I remember the day that I got the call; “you won 2 tickets to see Meat Loaf!” I felt like I had won the jackpot as his iconic music had flowed through my life for years, especially during the ultimate heartbreak of unrequitted love. I felt a real connection especially to the lyrics.
Sadly, he cancelled the show due to illness. As time passed by, I kept hoping that I would get another opportunity to see him live, but in 2022, he was whisked away, just like a bat out of hell.
Now in 2025, I finally had my chance to wear my bat necklace with pride and practice my pelvic thrust.
Meatloaf alumni band members from The Neverland Express with powerhouse vocalist and American Idol Winner, Caleb Johnson, rocked Caesars Windsor with their homage to the rock and roll hero himself, Meat Loaf. An added bonus after intermission was a little tribute to the cult classic film; The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Highlights of the night for me:
👉The tribute to Meat Loaf on screen with interviews, and clips of his early acting days in Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, Fight Club and of course, Rocky Horror Picture Show.
👉Caleb singing his entire heart out during I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That) and Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad.
👉 Singer Lyssa Lynne and Caleb had awesome chemistry together performing a crowd favourite, Paradise by the Dashboard Light.
👉The Neverland Express alumni – world-class guitarists; Randy Flowers and Paul Crook. They were just incredible.
👉Everyone standing up doing the iconic Time Warp together.
Was everything perfect? No. There were some noticeable sound distortions happening on stage and I wish there would have been some more theatrics during the second half for honouring to RHPS. Tell me Caleb wouldn’t have looked sizzlin’ in at least some bold makeup, a mesh shirt, or heck even some high heels while singing Sweet Transvestite?!
Overall, it was a fun show and worth seeing – thanks to Jay and Jamie for the double date!! Although I never got the chance to see Meat Loaf perform, Caleb’s infectious energy was as close to having all my rock and rolls dreams come through.
