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by TUCKER on 4/17/24Thunder Bay Community Auditorium - Thunder BayApril wine concert was great sold out event I always liked seeing April wine
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April wine concert was great sold out event I always liked seeing April wine
Glad to have finally got to see them. And at the Burt. Best venue. Great sound and energy. So many songs. Loved the way they performed their solos.
Show time was 7:30. First, a local bar band comes out as an "opening act"and plays until 8:10-8:15. Then they spend 15 minutes tearing down their gear. "April Wine"comes out at 8:30. There is one guitar player, Brian Greenway, who played with April Wine from '77 to '86. Bass and drums started with the band in 2011/12 and the lead vocalist, doing the Myles Goodwyn job, started with the band in 2023... So, for my money, this was a cover band doing April Wine material.. I felt terribly cheated, as I did when "Foreigner"showed up at the same venue a few years back with no members of Foreigner... I understand everyone gets old and band members pass on (R.I.P. Myles, and wishing Mick Jones the very best in his Parkinson's battle), but buying the band name and using it for ticket sales is plain dishonest. The venue shouldn't allow this to happen. I left a half hour into the April Wine show, when 3 of the musicians left the stage so the drummer could do a solo.. I thought those went out of style in '78..
The concert was excellent, good seats with a great view of the stage.
Wow, I wasn't expecting that!!!!! It was a damn good show.
Seems all they wanted to do was hear themselves play solos....very few old original songs
I wasn't sure what to expect but what a great experience. Absolute quality performance. The venue was nice, small and the staff was friendly. Well worth the price of admission.
April Wine was a good show. Good play list showcasing their songs. The voices aren’t quite there but acceptable. I felt like I was transported to the late 60’s and 70’s; that’s a good thing. Some great rock song performances with great guitar licks, drum solo and harmonica playing! Overall a good show. Nice venue.
I think that the venue needs to work on their speakers. Loved both of the bands, but we were hearing a lot of feedback not sure if it was because the room was not full, but really diminished the quality of the sound.
The band was spectacular! The drummer blew me away