Once again we arrive at the doors of Rock City in Nottingham again as earlier this year to witness the rock n roll phenomenon that is Blackie Lawless and WASP.

But first of all it’s the support, or guest slot, this time filled by Infobia who you wouldn’t give a second glance to if they wandered around amongst the crowd before the gig but you would after.  I must say I was very impressed by the band themselves, but more so by the vocals of the lead singer, who for a small guy has an impressive vocal range and a sound that is a mix between Paul D'ianno and Geoff Tate. Even though they only played a short set of thirty minutes it was thirty minutes of pure no holds bared rock n roll.  A band that are well worth checking out for the future.

And so to the main event after the usual setting up of the now infamous mike stand, (which gets a cheer every time it is brought on to the stage and is getting to be a bit of a celebrity it is own right), the stage is set once again for Blackie and the rest of the boys.

Although is has only been less than six months since I seen WASP at this very venue, I was still really looking forward to tonight's gig.  Once again Blackie has the support of Darrell Roberts on lead guitar, Mike Duda on Bass, and the grand stature of Stet Howland on drums.  This formation I hope will be a long standing one, as they seemed to gel so well together.

The band enter the stage to a rapture of applause from the crowd and then go straight into a medley of 'Helldorado', 'Electric Circus' and 'Hate to Love Me'.

With the set containing a wider variation of songs to that of the last tour, this actually increased my enjoyment of the show.  The inclusion of tracks like 'The Headless Children' and 'The Real Me' were a real treat to the ears. These mixed in with the more familiar tracks like 'L.O.V.E Machine' and 'Animal' which would be sacrilege to leave out of the show.

The new album 'Neon God Pt 2 The Demise' was only represented by the playing of two tracks from it, the first being 'Come Back To Black', and second being the album opener 'Never Say Die'.  Both of which went down well with the crowd and I got the feeling more of the album would have also been equally welcomed by the crowd.

I don’t often go to see a band twice in such a short space of time, unless they really impressed me first time round, and WASP really impressed me first time round and continued to do so here tonight.  The theatrics might have gone from the stage show but this only puts the enfaces on the music, after all that’s what matters to most people.  If it hadn't been that this was the last date the band were playing in the UK this year, I would have gladly gone see them again.