TWISTED SISTER
HELLFEST - Clisson, France
June 19, 2010

Twisted Sister was back in France after 24 years of absence!
Can you believe it? Since the reunion took place in 2003, they have toured almost every year in Europe, but until now, no show had been scheduled here.

As the Twisted Sister guys don’t wear makeup anymore on stage, this means that there was no Twisted Sister classic show in France.

So, Twisted Sister’s comeback to France is the first reason why this show was historical.

The second reason is the weather!
I’ve seen Twisted Sister 5 times before plus a Dee Snider solo show and it always rained!

At Sweden Rock 2003 the weather was great but it began to rain just before Twisted Sister show (which was the last concert of the festival).

Twisted Sister’s Intro was a mix of 3 well known standards: AC/DC’s It’s a Long Way To The Top (as usual), and Rainbow’s Man On The Silver Mountain.
A great way to do a tribute to Ronnie James Dio from the beginning!
The last song on the medley was Twisted Sister’s own Come On And Play, a sentence that the audience kept screaming louder and louder... until the band came out and play!

What a pleasure to see Twisted Sister again on stage!!
And what a surprise to see them wearing black clothes instead of their Glam Rock stuff!

Jay Jay French was in great shape that afternoon. He spent the whole show moving from one side of the stage to the other, and spent some time right in the middle looking at the audience.
His guitar had a great sound.

Mark The Animal Mendoza is still the heavy weight champion of the rock’n’roll bass players!
None hits his instrument like he does, and that’s part of the unique Twisted Sister sound!

Eddie Fingers Ojeda stayed most of the time on his side but moved to the front in a few occasions.
He might not be a guitar hero, but his solos sound great and he’s got a nice bluesy style.

A.J. Pero is still amazing on drums. The guy hits like thunder and grooves like a tornado!

Dee Snider was as usual in very good shape. Running and headbanging all the time doesn’t affect his voice.

I’ve always said that he’s one of the best frontmans in Rock and Metal. Probably even the best, and he proved it once again tonight.

The setlist was quite classic for a one-hour show, but the managed to play a couple of surprises: Captain Howdy and Rainbow’s cover Long Live Rock'n'Roll.

To introduce this Long Live Rock'n'Roll, Dee went in front of the Mainstage 2 (located just left to the mainstage 1, where TS was playing) to talk to the people that were waiting for Immortal.
He stated something like
“Hey you, stop talking. First, the Immortal singer is here behind, watching our show.
And second, this a tribute to Ronnie James Dio, and without Dio there would be no Immortal!”.

As you can imagine We’re not gonna take it was one of the highlights of the show, but it wasn’t like in Germany or Italy where people kept singing the chorus during and after the show.

Here, people sang, danced, asked for more, but didn’t continue singing after the show.

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Setlist Twisted Sister – Hellfest Festival - Clisson, France – June 19, 2010

01. Come Out and Play
02. The Kids are Back
03. Stay Hungry
04. Captain Howdy
05. You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll
06. The Fire Still Burns
07. We're Not Gonna Take It
08. Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
09. The Price
10. Burn in Hell
11. I Wanna Rock
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12. S.M.F.

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