Thursday 15th of December Uriah Heep visited Athens Greece as the last stop for the 50 year anniversary tour which began early on 2022.Actually the band celebrates 52 years from the year there was formed and had the first album but due to the lock down they started the tour this year.The nice surprise they had for the friends of the band was that they made a two parts concert to express the feelings of the songs and the band members.The first part was an acoustic part that didn't sound to good idea to me when i first read it but when i listened to it changed my mind and surprised me with it's dynamic.That part lasted 55 minutes and had 10 songs from the first and their newer albums that were played fantastic from Mick Davey Phil Russel and Bernie
Acoustic set
When the acoustic set finished the crew of the band changed the stage set very fast to prepare the electric part.The band came on stage on full power and played for 90 minutes songs that we all love from their 52 year history. Mick Box was on fire with his guitar filling the sound with his heavy riffs and playing his great solos Davey Rimmer with his fantastic bass playing was keeping the back of the band along with Russel Gilbrook superb drumming Phil Lanzon magical keyboards and organs and the multi colored voice of Bernie Shaw which changed to cover all the previous singers of the band from earlier years gave us a night to remember.At the beginning and during the break for the stage changes we had the chance to watch videos from the wishes that send many many musicians around the world.
Electric set
Mick Box at the end said that they wanted to finish the tour at a country that loves them and they love made some jokes about the cold weather they found in northern countries and how warm Athens was and renewed our appointment for next year.
SET LISTS
P.S. Many thanks to John for giving me his card from the 2019 concert here which i also watched
Video from Gina
Fotos Gina Cronos