{"id":56615,"date":"2017-09-01T00:00:48","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T00:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=56615"},"modified":"2017-09-01T16:51:28","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T16:51:28","slug":"news-alter-bridge-release-live-at-the-o2-rarities-compilation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-alter-bridge-release-live-at-the-o2-rarities-compilation\/","title":{"rendered":"ALTER BRIDGE Issue Lyric Video For Live Version Of \u2018Blackbird\u2019 (September 1st, 2017) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

ALTER BRIDGE Issue Lyric Video For Live Version Of \u2018Blackbird\u2019<\/strong><\/span>
\nSeptember 1st, 2017<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Orlando, Florida-based rock group Alter Bridge have released a lyric video for their live version of the track \u2018Blackbird\u2019, which can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Alter Bridge issue live album and rarities collection Live At The O2 Arena + Rarities<\/em> on September 8th, 2017 through Napalm Records.<\/p>\n

The performance in question was recorded on November 26th, 2016 at the O2 Arena in London, England, and is spread across two discs.<\/p>\n

The third disc, a rarities affair, features the never-before-released tracks ‘Cruel Sun’ and ‘Solace’ that were recorded during the One Day Remains<\/em> sessions (August 2004), as well as the track ‘Breathe’ from the same time period which was only previously available as a US retail exclusive through Best Buy. The seven remaining tracks were previously only available in Japan.<\/p>\n

In addition to a standard three-CD audio version, a limited deluxe edition versions (including a four-LP set and a CD \/ DVD Earbook) features an Alter Bridge documentary featuring extensive interviews with the band, their crew, and family, going behind the scenes at the aforementioned O2 performance.<\/p>\n

The track listing is as follows;<\/p>\n

CD1<\/strong><\/p>\n

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01. \u2018The Writing On The Wall\u2019
\n02. \u2018Come To Life\u2019
\n03. \u2018Addicted To Pain\u2019
\n04. \u2018Ghost Of Days Gone By\u2019
\n05. \u2018Cry Of Achilles\u2019
\n06. \u2018The Other Side\u2019
\n07. \u2018Farther Than The Sun\u2019
\n08. \u2018Ties That Blind\u2019
\n09. \u2018Water Rising\u2019
\n10. \u2018Crows On A Wire\u2019
\n11. \u2018Watch Over You\u2019 (solo acoustic)<\/p>\n

CD2<\/strong><\/p>\n

12. \u2018Isolation\u2019
\n13. \u2018Blackbird\u2019
\n14. \u2018Metalingus\u2019
\n15. \u2018Open Your Eyes\u2019
\n16. \u2018Show Me A Leader\u2019
\n17. \u2018Rise Today\u2019
\n18. \u2018Poison In Your Veins\u2019
\n19. \u2018My Champion\u2019<\/p>\n

CD3<\/strong><\/p>\n

01. \u2018Breathe\u2019
\n02. \u2018Cruel Sun\u2019
\n03. \u2018Solace\u2019
\n04. \u2018New Way To Live\u2019
\n05. \u2018The Damage Done\u2019
\n06. \u2018We Don’t Care at All\u2019
\n07. \u2018Zero\u2019
\n08. \u2018Home\u2019
\n09. \u2018Never Borne To Follow\u2019
\n10. \u2018Never Say Die (Outright)\u2019
\n11. \u2018Symphony Of Agony (The Last Of Our Kind)\u2019<\/p>\n

Alter Bridge\u2019s line-up is as follows;<\/p>\n

Myles Kennedy (vocals and guitar)
\nMark Tremonti (guitar)
\nBrian Marshall (bass)
\nScott Phillips (drums)<\/p>\n

A montage video was released for the live version of \u2018The Other Side\u2019. Featuring rare backstage clips alongside live performance footage from the band\u2019s 2017 appearance at Download Festival in the UK and from their 2016 sold-out show at the O2 Arena in London, the video can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Fifth studio record The Last Hero<\/em> was released<\/a> in October 2016.<\/p>\n