Celebrating Meat Loaf

In 1977 appeared Bat Out of Hell, the album with which Meat Loaf and songwriter Jim Steinman created a completely own universe. A record that brought rock, musical and bombast together in songs that almost fifty years later still effortlessly fill arenas. Met Celebrating Meat Loaf brings that music to life again. On the program are classics such as ‘Paradise by the Dashboard Light’, ‘Two Out of Three Ain't Bad’ and of course ‘Bat Out of Hell’, brought by musicians who know these songs from the inside out. An important part of the cast was part of The Neverland Express, the official backing band of Meat Loaf, for years. Under the direction of guitarist and musical director Paul Crook, a fixed force within Meat Loafs live band for years, this production reaches back to the sound and energy with which the songs originally traveled the world. Frontman Andrew Polec takes care of the vocals. He previously played the lead role of Strat in Bat Out of Hell: The Musical on West End and built a strong reputation as an interpreter of the work of Jim Steinman. His background in both rock and musical theater makes him a logical choice for a repertoire that has always existed somewhere between concert and theater. Fifty years after the release of Bat Out of Hell, the appeal of this music remains intact. The big choruses, dramatic stories and uncompromising excess sound just as compelling today as they did then. For those who grew up with Meat Loaf, for those who only recently discovered the records, and for everyone who likes to disappear into grand rock songs that spare nothing.