Live At The Symphony Hall

Every music lover knows that the closing concert of a long tour is always a very special event. For weeks in advance the audience has been able to read up on how much the band has been celebrated in their previous concerts evening after evening and they are all the more excited to see their heroes with their own eyes. After having played those numerous concerts, the band is in excellent shape, perfectly attuned to one another and of course they want to outdo themselves with this final show. One of those tour finales took place on 19 April 2018 inside Birmingham`s Symphony Hall. It was there that the British rock band Magnum completed their Road To Eternity tour, which consisted of 42 concerts, and performed at the highest level. The evening was preserved for posterity on a 2-Digi-CD, on 3-LP-gatefold vinyl and as a digital download and is set to be released on 18 January 2019 by Steamhammer/SPV. “A truly magical evening”, guitarist Tony Clarkin confirms, “especially seeing as the show was a sort of home game for us, since all of us are from around the area between Birmingham and Wolverhampton, although during the last 20 years we have performed in Birmingham only once. In this respect it was a special moment for Magnum in more than one way.” According to the occasion, band members Tony Clarkin, vocalist Bob Catley, bassist Al Barrow as well as their two newest members keyboarder Rick Benton and drummer Lee Morris confidently played their way through a well-chosen mix of classics and newer songs, which rather successfully join the ranks of the band`s long tradition of atmospheric rock songs. Spurred on by their audience’s raucous cheers, Magnum entered a sort of playing frenzy, intoning hits like ‘How Far Jerusalem’, ‘Vigilante‘, ‘Don`t Wake The Lion (Too Old To Die Young)‘ or ‘The Spirit‘ and proving without a shadow of a doubt that the newer songs from their 2018 studio album Lost On The Road To Eternity, namely ‘Peaches And Cream‘, ‘Show Me Your Hands‘, ‘Lost On The Road To Eternity' and ‘Without Love' also make for absolute terrific live performances at rock anthem level. “It’s well-known that there`s a huge difference between studio and stage”, Clarkin explains. “In a studio a band has numerous tries to make a song sound perfect. On stage however, you only get one try. Of course, if that one succeeds, the studio version gains a whole lot of additional adrenaline and enthusiasm which makes it that much more lively, enthralling, unique.” Star guest Tobia