PRIMAL FEAR Bassist Mat Sinner On ROCK MEETS CLASSIC 2014 - "I'm Back From The Most Exciting Tour Ever"
April 8, 2014, 10 years ago
The 2014 edition of ROCK MEETS CLASSIC - featuring ALICE COOPER, members of URIAH HEEP, JOE LYNN TURNER, KIM WILDE and MIDGE URE (ULTRAVOX) - wrapped up on April 5th in Dresden, Germany. PRIMAL FEAR bassist Mat Sinner, the tour's official Master Of Ceremonies, has checked in with the following update:
"Home, relaxing in the sun! What a year so far - the new Primal Fear album charted in Germany on #13 and in seven other countries. Now it’s only early April and I’m back from the most exciting tour ever and could play 'Poison' with Alice Cooper, 'Easy Livin'' with Mick & Bernie, 'Cambodia' with Kim Wilde, 'Stone Cold' with Joe Lynn Turner, and of course 'Vienna' with Midge Ure with my fantastic band, a headbanging orchestra, in 20 cities with sensational audiences. Plus I could make some great new friendships for a lifetime. Dreams Can Come True!"The Mat Sinner Band includes Primal Fear members Mat Sinner (bass/master of ceremonies), Alex Beyrodt (guitars), Randy Black (drums), Ralf Scheepers (backing vocals), and also features TRILLIUM / AVANTASIA's Amanda Somerville (backing vocals), Avantasia's Oliver Hartmann (guitars), VOODOO CIRCLE's Jimmy Kresic (keyboards), Tiffany Kirkland (backing vocals), Kolinda Brozovic (backing vocals), and Sascha Krebs (backing vocals).
On March 14th, the Rock Meets Classic European tour landed in Würzburg, Germany. Fan-filmed footage of Cooper's entire set is available below. The setlist was as follows:
'House of Fire'
'No More Mr. Nice Guy'
'Only Women Bleed'
'Welcome To My Nightmare'
'Poison'
