Anniversaries are pretty cool lifetime events. However, I think I've reached the point where anniversaries are beginning to make me feel rather old. Such was the case this past Saturday night when Symphony X was in town to headline a concert at the Théâtre Corona. They were in town as part of their 25th Anniversary tour, which is pretty cool on one hand because it bring back so many good memories of listening to their music. On the other hand, it means that in the blink of an eye, 25 years has passed, seemingly in the flash of a stage light. While most bands saw their activity shut down due to COVID, Symphony X had a much bigger problem when lead singer Russell Allen was involved in a serious bus accident. He received a large roar of appreciation from the crowd while mentioning how hard the road to recovery
had been. Those same fans had been roaring for a while. Due to the above mentioned incidents, it had been almost six years since their last visit to town. As the lights dimmed, the crowd got louder and louder until the band finally hit the stage. Gone was the trauma of bus accidents and pandemics, all replaced by the rabid energy of a live crowd, happy to see their heroes back up on the stage. For a few hours at least, for both the fans and the band, all was right with the world. That's probably exactly what both needed. The first photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/125sec ISO 1600 at 55mm and the second photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/40sec, ISO 1600 at 24mm. Here are several more photographs that I took during their performance.
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