Frankfurt Festhalle has horribly billowing acoustics - few acts manage a decent sound, Leonard Cohen and Rush come to mind. Must be a Canadian thing ... Meatloaf took until the first intermission (after which Bat out of Hell, the album, was played in its entirety) to get his sound halfway right.
Not only was he off key, but his timing was off as well. I'm sure it had something to do with his in ear monitoring or maybe he is turning deaf. He was accurately off key except in the quietest parts. OTOH his girl singer (the role once had by Ellen Foley, Karla de Vito, Ms Loud etc) was rhythmically spot on all the time and in perfect pitch.
Band was good and tight, but I don't think I need to hear any "larger than life"-Jim Steinman piano for the next few weeks or so.