The Cult played to a packed house Tuesday night at Harry-O's in Park City, and proved that just because there's snow on the roof doesn't mean there's not a fire in the house. What could have turned out like some awkward Spinal Tap-ish croakfest from the eighties hit makers, was instead a full-on rock-n-roll throw down. Singer Ian Astbury still has one of the strongest, most recognizable voices in rock history. Interjecting political views between songs, and dealing with a few technical issues during their iconic hit Fire, the Brits pushed ahead and put on one helluva strong show.

The opening act, some bone jangling rockers who's name escapes me at the moment, were joined on stage by blues legend John Popper of the group Blues Traveler. On their own they were strong, but to have a living legend like Popper wail on that "Mississippi sax" for almost 20 minutes was a tremendous climax to the set, and the sort of had-to-be-there-to-see-it moment that only Sundance provides.

Look for some photos later.

- Darren Ewing