Being spoilt with great concerts at the moment, and last night it was the turn of the fantastic Steve Rothery Band up at the Klub Progresja in Warsaw.
And the Marillion guitar maestro and his band served up a real (over two-and-a-half hour) treat:
The gig was very nicely organised into three parts, starting off with the band doing tunes from their 'Ghosts of Pripyat' album, from which 'Old Man of the Sea' and 'White Pass' were always going to be my favourites:
And the man himself, gave us a non-stop demonstration of deeply melodic, sublime guitar work:
Also really liked how the band genuinely worked as a band:
And after a short break, Martin Jakubski joined the band on stage to do 'Misplaced Childhood' all the way through (something I wasn't expecting):
But my favourite part of the evening's entertainment was the last third when the band did a wonderful assortment of Marillion goodies, including 'Slainte Mhath'; 'Cinderella Search'; 'Sugar Mice; and 'Afraid of Sunlight' (was really nice to see a Hogarth-era Marillion tune in the set):
But the two tunes that brought the house down were 'Fugazi' (probably my favourite Fish-era Marillion tune) and 'Incubus', as the band absolutely nailed these.
And at the end of a really wonderful evening, the band were taking their fully deserved plaudits:
Yeah, almost three hours of first-class Prog, Monday (or any other) evenings don't come any better than this.
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