I've never posted here but Stratovarius is now in our country and I want you guys to know how did it go...they kicked ass!
I saw the show on Wednesday in Osaka, the first day of the Japan tour.
The venue sucks- the stage is only 30cm high and only people in front row or 2nd row can see the stage properly and when I saw other band there people were pushing each other until you can’t breath…that sucks a big time! But this time that venue was on my side-I could see the stage in 2nd row. I was standing at the edge and Timo Tolkki was playing guitars only 1 meter away from me. I could see band members from their heads to toes, I could see everything, that was excellent!
Besides, they usually don’t fail to come to the edge of the stage. I could shake hands with Timo Kotipelto while he was singing
and Lauri Porra when they’re leaving the stage I thought they would only touch our hands but they did hold our hands one by one for some seconds, and that was tight what a great band! I could see that Timo was wondering whose hand to hold next before he held my hand As we can see in the video clip of “Hunting High And Law”, the way Timo Kotipelto performs is really cool, and he was the same when playing live. The way he acts on the stage was also really cool!I thought he's a real star, not only an excellent singer.
Lauri smiled to the crowd so many times which made us feel happy too.
The show was really hot, setlist was awesome, I could take really good position to see the show, I could shake hands with band members, and I wasn’t pushed by the crowd at all, …what can I ask for more?? This is definitely the best show I’ve ever experienced!
Seeing shows are so addictive…since it was the first day of their Japan tour, Shows in Nagoya and Tokyo followed and I wanted to see them again so much which is not easy for me to go other cities...
That was a hot and great show, you made us really happy, thanx Stratovarius!!!
The show started with “Hunting High And Low” which made the crowd really excited and pleased from the start.
setlist:
Hunting High And Low/ Speed Of Light/ Kiss Of Judas/ Maniac Dance/ Destiny/ Against The Wind/ Bass solo / Coming Home/ Twilight Symphony/ United/ Father Time/ -encore- Paradise (only chorus part) / Forever/ Eagle Heart/ Black Diamond
If I complain one thing they didn't play "Will The Sun Rise" which is my top favorite, but I know they have heaps to perform and something has to be dropped.
I already can't wait to see them again. As Timo said, See you somewhere!
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