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Concert Review: Blue Oyster Cult, Burton Cummings Theatre, Winnipeg, MB, Oct. 28, 2007

Written by Triniman
Published November 10, 2007
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Early on, fans were shouting out for "Don't Fear The Reaper" and Eric Bloom responded, "Oh, we're going to play all that stuff, don't worry. You are going to stick around for a while, right? I mean, It's not every day we're here."

Songs played included "Summer of Love," "O.D.'d on Life Itself," "Burnin' For You," "Shooting Shark," "ME 262," "Cities on Flame," "Golden Age of Leather," "Black Blade," "The Last Days of May," "Godzilla," "Don't Fear The Reaper," "Hot Rails to Hell," and "The Red and the Black."

Opening for the band was Alverstone, a young, local band that are obviously into The Ramones, Strokes, New York Dolls. They received a fair amount of applause and while are promising, are not quite ready to headline.

Overall, this was a very fine classic rock concert.

During some numbers, there were three guitarists grooving really loud. I don't know if they are having much of a career anymore, in the last 20 years, but they are still touring and recording and still bridge the gap between the sound of heavy metal and hard rock, without having to rely heavily on cliches to keep them going.

Yes, Eric Bloom played a cowbell during "Don't Fear The Reaper," and yes, the audience went nuts for that song.

I would see them again in a heartbeat. Unfortunately, they had no merchandise for sale. They could have easily sold hundreds of t-shirts to the mostly older crowd.

My rating for this show is 4.5-out-of-5-stars.

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Concert Review: Blue Oyster Cult, Burton Cummings Theatre, Winnipeg, MB, Oct. 28, 2007
Published: November 10, 2007
Type: Review
Section: Music
Filed Under: Music: Classic Rock and Oldies, Music: Hard Rock, Music: Live Concerts, Music: Metal
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#1 — November 10, 2007 @ 13:44PM — JC Mosquito

I saw the original band on the Reaper tour back in... whenever - late 70's? In Regina, SK - just about next door to ya in the 'Peg. At the end of the night, a New York roadie came out and beat the snot out of a heckler in the front row.

Yep... don't mess with New Yawk roadies... and I saw Jonathan Richman offer to take a buncha college boys out back and thrash 'em. Don't mess with the guy that wrote Roadrunner, either.

#2 — November 11, 2007 @ 06:14AM — Tim Hall [URL]

By random coincidence, I put on a BOC T shirt this morning.

Wonder when they'll next tour the UK? Last two times the played it was in clubs with a capacity of 300 or so, but both times the sold out.

What puzzles me is why some oldies acts can still play larger venues despite not having released anything new of significance for years, but others are reduced to playing tiny clubs.

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