Magnum - Live at the Symphony Hall (2019)

Magnum are set to start the year with a 15 track live album Majestic Hard Rock at it`s best, recorded at the Symphony Hall Birmingham, their home town! The evening was preserved for posterity on a 2-Digi-CD, on 3-LP-gatefold vinyl. Spurred on by their audience s raucous cheers, Magnum entered a sort of playing frenzy, intoning hits like How Far Jerusalem , Vigilante , Don`t Wake The Lion (Too Old To Die Young) or The Spirit and proving without a shadow of a doubt that the newer songs from their 2018 studio album Lost On The Road To Eternity, namely Peaches And Cream , Show Me Your Hands , Lost On The Road To Eternity' and Without Love' also make for absolute terrific live performances at rock anthem level. Star guest Tobias Sammet (Avantasia, Edguy), too, was swept along by this enthusiasm and the blazing interaction between the musicians and their Birmingham audience when he went on stage for Lost On The Road To Eternity to lent energetic support to vocalist Bob Catley just like he did for the track s studio recording. All that's left to ask now is what makes Live At The Symphony Hall any different from former Magnum live recordings. Bob and I have been in this band for quite a while now, but we ve never lost our passion for Magnum , Clarkin elaborates. We want to keep learning new things and are open to tips and advice. That s why we constantly revise our old songs, sometimes we play them a bit faster, sometimes a bit slower, we change a solo here and a part of the melody there. That way we not only keep our audience interested but also our own enjoyment in these pieces alive. There isn t a more fitting way to describe the magic that happens on Live At The Symphony Hall.