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July 19, 18:02, posted by Crumbs.
Source: Blabbermouth.net

Robb Flynn Celebrates 58th Birthday In Athens, Greece

MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn celebrated his 58th birthday with a special bash Friday night (July 18) at Gazarte in Athens, Greece. Flynn, whose actual 58th birthday is on Saturday (July 19),played a set of cover songs — among them classic tracks from METALLICA, SLAYER, JUDAS PRIEST, IRON MAIDEN and SEPULTURA — with a band that included Jimmy Rokko (SCAR OF THE SUN) on guitar/vocals, Nick Velentzas (ACID RAIN) on drums, Johnny Thermos (THE SILENT WEDDING) on keyboards and Vageliss Karzis (WOLFHEART) on guitar.

Earlier today, Flynn shared some fan-filmed video of last night's event (see below),and he included the following message: "My Bday Bash last night in Athens was absolutely mind blowing. I'm still processing it all. Such an absolutely jaw droppingly amazing crowd, it really was an incredibly special night. Much love Athens.

"Wanna give a massive shout out to the band members who jammed with me, everybody's brought their A-game, and came in so prepared and so well-versed and flexible, it really was an absolute pleasure jamming with all of these fine gentlemen. Give a shout out to Nick on the drums @nickvell Thanasis on the bass @thanasistbalexis Jimmy Rokko on guitar/vox @jimmyrokko John on the keys @johnnythermos WOLFHEART guitarist Vaggelis on guest guitar @vaggelis.k Simos on guest guitar @simosxal the might Seth from SEPTICFLESH @sethsiroanton and Kostas on guest vocals @ and Mirando on guest vox @papahead72 . Thank you to the promoter @madeofstoneprods and @gazarte for hosting me Lastly, I gotta give a MASSIVE shout out to my man Simos… This whole crazy dream of mine of having a birthday bash in Athens Greece would not have been possible without the hard work, massive effort, and organizational mastermind of this dude, thank you so much for putting this all together brutha.

"Should we do this again next year? Maybe in a different city?"

Setlist here >>