A band can’t reinvent their show from one day to the other, everybody knows that.
Says who?

Well, going from seeing Bullet at KB in Malmö the one day, to seeing Bullet at Stars in Vordingborg the next, there was certainly more than one thing that had changed.
For the first thing, the concert hall Stars was quite a bit larger than the last one, and the fact that the promoters of the show, Vordingborg Rock, had put a lot more work into it was not to be missed.
This was actually without a doubt the most worked out ‘normal’ concert I have ever been to, with several features one normally only get to see at festivals. Before and in between bands there was a conferencier, opposite the wall with the official Bullet merchandise there was a long table with vendors of different stuff more or less mandatory for a metalhead (maybe it was just the one vendor with a large selection, I’m not sure) like pins, shocking stockings, dead dolls and others. Out in the hall, next to the wardrobe there was a tattoo shop set up, and I noticed several of the guests walking with protective plastic around their arms, so it was obviously in full business.
So apart from the fact that the support bands weren’t really of Bullet’s calibre (when are they ever?), the whole show oozed of quality from the first step inside the door. Heck, there was even arranged an after-party in the pub right next door, but now I’m getting ahead of myself…

So what about Bullet?
Well, the setlist was the exact same one as the day before, it was even written on a piece of the same poster as the other one had been (don’t ask me how I know…), so no surprises there, but the show. The show was a different story altogether.
As this was the only show in Denmark, and as they had the place for it on the much larger stage, the boys had decided to go all in! The glowing Bullet logo hung majestically above the drums, the Highway Pirates sign was placed in front of the impressive speaker-rack, and to add on top of this they had included four flame-throwers! Not Rammstein style, but the ones that stand on the floor and spew flames straight up into the air.
Bullet had even modified their band presentation to please the natives, so that this time Adam Hector did not arrive into the band straight from a Poland ferry as he had in Malmö, but in the words of Dag ‘Hell’ Hofer; ”The only thing positive about our visit to Christiania was that we found Adam lying in the gutter”. Well, that teaches us we should always keep our noses down, doesn’t it? Never know what you might trample on…
Even though the songs came in rather quick succession, there was still time for Hofer to come with some amusing remarks once in a while, to keep the audience entertained. As if further effort even was needed, I would like to say.

Ok, so the crowd was definitely a bit harder than what I’ve seen at other Bullet shows, but my guess is that not all who had shown up for the concert were very, or maybe even at all, familiar with the band and their music. But on the other hand, they certainly gained the largest response of the night, and all who so wished could easily scream along to the songs. That’s the beauty of pure, uncomplicated heavy metal, something which Bullet are masters at delivering.

So, could a show be reinvented or not?
I would have to say yes. Although the songs were the same, and the great atmosphere and energy of the band was the same, they did in collaboration with the great team of people who had arranged for all of this, create nothing short of a night to remember. Bullet did good.

Setlist:

Highway Pirates
Back On The Road
Turn It Up Loud
Stay Wild
Down And Out
Rambling Man
Roadking
Heading For The Top
One Deal With The Devil
Heavy Metal Dynamite
Pay The Price
Dusk Til Dawn
Bite The Bullet