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Setlist:
1. Intro - The End
2. Medley: On Your Knees/Inside The Electric Circus/Hate To Love Me
3. L.O.V.E. Machine
4. Wild Child
5. Take Me Up
6. Chainsaw Charlie (Murders In The New Morgue
7. Widowmaker
8. Sleeping (In The Fire)
9. The Idol
10. I Wanna Be Somebody

Encore:
11. Heaven's Hung In Black
12. Blind In Texas

July 4th, 2009

After seeing W.A.S.P. at Metalway Festival in Spain, I decided to see them again in Pinarella di Cervia, Italy. Long, long trip to reach the location, but it was worth it. This time, the fact that the band was playing for their very own fans, and not for a random festival crowd seemed to bring much more energy to the members, they all seemed to be more relaxed. I had the chance to see the show from the first row (right in front of bassist Mike Duda and a couple of metres away from the singer Blackie Lawless). The venue was very small, but full of fans, who were totally impatient to show their love to the band. After the first two notes, the madness began: people pushing and pulling here, there and everywhere, and the whole place was hot as hell.

The setlist was full of classics, as usual: from Wild Child to I Wanna Be Somebody and Widowmaker. Maybe I would have preferred to hear something more from the latest albums, too, but the show was so great that it was difficult to have something to complain about. Blackie’s voice sounded better than ever, same for the instrumental parts. As promised by the band, anyway, they didn’t play Animal (F**k Like A Beast), despite the requests of the public. Not that I missed that one so much. Instead, we had an encore with the beautiful Heaven’s Hung In Black from
Dominator, the last album, and the classic Blind In Texas. A great conclusion for one of the best shows I’ve ever seen.