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| Lzzy Hale of Halestorm, Copyright Pete Troshak |
Halestorm
Electric Factory
Philadelphia, PA
12/27/2012
Halestorm returned to one of their home bases, Philadelphia, on Friday for the first time since they got nominated for a Grammy award. The group thrilled a packed house at The Electric Factory with a staggering two and a half hour, 29 song mega-set. It was one of a handful of special “Haleiday” shows they are playing during the holiday season. The show consisted two sets – a “light” acoustic set and a “dark” electric set.
The acoustic segment opened with the band all in white, sitting on stools in a row. Lzzy Hale (in a white flowing dress!) playing piano, Joe Hottinger on acoustic guitar, Josh Smith on bass and Arejay Hale playing percussion on a white wooden board. The band played some of their ballads and quieter numbers and three killer covers – “All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You” by Heart, “You Shook Me All Night Long” by AC/DC and “Gold Dust Woman” by Fleetwood Mac. The highlight of this set was Lzzy Hale alone at center stage, playing an acoustic guitar and singing “Hate It When You See Me Cry” – a B-side from the deluxe version of the album – while brother Arejay watched from the wings. Hale explained that she didn’t expect the positive reaction she received from the people who she let hear the song when she first recorded it, and that those reactions opened her up to writing more songs like it which ended up on the record. The “light” set closed with Lzzy again on piano playing the slow beautiful “Break In” to a spellbound crowd.
After a short break, the band returned to the stage for their electric set wearing their usual rocker garb, with Lzzy in a leather mini-skirt and jacket. The group opened their second set by tearing into “Mz. Hyde,” “Love Bites (So Do I)” and “Freak Like Me” taking the energy of the room to another level and not letting it down for fourteen more songs. Highlights included a stomping chant-along to the rarely played “Daughters of Darkness” and a cruching version of their signature song “It’s Not You.” They performed a hammering version of Skid Row’s “Slave to the Grind,” but the best cover of the night was a slashing, wailing cover of Judas Priest’s “Dissident Aggressor” with Lzzy ripping up the stage Halford style. They closed out with a pounding “I Get Off” and then encored with “Here’s To Us” and “I Miss The Misery” leaving every ounce of energy they had on stage and sending a smiling exhausted crowd out into a wintry night.
Halestorm returned to one of their home bases, Philadelphia, on Friday for the first time since they got nominated for a Grammy award. The group thrilled a packed house at The Electric Factory with a staggering two and a half hour, 29 song mega-set. It was one of a handful of special “Haleiday” shows they are playing during the holiday season. The show consisted two sets – a “light” acoustic set and a “dark” electric set.
The acoustic segment opened with the band all in white, sitting on stools in a row. Lzzy Hale (in a white flowing dress!) playing piano, Joe Hottinger on acoustic guitar, Josh Smith on bass and Arejay Hale playing percussion on a white wooden board. The band played some of their ballads and quieter numbers and three killer covers – “All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You” by Heart, “You Shook Me All Night Long” by AC/DC and “Gold Dust Woman” by Fleetwood Mac. The highlight of this set was Lzzy Hale alone at center stage, playing an acoustic guitar and singing “Hate It When You See Me Cry” – a B-side from the deluxe version of the album – while brother Arejay watched from the wings. Hale explained that she didn’t expect the positive reaction she received from the people who she let hear the song when she first recorded it, and that those reactions opened her up to writing more songs like it which ended up on the record. The “light” set closed with Lzzy again on piano playing the slow beautiful “Break In” to a spellbound crowd.
After a short break, the band returned to the stage for their electric set wearing their usual rocker garb, with Lzzy in a leather mini-skirt and jacket. The group opened their second set by tearing into “Mz. Hyde,” “Love Bites (So Do I)” and “Freak Like Me” taking the energy of the room to another level and not letting it down for fourteen more songs. Highlights included a stomping chant-along to the rarely played “Daughters of Darkness” and a cruching version of their signature song “It’s Not You.” They performed a hammering version of Skid Row’s “Slave to the Grind,” but the best cover of the night was a slashing, wailing cover of Judas Priest’s “Dissident Aggressor” with Lzzy ripping up the stage Halford style. They closed out with a pounding “I Get Off” and then encored with “Here’s To Us” and “I Miss The Misery” leaving every ounce of energy they had on stage and sending a smiling exhausted crowd out into a wintry night.
