of Bowling for Soup ’ s classic original tracks such as ‘ High School Never Ends ’, ‘ 1985 ’ and ‘ Girl All The Bad Guys Want ’, as well as their cover of the Fountains of Wayne hit ‘ Stacy ’ s Mom ’. It was time for the main event ; Steel Panther ran onto the stage with a high level of charisma , and opened their with their big hit ‘ Eyes of a Panther ’. Somehow , Steel Panther always know how to project their high levels of energy across to their audience , and you could certainly feel this from the get go ! Michael Starr and the band have established themselves as the comedy band of the Metal genre , and they never fail to disappoint the audience with hilarious one-liners and stories in between their tracks . As the band are currently in the process of recording their 4th studio album , this tour was to showcase hits from their previous 3 studio albums , and they certainly did this on a big scale ! Including the encore track ‘ Party All Day ( Fuck All Night )’, the audience were treated to a big 16-track set list including ’ 17 Girls In A Row ’, ‘ Asian Hooker ’ ‘ Girl From Oklahoma ’ and many more highlights including a spellbinding guitar and drum solo from Satchel ! Overall , this night ended a small , yet special UK arena tour in style , and Steel Panther showed just why heavy metal is certainly not dead in the Music industry !
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