Guitar Clinic was amazing. He fucking played Terminal!!!! And I held his guitar, and he signed Addicted. Fuck yeah.
Review of the gig:
So yeah, best day of my life. Almost got to sing Bend it Like Bender on stage with Devin, but the goddamn guard stopped me before I could get over. I think about 8 people went on stage to sing it with him.
Here's the setlist:
1. Addicted!
2. Supercrush!
3. Kingdom
4. Deadhead
5. Truth
6. OM
7. By Your Command
8. Ziltoidia Attaxx!!!
9. Life
10. Earth Day
11. Bad Devil
12. Color Your World
13. The Greys
*Jam*
14. Deep Peace
15. Bend it Like Bender!
My favourite songs of the night were Supercrush, Earth Day, Life, Bad Devil (best live song ever), Truth, and Deep Peace.
I loved the way the gig started. Before the intro, the first three songs of Iron Maiden's Brave New World played, and then started Ziltoid Radio. On it was Barbie Girl by Aqua, Gimme More by Britney Spears, an interview with Lars Ulrich, and Mambo No. 5 by Lou Bega. Then, on the projectors, came a video of Ziltoid dancing to Chiquitita by Abba (I think) and telling lots of dirty jokes and then introducing Devin himself.
During the gig, Devin was simply sensational. He's easily the best performer I've ever seen in my life. His tendency to divert from conventional concert techniques is a breath of fresh air. After the last song of the main set (Bad Devil), he told everyone that this is the part where the band goes backstage and everyone shouts for them to come back on, "while assuming that they won't". When he came back on for the encore he said "We weren't gonna come back". And then after that encore, they played another encore in which I nearly got to climb on stage.
Honestly, even if you don't listen to Devin that much, you can't pass up an opportunity to see him. His jokes will keep you amused - even if the music doesn't, which it should. The sound is pitch perfect - but maybe that just because of the venue more than anything else - and his voice is always ready to unleash a fury of anger and jackassery, while remaining available for the mellow moments.
I would post pics of the gig, but my phone ran out of battery, so I wasn't able to take any pictures.
Here's a picture of my signed copy of Addicted.I can't wait to see him again. Hopefully the next time isn't far away. I might even go to Bloodstock just to see him.