Rating: 
Summary: Great performance / Disappointing DVD
Review: Well I don't wanna get you wrong,that is Hackett, Colbert and Thompson are still producing great music, instead John Wetton, even remaining an excellent musician and one of my old master in prog music, has decide to change radically route about his own musical projects. In fact he's making tasteful -not always inspired- pop and aor albums, but it seems He's not interested to prog music anymore (see also the failure concerning the reunion with Carl Palmer in the ensemble created with John Young - "QANGO"). Anyway this concert, whose digital production in DVD is excellent, will be pass to the "hall of fame of the best rock concert" and it's a special occasion to remind us of the great prog music produced by the 70's english bands like King Crimson and early Genesis! Moreover you can see in action great musicians like J.Colbert,Ian McDonald and C. Thompson, whose collaboration with Zappa, Wheather Report and son on,are a fine presentation!! Well I think of every prog fan being always involved when a splendid supergroup like this can perform live on stage some of the best 70's material. Instead when you listen to some pop hit by Asia and Wetton, which gets the set lighter, you remain interested, because the latter material is quite pleasant anyway, but you should like to listen to some other complex tracks of progressive music.
This DVD is higly recommended!!
Rating: 
Summary: Great performance of the band,afterwards Wetton changed idea
Review: Well I don't wanna get you wrong,that is Hackett, Colbert and Thompson are still producing great music, instead John Wetton, even remaining an excellent musician and one of my old master in prog music, has decide to change radically route about his own musical projects. In fact he's making tasteful -not always inspired- pop and aor albums, but it seems He's not interested to prog music anymore (see also the failure concerning the reunion with Carl Palmer in the ensemble created with John Young - "QANGO"). Anyway this concert, whose digital production in DVD is excellent, will be pass to the "hall of fame of the best rock concert" and it's a special occasion to remind us of the great prog music produced by the 70's english bands like King Crimson and early Genesis! Moreover you can see in action great musicians like J.Colbert,Ian McDonald and C. Thompson, whose collaboration with Zappa, Wheather Report and son on,are a fine presentation!! Well I think of every prog fan being always involved when a splendid supergroup like this can perform live on stage some of the best 70's material. Instead when you listen to some pop hit by Asia and Wetton, which gets the set lighter, you remain interested, because the latter material is quite pleasant anyway, but you should like to listen to some other complex tracks of progressive music.
This DVD is higly recommended!!
Rating:
Summary: John Wetton Is Such A Great Performer
Review: While I loved this concert DVD, I want MORE! Of course, I'm more of a John Wetton fan than a Steve Hackett fan but Hackett is brilliant in this show. I think it would be great if Wetton took a page from Hackett's book and does a show like this one of his own -but revolving around his material. The only drawback is the fact that "Watcher of the Skies" was the best performance in this concert but was played at the very beginning which is like having dessert first. The way the stage is lit at the beginning is awe-inspiring, though. The stage is shot with a Rembrandt-like golden light and the floor is covered in billowing dry ice clouds. It looks almost like the band is performing on top of a cloud at sunrise! For those who want great music played by great musicians, this is for you. For those who want a band that prances around the stage, this is NOT for you, but maybe I can recommend something by NSync or Brittney Spears...
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