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He later sees another sign held up by another fan. He reads
it, “You got me through four emergency eye surgeries.” He adds
the thought, “We should sign that. Anyone got a Sharpie around
here?” before, “Thank you for your sign. I love it.”
John asks how many people have never seen the band be-
fore. There are quite a few hands in the air. “What’s wrong with
you people?” he jokes. “Do you think the problem is that we don’t
come to Birmingham enough, because we only come to London?”
There’s a cheer of ‘Yes!’. John then sings an Ozzy Osbourne lyric
in Ozzy’s voice, before adding, “I want to come to Birmingham
more often.” We definitely think that he and the band should.
“I wrote this song about the hardest time of my life. How many
people would agree that music, especially rock ‘n’ roll, helps you
through your dark times?” There’s a cheer. “We don’t hate other
music, it’s just not as good as rock ‘n’ roll,” he adds. “It’s not that
we hate it, it’s just… it’s the best!”
He dedicates ‘Hero’ to his hero, Jesus Christ. Jen comes out
from behind the drum kit to join him in singing the song, which
helps make the song a high point of the set. Her vocals gives the
song an enchanted element.
The whole set is captivating. There’s a guitar solo by Seth be-
fore ‘Psycho In My Head’. The 20-year-old ‘Comatose’ receives a
great reaction, while the punchy ‘Monster’ is on fire. The set is
wrapped up with the empowering, faith-inspired ‘The Resistance’,
in which John sings, ‘This is how we rise up. It’s our resistance,
you can’t resist us’.
We definitely couldn’t resist Skillet tonight.
YYYYY
Shari Black Velvet

Skillet Photos By Shari Black Velvet

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