HAIL! - Live Footage From Istanbul Featuring Whitfield Crane And Glen Drover Online
October 16, 2011, 13 years ago
HAIL! - the band featuring vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (DIO DISCIPLES, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) and guitarist Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA) alongside a rotating list of musicians, including drummers Paul Bostaph (TESTAMENT, SLAYER, EXODUS, FORBIDDEN) and Mike Portnoy (ADRENALIN MOB, DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD), and bassists James Lomenzo (MEGADETH) and David Ellefson (Megadeth) - performed in Istanbul, Turkey on October 15th at Kucukciftlik Park, featuring UGLY KID JOE frontman Whitfield Crane up front in place of Owens, and ex-MEGADETH guitarist Glen Drover.
The band's lineup for the Istanbul show was follows:
-- Whitfield Crane (vocals)-- Glen Drover (guitars)
-- James Lomenzo (bass)
-- Mike Portnoy (drums)
Drover has posted a pre-gig band photo on Twitter. Check it out below, along with live footage from the show.
The band's setlist on the night was as follows:
'Ace Of Spades' (MOTÖRHEAD)
'Walk' (PANTERA)
'Grinder' (JUDAS PRIEST)
'Sympony Of Destruction' (MEGADETH)
'Fairies Wear Boots' (BLACK SABBATH)
'22 Acacia Avenue' (IRON MAIDEN)
'Diamonds & Rust' (JUDAS PRIEST/JOAN BAEZ)
'The Four Horsemen' (METALLICA)
'Dirty Deeds' (AC/DC)
'S.A.T.O.' (OZZY OSBOURNE)
'Heaven and Hell' (BLACK SABBATH)
'Running Free' (IRON MAIDEN)
'Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?' (MEGADETH)
The band commented on the show: "The show in Istanbul was amazing. Despite the constant rain, the fans were once again great in welcoming us back to Turkey.
This first-time lineup of James Lomenzo, Mike Portnoy, Whitfield Crane and Glen Drover had the opportunity to experiment with a bunch of new songs and despite only one day of rehearsals we slammed it hard! Before the show, we did a photo meet-and-greet and it was great to meet more fans.
We love meeting all of you and sharing this communal celebration whereever we go. Our fans are always so gracious, friendly and super-excited that no matter where we are they make us feel loved by showing their tremendous appreciation for what it is that we are committed to doing. Tonight we even had one fan come up with a the idea that because of our fist logo we should call our fanclub, HAIL!'s Knuckleheads! What does everybody think? Fists in the air — raise your knucks high!
We had a great time in Turkey again — the people rule, the food is delicious, the culture is historically diverse and the people who put this together were excellent.
"Special thank you's go out to Erdem for once again making it all possible, our new 'mom' Seyda (and her hub) for taking such wonderful care of us, Adnan, Bugra, Drum Guy, Mehmet, all the press people and fans — tessukur erderim!"