Dio concert review; June 7th, 1997 by Steve Mignardi

The following is a review of a Dio show on the fourth North American leg of Angry Machines tour, originally e-mailed to me.


From: hlydiver@netcom.ca
Subject: DIO @ AGORA THEATRE CLEVELAND,OHIO 07/06/97
Date: Sun, 08 Jun 1997 20:45:46 -0400

THIS WAS MY FOURTH DIO SHOW OF THIS TOUR(DETROIT,TORONTO,BUFFALO)AND BY FAR THIS SHOW JUST BLEW ME AWAY.

THE AGORA THEATRE IS SMALL(I'LL GUESS CAPACITY 1500) THEY HAD AT LEAST 2000 PEOPLE PACKED INTO THIS PLACE.THE FOYER WAS FULL AND DURING THE SHOW I WENT TO GRAB A COUPLE OF BEER AND EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE IN THE FOYER COULD NOT SEE THE STAGE.THEY WERE STILL ROCKIN'AND SINGING TO THE MUSIC. I'M SURE THAT THEY HAVE CHANGED THE SET A LITTLE FROM THE PREVIOUS SHOWS BUT I DID NOT WRITE THE SONGS DOWN SO I CAN'T BE 100% SURE(BONES SAYS THEY HAVEN'T)

THE ENTIRE BAND WAS FANTASTIC.PERFORMED EXCELLENTLY.ALL THE SOLOS WERE PERFECT,VINY AND LARRY(BONES)EXCELLED FROM PREVIOUS SHOWS BUT TONIGHT IT WAS TRACY G. TRACY PUT ON A CLINIC. HE WAS FLAWLESS IN HIS PERFORMANCE AND HELD THE CROWD TOGETHER FOR THE ENTIRE SOLO.

RONNIE WAS ONCE AGAIN AT THE TOP OF HIS GAME. I NOTICED TONIGHT HE WAS ADDING A LITTLE MORE TO EACH SONG AND DESPITE THE HEAT IN THE THEATRE HE SEEMED TO BE GIVING A LITTLE MORE THAN USUAL.THE FANS WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE EFFORTS OF THE ENTIRE BAND. EXCEPT ONE ASSHOLE WHO RIPPED THE CROSS OFF RONNIES NECK WHILE HE WAS SHAKING HANDS WITH THE FANS.HE GOT THE CROSS BACK AND AFTERWARDS WHILE SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS AT THE BUS HE WAS GIVEN A NEW CHAIN FROM ONE OF THE FANS.ALL IN ALL IT WAS AN EXCELLENT NIGHT AND CLEVELAND WAS PRESENTED WITH A GREAT EFFORT.

STEVE MIGNARDI (TORONTO)
hlydiver@netcom.ca


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