Pop Evil at The Marquee Theater Tempe Arizona

Pop Evil At The Marquee Theater July 25, 2021

Michigan power rockers

Pop Evil

have finally returned to touring with a show at the Marquee theater in Tempe Arizona on July 25, 2021.

LIVE Music is back and what a perfect time for

Pop Evil!

These headline mainstream power rockers from Michigan hit the stage hard and this

Marquee

crowd was ready to get this party started. Organizing a tour is always a logistical challenge to say the least and

Pop Evil

found themselves faced with an even greater challenge than usual for this 2021 tour.

First off,

Pop Evil’s

rhythm section changed at the last minute with drummer

HayleyCramer

not able to get out of the UK due to a visa processing holdup with, you guessed it; COVID 19

.

Jason Hartless,

who is well known for his studio work including his work with legendary guitarist

Ted Nugent,

is filling in for

Cramer

until her return

(hopefully only a few weeks into this tour)

and he has previously toured with

Pop Evil

, so he’s a great fit for the band.

Also, the band’s long time bassist

Matt Dirito

announced over the second weekend in July, 2021 that he would be leaving

Pop Evil

, which led to hard rockin’ bassist

Joey “Chicago” Walser

filling in on this tour; best of luck

Matt.

The Marquee show was a good representation of

Pop Evil’s

material having culled songs from all six of their studio LPs to date. The set included so many fan favorites as well as some new tracks from their latest LP

Versatile

, including

Let the Chaos Reign, Survivor and Breath Again –

respectively.

Versatile

just might be the bands’ best LP to date and the songs from

Versatile

seemed to come out of the gate with an intensity that added extra fire to their set.

The Arizona Rock and Metal-heads were back and ready to party and for most of the night,

Pop Evil

had a circle pit raging on the floor right in front of the stage that was tearing through the audience like a reckless tornado. Just when you thought that the tornadic audience was at their apex……

Jason Hartless

broke into a kick ass drum solo where he exhibited thematic tom tom accents in between his lightning fast attack between the snare drum and tom toms. Off the heels of his solo,

Hartless

, took the band into the heaviest song of the night with an excerpt of

Metallica’s

For Whom The Bell Tolls

that featured

BRKN Love

vocalist

Justin Benlolo.

At one point in the show, front man

Leigh Kakaty

expressed to the audience that it’s been

“

way too long”

– not having the chance to get out and play live again! In the spirit of keeping things real, he also stated to the audience “We even had a vehicle breakdown on the way to Arizona” while telling the audience that his kick ass crew got things right on track with the repairs; He said, “There is no way that anything was going to keep

Pop Evil from

rockin’ the Marquee Theater!”

The band delivered a solid 13 song set, not including the drum solo and

Metallica

cover!! It was so great to see live music again and the Marquee crowd was on fire – everyone including the band was really energized to get out and rock once again!! Let’s Keep LIVE Music going! Don’t let this train stop now people!

Check out Pop Evil here! https://popevil.com/

Check out the Pop Evil Photo Gallery Marquee Theater July 25, 2021

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The Setlist from the stage: