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BLAZE BAYLEY Photos by Noel Buckley
Blaze Bayley
hits Camden on a Saturday night in support of the new album Promise and
Terror, just released on his own Blaze Bayley Recordings label. This is
the second full studio album from this line up of the band. The band are
now currently half way through the 20 date UK leg of the tour and by now
are sounding as sharp as Blaze's sideburns.
Chants of
Blaze! break out from the crowd in between songs throughout the set and
the man himself seems genuinely touched by the reception. The amount of
Iron Maiden t-shirts worn by members of the audience, and the reception
they give him, show that he's still very much regarded as a member of
the Maiden family. And those fans are loyal.
The rest of
the set features selections from the three Blaze albums with Blood and
Belief and the excellent Stare At The Sun whipping up the crowd into
sing along mode before it's time for a couple of Blaze-era Maiden tunes.
Bayley spent
five years with Iron Maiden, and quite rightly expresses the pride he
has in that era of his career. Man On The Edge (remember that on Top Of
The Pops?), and The Clansman keep the audience singing along and the
Maiden fans happy.
As the set
nears its climax, the band seems to find an extra gear. They up the pace
with two tracks from the 2008 The Man Who Would Not Die album - the
title track and the excellent Robot. These are particular highlights of
the set for me. A rip-roaring encore of Kill & Destroy completes a most
successful night's work for the band.
Review by
Jim Rowland
Photos by
Noel Buckley
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