Every summer one of my favorite venues in Munich, the Backstage, is hosting the Free & Easy festival. That’s 18 days of free shows on different stages inside and open-air. Last year they had bands like Combichrist, Hardcore Superstar and Armored Saint. This year also drew some awesome bands. I was able to get there on three nights, first one July 31st, where The Dead Daisies played a smaller stage, the Club and Lionheart had their last ever Munich show at the Halle.
Stage times of both bands collided, so I chose to start off with The Dead Daisies and in between switch to Lionheart.
I got to the venue way before the different clubs opened for the audience. Since the whole area is open for public, it’s much more crowded than on usual concert nights. So when I got there, people were already queuing for The Dead Daisies. Usually there’s opening bands, but The New Roses, that were at first set to play before TDD, switched to the midnight gig, so fans in there had to wait a bit longer until the fun started. The Club was packed, even the gallery was full with people. Usually that space is not for the general audience, at the F&E everything is a bit different. So since there were more people than usual, it was also way hotter than usual. When the band entered the stage to start off the show, they were greeted by a loudly applauding audience. No need for an opening band to get the crowd going there. The audience was mixed age wise, though the average age was a bit older than usual. But you could also spot younger fans that were into the band very much. Many sang along the lyrics. TDD, consisting of five exceptional musicians, played a perfect set. They played older songs and also stuff from the by now released newest piece ‘Make Some Noise’.
The Dead Daisies will be back in Europe in November/December, but first they will be out on tour with Kiss, starting August 12th. Make sure to catch them live on tour. For fans of hard rock at its finest a MUST.
So I left a bit earlier to catch some of Lionheart’s show next door. Go check the pics and review of that show here: Concert Review Free & Easy Festival, Lionheart.
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~ Review and Photography by Alex Bock, https://twitter.com/abphotomjp
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