Queensryche – Live at The Ritz, Manchester

This tour for Queensryche was always about re-establishing themselves and recovering some of the sacred ground that’s been lost in a decade at least of mixed material much below par of what they are capable of. Eddie Jackson quoted recently that the re-incarnation without former lead singer Tate feels like a rebirth, and seeing them live tonight they actually look like they are enjoying it all again.

The set list has specifically been centered around the first five albums, both for stronger material and to show the fans where they know what they want, a few songs from the latest album are thrown in and the fit seamlessly into the set showing the strength of the new album. There are noticeable differences without Tate, the theatrics for one, and Todd la Torre is much more straight down to business with the Music,  but  playing eighteen songs of good material I guess doesn’t leave much time to waste……..

8/10

Set List

Queen Of The Reich
Speak
Walk In The Shadows
The Whisper
En Force
Child Of Fire
Warning
Where Dreams Go To Die
A World Without
The Needle Lies
Prophecy
Roads To Madness
Fallout
My Empty Room
Eyes Of A Stranger
Empire
Jet City Woman
Take Hold Of The Flame