{"id":401725,"date":"2018-11-06T13:54:09","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T13:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=401725"},"modified":"2018-11-07T14:51:05","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T14:51:06","slug":"review-john-5-and-the-creatures-deliver-a-kick-ass-great-show-at-the-forge-in-joilet-il","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2018\/11\/06\/review-john-5-and-the-creatures-deliver-a-kick-ass-great-show-at-the-forge-in-joilet-il\/","title":{"rendered":"[REVIEW] John 5 and The Creatures deliver a &#8220;kick-ass great show&#8221; at The Forge in Joilet, IL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/john-5-creatures-go-venue.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"401737\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2018\/11\/06\/review-john-5-and-the-creatures-deliver-a-kick-ass-great-show-at-the-forge-in-joilet-il\/john-5-creatures-go-venue\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/john-5-creatures-go-venue.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"550,307\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"john-5-creatures-go-venue\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/john-5-creatures-go-venue.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/john-5-creatures-go-venue.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-401737 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/john-5-creatures-go-venue.jpg?resize=550%2C307&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"John 5 and The Creatures Famous Monsters Tour 2018\" width=\"550\" height=\"307\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 550px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 550\/307;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On November 1, John 5 and The Creatures took their #FamousMonstersTour show, with <em>Hellzapoppin&#8217; Circus Revue<\/em> and <em>Wednesday 13<\/em>, to Illinois. They played a show at The Forge in Joilet.<\/p>\n<p>On hand to watch the show was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govenuemagazine.com\/concert-review-john-5-and-the-creatures-hit-the-chicagoland\/?ref=john5site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Go Venue Magazine<\/a> and they have written a review of the evening.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Going through riff after riff the energy of the crowd continued to increase song after song. In unison, the fans start lurching back-and-forth and thrashing together. The energy of this place increases and the smile on <strong>John 5<\/strong>\u2018s face, even underneath all that stage make up, grows exponentially. I have got to say this guy really enjoys what he does and brings an energy to any space he occupies. It is simply enthralling to experience.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the review in full here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.govenuemagazine.com\/concert-review-john-5-and-the-creatures-hit-the-chicagoland\/?ref=john5site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">govenuemagazine.com\/concert-review-john-5-and-the-creatures<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tickets and VIP are still available, but are SELLING FAST! Don&#8217;t miss out!\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">john-5.com\/main\/tour\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read the review from the John 5 and The Creatures show at The Forge in IL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":401737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[779,781,13,559,780],"class_list":["post-401725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-famous-monsters-tour","tag-hellzapoppin-circus-revue","tag-john-5","tag-john-5-and-the-creatures","tag-wednesday-13","tw-post-no-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/john-5-creatures-go-venue.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qFj4-1Gvr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":311731,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2018\/06\/28\/john-5-announces-famous-monsters-tour-this-fall-with-the-creatures-special-guests\/","url_meta":{"origin":401725,"position":0},"title":"John 5 announces &#8220;Famous Monsters&#8221; 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