Concert photography in 2011 overall provided exceptional opportunities to cover a vast array of live performances spanning many genres and venues with various scales of production. Somewhat surprisingly, the larger tours came with increased restrictions including many rights grabs releases, unfavorable shooting positions, and tour production favoring the low power, color imbalanced, and cost effective LED lighting.
At 63 years young, the often imitated and never duplicated founder, creator, and godfather of all thinks shock and awe in the world of rock and roll brought his 2011 No More Mr. Nice Guy Tour to the capacity crowd at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center in Atlanta Ga. Indeed, there is still only one…and his name is Alice.
One of the many great things about the annual Progpower USA festival is the unique performances that often surround the event. Progpower USA XII in 2011 was no different as Germany’s Vanden Plas performed an intimate acoustic set in the afternoon of the festivals final day featuring Vanden Plas originals and some of the bands favorite covers including Locomotive Breath (Jethro Tull), Boat on the river (Styx), Music Was My First Love (John Miles), Father, Far Off Grace, How Many Tears, and Holes in the Sky.
Touring in support of his New York Times Bestseller “Seven Deadly Sins: Settling The Argument Between Born Bad And Damaged Good” – Slipknot frontman and Stone Sour founder Corey Taylor delivers a unique three hour evening of spoken word, story time, audience Q&A, and a personal selection of the artist’s hits and cover selections in acoustic form to a full house.
The lovely and multi-talented singer, songwriter, and composer Tori Amos performs during the artist’s 2011 “Night of Hunters” tour at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center in Atlanta, Ga
Blues rock guitarist and vocalist Joe Bonamassa performs to a sold out crowd at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center in Atlanta, Ga during his 2011 Dust Bowl world tour.
Multi-talented Norwegian artist Ihsahn delivers a crowd favored performance supported by 2010 favorites Leprous at Progpower USA XII.
Australia’s Melodic Progressive Metal artists Voyager perform during the 13th Annual Progpower USA Festival.
New York based Creation’s End kick of Day 1 of the annual Progpower USA festival in Atlanta, Ga.
Sweden’s Darkwater delivers a progressive metal set spanning the groups first two albums “Calling the Earth to Witness” and “Where Stories End” during Day of Progpower USAXII in Atlanta, Ga.
Allen Ross Thomas is an Atlanta, Ga based music photographer available for concert, promotional, portrait, and editorial coverage for local shows, national tours, multi-day festivals, and international music events.
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