Evanescence Inglewood Concert reviews
Very Impressed
Slash put on an amazing show opening for Evanescence!! Lucky to see the greatness of his talent, we were, as he's known for being one extreme or the other (great or terrible). Very very good was his singer, who is also on his solo album. Definitely an act to watch for and go see anytime... just hope that Slash is "on" that night. Everyone was surprised and very excited that he played a few GNR classics, which I hadn't thought he legally could because of rights or something. No matter who else he's touring with, we'll definitely go see him again.
We went to the show for Evanescence, as I am a huge fan, and the sound quality wasn't great. That was strange because during Slash's show it was as good as can be expected for this venue. He was good, but not as good as other times I've seen him. On the plus side, the stage set-up he had included a platform, making it possible for everyone in the standing-room-only crowd to see him. One of the new songs he performed was Kings and Queens, which we really liked and hope he releases soon. After the first couple of songs, they didn't really use the strobe lights, a totally unnecessary effect, IMO, and we were glad they toned it down. Great (as always) was Steve Stevens, and Slash came back onstage to perform L.A. Woman (which they changed to Chicago Woman, totally cheesy), and it was great to watch and hear the 2 guitarists getting into it. We left after 1hr 45min, but heard later that Evanescence kept going for quite a while after that. He took several breaks while Steve did long solos and/or the band kept going without him, which I don't recall him doing that say, 10 years ago. Almost 55 years old, he is, so I'll cut him some slack lol. More muscular now than 30 years ago, he is, so he's doing something right.
Slash played for about an hour and 15min; Evanescence 2hrs or maybe a little more than that even, so a great value for the money!