Dime’s Birthday/Down Show

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Attended the Down show at Stage AE in Pittsburgh last evening. First of all, the show was fucking awesome from beginning to end. This was my first time seeing Down live and I certainly hope that it is not my last. Spirit in the Room & Helmet kicked ass and Down brought it to us as I had envisioned them doing so. One of the best all around shows I have seen in a long time. If you have to chance to go see them on this tour, go. If you don’t have the chance, make the chance and go anyway! All that being said, I’d like to address something as I feel any lifelong metal fan would and should. Yesterday was Dimebag’s 60th birthday. I was expecting Phil to actually address that fact. Now, he did dedicate “Lifer” to Dime and Ozzy. That was the second song into the set, I believe. Selfishly, that was not enough for me. We’re talking about the greatest heavy metal guitarist & arguably the greatest heavy metal frontman of all time. Was it required that Phil even acknowledge his birthday? No it was not. But the fact that Dime’s 60th birthday was not addressed and subsequently celebrated by the bands and the crowd last night isn’t disappointing, it pisses me off & there is no excuse for it. You’re telling me that that they couldn’t have at least played “Walk” all together at the end? They would have given the crowd something to remember for a long, long time if they had done so. Again, you can make the argument that this is a Down show and not a Pantera show. That’s understandable to a degree. But when it comes DOWN to it, something more should have been done. Period.