Irish Examiner view: Paradise by the Dashboard Light
Meat Loaf performing onstage at Live at the Marquee Cork in June 2008. Picture: Miki Barlok
Heaven will be a noisier place tonight after the death of the American monster of rock Meat Loaf, the king of the power ballad.
Michael Lee Aday from Dallas, Texas, made a legendary tour of Ireland in 1989 playing in some unlikely venues such as Conna Castle in North Cork, Neptune Stadium in Cork City, and in Castlebar, Mayo. Other Irish dates included Tipperary and Dublin.
