Concert Review Free & Easy Festival – July 31st, 2016, Part 2: Lionheart

So I left The Dead Daisies a bit earlier to catch some of Lionheart’s show next door. I checked the Halle a few times that night to get a glimpse at the opening bands and the later the night, the hotter it got there. The temperature outside was by far colder than inside, so at first I had to clean the fog from my lens a few times, because it felt like a sauna in there. Five seconds in and you were drenched. Lionheart played a really powerful set, tearing down the place. The crowd was in a constant mosh-pit and towards the end of the show, there was almost constant crowd surfing. They poured their heart and soul into it, Rob Watson, their singer, thanking the crowd more than once for twelve awesome years. He even jumped into the crowd himself, surfing along. You could really see that they played to have fun and everyone could feel that.

The band announced that they will call it quits after over a decade of recording and touring.

“Toured with some good bands, toured with some bad ones. Met some great people, and some complete idiots. Started this band in a living room in San Francisco and ended up getting to see the world. Seen a million bands, scenes, trends, and people come and go- now it’s our time. Everyone has jobs or careers that make doing this (even part time) next to impossible. One more EP, a split with one of our favorite bands, and some final US shows will be announced soon. The current Canadian & European dates will be our last shows in those territories.

Thank you for everything- this was one hell of a ride.” -LHHC – May 2016 on facebook

The Munich show was supposed to be the last date they would be playing in Europe, but just today the band announced a second round of European dates for October/November 2016.

So for those who couldn’t make it to Part 1 of their farewell tour, go catch them on round two. You won’t regret it.

I’m really glad I could catch that final Munich show, although there’s always a sad side to it too. But life’s about changes. Good thing with music is, that there’s always some great tunes left behind. And you can check on the pictures and get some impressions of a really hot night: