symphony’ and ‘I Love You More Than Rock ‘N’ Roll’, followed by a hot, sweaty encore of the hit single ‘Dirty Love’.
“From what I recall, no one in the audience seemed to have a clue that we would attend the party, let alone play, so they were all pretty shocked when we stepped on to the stage,” says frontman Danny Bowes. “It was boiling hot inside the venue, also freezing outside, and we worked them pretty hard. They looked pretty hot and sweaty when it was done. I reckon a fair few of the crowd must have caught colds on the way home.”
The resulting tour was shorter than the group’s traditional treks as it marked the first steps of public rehabilitation for Ben Matthews, the rhythm guitarist and keyboardist who was in recovery from throat cancer. Unsurprisingly, these shows were emotionally charged for both band and audience.
“My overriding memory of that night at the First Direct Arena in Leeds was mainly the look on Benny’s face when the audience reacted to him being back,” grins guitarist Luke Morley, who describes a first spell of his band stepping up to headline arenas in their homeland at last as “very satisfying”.
A 16-song set delivered a hatful of hits and no less than six numbers from ‘Wonder Days’, namely its title cut, ‘Black Water’, ‘Resurrection Day’, ‘Broken’, ‘The Thing I Want’ and ‘When The Music Played’.
Both concerts, “Live At Islington Academy” and “Live At Leeds”, stood as further evidence of Thunder’s prowess as live entertainers. And now at last you can re-live the experience.