It's a bit strange to see such a historical name of his, with almost half a century of career behind him, performing at lunchtime; the Tygers of Pan Tang, however, don't seem to care at all and, despite a mix that undermines the incisiveness of the guitars a bit, they immediately win over those present with a compact and spirited performance.
The oldest songs, although perhaps not well-known, are great little classics of the NWOBHM, and still shine today with a special light for lovers of those sounds.
Lucky, among other things, that the musical profile is so convincing, because if we had to base our opinions on the stage outfits...
Obviously, we're joking... even if Robb Weir's 101 Dalmatians shirt is difficult to digest.

A round of applause, however, to the frontman: very comfortable and confident vocally, as well as good at entertaining the audience, showing off a good command of our language... how do you say? Could it depend on the fact that he is from Florence? You might not be entirely wrong.

It is the other Italian in the lineup, the guitarist Francesco Marras, who marks the performance of the inevitable "Suzie Smiles", before the successful cover of "Love Potion No. 9" closes the set amid well-deserved applause.
If I were ninety years old (and with a revisable sense of modesty) I would write "the old tigers still roar"; being, on the contrary, still very young, I limit myself to a more aseptic "really good".



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