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THE BAND
SET LIST
CONCERT PHOTO GALLERY You can view the photo gallery for this gig here!. FAN SUBMITTED TOUR REVIEWS & REMARKS From: Panayiotis Papandreopoulos <madgreco@yahoo.com>
Black Sabbath played in Rockwave Festival at
Malakasa, 37 Km away from Athens. This is the second concert of Black
Sabbath in Athens. The first one was on the 21-7-1987 with Tony Martin at
vocals. However this is the first time with the original line-up. And the
20000 spectators of all ages who have come today to see them were eager to
listen how this re-union would sound. Would they against the time prove
their indisputable abilities? From: jjijiijij ioiioioioioi <leozzy7@yahoo.gr> I just wanna say that the show in Athens was fucking great.I'm trying to get my thoughts together but it's simbly impossible.Up to now i' ve listened to people telling me"OZZY is finished"and"OZZY hasn't got it" and making fun of me for believing in OZZY and BLACK SABBATH.Since the concert day everyone shut up and admitted what i' ve been telling from the beginning,and OZZY proved once again his music immortality.So BLACK SABBATH for ever.Thanks God for being alive. Leonidas from Greece. From: dorian jane <dorian_janegr@yahoo.com> I knew i had to sleep early the night
before the Black Sabbath/Velvet Revolver/Black Label Society/Wastefall
concert ( part of the Rockwave festival held at Terravibe venue,Athens). I
also knew that me sleeping early that night was simply impossible. I've
been up till 5 o' clock in the morning drinking beers and having a long
discussion with my friend Sophia (too serious to end it) and when i found
out what the time was, i just decided to have a cup of coffee and head off
to the meeting point. Buses were planned to depart at 08:00pm from the
White Tower, Thessaloniki. Yeah, i wish!!! I fell asleep there on the
couch and didn't wake up until 07:12 pm. I heard my alarm clock ringing
but i simply ignored it. Thank god for Fotis (my husband) and Jim (sorry
Jim, i know i had to wake YOU up) calling me several times so i managed to
wake up!!!!! I dressed up and left my friend's house within 4 minutes,
grabbed a cab and reached the meeting point in no longer than 8
minutes!!!! (i was lucky enough cause it was so early in the morning and
the streets were empty, cause the distance between Kalamaria and the White
Tower is quite long). And what a beautiful crowd waiting for the buses to
arrive this was!! It felt sooooo good... seeing new faces and meeting
again with the old ones....hehehehe NEVER TOO OLD TO ROCK N' ROLL!!!!!! From: dorian jane <dorian_janegr@yahoo.com> I knew i had to sleep early the night before the Black Sabbath/Velvet Revolver/Black Label Society/Wastefall concert ( part of the Rockwave festival held at Terravibe venue,Athens). I also knew that me sleeping early that night was simply impossible. I've been up till 5 o' clock in the morning drinking beers and having a long discussion with my friend Sophia (too serious to end it) and when i found out what the time was, i just decided to have a cup of coffee and head off to the meeting point. Buses were planned to depart at 08:00pm from the White Tower, Thessaloniki. Yeah, i wish!!! I fell asleep there on the couch and didn't wake up until 07:12 pm. I heard my alarm clock ringing but i simply ignored it. Thank god for Fotis (my husband) and Jim (sorry Jim, i know i had to wake YOU up) calling me several times so i managed to wake up!!!!! I dressed up and left my friend's house within 4 minutes, grabbed a cab and reached the meeting point in no longer than 8 minutes!!!! (i was lucky enough cause it was so early in the morning and the streets were empty, cause the distance between Kalamaria and the White Tower is quite long). And what a beautiful crowd waiting for the buses to arrive this was!! It felt sooooo good... seeing new faces and meeting again with the old ones....hehehehe NEVER TOO OLD TO ROCK N' ROLL!!!!!! INFO: 3.000 tickets were pre-sold in Thessaloniki only. 10 buses left the White Tower heading for the Rockwave festival on 06/25/2005 morning. The rest used trains, planes and automobiles. Approximately 25.000 people attended the concert. LONG LIVE BLACK SABBATH!!! We had two stretch-out stops.Imagine 600 hundred metalheads suddenly appear at Tembi and Kammena Vourla on their way to the Rockwave festival and fload the places!!! Awesome!!!! We were all in such a great mood ! I must say that all old (and i mean old) Sabbath fans had only one word in their mouth: "I feel i'm in my teens again". That sums it up alright regarding the spirit!!!! (And i'm sure i won't find any bus drivers having listened to so much Heavy Metal music, other than ours)... The doors opened at 15:30 am. Thus, by the time we arrived (about 5 o' clock in the afternoon) the "arena" in front of the stage was so packed, there was no chance of finding even a spot to stand.. (Sad for Jim cause he wanted to get as close as he could to the stage..Not possible, though he tried). The sun was freaking hot and the air was thick with anticipation.Thanks to the trees surounding Terravibe, there was more than enough shadow for those who wanted to hang around or chill out until Sabbath went on stage. Cause the truth is that this crowd belonged to Black Sabbath. A glorious night was about to begin. WASTEFALL -a Hellenic band- opened the concert at about 17:30 am and though they played only four songs, they managed to set on fire all the sunstroke metalheads in the arena (Hehehe) I really liked that solid thrashy power metal sound!! They should and did put a great performance- Hell, when you are opening for Black Sabbath , you just can't do any less !! (And Hellenic scene trully has too much to give. Alas!!!) Photo taken from their official site BLACK LABEL SOCIETY followed. Young metalheads approaching the stage.Dust raised from thousands pairs of feet which we all inhaled. They put out a great show. But as time went by, they sounded so Sabbathish and repetitive in what they played, they became monotonous.(Sorry Zak, you are a great guitar player and i love you still but...) And i'll quote Jim " they play very well but not even a single note is left there in your mind"- for that was a fact. They just made me wonder "why do i have to listen to them/ why don't Sabbath jump onto stage right now???" VELVET REVOLVER on stage and riot under it! Hmm..having almost all Guns n' Roses on stage was cool. As i am into that punk/dirty rock n' roll sound, i enjoyed their performance.. Slash playing his guts out, and that singer!!! (Scot Weiland i presume).... I wonder what his poison is! Hehehe.. i guess he has one to many.. Don't try to hide it dude....it shows!!!! And what was that talk about f...ing male asses right there on stage??? Hmm???Was that part of a song or..??? You were lucky nobody really understood or paid attention to what you were saying at the time!.... To wrap it up, the sound was great, they played only three songs from Guns n' Roses including "so easy" - i wasn't really there for the rest- (trying to get some Margaritas for me and Jim-who couldn't move with ease)- but since their singer appears to be so wild, why oh why would he have to imitate the postures and gestures of Axl? Well i guess it's cause they came "from Hollywood to kick" our asses - well guys , wrong asses... You left nothing but a hungry for Black Sabbath crowd! (I really loved the t-shirts offered by "Metal Hammer" magazine with the "SUMMER BLOODY SUMMER" logo on.I WANT ONE!!!) BLACK SABBATH at last!!!! We had some bets running while on the road regarding their opening song - I WON - Cause it was N.I.B, and not War pigs (the opening song in the Bulgaria gig two days before), or Iron Man, or...well it doesn't matter anyway cause i won the bet. This one was mere ecstasy....All people present with smiles of bliss, singing each and every song, Ozzy rested his voice leaving us singing N.I.B., Fairies wear boots (oh yes, we do), Dirty women, Symptom of the Universe, Iron Man,Wizzard,War Pigs..With the first notes of Paranoid all hell broke loose and when they played the Black Sabbath song , 25.000 lighters and several torches set the night on fire!! I couldn't feel the ground under my feet... Who could? Nobody, i tell you!! And that Ozzy! Falling on his knees and offering his respects to us all... When they said "goodnight, we love you all,god bless you" what could we do but beg for more..Children of the grave was a song too many for Ozzy i guess..but i'm not going to blame him. How many performers are there in his age,still giving it all like there's no tomorrow?? The original 4 on stage made magic once again... One of the rare times you get to see people of such different ages, joined together to witness the unexpected and long wished for. Paulo Coelho said in his Alchemist: "When you long for something too much,the whole universe conspires for you to get it". So it did once more!!! THANK YOU BLACK SABBATH!!!! "So you children of the world, listen to what I say If you want a better place to live in, spread the words today Show the world that love is still alive you must be brave Or you children of today are Children of the Grave." (Children of the Grave - Master of Reality 1971) P.S.: I regreted not taking my photo camera with me.I know i should disregard the rules stated on the concert ticket. (I think i was propably the only legit person that night) Dorian Jane Thessaloniki Hellas |
