Maximum Volume were at Stonedead this year to catch The Dead Daisies finishing off their tour with a blistering set in front of a sold out audience. Check out their review below.

There are certain bands that, wherever they are on the bill, act like they are headlining and The Dead Daisies are one of those.

Afforded what isn’t far off a full set, they are arena rock in a festival setting.

“Long Way To Go”, “Rise Up”, or the title track to last autumn’s “Light ‘Em Up”, all of them soar into the evening sky. Largely this is down to the California cool of Doug Aldrich and John Corabi.

The latter being back has made them a very different band from the Glenn Hughes version, and it’s difficult to imagine them doing “Mexico” or “I’m Gonna Ride” a few years back.

Covers are an important part of what they do as they are the rock fans rock band if you will. Their version of “I’m Going Down” rocks up a blues classic, while “Fortunate Son” and The Beatles’ “Helter Skelter” gives it a proper singalong to end.

This closes The Dead Daisies UK tour – it won’t belong before they are back. David Lowy’s troops belong on stages.