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I can't seem to get into Stryper the way I love Petra. Maybe it's Sweet's voice. Anyway, I would still go for a S/P concert if it came to the southeastern US.

My body is ready...

I know I'm probably the only one, but I'm quite excited about this!!

Hopefully there will be some good bootlegs of this show.

Make sure to take good pix to add to John's website.

New and improved, since Petra found Cristianity...

Thief wrote:I know I'm probably the only one, but I'm quite excited about this!!

Give us an update on the show with set lists and such

I heard they're playing God Fixation from start to finish as their new setlist for the Puerto Rico show.

LOL Can't wait to see some pics/videos!

executioner wrote:Give us an update on the show with set lists and such

Petra Setlist
June 6, 2015
Tito Puente Amphitheatre, San Juan, Puerto Rico

• 1. Beat the System
  2. Dance
  3. Amazing Grace
  4. Creed/Johnny's Solo/Judas's Kiss
  5. Right Place
  6. Jekyll & Hyde
  7. Just Reach Out
  8. I Love the Lord/I Will Call Upon the Lord
  9. Beyond Belief
  10. Bob's Solo
  11. Lord I Lift Your Name on High
  12. He Came, He Saw, He Conquered
  13. I Am on the Rock
  14. I Waited for the Lord/Ancient of Days

Great concert. I took around 250+ pictures so bear with me while I work them around before posting them.

I think those were the best I got from Petra.

As for the concert, I thought it was great. Three local bands opened:

• Sacrosanct or something like that. Local Christian band in the heavy metal/progressive genre. I only listened to 1-2 songs cause they had already started when I got there. But what I heard it was good.
  Dragon Five or Dragonfly, not sure. Another local band, which was more of a curiosity since most of the members were around 8-12 years old. Decent skills, but they still have a lot to learn. They played mostly hard rock covers and one original song.
  Athaxia. A local heavy metal band. I had listened to them about 10 years ago, but they got back together. Pretty good, fast-paced sound a-la Iron Maiden or Helloween.

Petra started at around 9:30-9:45. They did a great show, mostly towards a hard-rock audience as you can see from the line-up. I really enjoyed their performance, John Schlitt sounded as clean as ever and engaged the audience perfectly, Lawry showed a lot of energy, Bob was his usual calm self but man, that guitar sounded great, and Greg and Christian seemed to be really into it and enjoying it. If anything, I felt a bit sad for the guys because most of the audience there were really waiting for Stryper, so although they gave Petra a warm welcome, I got the impression that most people there didn't care. Which is sad, considering the trajectory that these people have had. Still, that's just a side complaint. The important point is that I enjoyed it a lot. Heck, after they finished I was willing to go home and I still would've felt I got my money's worth.

Stryper started at around 11:30 and they really brought it. Hard, fast-paced rock. Sweet had a lot of energy on stage and they all sounded great. Lot of great songs, and probably the best 2-3 from their new album (which is pretty durn good).

Show ended at around 1:00am and at that moment I was reminded that I'm not 20 anymore

Thief wrote:I think those were the best I got from Petra.

As for the concert, I thought it was great. Three local bands opened:

• Sacrosanct or something like that. Local Christian band in the heavy metal/progressive genre. I only listened to 1-2 songs cause they had already started when I got there. But what I heard it was good.
  Dragon Five or Dragonfly, not sure. Another local band, which was more of a curiosity since most of the members were around 8-12 years old. Decent skills, but they still have a lot to learn. They played mostly hard rock covers and one original song.
  Athaxia. A local heavy metal band. I had listened to them about 10 years ago, but they got back together. Pretty good, fast-paced sound a-la Iron Maiden or Helloween.

Petra started at around 9:30-9:45. They did a great show, mostly towards a hard-rock audience as you can see from the line-up. I really enjoyed their performance, John Schlitt sounded as clean as ever and engaged the audience perfectly, Lawry showed a lot of energy, Bob was his usual calm self but man, that guitar sounded great, and Greg and Christian seemed to be really into it and enjoying it. If anything, I felt a bit sad for the guys because most of the audience there were really waiting for Stryper, so although they gave Petra a warm welcome, I got the impression that most people there didn't care. Which is sad, considering the trajectory that these people have had. Still, that's just a side complaint. The important point is that I enjoyed it a lot. Heck, after they finished I was willing to go home and I still would've felt I got my money's worth.

Stryper started at around 11:30 and they really brought it. Hard, fast-paced rock. Sweet had a lot of energy on stage and they all sounded great. Lot of great songs, and probably the best 2-3 from their new album (which is pretty durn good).

Show ended at around 1:00am and at that moment I was reminded that I'm not 20 anymore

Thank you for the pics and review. I think John sounds better then ever; It really looked like they were all having fun unlike during the Classic Petra shows.