By far the enjoyable and entertaining gig I've ever been to (and I've been to a fair few). I was laughing and smiling ear-to-ear throughout the set, such is Devin's energy and enthusiasm even at the tail-end of his tour. He announced that he was running at about 40% of his brain capacity - if that's the case I'd love to see him at 100%!
We got a great variety of songs including favourites from Epicloud, Infinity, Deconstruction, Terria, Ziltoid the Omnicient and Addicted. Devin obviously loves being onstage and has great respect for his fans. Instrumental pieces were flawless from The Project as a whole, and the solo from "Deep Peace" was amazing. The combination of heavy songs and humour (causing headbanging and laughing) is one not to be missed
Whilst the stage crew were removing Fear Factory's gear and setting up DTP's stuff we were treated to a projected show: zTV. This included lots of strange clips from the internet and TV as chosen by Ziltoid himself, who starred in some of them. This kept everyone laughing right up to the point when Devin sprang onstage. This is the first time I've been thoroughly entertained even before the band gets onstage, a great use of downtime that I wish more bands would take note of.
Even after getting two dead-legs from standing still for four hours we left the venue with big grins to accompany our cowboy walks. If you get the opportunity to see The Devin Townsend Project, do it hu-mans, you won't regret it... indeed. Now, where's my coffee...
HMV Ritz @
- Manchester @
- Sat 15 Dec 2012 @
Favourite moment: "Bad Devil": Devin was joined onstage by two fans, one girl dressed as a devil (Vampira?) and a guy dressed as a banana. @
Setlist: Supercrush!, ZTO, Planet of the Apes, Deep Peace, Vampira, Juular, Liberation, Lucky Animals, The Mighty Masturbator, Grace, War, Bad Devil, Many more. @
Opening act(s): Tesseract, Fear Factory @