Concert Review - The Rasmus
22/07/2006 Estepona, Malaga
Background
When
Stevie Wonder wrote “Hotter than July” I’m sure he must
have been vacationing around the “Costa de Sol, as amidst a
heat wave, temperatures on the day of the concert, rose to nearly
40 Celsius!
With
this in mind we set off to see “The Rasmus” a Finnish
commercial rock act in the town of Estepona in Malaga
province.
“The
Rasmus” are mainly
known for their hit single “In the Shadows” which came
from their fifth album “The Dead Letters” which has to
date sold over a million and a half copies worldwide,
As a follow up the band have released
‘Hide From The Sun’ with stunning tracks such as “No
Fear” and “Night after Night”
The Concert.
First
to perform was the support act, a local band called "Estirpe".
A heavy rock outfit, with technological overtones, they played
for about 45mins or so as from 10.20 or so. We were pretty impressed
at the raw energy this band overflowed and were also quite amazed
at the singers antics, which included climbing onto the speaker
towers !
Once
they finished and after the lengthiest setup and band change
I have ever witnessed. (More than 30mins) “The Rasmus”
came on at 11.30...
Starting
off with the infectious riff to “night after night” their
set kicked off to the roar of the crowd. The band played all
their hits from “Dead Letters” and “Hide from the
Sun” and also some older songs... including one song in
their native Finnish tongue.
Below
is a complete set list:
Set List
- Night After Night
- Lucifer's Angel
- Guilty
- Shot
- Still Standing
- Bullet
- Immortal
- First Day Of My Life
- Heart Of Misery
- Keep Your Heart
- Broken
- In My Life
- Funeral Song
- Sail Away
- No Fear
- In The Shadows
- Encore:
- Rakkauslaulu
- Don't Let Go
The
overall sound quality was superb and the band was really tight
musically. Some sound effects and keyboards layers were used
possibly from a minidisk or sampler as no keyboard player was
present, but the rest of the instruments were played live.
For the Gear
Spotters
Bass
Equipment: Warwick
6 string bass with Warwick amp,
Guitar
Equipment: Yamaha
AES guitar with 2 x full line 6 stacks.
Other
Notes: In ear monitors
used.
Summary
A
great concert indeed.
By
Ernest H Slade
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