I've moved this to Other Bands, cos I think it makes more sense there...

Anyways, I saw him last Tuesday at Wembley Arena. I pretty much agree with your review: he put on a good show, but it did feel a bit rehearsed. His vocals were for the main part still good considering he's 63 years old, but I did feel there were some times where he was let down by vocal limitations (e.g. Bat Out Of Hell, while a solid performance of a fantastic song, was played veeeery slowly so that he could cope with it).

I liked the 3 song suite of new songs, worked well, and I was pleasantly surprised that Los Angeloser was so much fun live, thanks largely to the animation on the screens. But, although I like the song on the album, Song Of Madness didn't work so well live IMO, too dirge-y. Something else from the album might have worked better, or even something else from Bat 3.

Although it was played to slow, Bat Out Of Hell was great, and I Would Do Anything For Love and Paradise By The Dashboard Light were bloody fantastic. Patti Russo is a hell of a singer and a perfect foil to Meat Loaf.

I enjoyed the Boneyard / All Revved Up outro ... the guitarists played the solo to Freebird too, did they do that at your gig?

I'm glad I got to see him live, but I'm not sure I'd feel the need to again. The main thing is though, the tickets were a birthday present for my girlfriend, and she proclaimed it the greatest gig she's ever seen, so that was a plus!

Incidentally, did Meat say something about being the "45 year old Jon Bon Jovi" at your gig?