Lita Ford, Vixen and Chez Kane – KKs Steel Mill – 23rd July 2025

26 July 2025

A night of female oriented rock blasted the walls of KKs Steel Mill which also featured a poignant moment remembering the life of Ozzy who sadly passed away the day before.

Chez Kane

First up was Chez Kane a Welsh vocalist whose band blends melodic metal and classic hard rock, and has often citied female rock icons like Lita Ford and Vixen as her role models so she was in perfect company tonight. She defiantly impressed with vocal power and showmanship. There was a really large crowd already assembled to see her set, you could clearly hear her 1980s influences with songs like All Of it and Get It On. A really strong start to the evening, warming the crowd up nicely.

Set list

TOO LATE FOR LOVE

ALL OF IT

NATIONWIDE

LOVE GONE WILD

GET IT ON

ROCKET ON THE RADIO

POWERZONE

Photos by Andy Bradley

Vixen

Then was time for the legendary all girl band Vixen – although none of the original line up were in the band - with the current lineup being Britt Lightning - Guitar, Roxy Petrucci handling the drums since 1986, and Julia Lage - bass, with vocal duties now handled by Rosa Laricchiuta (since mid‑2024).

Their set was focussed on classic hits from Vixen (1988) and Rev It Up (1990), with a selection of covers including War Pigs and Still Of The Night and occasional newer material. They kicked off with Rev It Up and this set the tone for their whole set, Laricchiuta is a fantastic vocalist and leads from the front with her extraordinary vocal range. The KKs crowd were loving them and hit the right tone for the evening perfectly with massive crowd reactions, particularly to beloved tracks like Cryin’, Love Is A Killer and Edge of a Broken Heart. Britt Lightning – Guitar – is fantastic and is ably complimented by bass player Julia Lage with Not A Minute Too Soon being a particular highlight. This was a brilliant set and got the crown nicely warmed up.

Set list

REV IT UP

CHARMED LIFE

HOW MUCH LOVE

CRUISIN

CRYIN

NOT A MINUTE TOO SOON

COVERS - Runnin' with the Devil / I Want You to Rock Me / Perfect Strangers / What You're Doing / War Pigs / Still of the Night / Drum Solo / I Want You to Rock Me

HARD 16

LOVE IS A KILLER

EDGE OF A BROKEN HEART

Lita Ford

Then was time for Legendary Rock Icon Lita Ford who is in the UK for a limited run of shows, with people travelling from all four corners of the UK to see her show at a packed KKs Steel Mill. Lita delivered a blistering set of classic material proving that age is no barrier to rock excellence. Her voice was as impeccable as ever and the crowd were loving it, singing and jigging away.

The set was a mixture of old, new and covers starting with Gotta Let Go from her 1984 album Dancin On The Edge followed by mix of old and new with Larger Than Life, Relentless and also a nod back to her days with The Runaways with Cherry Bomb when they were joined by Chez Kane and Roxy Petrucci from Vixen on vocals which drew all parts of this amazing evening together.

There was also a really emotional moment when she played her song which she did a duet with Ozzy – Close My Eyes Forever – and Lita asked the assembled crowd to put their lights on on their phones to light it up for Ozzy and it looked a magical sight with a chant of OZZY, OZZY coming up together with a picture of Lita and Ozzy on the screen behind the band. I for one had a massive lump in my throat and really emotionally charged song.

The band finished with Kiss Me Deadly and the crowd left in a warm Wolverhampton evening having been thoroughly entertained.

Set list

GOTTA LET GO

LARGER THAN LIFE

RELENTLESS

LIVING LIKE A RUNAWAY

HUNGRY

THE BITCH IS BACK

PLAYIN' WITH FIRE

BACK TO THE CAVE

CAN’T CATCH ME

CHERRY BOMB