Live Review: Thin Lizzy At The Olympia

There was an electric atmosphere in the sold-out Olympia for what was the final Dublin performance of this Ricky Warwick-led Thin Lizzy.

Just a couple of months ago the band announced they will not release new material under the name, and so the greatest incarnation of Lizzy post-Phil will be moving on to a different guise.

The lights go down, the Lizzy logo lights, the opening chords of 'Are You Ready?' blast out….let the adventure begin. And what a thrill ride it is. The outfit have been gigging intensively all year and this is evident in the tightness of the performance. Warwick has also grown in confidence and is a commanding frontman.

The classics are all present and correct, ‘Emerald’ is a full-on sonic assault, ‘Jailbreak’ is explosively raucous, ‘Still In Love With You’s guitar solos (the chemistry between Scott Gorham and Damon Johnson shines here) are a thing of brilliance and ‘Whiskey In The Jar’ sees sundry sing-a-longs and fist pumps. Throughout it all Brian Downey keeps things together at the back in his inimitable fashion (#under-ratedrockdrummerswhoaregodlike).

The evening is brought to a roof-raising finish with a majestic ‘Black Rose’ dedicated to Gary Moore.

Sublime.

Live photographer Beatrix was in the Olympia last night to capture all the action, and you can check out all the photos from the show over here on Hot Press.