ANVIL Kicks Off North American Tour In Cleveland; Video Available

January 8, 2010

Canadian metal legends ANVIL kicked off their 2010 North American tour last night (Thursday, January 7) in Cleveland, Ohio at the House Of Blues. The band performed an 85-minute set to a very large crowd despite blizzard conditions. Cleveland metal acts DESTRUCTOR and ETERNAL LEGACY provided support at the gig.

ANVIL guitarist/vocalist Steve "Lips" Kudlow made good on his stage promise to meet with all the fans after the show. "You all know everything about me," he said. "Now it's time for me to get to know each and every one of you better." He stayed in the venue well over an hour after the band's performance hanging out with members of the audience until the very last fan had left. Lips plans on doing this for the rest of the tour. He said he wants to break down the walls between bands and fans and make everyone feel part of the ANVIL family.

"It was great to see so many fans come out in the very poor weather conditions," said WJCU "Metal On Metal" host Bill Peters. "The local news reports were telling everyone to stay home and keep off the roads.

"The energy level was there from start to finish. The crowd noise was deafening at times.

"ANVIL were quite taken back by the response, which was intense even on Cleveland ANVIL show standards. What was most encouraging was to see so many young fans in attendance. The band is winning over a whole new generation of fans with the success of [ANVIL's acclaimed 'Anvil! The Story Of Anvil' documentary].

"Cleveland has supported this band for a very, very long time. We're all enjoying the good things that are happening to them now as much as they are. What could have been a disaster with the weather, in a big downtown venue, turned out to be an overwhelming success. You could not have asked for a better kick-off to their tour.

"This short movie has a very happy ending!".

ANVIL's setlist was as follows:

01. March Of The Crabs
02. 666
03. School Love
04. Winged Assassins
05. This Is Thirteen
06. Mothra
07. Flying Blind
08. Thumb Hang
09. White Rhino
10. Mad Dog
11. Forged In Fire
12. Metal On Metal

Encore:

13. Jackhammer

Fan-filmed video footage of the "Metal On Metal" performance from last night's concert can be viewed below.

ANVIL has played Cleveland more times in its career than any other U.S. city.

Some markets on the ANVIL tour will still have the "Anvil! The Story Of Anvil" movie shown before the band's performance. Others will have local acts open instead of the movie.

The tour runs through mid-February.

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