Once in the hall it wasn't long before the first of the two support bands, the local Divide Issue hit the stage, bursting into their four power metal song set.  Unfortunately the sound wasn't quite right and it was all a bit muffled but once it was sorted out the band put on a decent show of newly tried songs that seemed to set the crowd up for the rest of the night.

Next up were Crimes of Passion and all I can say is to Dale "Do I love myself or what" the singer is, you were at The Cluny not the Arena!  There weren't thousands of fans watching and screaming for you, sorry.  He was a cross between Bruce Dickinson and David Lee Roth with a touch of Spinal Tap thrown in, but again the sound was all wrong and his vocals were drowned out.  But once it settled he proved that he had a decent voice that mixed well with the melodic rock the band played that had the crowd nodding their heads in unison, but it was due to the antics and patter of Dale that made it hard to take him seriously though the band as a whole did enough to win quite a few people over eventually.  It will be interesting to see them again!