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Ross Muir
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"Putting the Words to the Music"
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Welcome to FabricationsHQ
Home to the musical articles, reviews and features by
Ross Muir
Music Critic, Freelance Writer, Artist Review & Promotion
"Putting the Words to the Music"
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Muirsical Thoughts, Muirsical News
Singer songwriter and musical storyteller Al Stewart will perform his critically acclaimed and career defining album Year of the Cat across UK venues in April and May.
The acoustic concerts will feature the classic 1976 album as the showcase of the set-list with other back catalogue material featured in the first half of the show (except where noted, each concert will feature Stewart accompanied by guitarists Dave Nachmanoff and Tim Renwick).
There will also be two 'full band' shows at The Royal Albert Hall, which will feature the Past Present & Future and Year of the Cat albums performed back-to-back.
Al Stewart – Year of The Cat Live UK Tour Dates:
28th April – Dublin IE, Dublin
29th April - Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow
1st May - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
2nd May - The Barbican, York
3rd May - The Sage, Gateshead
5th May - Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
7th May - Colston Hall, Bristol
9th May - Princess Theatre, Torquay
10th May - St. David’s Hall, Cardiff
11th May - Congress Theatre, Eastbourne
13th May - Town Hall, Leeds (accompanied by guitarist Dave Nachmanoff)
14th May – Glive, Guildford (accompanied by guitarist Dave Nachmanoff)
16th May - Royal Albert Hall, London (full band Back to Back Classics show)
17th May - Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
20th May - Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
21st May - Corn Exchange, Cambridge
22nd May - Royal Albert Hall, London (full band Back to Back Classics show)
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The acoustic concerts will feature the classic 1976 album as the showcase of the set-list with other back catalogue material featured in the first half of the show (except where noted, each concert will feature Stewart accompanied by guitarists Dave Nachmanoff and Tim Renwick).
There will also be two 'full band' shows at The Royal Albert Hall, which will feature the Past Present & Future and Year of the Cat albums performed back-to-back.
Al Stewart – Year of The Cat Live UK Tour Dates:
28th April – Dublin IE, Dublin
29th April - Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow
1st May - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
2nd May - The Barbican, York
3rd May - The Sage, Gateshead
5th May - Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
7th May - Colston Hall, Bristol
9th May - Princess Theatre, Torquay
10th May - St. David’s Hall, Cardiff
11th May - Congress Theatre, Eastbourne
13th May - Town Hall, Leeds (accompanied by guitarist Dave Nachmanoff)
14th May – Glive, Guildford (accompanied by guitarist Dave Nachmanoff)
16th May - Royal Albert Hall, London (full band Back to Back Classics show)
17th May - Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
20th May - Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
21st May - Corn Exchange, Cambridge
22nd May - Royal Albert Hall, London (full band Back to Back Classics show)
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Gun have released a new video for the track 'Labour of Life,' which will feature on the Scottish rocker’s forthcoming album Frantic.
The video features footage from the band’s recent gigs at King Tut's in their hometown of Glasgow.
The video features footage from the band’s recent gigs at King Tut's in their hometown of Glasgow.
Gun will play a select number of promotional gigs for the album throughout March (release date now scheduled for March the 23rd) starting at the Liquid Rooms in Edinburgh on the 11th.
Support acts for the Edinburgh show have been confirmed as Aaron Keylock and The Wild Lies, the latter of whom include Dylan Smith (son of Iron Maiden's Adrian Smith) on bass.
11th March - Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh
23rd March - O2 Academy 2, Newcastle
24th March - Underworld, London
25th March - Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton
26th March - Rock City, Nottingham
27th March - Academy 3, Manchester
28th March - Barrowland, Glasgow
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Support acts for the Edinburgh show have been confirmed as Aaron Keylock and The Wild Lies, the latter of whom include Dylan Smith (son of Iron Maiden's Adrian Smith) on bass.
11th March - Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh
23rd March - O2 Academy 2, Newcastle
24th March - Underworld, London
25th March - Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton
26th March - Rock City, Nottingham
27th March - Academy 3, Manchester
28th March - Barrowland, Glasgow
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Whitesnake are set to return with their 12th studio album this spring.
The Purple Album (released in Europe on May 15th, the UK on May 18th and in North America on May 19th via Frontiers Music SRL) is a re-imagination of classic songs from David Coverdale’s time as the lead singer for Deep Purple’s 'Mark III' and 'Mark IV' studio albums.
The album is currently available for pre-order in various configurations on Amazon – Standard Edition (http://geni.us/WSPurpleREGamz), Deluxe Edition (http://amzn.to/17Xxc2P) featuring 2 bonus tracks, 4 music videos and a behind the scenes featurette on the recording of the album, and in a double LP vinyl format.
Plans are also underway for a special limited box set edition with memorabilia and merchandise.
"It’s a tribute. A homage. It’s a huge thank you from me to Deep Purple for the opportunity I was given over 40 years ago," says David Coverdale. "As I said to Richie, you guys set me on an incredible journey that continues today and I couldn’t have asked for better teachers. The University of Deep Purple is an extraordinary, amazing school to learn from. We can’t wait to play these songs in concert."
From the opening notes of the classic track 'Burn,' across songs such as 'Lady Double Dealer,' 'Soldier of Fortune,' 'Sail Away' and on to album closer 'Stormbringer,' each song is given a new energy in the very capable hands of the current Whitesnake line-up featuring Coverdale, Reb Beach and Joel Hoekstra on guitars, Michael Devin on bass and Tommy Aldridge on drums.
The Purple Album (released in Europe on May 15th, the UK on May 18th and in North America on May 19th via Frontiers Music SRL) is a re-imagination of classic songs from David Coverdale’s time as the lead singer for Deep Purple’s 'Mark III' and 'Mark IV' studio albums.
The album is currently available for pre-order in various configurations on Amazon – Standard Edition (http://geni.us/WSPurpleREGamz), Deluxe Edition (http://amzn.to/17Xxc2P) featuring 2 bonus tracks, 4 music videos and a behind the scenes featurette on the recording of the album, and in a double LP vinyl format.
Plans are also underway for a special limited box set edition with memorabilia and merchandise.
"It’s a tribute. A homage. It’s a huge thank you from me to Deep Purple for the opportunity I was given over 40 years ago," says David Coverdale. "As I said to Richie, you guys set me on an incredible journey that continues today and I couldn’t have asked for better teachers. The University of Deep Purple is an extraordinary, amazing school to learn from. We can’t wait to play these songs in concert."
From the opening notes of the classic track 'Burn,' across songs such as 'Lady Double Dealer,' 'Soldier of Fortune,' 'Sail Away' and on to album closer 'Stormbringer,' each song is given a new energy in the very capable hands of the current Whitesnake line-up featuring Coverdale, Reb Beach and Joel Hoekstra on guitars, Michael Devin on bass and Tommy Aldridge on drums.
Whitesnake was formed in England in 1978 by David Coverdale.
The band has released multi-platinum selling albums throughout the years and have been known for hits such as 'Slide It In,' 'Here I Go Again,' 'Still of the Night' and 'Is This Love.'
Whitesnake will be on the road this summer on a headlining world tour.
The band has released multi-platinum selling albums throughout the years and have been known for hits such as 'Slide It In,' 'Here I Go Again,' 'Still of the Night' and 'Is This Love.'
Whitesnake will be on the road this summer on a headlining world tour.
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To coincide with International STAND UP to Bullying Day on Friday the 27th of February, Liverpool rock band Matchstickmen are releasing their brand new single 'For No Reason' via MainLine Records/Code 7 Distribution.
International STAND UP to Bullying Day takes place across schools, workplaces, and organizations in twenty-five countries across the globe.
A percentage of the proceeds from 'For No Reason' are being donated to The Cybersmile Foundation, a multi award-winning anti-cyberbullying non-profit organization committed to tackling all forms of online bullying and hate campaigns.
Founded in 2010 by the parents of children directly affected by cyberbullying, Cybersmile has grown to become the world leading resource in combatting cyberbullying.
'For No Reason' is a gritty slice of mid-tempo, guitar led alt rock with solid bass & drum involvement that is as attention grabbing as the subject matter; it's also the first single from the band’s upcoming second album From Our Own Ashes.
The album has been recorded at Castle Rock Studios; a brand new facility-encompassing Recording and Rehearsal studios set in a 2-acre location close to Wilmslow, Cheshire.
Matchstickmen will be performing a headline show at The KrazyHouse nightclub in Liverpool on the day of release to launch the new single.
Limited FREE (with postage costs) passes are available now for the event from Matchstickmen’s website store: http://www.matchstickmen-band.com
'For No Reason' from Matchstickmen will be available to buy from a variety of digital outlets including iTunes and Amazon.
The Cybersmile Foundation support services are available to help enable victims and their families to regain control of their lives.
www.cybersmile.org
Helpline: 0800 783 1113
@CybersmileHQ / @AskCybersmile
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To coincide with International STAND UP to Bullying Day on Friday the 27th of February, Liverpool rock band Matchstickmen are releasing their brand new single 'For No Reason' via MainLine Records/Code 7 Distribution.
International STAND UP to Bullying Day takes place across schools, workplaces, and organizations in twenty-five countries across the globe.
A percentage of the proceeds from 'For No Reason' are being donated to The Cybersmile Foundation, a multi award-winning anti-cyberbullying non-profit organization committed to tackling all forms of online bullying and hate campaigns.
Founded in 2010 by the parents of children directly affected by cyberbullying, Cybersmile has grown to become the world leading resource in combatting cyberbullying.
'For No Reason' is a gritty slice of mid-tempo, guitar led alt rock with solid bass & drum involvement that is as attention grabbing as the subject matter; it's also the first single from the band’s upcoming second album From Our Own Ashes.
The album has been recorded at Castle Rock Studios; a brand new facility-encompassing Recording and Rehearsal studios set in a 2-acre location close to Wilmslow, Cheshire.
Matchstickmen will be performing a headline show at The KrazyHouse nightclub in Liverpool on the day of release to launch the new single.
Limited FREE (with postage costs) passes are available now for the event from Matchstickmen’s website store: http://www.matchstickmen-band.com
'For No Reason' from Matchstickmen will be available to buy from a variety of digital outlets including iTunes and Amazon.
The Cybersmile Foundation support services are available to help enable victims and their families to regain control of their lives.
www.cybersmile.org
Helpline: 0800 783 1113
@CybersmileHQ / @AskCybersmile
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Nice to see Thunder getting themselves a Top 10 album in the UK charts, twenty years on from the last time they hit such heights in commercially successfully terms – but then they have just delivered their best album in a decade and a half and, in terms of musical weight and muscle Wonder Days is the twenty five years on follow-up to their power brace of releases Backstreet Symphony and Laughing on Judgement Day.
(Click here for Feature Review of Wonder Days with audio track sampler).
On a lighter, stripped back musical note, the boys have recently been up and down the country to perform acoustic sets and appear for signing sessions at various music stores to spread the Wonder Days word:
(Click here for Feature Review of Wonder Days with audio track sampler).
On a lighter, stripped back musical note, the boys have recently been up and down the country to perform acoustic sets and appear for signing sessions at various music stores to spread the Wonder Days word:
Thunder will play three Arena Date tours in the UK in March supported by Reef and Tax the Heat, plus an appearance at Wembley on June the 24th as Special Guests to ZZ Top.
Thursday 12th March - Leeds, First Direct Arena
Friday 13th March – Birmingham, NIA
Saturday 14th March – London, Eventim Apollo
Wednesday 24th June - London, SSE Arena Wembley (as Special Guests to ZZ Top)
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Thursday 12th March - Leeds, First Direct Arena
Friday 13th March – Birmingham, NIA
Saturday 14th March – London, Eventim Apollo
Wednesday 24th June - London, SSE Arena Wembley (as Special Guests to ZZ Top)
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Walter Trout has announced a set of UK dates that at one time looked highly unlikely to ever be possible.
Trout will embark on his perfectly titled "I'm Back" tour in November, eighteen months after a life-saving liver transplant that many thought might never happen.
Walter Trout is far from being fully fit but after extensive rehabilitation the legendary blues guitarist feels it’s time to get back to doing what he does best:
"To play my music for people has become even more important to me. When I think about looking out into the crowds of people and connecting with everyone on a soul level, and sharing the experience of music with them, this is what keeps me fighting to get back: My family and my music is my lifeline.
These days, it means more to me than ever before."
The six dates are:
17th November – Stockton, Arc
18th November – Glasgow, ABC
20th November – Holmfirth, Picturedrome
21st November – London, Forum
24th November – Leamington, Assembly
25th November – Frome, Cheese & Grain
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Trout will embark on his perfectly titled "I'm Back" tour in November, eighteen months after a life-saving liver transplant that many thought might never happen.
Walter Trout is far from being fully fit but after extensive rehabilitation the legendary blues guitarist feels it’s time to get back to doing what he does best:
"To play my music for people has become even more important to me. When I think about looking out into the crowds of people and connecting with everyone on a soul level, and sharing the experience of music with them, this is what keeps me fighting to get back: My family and my music is my lifeline.
These days, it means more to me than ever before."
The six dates are:
17th November – Stockton, Arc
18th November – Glasgow, ABC
20th November – Holmfirth, Picturedrome
21st November – London, Forum
24th November – Leamington, Assembly
25th November – Frome, Cheese & Grain
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Following the recent announcement of Joe Bonamassa’s forthcoming live set Muddy Wolf at Red Rocks, available in album, DVD and Blu-ray formats (see press information further down this page) a short arena tour of the UK has now been confirmed for October 2015; although for "UK" read "parts of England and an appearance in South Wales."
Tickets are on-sale now.
21st October – Newcastle, Metro Radio Arena
23rd October – Liverpool, Echo Arena
24th October – Leeds, First Direct Arena
25th October – Nottingham, Capital FM Arena
27th October – Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena
28th October – Bournemouth, International Centre
31st October – Brighton, The Brighton Centre
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Tickets are on-sale now.
21st October – Newcastle, Metro Radio Arena
23rd October – Liverpool, Echo Arena
24th October – Leeds, First Direct Arena
25th October – Nottingham, Capital FM Arena
27th October – Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena
28th October – Bournemouth, International Centre
31st October – Brighton, The Brighton Centre
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Iron Maiden have announced lead vocalist Bruce Dickinson recently completed treatment for a small cancerous tumour found on the back of his tongue; the tumour was discovered from tests following a routine check-up just before Christmas.
According to the official statement, a seven week course of chemotherapy and radiology treatment has been completed and, "as the tumour was caught in the early stages, the prognosis thankfully is extremely good. Bruce’s medical team fully expect him to make a complete recovery with the all clear envisaged by late May. It will then take a further few months for Bruce to get back to full fitness."
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According to the official statement, a seven week course of chemotherapy and radiology treatment has been completed and, "as the tumour was caught in the early stages, the prognosis thankfully is extremely good. Bruce’s medical team fully expect him to make a complete recovery with the all clear envisaged by late May. It will then take a further few months for Bruce to get back to full fitness."
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Music as a language explained eloquently – both in spoken word and in melody – by uber-bassist Victor Wooten.
"A language works best when we have something interesting to say. Many music teachers never find out what their students have to say; we only tell them what they are supposed to say."
Indeed, Victor; indeed.
"A language works best when we have something interesting to say. Many music teachers never find out what their students have to say; we only tell them what they are supposed to say."
Indeed, Victor; indeed.
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Nazareth have announced that vocalist Carl Sentance has joined the band.
Sentance replaces Linton Osbourne, whose short-stint with the band didn’t work for either party. Osbourne replaced original vocalist Dan McCafferty who announced his retirement in August 2013, due to ill health.
Carl Sentance is perhaps best known as front man of New Wave of British Heavy Metal Band Persian Risk from the early to mid-80’s and the reformed version Sentance built around himself in 2012; the singer has also performed and recorded with Don Airey, The Geezer Butler Band, Krokus, appeared in a number of musical theatre productions and toured with the rock shows A Whole Lotta Metal and The Classic Rock Show.
Fans interested in hearing what the band sound like with replacement No. 2 will have to wait until at least April as Sentance clears other project commitments including The Classic Rock Show and Don Airey & Friends.
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Nazareth have announced that vocalist Carl Sentance has joined the band.
Sentance replaces Linton Osbourne, whose short-stint with the band didn’t work for either party. Osbourne replaced original vocalist Dan McCafferty who announced his retirement in August 2013, due to ill health.
Carl Sentance is perhaps best known as front man of New Wave of British Heavy Metal Band Persian Risk from the early to mid-80’s and the reformed version Sentance built around himself in 2012; the singer has also performed and recorded with Don Airey, The Geezer Butler Band, Krokus, appeared in a number of musical theatre productions and toured with the rock shows A Whole Lotta Metal and The Classic Rock Show.
Fans interested in hearing what the band sound like with replacement No. 2 will have to wait until at least April as Sentance clears other project commitments including The Classic Rock Show and Don Airey & Friends.
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The band that confirmed there would be no more albums has, inevitably, confirmed there will be another album.
The Scorpions, who had been working through a Farewell World Tour in 2010 and 2011 but have since decided against splitting up and are continuing indefinitely, will release Return To Forever on February the 23rd, celebrating their 50th stage (performing) Anniversary.
The album is a collection of previously unreleased songs newly recorded (or older song ideas now completed) alongside new material; it will be available on CD, Deluxe CD, vinyl, Limited Collector’s Box and digital formats.
The band are also expected to feature shortly in a film called Forever and a Day, shot during their Final Sting tour.
Return To Forever track listing:
Going out with a Bang; We Built This House; Rock My Car; House of Cards; All for One; Rock 'n' Roll Band; Catch Your Luck and Play; Rollin' Home; Hard Rockin' the Place; Eye of the Storm; The Scratch; Gypsy Life; The World We Used to Know; Dancing with the Moonlight; When the Truth Is a Lie; Who We Are.
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The Scorpions, who had been working through a Farewell World Tour in 2010 and 2011 but have since decided against splitting up and are continuing indefinitely, will release Return To Forever on February the 23rd, celebrating their 50th stage (performing) Anniversary.
The album is a collection of previously unreleased songs newly recorded (or older song ideas now completed) alongside new material; it will be available on CD, Deluxe CD, vinyl, Limited Collector’s Box and digital formats.
The band are also expected to feature shortly in a film called Forever and a Day, shot during their Final Sting tour.
Return To Forever track listing:
Going out with a Bang; We Built This House; Rock My Car; House of Cards; All for One; Rock 'n' Roll Band; Catch Your Luck and Play; Rollin' Home; Hard Rockin' the Place; Eye of the Storm; The Scratch; Gypsy Life; The World We Used to Know; Dancing with the Moonlight; When the Truth Is a Lie; Who We Are.
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The next Led Zeppelin album to get the remastered and repackaged treatment is the band’s classic double album Physical Graffiti, reissued for its 40th anniversary.
As with the 2014 re-issues, the album comes with a bonus disc of rare material and the original album remastered by Jimmy Page.
Physical Graffiti will be available on February the 23rd and will include the following formats:
Double CD with album packaged in a replica of the original LP jacket.
Deluxe Edition 3CD – Remastered album on two discs plus the third disc of unreleased rarities.
Double LP – Remastered album on 180-gram vinyl in a record sleeve that replicates the LP’s first pressing.
Deluxe Edition Vinyl (3LP) – Remastered album on 180-gram vinyl plus third record of unreleased rarities.
Digital Download – Remastered album and companion disc in standard and high-definition formats.
There will also be a Super Deluxe box set containing all the above plus a hard bound, 96 page book (filled with rare and previously unseen photos and memorabilia) and a high-quality print of the original album cover (the first 30,000 of which will be individually numbered).
Bonus Disc track listing:
Brandy & Coke (Trampled Under Foot - Initial Rough Mix); Sick Again (Early Version); In My Time Of Dying (Initial Rough Mix); Houses Of The Holy (Rough Mix With Overdubs); Everybody Makes It Through (In The Light Early Version/ In Transit); Boogie With Stu (Sunset Sound Mix); Driving Through Kashmir (Kashmir Rough Orchestra Mix).
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As with the 2014 re-issues, the album comes with a bonus disc of rare material and the original album remastered by Jimmy Page.
Physical Graffiti will be available on February the 23rd and will include the following formats:
Double CD with album packaged in a replica of the original LP jacket.
Deluxe Edition 3CD – Remastered album on two discs plus the third disc of unreleased rarities.
Double LP – Remastered album on 180-gram vinyl in a record sleeve that replicates the LP’s first pressing.
Deluxe Edition Vinyl (3LP) – Remastered album on 180-gram vinyl plus third record of unreleased rarities.
Digital Download – Remastered album and companion disc in standard and high-definition formats.
There will also be a Super Deluxe box set containing all the above plus a hard bound, 96 page book (filled with rare and previously unseen photos and memorabilia) and a high-quality print of the original album cover (the first 30,000 of which will be individually numbered).
Bonus Disc track listing:
Brandy & Coke (Trampled Under Foot - Initial Rough Mix); Sick Again (Early Version); In My Time Of Dying (Initial Rough Mix); Houses Of The Holy (Rough Mix With Overdubs); Everybody Makes It Through (In The Light Early Version/ In Transit); Boogie With Stu (Sunset Sound Mix); Driving Through Kashmir (Kashmir Rough Orchestra Mix).
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Glenn Hughes’ latest supergroup has turned out to be a supershort group.
California Breed, the power trio featuring Hughes, Jason Bonham (later replaced by former Queens Of The Stone Age drummer Joey Castillo for live dates) and young American guitar-slinger Andrew Watt have disbanded nine months after releasing their well-received debut – make that only – album.
In a statement on the band's Facebook page Andrew Watt confirmed the disbanding/ his departure whilst also confirming he would be announcing his own plans with new music soon.
The band’s official comment, posted on Twitter and Facebook, was more direct and to the point:
"We are no more… another thing we couldn't keep together."
Joe Bonamassa is probably thinking that sounds just about right...
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California Breed, the power trio featuring Hughes, Jason Bonham (later replaced by former Queens Of The Stone Age drummer Joey Castillo for live dates) and young American guitar-slinger Andrew Watt have disbanded nine months after releasing their well-received debut – make that only – album.
In a statement on the band's Facebook page Andrew Watt confirmed the disbanding/ his departure whilst also confirming he would be announcing his own plans with new music soon.
The band’s official comment, posted on Twitter and Facebook, was more direct and to the point:
"We are no more… another thing we couldn't keep together."
Joe Bonamassa is probably thinking that sounds just about right...
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The 2015 Download Festival has recently added a host of names to join previously confirmed headliners Slipknot, Muse and KISS and other name performers including Judas Priest, Faith No More, Motley Crue, Black Stone Cherry and Marilyn Manson.
Latest additions Ace Frehley, Mark Tremonti, Black Star Riders and Thunder will be joined by a large line-up of acts over the three days including Andrew W.K., L7 (their first live date in over 15 years), Testament, In Flames, King 810, We Are Harlot, Hellyeah, All That Remains and the horror rock of the Fearless Vampire Killers.
Completing the famous metal, thrash and heavy rock festival’s line-up of acts are The Ghost Inside, Defeater, Chelsea Grin, Evil Scarecrow, Bombus, Gnarwolves, Hands Like Houses, Stray from the Path, Creeper and Blood Youth.
The 2015 Download Festival takes place at Donington Park from Friday the 12th to Sunday the 14th of June.
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Latest additions Ace Frehley, Mark Tremonti, Black Star Riders and Thunder will be joined by a large line-up of acts over the three days including Andrew W.K., L7 (their first live date in over 15 years), Testament, In Flames, King 810, We Are Harlot, Hellyeah, All That Remains and the horror rock of the Fearless Vampire Killers.
Completing the famous metal, thrash and heavy rock festival’s line-up of acts are The Ghost Inside, Defeater, Chelsea Grin, Evil Scarecrow, Bombus, Gnarwolves, Hands Like Houses, Stray from the Path, Creeper and Blood Youth.
The 2015 Download Festival takes place at Donington Park from Friday the 12th to Sunday the 14th of June.
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Also at the metal and heaviest end of the rock spectrum, the 2015 Bloodstock Festival has been bolstered by the announcement that Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society will perform on the Main Stage, joining other major name acts Within Temptation, Trivium, Rob Zombie and Opeth.
Other recent additions to the event at Catton Park on the 6th to 9th of August include Napalm Death and Wolf.
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Other recent additions to the event at Catton Park on the 6th to 9th of August include Napalm Death and Wolf.
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Gov't Mule will play a special one-off show at the O2 Shepherd's
Bush Empire on Monday the 25th of May, as part of the band’s 20th
Anniversary celebrations.
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Arguably the UK’s finest purveyors of melodic rock, FM will release their new studio album Heroes and Villains on 20th April 2015. They will embark on a ten-date headline UK tour from 1st May.
Heroes and Villains is FM’s first album release since signing to Frontiers Music Srl, and follows the band’s highly acclaimed 2014 EP Futurama and sell-out UK arena tour with Foreigner and Europe.
FM’s UK tour kicks-off at in Bristol on Friday, 1st May, and includes dates in Wolverhampton, Portsmouth, Nottingham, Glasgow, Newcastle and Manchester, with the final night of the tour taking place at London’s O2 Shepherds Bush Empire on Sunday 10th May.
A Review of FM's forthcoming album is now on site.
FM – HEROES AND VILLAINS UK TOUR DATES:
1st May – Bristol, Bierkeller
2nd May – Wolverhampton Robin 2
3rd May – Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms
5th May – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
6th May – Glasgow, Classic Grand
8th May – Newcastle, O2 Academy
9th May – Manchester, Academy 2
10th May – London, O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
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Heroes and Villains is FM’s first album release since signing to Frontiers Music Srl, and follows the band’s highly acclaimed 2014 EP Futurama and sell-out UK arena tour with Foreigner and Europe.
FM’s UK tour kicks-off at in Bristol on Friday, 1st May, and includes dates in Wolverhampton, Portsmouth, Nottingham, Glasgow, Newcastle and Manchester, with the final night of the tour taking place at London’s O2 Shepherds Bush Empire on Sunday 10th May.
A Review of FM's forthcoming album is now on site.
FM – HEROES AND VILLAINS UK TOUR DATES:
1st May – Bristol, Bierkeller
2nd May – Wolverhampton Robin 2
3rd May – Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms
5th May – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
6th May – Glasgow, Classic Grand
8th May – Newcastle, O2 Academy
9th May – Manchester, Academy 2
10th May – London, O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
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Prolific musical experimenter, premier league pop craftsman, tireless producer, runt, wizard and true star Todd Rundgren will release his new studio album Global on the Esoteric Antenna label via Cherry Red on Monday 6th April 2015 in the UK and Tuesday 7th April in the USA (via MVD Entertainment).
Global is Todd Rundgren's twenty-fifth studio album (not including the two albums he recorded with his first band The Nazz or the nine albums he recorded with his band Utopia).
Todd's latest musical vision is a contemporary fusion of styles - rock, soul and electronica - that continues the tradition of boundary-breaking works from this visionary genius; the finely crafted songs on Global once again push the creative envelope.
Global track listing:
Evrybody; Flesh & Blood; Rise; Holyland; Blind; Earth Mother; Global Nation; Soothe; Terra Firma; Fate; Skyscraper; This Island Earth
Born and raised in Philadelphia, Todd Rundgren began playing guitar
as a teenager, going on to front The Nazz, the quintessential 60’s psychedelic pop group.
In 1969 he left the band to pursue a solo career, recording his debut album Runt in 1970, but it was 1972's seminal Something /Anything? on which he played all the instruments, sang all the vocal parts, and acted as his own producer that catapulted Todd into the limelight prompting the media to dub him "Rock's New Wunderkind."
Something / Anything? was followed by such landmark albums as A Wizard A True Star, Todd and The Hermit Of Mink Hollow.
In 1974 Todd formed Utopia, a band on the cutting edge of progressive rock in the 70’s and a unit that developed into a very tidy power pop outfit in the mid-80’s.
As a songwriter, video pioneer, producer, recording artist, computer software developer, conceptualist, and interactive artist, Todd Rundgren has made a lasting impact on both the form and content of popular music.
Among his myriad hits are 'Hello It's Me,' 'I Saw the Light,' 'Can We Still be Friends,' 'We Gotta Get You A Woman,' 'Open My Eyes' (with The Nazz) and 'Bang the Drum' (the latter a mainstay on ESPN and in television commercials).
Rundgren's prolific producer's discography includes such classics as Skylarking by XTC, We're an American Band by Grand Funk Railroad, War Babies by Hall & Oates, Wave by Patti Smith and Meat Loaf's auspicious debut Bat Out of Hell, (the fifth best-selling album of all time with some 42 million sales).
Sealing his reputation as rock's renaissance man, Todd Rundgren composed all the music and lyrics for Joe Papp's 1989 Off-Broadway production of Joe Orton's Up Against It (the screenplay commissioned by The Beatles for what was meant to have been their third motion picture), as well as the score for Dumb And Dumber and a number of television series, including Pee Wee's Playhouse and Crime Story.
He is also internationally acknowledged as the Godfather of the marriage of music and multimedia.
With the release of his new album Global, Todd will tour in support of
the release beginning in the USA in April and continuing through until mid-June (as of now, the tour ends in Ft. Lauderdale on May 23rd, but Rundgren is expected to reveal more U.S. dates); there are also plans to perform in the UK and Europe in the early autumn.
The US tour begins on the 10th of April in Park City, Utah (where three nights will be performed) and an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman is scheduled for April 27th, the same day Global is
made available on 180-gram vinyl.
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Global is Todd Rundgren's twenty-fifth studio album (not including the two albums he recorded with his first band The Nazz or the nine albums he recorded with his band Utopia).
Todd's latest musical vision is a contemporary fusion of styles - rock, soul and electronica - that continues the tradition of boundary-breaking works from this visionary genius; the finely crafted songs on Global once again push the creative envelope.
Global track listing:
Evrybody; Flesh & Blood; Rise; Holyland; Blind; Earth Mother; Global Nation; Soothe; Terra Firma; Fate; Skyscraper; This Island Earth
Born and raised in Philadelphia, Todd Rundgren began playing guitar
as a teenager, going on to front The Nazz, the quintessential 60’s psychedelic pop group.
In 1969 he left the band to pursue a solo career, recording his debut album Runt in 1970, but it was 1972's seminal Something /Anything? on which he played all the instruments, sang all the vocal parts, and acted as his own producer that catapulted Todd into the limelight prompting the media to dub him "Rock's New Wunderkind."
Something / Anything? was followed by such landmark albums as A Wizard A True Star, Todd and The Hermit Of Mink Hollow.
In 1974 Todd formed Utopia, a band on the cutting edge of progressive rock in the 70’s and a unit that developed into a very tidy power pop outfit in the mid-80’s.
As a songwriter, video pioneer, producer, recording artist, computer software developer, conceptualist, and interactive artist, Todd Rundgren has made a lasting impact on both the form and content of popular music.
Among his myriad hits are 'Hello It's Me,' 'I Saw the Light,' 'Can We Still be Friends,' 'We Gotta Get You A Woman,' 'Open My Eyes' (with The Nazz) and 'Bang the Drum' (the latter a mainstay on ESPN and in television commercials).
Rundgren's prolific producer's discography includes such classics as Skylarking by XTC, We're an American Band by Grand Funk Railroad, War Babies by Hall & Oates, Wave by Patti Smith and Meat Loaf's auspicious debut Bat Out of Hell, (the fifth best-selling album of all time with some 42 million sales).
Sealing his reputation as rock's renaissance man, Todd Rundgren composed all the music and lyrics for Joe Papp's 1989 Off-Broadway production of Joe Orton's Up Against It (the screenplay commissioned by The Beatles for what was meant to have been their third motion picture), as well as the score for Dumb And Dumber and a number of television series, including Pee Wee's Playhouse and Crime Story.
He is also internationally acknowledged as the Godfather of the marriage of music and multimedia.
With the release of his new album Global, Todd will tour in support of
the release beginning in the USA in April and continuing through until mid-June (as of now, the tour ends in Ft. Lauderdale on May 23rd, but Rundgren is expected to reveal more U.S. dates); there are also plans to perform in the UK and Europe in the early autumn.
The US tour begins on the 10th of April in Park City, Utah (where three nights will be performed) and an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman is scheduled for April 27th, the same day Global is
made available on 180-gram vinyl.
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"They always try to write off the blues; well we’ve proven tonight that at least 9,000 people like the blues," says celebrated blues rock master Joe Bonamassa who releases Joe Bonamassa – Muddy Wolf At Red Rocks on DVD, Blu-ray and CD on March the 23rd.
The exclusive concert experience, which is a tribute to blues legends Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf, was filmed at Red Rocks Amphitheatre over Labor Day weekend in 2014.
Carved into the bedrock of Colorado’s majestic Rocky Mountains, the famed amphitheatre sets the stage for Joe Bonamassa’s fiery delivery of over two and a half hours of bluesy guitar-wailing and horn-filled tunes honouring the two Blues greats.
Playing to a sold-out crowd of 9,000 fans, this marks the biggest show of Bonamassa’s career, a major milestone for the noted bluesman.
The Blu-ray and DVD contains over one and a half hours of bonus features including exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, photo gallery, historic footage of Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf and a featurette of Joe Bonamassa and producer Kevin Shirley’s trip to The Crossroads.
Unlike any Joe Bonamassa show before, Muddy Wolf marks the start of a tribute concert series that will display a different band and catalogue of material that will vary from Bonamassa’s music as a solo artist.
For Muddy Wolf, songs were carefully selected from the catalogues of Howlin’ Wolf, one of Chicago’s most influential bluesmen, known for his deep, scratchy voice, and Muddy Waters, considered the "father of modern Chicago blues."
Muddy Waters was also a major inspiration for the British blues explosion of the 1960s, a genre that has heavily influenced Joe Bonamassa’s original music throughout his career.
The concert features a selection of songs from each artist, followed by a 30-minute set of songs from Bonamassa’s own extensive catalogue, plus a line-up of players – dubbed the "Muddy Wolf Band" –including Anton Fig (drums), Michael Rhodes (bass), Reese Wynans (piano, Hammond organ), Lee Thornburg (trumpet, horn arrangements), Ron Dziubla (saxophone), Nick Lane (trombone), Mike Henderson (harmonica) and Kirk Fletcher (guitar).
MUDDY WOLF AT RED ROCKS (PRD 7457)
(2CD/ 2DVD/ BLU-RAY/ 3LP)
MUDDY WATERS SET
Mississippi Heartbeat (Intro); Tiger In Your Tank; I Can't Be Satisfied; You Shook Me; Stuff You Gotta Watch; Double Trouble; Real Love; My Home Is On The Delta; All Aboard.
HOWLIN’ WOLF SET
How Many More Years; Shake For Me; Hidden Charms; Band and Introductions; Spoonful; Killing Floor; Evil (Is Going On); All Night Boogie (All Night Long)
JOE BONAMASSA SET
Hey Baby (New Rising Sun); Oh Beautiful!; Love Ain't a Love Song; Sloe Gin; Ballad of John Henry
Muddy Wolf Credits
BONUS FEATURES
Joe and Kevin’s Excellent Adventure… to The Crossroads; Behind the Rocks - An Exclusive View Behind the Scenes; The Originals - Historic Footage of Muddy Waters & Howlin’ Wolf; Rockagram Gallery.
Of the experience, a humbled and grateful Joe Bonamassa says: "Inspired was the feeling that permeated the camp from the very downbeat. It was the gig of a lifetime for me. What you see on this DVD is what it was like to play in front of the largest audience of my career, playing music that I loved, love, and fell in love with again in a much bigger way than I had before."
The concert is presented by Keeping the Blues Alive (KTBA), which Joe Bonamassa founded, and helps to promote the heritage of the blues to the next generation, fund music scholarships, and supplement the loss of music education programs in public schools.
With ticket sales from the show, KTBA raised over $40,000 for schools across the country and what was proved on this night, with that $40,000 and 9,000 fans dancing to Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf songs, is that blues music is alive and well.
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The exclusive concert experience, which is a tribute to blues legends Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf, was filmed at Red Rocks Amphitheatre over Labor Day weekend in 2014.
Carved into the bedrock of Colorado’s majestic Rocky Mountains, the famed amphitheatre sets the stage for Joe Bonamassa’s fiery delivery of over two and a half hours of bluesy guitar-wailing and horn-filled tunes honouring the two Blues greats.
Playing to a sold-out crowd of 9,000 fans, this marks the biggest show of Bonamassa’s career, a major milestone for the noted bluesman.
The Blu-ray and DVD contains over one and a half hours of bonus features including exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, photo gallery, historic footage of Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf and a featurette of Joe Bonamassa and producer Kevin Shirley’s trip to The Crossroads.
Unlike any Joe Bonamassa show before, Muddy Wolf marks the start of a tribute concert series that will display a different band and catalogue of material that will vary from Bonamassa’s music as a solo artist.
For Muddy Wolf, songs were carefully selected from the catalogues of Howlin’ Wolf, one of Chicago’s most influential bluesmen, known for his deep, scratchy voice, and Muddy Waters, considered the "father of modern Chicago blues."
Muddy Waters was also a major inspiration for the British blues explosion of the 1960s, a genre that has heavily influenced Joe Bonamassa’s original music throughout his career.
The concert features a selection of songs from each artist, followed by a 30-minute set of songs from Bonamassa’s own extensive catalogue, plus a line-up of players – dubbed the "Muddy Wolf Band" –including Anton Fig (drums), Michael Rhodes (bass), Reese Wynans (piano, Hammond organ), Lee Thornburg (trumpet, horn arrangements), Ron Dziubla (saxophone), Nick Lane (trombone), Mike Henderson (harmonica) and Kirk Fletcher (guitar).
MUDDY WOLF AT RED ROCKS (PRD 7457)
(2CD/ 2DVD/ BLU-RAY/ 3LP)
MUDDY WATERS SET
Mississippi Heartbeat (Intro); Tiger In Your Tank; I Can't Be Satisfied; You Shook Me; Stuff You Gotta Watch; Double Trouble; Real Love; My Home Is On The Delta; All Aboard.
HOWLIN’ WOLF SET
How Many More Years; Shake For Me; Hidden Charms; Band and Introductions; Spoonful; Killing Floor; Evil (Is Going On); All Night Boogie (All Night Long)
JOE BONAMASSA SET
Hey Baby (New Rising Sun); Oh Beautiful!; Love Ain't a Love Song; Sloe Gin; Ballad of John Henry
Muddy Wolf Credits
BONUS FEATURES
Joe and Kevin’s Excellent Adventure… to The Crossroads; Behind the Rocks - An Exclusive View Behind the Scenes; The Originals - Historic Footage of Muddy Waters & Howlin’ Wolf; Rockagram Gallery.
Of the experience, a humbled and grateful Joe Bonamassa says: "Inspired was the feeling that permeated the camp from the very downbeat. It was the gig of a lifetime for me. What you see on this DVD is what it was like to play in front of the largest audience of my career, playing music that I loved, love, and fell in love with again in a much bigger way than I had before."
The concert is presented by Keeping the Blues Alive (KTBA), which Joe Bonamassa founded, and helps to promote the heritage of the blues to the next generation, fund music scholarships, and supplement the loss of music education programs in public schools.
With ticket sales from the show, KTBA raised over $40,000 for schools across the country and what was proved on this night, with that $40,000 and 9,000 fans dancing to Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf songs, is that blues music is alive and well.
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Legendary artist and performer and hardest working guitarist in the business Joe Satriani has announced The Shockwave UK Tour which will take in nine dates from 1st November 2015.
The highly anticipated tour promotes Joe’s upcoming new studio album (released in July) and will be the first time he has toured the UK since promoting his critically acclaimed Unstoppable Momentum album in 2013.
A 48-hour ticket pre-sale will launch on Planet Rock radio on Wednesday 4th February.
Tickets will go on sale to the general public from Friday 6th February from the 24 Hour Box Office: 0844 888 991 and www.ticketline.co.uk/joe-satriani.
All tickets are priced £38 and £34.50.
Joe’s touring band will again feature Bryan Beller (bass), Mike Keneally (keyboards, guitars) and Marco Minnemann (drums).
The Shockwave UK Tour, November 2015
Manchester O2 Apollo - Sunday November 1st
Birmingham Symphony Hall - Monday November 2nd
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall - Tuesday November 3rd
Sheffield City Hall - Wednesday November 4th
Cardiff St. David’s Hall - Thursday November 5th
Southend Cliffs Pavilion - Saturday November 7th
Bristol Colston Hall - Sunday November 8th
Portsmouth Guildhall - Monday November 9th
London Eventim Apollo - Tuesday November 10th
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The highly anticipated tour promotes Joe’s upcoming new studio album (released in July) and will be the first time he has toured the UK since promoting his critically acclaimed Unstoppable Momentum album in 2013.
A 48-hour ticket pre-sale will launch on Planet Rock radio on Wednesday 4th February.
Tickets will go on sale to the general public from Friday 6th February from the 24 Hour Box Office: 0844 888 991 and www.ticketline.co.uk/joe-satriani.
All tickets are priced £38 and £34.50.
Joe’s touring band will again feature Bryan Beller (bass), Mike Keneally (keyboards, guitars) and Marco Minnemann (drums).
The Shockwave UK Tour, November 2015
Manchester O2 Apollo - Sunday November 1st
Birmingham Symphony Hall - Monday November 2nd
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall - Tuesday November 3rd
Sheffield City Hall - Wednesday November 4th
Cardiff St. David’s Hall - Thursday November 5th
Southend Cliffs Pavilion - Saturday November 7th
Bristol Colston Hall - Sunday November 8th
Portsmouth Guildhall - Monday November 9th
London Eventim Apollo - Tuesday November 10th
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South African singer-songwriter and guitarist, Dan Patlansky will release his latest album Dear Silence Thieves in the UK on Monday April 27th - review of the album is now on site.
The album’s release will coincide with a special launch showcase concert at London’s Borderline venue on the same day; tickets for The Borderline show are available from The Gig Cartel and the 24 hour box office 0844 478 0898.
Dear Silence Thieves was recently voted the #1 Blues Rock Album of 2014 by Blues Rock Review’s Top 20 Blues Albums of 2014 poll.
Other artists that featured in the poll included such names as The Black Keys, Rival Sons, Joe Bonamassa, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Walter Trout and Philip Sayce.
Ever since his debut album Standing at the Station and his 2004 major label (Blue Note, EMI produced) masterstroke True Blues, Dan Patlansky has immersed himself in blues rock music.
In February 2014 Patlansky opened for Bruce Springsteen in front of 64.000 people at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on Springsteen’s High Hopes tour; Patlansky had been personally approved by The Boss as support act.
A respected purveyor of the blues, Dan Patlansky is hailed as one of the world’s finest blues-based storytellers of his generation – the outstanding Dear Silence Thieves does nothing to dispel that.
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The album’s release will coincide with a special launch showcase concert at London’s Borderline venue on the same day; tickets for The Borderline show are available from The Gig Cartel and the 24 hour box office 0844 478 0898.
Dear Silence Thieves was recently voted the #1 Blues Rock Album of 2014 by Blues Rock Review’s Top 20 Blues Albums of 2014 poll.
Other artists that featured in the poll included such names as The Black Keys, Rival Sons, Joe Bonamassa, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Walter Trout and Philip Sayce.
Ever since his debut album Standing at the Station and his 2004 major label (Blue Note, EMI produced) masterstroke True Blues, Dan Patlansky has immersed himself in blues rock music.
In February 2014 Patlansky opened for Bruce Springsteen in front of 64.000 people at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on Springsteen’s High Hopes tour; Patlansky had been personally approved by The Boss as support act.
A respected purveyor of the blues, Dan Patlansky is hailed as one of the world’s finest blues-based storytellers of his generation – the outstanding Dear Silence Thieves does nothing to dispel that.
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Singer songwriter Ken Acorn recently released his musically delicate and lyrically observational song 'Always the Sparrow' via YouTube video and for download via his Bandcamp page:
www.kenacorn.bandcamp.com
The song, which carries a Celtic lilt in both melody and vocal, was inspired by a visit some years ago to the Baltic region of Northern Europe and what the musician saw and felt while there.
www.kenacorn.bandcamp.com
The song, which carries a Celtic lilt in both melody and vocal, was inspired by a visit some years ago to the Baltic region of Northern Europe and what the musician saw and felt while there.
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Sad to hear of the passing of musician and electronic music pioneer Edgar Froese, who died on the 20th of January at the age of 70.
Froese, the only constant member of progressive electro giants Tangerine Dream, died suddenly and unexpectedly in Vienna from the effects of a pulmonary embolism.
Edgar Froese was born in East Prussia on D-Day (June the 6th, 1944) and formed Tangerine Dream in 1967.
The band went on to release more than one hundred albums and almost three dozen movie scores or soundtrack albums; Tangerine Dream also contributed to the music of the popular computer video game Grand Theft Auto V.
The band were also highly influential in what became instrumental New Age, ambient, synthesized and electronic music – Godfathers to a generation of bands and electronic sub-genres, in effect.
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Sad to hear of the passing of musician and electronic music pioneer Edgar Froese, who died on the 20th of January at the age of 70.
Froese, the only constant member of progressive electro giants Tangerine Dream, died suddenly and unexpectedly in Vienna from the effects of a pulmonary embolism.
Edgar Froese was born in East Prussia on D-Day (June the 6th, 1944) and formed Tangerine Dream in 1967.
The band went on to release more than one hundred albums and almost three dozen movie scores or soundtrack albums; Tangerine Dream also contributed to the music of the popular computer video game Grand Theft Auto V.
The band were also highly influential in what became instrumental New Age, ambient, synthesized and electronic music – Godfathers to a generation of bands and electronic sub-genres, in effect.
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King King - Reaching For the Light and UK spring tour
Multi award-winning British blues rock band King King will release their third studio album, Reaching For The Light, in the UK on Tuesday 5th May.
Released by Manhaton Records, the album features nine tracks of new material and a stellar line-up featuring Alan Nimmo (vocals/guitar), Lindsay Coulson (bass), Wayne Proctor (drums) and Bob Fridzema (keyboards).
King King start their Nationwide UK Tour on February 19th at The Brewery Arts Centre Kendal and, due to phenomenal demand, an album launch show has been added at The London Jazz Cafe on Wednesday May 6th.
Tickets for the album launch show are available from thegigcartel.com and 0844 478 0898.
Feature Interview Article with singer and guitarist Alan Nimmo can be found by clicking here.
KING KING February/ March 2015 UK Tour
(with special guest: The Laurence Jones Band):
KENDALL BREWERY ARTS CENTRE
Thursday 19th February
LINCOLN DRILL HALL
Friday 20th February 2015
NOTTINGHAM RESCUE ROOMS
Sunday 22nd February 2015
CHESTER LIVE ROOMS
Saturday 21st February 2015
WORTHING PIER SOUTHERN PAVILLION
Wednesday 25th February 2015
LEAMINGTON SPA ASSEMBLY
Thursday 26th February 2015
NEWBURY ARLINGTON ARTS
Friday 27th February 2015
MILTON KEYNES STABLES SOLD OUT
Saturday 28th February 2015
READING THE BOWERY DISTRICT
Sunday 1st March 2015
SOUTHAMPTON TALKING HEADS
Wednesday 4th March 2015
LONDON BORDERLINE SOLD OUT
Thursday 5th March 2015
EXETER PHOENIX
Friday 6th March 2015
BILSTON ROBIN
Saturday 7th March 2015
CARDIFF THE GLOBE
Sunday 8th March 2015
NORWICH EPIC
Thursday 12th March 2015
SHEFFIELD CITY HALL BALLROOM
Friday 13th March 2015
MANCHESTER BAND ON THE WALL
Saturday 4th March 2015
LEEDS WARDROBE
Wednesday 18th March 2015
GATESHEAD SAGE
Thursday 19th March 2015
STOCKTON ARC
Friday 20th March 2015
GLASGOW O2 ABC
Saturday 21st March 2015
ABERDEEN THE LEMON TREE
Sunday 22nd March 2015
LONDON JAZZ CAFÉ (ALBUM LAUNCH)
Wednesday 6th May 2015
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Released by Manhaton Records, the album features nine tracks of new material and a stellar line-up featuring Alan Nimmo (vocals/guitar), Lindsay Coulson (bass), Wayne Proctor (drums) and Bob Fridzema (keyboards).
King King start their Nationwide UK Tour on February 19th at The Brewery Arts Centre Kendal and, due to phenomenal demand, an album launch show has been added at The London Jazz Cafe on Wednesday May 6th.
Tickets for the album launch show are available from thegigcartel.com and 0844 478 0898.
Feature Interview Article with singer and guitarist Alan Nimmo can be found by clicking here.
KING KING February/ March 2015 UK Tour
(with special guest: The Laurence Jones Band):
KENDALL BREWERY ARTS CENTRE
Thursday 19th February
LINCOLN DRILL HALL
Friday 20th February 2015
NOTTINGHAM RESCUE ROOMS
Sunday 22nd February 2015
CHESTER LIVE ROOMS
Saturday 21st February 2015
WORTHING PIER SOUTHERN PAVILLION
Wednesday 25th February 2015
LEAMINGTON SPA ASSEMBLY
Thursday 26th February 2015
NEWBURY ARLINGTON ARTS
Friday 27th February 2015
MILTON KEYNES STABLES SOLD OUT
Saturday 28th February 2015
READING THE BOWERY DISTRICT
Sunday 1st March 2015
SOUTHAMPTON TALKING HEADS
Wednesday 4th March 2015
LONDON BORDERLINE SOLD OUT
Thursday 5th March 2015
EXETER PHOENIX
Friday 6th March 2015
BILSTON ROBIN
Saturday 7th March 2015
CARDIFF THE GLOBE
Sunday 8th March 2015
NORWICH EPIC
Thursday 12th March 2015
SHEFFIELD CITY HALL BALLROOM
Friday 13th March 2015
MANCHESTER BAND ON THE WALL
Saturday 4th March 2015
LEEDS WARDROBE
Wednesday 18th March 2015
GATESHEAD SAGE
Thursday 19th March 2015
STOCKTON ARC
Friday 20th March 2015
GLASGOW O2 ABC
Saturday 21st March 2015
ABERDEEN THE LEMON TREE
Sunday 22nd March 2015
LONDON JAZZ CAFÉ (ALBUM LAUNCH)
Wednesday 6th May 2015
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REWIND, the world’s biggest 80s music festival, is back with three UK festivals during July and August 2015.
Tickets for all three festivals are now on sale at the official website rewindfestival.com
REWIND SCOTLAND will return for its fifth year at Scone Palace, Perth on Friday 24th July until Sunday 26th July with headliners Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey and OMD, plus performances from Bananarama, Jimmy Somerville, Kim Wilde, Sister Sledge, Nik Kershaw, Belinda Carlisle, Altered Images, Kid Creole, Howard Jones, Five Star, Hue & Cry.
There will be first-time festival appearances from ex-Rainbow lead singer Joe Lynn Turner, The Orchestra and From The Jam featuring original Jam bassist, Bruce Foxton.
REWIND NORTH returns for the second year to the North of England at Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire from Friday 7th August until Sunday 9th August.
Headliners include Human League and OMD, plus appearances from The Boomtown Rats, Jimmy Somerville, Heather Small, The Sugarhill Gang, Kim Wilde, Soul II Soul, Belinda Carlisle, ABC, Bananarama, The Selecter, Chesney Hawkes, Howard Jones, Imagination featuring Leee John, Dr & The Medics, John Parr, and many more still to be announced.
REWIND SOUTH at Temple Island Meadows, Henley-on-Thames returns for its seventh year on Friday 21st August until Sunday 23rd August with headliners OMD and Human League.
Other acts or artists appearing include Billy Ocean, ABC, T’Pau, Midge Ure, Kim Wilde, Nik Kershaw, Hot Chocolate, Belinda Carlisle, Go West, Soul II Soul, Bananarama.
First time appearances at Rewind include Black Box, Dave Edmunds, Slim Jim Phantom from The Stray Cats, plus British Electric Foundation featuring M’s Robin Scott, Thomas Dolby, Joy Division’s Peter Hook, Heaven 17’s Glenn Gregory, The Noisettes’ Shingai Shoniwa and Fairground Attraction’s Eddi Reader.
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Tickets for all three festivals are now on sale at the official website rewindfestival.com
REWIND SCOTLAND will return for its fifth year at Scone Palace, Perth on Friday 24th July until Sunday 26th July with headliners Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey and OMD, plus performances from Bananarama, Jimmy Somerville, Kim Wilde, Sister Sledge, Nik Kershaw, Belinda Carlisle, Altered Images, Kid Creole, Howard Jones, Five Star, Hue & Cry.
There will be first-time festival appearances from ex-Rainbow lead singer Joe Lynn Turner, The Orchestra and From The Jam featuring original Jam bassist, Bruce Foxton.
REWIND NORTH returns for the second year to the North of England at Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire from Friday 7th August until Sunday 9th August.
Headliners include Human League and OMD, plus appearances from The Boomtown Rats, Jimmy Somerville, Heather Small, The Sugarhill Gang, Kim Wilde, Soul II Soul, Belinda Carlisle, ABC, Bananarama, The Selecter, Chesney Hawkes, Howard Jones, Imagination featuring Leee John, Dr & The Medics, John Parr, and many more still to be announced.
REWIND SOUTH at Temple Island Meadows, Henley-on-Thames returns for its seventh year on Friday 21st August until Sunday 23rd August with headliners OMD and Human League.
Other acts or artists appearing include Billy Ocean, ABC, T’Pau, Midge Ure, Kim Wilde, Nik Kershaw, Hot Chocolate, Belinda Carlisle, Go West, Soul II Soul, Bananarama.
First time appearances at Rewind include Black Box, Dave Edmunds, Slim Jim Phantom from The Stray Cats, plus British Electric Foundation featuring M’s Robin Scott, Thomas Dolby, Joy Division’s Peter Hook, Heaven 17’s Glenn Gregory, The Noisettes’ Shingai Shoniwa and Fairground Attraction’s Eddi Reader.
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IO Earth, a band that are truly progressive in their musical scope and sound, will push their musical and creative boundaries even further on the 23rd May when they perform at The Crescent Theatre in Birmingham as a 14 piece unit, including a string section and extended brass section.
The show, dubbed IO Earth & The Orchestra of Sound and Emotion, will accompany the release of their widely anticipated third studio album New World and is set to consist of over two hours of music played by some of the best musicians in the UK.
Founder members Dave Cureton (guitars, vocals) and Adam Gough (keyboards) believe the band have come a long way since their first gigs as IO Earth in 2009 and want to show that in full at this landmark homecoming event in Birmingham:
“We decided to put on a show which is truly that - ‘a Show” confirmed Dave.
“We feel that people expect value for money and that's what we are trying to create. We want to make something really special. Every genre we cover and every song in the catalogue can benefit from being tweaked for this 14 piece band ... and some may be tweaked a little more than others.”
“The addition of live strings and more brass will augment the live sound in a way we never thought we would have a chance to hear.” adds Adam Gough.
“We can't wait to hear the results for ourselves, and sharing with you, our IO Earth Family will be a real honour. Whether your favourites are the soft, airy songs like Smokey Wood and Drifting, the guitar-led melodies of The Creation and Moments, or the full on stonkers like Light & Shade, you will not go away unsatisfied."
This is an undertaking the group are not taking lightly by any means.
IO Earth has been rehearsing tirelessly for months and the string and horn arrangements will be worked and reworked until they're just right.
This is an opportunity you simply cannot afford to miss… and who knows, you may come away with a really rather special raffle prize…
Tickets are on sale now:
http://www.crescent-theatre.co.uk/theatre-event.php?EventID=38730
IO Earth and The Orchestra of Sound & Emotion
The Crescent Theatre, Birmingham, May 23rd 2015
Dave Cureton - Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Adam Gough - Keyboards, Guitar, Theremin
Linda Odinsen - Vocals
Luke Shingler - Soprano & Tenor Saxophone, Flute, EWI
Jez King - Violin, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Christian Nokes - Bass
Christian Jerromes - Drums
Steve Trigg - Trumpet & Flugle Horn
Bryan Corbett - Trumpet
Chris Aldridge - Tenor Saxophone, Flute
Andy Gilliams - Trombone
Jennie Appleyard - Cello
Liz Gobel - Violin
Katy Ellen Bryce - Viola
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The show, dubbed IO Earth & The Orchestra of Sound and Emotion, will accompany the release of their widely anticipated third studio album New World and is set to consist of over two hours of music played by some of the best musicians in the UK.
Founder members Dave Cureton (guitars, vocals) and Adam Gough (keyboards) believe the band have come a long way since their first gigs as IO Earth in 2009 and want to show that in full at this landmark homecoming event in Birmingham:
“We decided to put on a show which is truly that - ‘a Show” confirmed Dave.
“We feel that people expect value for money and that's what we are trying to create. We want to make something really special. Every genre we cover and every song in the catalogue can benefit from being tweaked for this 14 piece band ... and some may be tweaked a little more than others.”
“The addition of live strings and more brass will augment the live sound in a way we never thought we would have a chance to hear.” adds Adam Gough.
“We can't wait to hear the results for ourselves, and sharing with you, our IO Earth Family will be a real honour. Whether your favourites are the soft, airy songs like Smokey Wood and Drifting, the guitar-led melodies of The Creation and Moments, or the full on stonkers like Light & Shade, you will not go away unsatisfied."
This is an undertaking the group are not taking lightly by any means.
IO Earth has been rehearsing tirelessly for months and the string and horn arrangements will be worked and reworked until they're just right.
This is an opportunity you simply cannot afford to miss… and who knows, you may come away with a really rather special raffle prize…
Tickets are on sale now:
http://www.crescent-theatre.co.uk/theatre-event.php?EventID=38730
IO Earth and The Orchestra of Sound & Emotion
The Crescent Theatre, Birmingham, May 23rd 2015
Dave Cureton - Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Adam Gough - Keyboards, Guitar, Theremin
Linda Odinsen - Vocals
Luke Shingler - Soprano & Tenor Saxophone, Flute, EWI
Jez King - Violin, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Christian Nokes - Bass
Christian Jerromes - Drums
Steve Trigg - Trumpet & Flugle Horn
Bryan Corbett - Trumpet
Chris Aldridge - Tenor Saxophone, Flute
Andy Gilliams - Trombone
Jennie Appleyard - Cello
Liz Gobel - Violin
Katy Ellen Bryce - Viola
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Multi award-winning guitarist, singer/ songwriter and British Blues Hall of Famer Matt Schofield returns to the UK with his 'Return of the Trio Tour' dates in March.
Schofield and his band will play The Jazz Cafe, London (March 3rd), followed by The Guildhall, Lichfield (March 6th) and the Bristol Jazz Festival (March 8th).
The three UK concerts follow Schofield’s November 2014 UK tour which met with rave reviews, and will showcase tracks from his critically acclaimed fifth studio album Far As I Can See.
The trio line-up features Matt Schofield (guitar vocals), Jonny Henderson (Hammond Organ and keyboards), and Evan Jenkins (drums).
Over the last decade Schofield has earned a formidable international reputation as one of the most innovative and revered contemporary blues inspired guitarists on the world stage today.
"Schofield transcends comparisons, undeniably his own man with his own sound and style," says Guitar Magazine. "There isn’t a better British blues guitarist playing currently."
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Schofield and his band will play The Jazz Cafe, London (March 3rd), followed by The Guildhall, Lichfield (March 6th) and the Bristol Jazz Festival (March 8th).
The three UK concerts follow Schofield’s November 2014 UK tour which met with rave reviews, and will showcase tracks from his critically acclaimed fifth studio album Far As I Can See.
The trio line-up features Matt Schofield (guitar vocals), Jonny Henderson (Hammond Organ and keyboards), and Evan Jenkins (drums).
Over the last decade Schofield has earned a formidable international reputation as one of the most innovative and revered contemporary blues inspired guitarists on the world stage today.
"Schofield transcends comparisons, undeniably his own man with his own sound and style," says Guitar Magazine. "There isn’t a better British blues guitarist playing currently."
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Award-winning, legendary rock guitarist Michael Schenker will release a new studio album entitled Spirit on a Mission in the UK on Monday 23rd March (review now on site).
Released by inakustik, the album of all-new material features Schenker’s Temple of Rock band including ex-Scorpions Herman Rarebell (drums) and Francis Buchholz (bass), ex-Rainbow’s Doogie White (vocals) and Wayne Findlay (guitar, keyboards).
The album will be released on CD, Deluxe Edition (CD+DVD), Deluxe 180 gram vinyl (special DMM-Cut), and digital download.
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Released by inakustik, the album of all-new material features Schenker’s Temple of Rock band including ex-Scorpions Herman Rarebell (drums) and Francis Buchholz (bass), ex-Rainbow’s Doogie White (vocals) and Wayne Findlay (guitar, keyboards).
The album will be released on CD, Deluxe Edition (CD+DVD), Deluxe 180 gram vinyl (special DMM-Cut), and digital download.
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U.F.O. will release their 22nd album A Conspiracy of Stars via Steamhammer/ SPV Records on February the 23rd.
The album, produced and mixed by Chris Tsangarides (Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy, Gary Moore), will be available in various formats including standard CD, Digipak (with poster and bonus track), double vinyl LP and digital download.
The band will support the album with a UK tour that runs through April and May; tickets are on sale now.
A Conspiracy of Stars UK Tour dates:
16/04/2015 – Norwich, The Waterfront
17/04/2015 – Cambridge, Junction
18/04/2015 – Wolverhampton, Wulfrun Hall
19/04/2015 - Manchester, Ritz
22/04/2015 – Belfast, The Limelight
24/04/2015 – Glasgow, O2 ABC
25/04/2015 - Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, O2 Academy
26/04/2015 – Leeds, O2 Academy
28/04/2015 – Nottingham, Rock City
30/04/2015 – Bristol, O2 Academy
01/05/2015 – Falmouth, Pavillions
02/05/2015 – Exeter, Phoenix
03/05/2015 – Salisbury, City Hall
05/05/2015 – Brighton, Concorde 2
06/05/2015 – Oxford, O2 Academy
07/05/2015 – London, The Forum
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The album, produced and mixed by Chris Tsangarides (Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy, Gary Moore), will be available in various formats including standard CD, Digipak (with poster and bonus track), double vinyl LP and digital download.
The band will support the album with a UK tour that runs through April and May; tickets are on sale now.
A Conspiracy of Stars UK Tour dates:
16/04/2015 – Norwich, The Waterfront
17/04/2015 – Cambridge, Junction
18/04/2015 – Wolverhampton, Wulfrun Hall
19/04/2015 - Manchester, Ritz
22/04/2015 – Belfast, The Limelight
24/04/2015 – Glasgow, O2 ABC
25/04/2015 - Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, O2 Academy
26/04/2015 – Leeds, O2 Academy
28/04/2015 – Nottingham, Rock City
30/04/2015 – Bristol, O2 Academy
01/05/2015 – Falmouth, Pavillions
02/05/2015 – Exeter, Phoenix
03/05/2015 – Salisbury, City Hall
05/05/2015 – Brighton, Concorde 2
06/05/2015 – Oxford, O2 Academy
07/05/2015 – London, The Forum
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TOTO - TOTO XIV Frontiers Music Press Release
Celebrated rock band TOTO will release Toto XIV – there first studio album in ten years – on Frontiers Music Srl in Europe on March 20th, followed by the UK on March 23rd and the US on March 24th.
Feature Review of the album is now on site.
The album release will be followed by a World Tour that kicks off in Glasgow on May 21st, 2015.
Album configurations include CD, with a Deluxe Edition available featuring a "Making of Documentary" on DVD, expanded booklet that includes an in depth story and interview about the new album alongside exclusive pictures in ecol-book packaging.
Additionally Toto XIV will be available as a 2LP vinyl set, and a Super Deluxe limited edition which includes the Deluxe CD/ DVD edition, 2LP vinyl, an exclusive poster, t-shirt (large size only), and lithograph.
Toto XIV is the band’s first album of new material since 2006’s Falling In Between, however, the band personally considers the new album to be the true follow-up to Totot IV, which made the band global superstars.
"This is opposite of going through the motions," says keyboardist Steve Porcaro. "We’re treating this like it is Toto IV, our follow-up to Toto IV. We just want to be the best version of ourselves that we can be. Be true to ourselves and make the best music we can. Entertain people which is what we were put on this earth for."
"When you put us in a room, and everybody brings in their pieces, the next thing you know it all fits together" says guitarist Steve Lukather. "Everybody's performances are top notch. We are really bringing our best out, forcing ourselves to make personal best choices, what's best for the music. I'm really excited to hear what people think."
Toto XIV – track listing:
Running Out Of Time; Burn; Holy War; 21st Century Blues; Orphan; Unknown Soldier (For Jeffrey);
The Little Things; Chinatown; All the Tears That Shine; Fortune; Great Expectations.
TOTO 2015 European Tour Dates:
21st May - Glasgow, UK - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
23rd May - Dublin, Ireland - Vicar Street
25th May - Manchester, UK - 02 Apollo Manchester
26th May - London, UK - Apollo Hammersmith
28th May - Paris, France - Zenith
29th May - Esch Sur Alzette, Luxembourg - Rockhal
30th May - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Ziggo Dome
2nd June - Sonderborg, Denmark - Molleparkens Friluftscene
3rd June - Copenhagen, Denmark - Falkoner Theatre
4th June - Solvesborg, Sweden - Sweden Rock Festival
6th June - Bergen, Norway - Bergen Calling
7th June - Oslo, Norway - Sentrum Scene (SOLD OUT)
10th June - Bremerhaven, Germany - Stadthalle
11th June - Berlin, Germany - Tempodrome
12th June - Leipzig, Germany - Parkbuhne
13th June - Dresden, Germany - Junge Garde
15th June - Cologne, Germany - Tanzbrunnen
16th June - Offenbach, Germany - Stadthalle
17th June - Stuttgart, Germany - Freilichtbuhne Killesberg
18th June - Abenberg, German - Burg Abenberg
20th June - Hinwil, Switzerland - Rock The Ring Festival
21st June - Klam, Austria - Castle Clam
23rd June - Wroclaw, Poland - Orbita Hol
24th June - Warsaw, Poland - Torwar
26th June - Budapest, Hungary - Petofi Hall
27th June - Bucharest, Romania - Sala Palatului
28th June - Sofia, Bulgaria - Arena Armeec
30th June - Belgrade, Serbia - Kalemegdan Fortress
3rd July - Milan, Italy - City Sound Milan
5th July - Rome, Italy - Cavea Auditorium
8th July - Munich, Germany - Olympiahalle
13th July - Morzine, France - Morzine Harley Days
15th July - Nimes, France - Festival de Nimes
16th July - Vienne, France - Theatre Antique
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Feature Review of the album is now on site.
The album release will be followed by a World Tour that kicks off in Glasgow on May 21st, 2015.
Album configurations include CD, with a Deluxe Edition available featuring a "Making of Documentary" on DVD, expanded booklet that includes an in depth story and interview about the new album alongside exclusive pictures in ecol-book packaging.
Additionally Toto XIV will be available as a 2LP vinyl set, and a Super Deluxe limited edition which includes the Deluxe CD/ DVD edition, 2LP vinyl, an exclusive poster, t-shirt (large size only), and lithograph.
Toto XIV is the band’s first album of new material since 2006’s Falling In Between, however, the band personally considers the new album to be the true follow-up to Totot IV, which made the band global superstars.
"This is opposite of going through the motions," says keyboardist Steve Porcaro. "We’re treating this like it is Toto IV, our follow-up to Toto IV. We just want to be the best version of ourselves that we can be. Be true to ourselves and make the best music we can. Entertain people which is what we were put on this earth for."
"When you put us in a room, and everybody brings in their pieces, the next thing you know it all fits together" says guitarist Steve Lukather. "Everybody's performances are top notch. We are really bringing our best out, forcing ourselves to make personal best choices, what's best for the music. I'm really excited to hear what people think."
Toto XIV – track listing:
Running Out Of Time; Burn; Holy War; 21st Century Blues; Orphan; Unknown Soldier (For Jeffrey);
The Little Things; Chinatown; All the Tears That Shine; Fortune; Great Expectations.
TOTO 2015 European Tour Dates:
21st May - Glasgow, UK - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
23rd May - Dublin, Ireland - Vicar Street
25th May - Manchester, UK - 02 Apollo Manchester
26th May - London, UK - Apollo Hammersmith
28th May - Paris, France - Zenith
29th May - Esch Sur Alzette, Luxembourg - Rockhal
30th May - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Ziggo Dome
2nd June - Sonderborg, Denmark - Molleparkens Friluftscene
3rd June - Copenhagen, Denmark - Falkoner Theatre
4th June - Solvesborg, Sweden - Sweden Rock Festival
6th June - Bergen, Norway - Bergen Calling
7th June - Oslo, Norway - Sentrum Scene (SOLD OUT)
10th June - Bremerhaven, Germany - Stadthalle
11th June - Berlin, Germany - Tempodrome
12th June - Leipzig, Germany - Parkbuhne
13th June - Dresden, Germany - Junge Garde
15th June - Cologne, Germany - Tanzbrunnen
16th June - Offenbach, Germany - Stadthalle
17th June - Stuttgart, Germany - Freilichtbuhne Killesberg
18th June - Abenberg, German - Burg Abenberg
20th June - Hinwil, Switzerland - Rock The Ring Festival
21st June - Klam, Austria - Castle Clam
23rd June - Wroclaw, Poland - Orbita Hol
24th June - Warsaw, Poland - Torwar
26th June - Budapest, Hungary - Petofi Hall
27th June - Bucharest, Romania - Sala Palatului
28th June - Sofia, Bulgaria - Arena Armeec
30th June - Belgrade, Serbia - Kalemegdan Fortress
3rd July - Milan, Italy - City Sound Milan
5th July - Rome, Italy - Cavea Auditorium
8th July - Munich, Germany - Olympiahalle
13th July - Morzine, France - Morzine Harley Days
15th July - Nimes, France - Festival de Nimes
16th July - Vienne, France - Theatre Antique
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Fleetwood Mac, with Christine McVie back in the fold, will headline the 2015 Isle of Wight Festival on Sunday the 15th of June.
This will be the first time the band have played the festival, now in its fourteenth year.
Fans of the classic Rumours line-up will no doubt be as happy as Festival organiser John Giddings, who commented "It's no secret that Fleetwood Mac have been on my wish list for The Isle of Wight Festival for some time now, so I'm very pleased and extremely proud to have them headline next year's event."
Other name acts confirmed for the festival are The Black Keys, The Prodigy, Counting Crows, Billy Idol, Kool & The Gang and Ian Anderson.
Anderson, in the form of Ian Anderson's Best of Jethro Tull, is making his first appearance at the festival since 1970.
Also appearing are You Me At Six, Kodaline, First Aid Kit, Sheppard, Jessie Ware, The Struts and Jess Glynne.
The Isle of Wight Festival takes place at Seaclose Park from Thursday the 11th to Sunday the 14th June 2015.
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This will be the first time the band have played the festival, now in its fourteenth year.
Fans of the classic Rumours line-up will no doubt be as happy as Festival organiser John Giddings, who commented "It's no secret that Fleetwood Mac have been on my wish list for The Isle of Wight Festival for some time now, so I'm very pleased and extremely proud to have them headline next year's event."
Other name acts confirmed for the festival are The Black Keys, The Prodigy, Counting Crows, Billy Idol, Kool & The Gang and Ian Anderson.
Anderson, in the form of Ian Anderson's Best of Jethro Tull, is making his first appearance at the festival since 1970.
Also appearing are You Me At Six, Kodaline, First Aid Kit, Sheppard, Jessie Ware, The Struts and Jess Glynne.
The Isle of Wight Festival takes place at Seaclose Park from Thursday the 11th to Sunday the 14th June 2015.
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The full line-up for the 2015 Coachella Festival in Indio, California has been announced.
AC/DC have been confirmed as a headline act as have Jack White and the Billboard topping Canadian rapper Drake.
Other acts performing include Steely Dan, Belle & Sebastian, Florence and the Machine, Kasabian, Alabama Shakes and Royal Blood; all of which make the Coachella Festival one of the most eclectic gatherings of the year.
The Festival will take place over the April weekends of 10th, 11th, 12th and 17th, 18th, 19th.
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AC/DC have been confirmed as a headline act as have Jack White and the Billboard topping Canadian rapper Drake.
Other acts performing include Steely Dan, Belle & Sebastian, Florence and the Machine, Kasabian, Alabama Shakes and Royal Blood; all of which make the Coachella Festival one of the most eclectic gatherings of the year.
The Festival will take place over the April weekends of 10th, 11th, 12th and 17th, 18th, 19th.
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According to a recent quote from Sharon Osbourne in The Sun she is planning a Halloween in Vegas show for her hubby entitled Hell’s Gate.
Another source revealed that there has been a "huge interest" in the possibility of an Ozzy Osbourne show in Las Vegas (he hasn’t performed in the city since 2003) and with rock fans heading there in recent years for rock residencies by acts such as Def Leppard and Santana, The Prince of Darkness bringing some Halloween rock and roll to Sin City sounds like a marriage made in Heaven, sorry, Hell.
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Another source revealed that there has been a "huge interest" in the possibility of an Ozzy Osbourne show in Las Vegas (he hasn’t performed in the city since 2003) and with rock fans heading there in recent years for rock residencies by acts such as Def Leppard and Santana, The Prince of Darkness bringing some Halloween rock and roll to Sin City sounds like a marriage made in Heaven, sorry, Hell.
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Revolution Saints Frontiers Music announcement
New super group rock band Revolution Saints have released a video for their new single 'Turn Back Time,' taken from their self-titled debut album due for release on Frontiers Music SRL on the 20th of February (Europe), 23rd of February (UK) and 24th of February (North America).
Revolution Saints is the newest power trio to arrive on the scene and features guitar skills by Doug Aldrich (ex Whitesnake), bass and co-lead vocals by Jack Blades (Night Ranger) and drums and lead vocals by Deen Castronovo (Journey).
From the opening notes of 'Back On My Trail' to the piano outro on album closer 'In The Name of The Father (Fernando's Song)' it is clear Revolution Saints is a musical force to be reckoned with.
Songs 'Locked Out of Paradise,' 'Dream On' and 'Here Forever' showcase the diversity that permeates throughout the entire album.
Deen’s band mates from Journey also make an appearance on the album with guitarist Neal Schon showing up on 'Way to the Sun' and vocalist Arnel Pineda singing on 'You’re Not Alone.'
The album’s 80’s vibe is reminiscent of some of the biggest hard rock tracks of the day, but with a modern feel, backed by top-level musicianship.
The album will be available as standard CD, Digital Download, Deluxe Edition with bonus DVD and 180 gram vinyl.
Revolution Saints track listing:
Back On My Trail; Turn Back Time; You're Not Alone (featuring Arnel Pineda); Locked Out of Paradise; Way to the Sun (featuring Neal Schon); Dream On; Don't Walk Away; Here Forever; Strangers to This Life; Better World; How to Mend a Broken Heart; In the Name of the Father (Fernando's Song).
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From the opening notes of 'Back On My Trail' to the piano outro on album closer 'In The Name of The Father (Fernando's Song)' it is clear Revolution Saints is a musical force to be reckoned with.
Songs 'Locked Out of Paradise,' 'Dream On' and 'Here Forever' showcase the diversity that permeates throughout the entire album.
Deen’s band mates from Journey also make an appearance on the album with guitarist Neal Schon showing up on 'Way to the Sun' and vocalist Arnel Pineda singing on 'You’re Not Alone.'
The album’s 80’s vibe is reminiscent of some of the biggest hard rock tracks of the day, but with a modern feel, backed by top-level musicianship.
The album will be available as standard CD, Digital Download, Deluxe Edition with bonus DVD and 180 gram vinyl.
Revolution Saints track listing:
Back On My Trail; Turn Back Time; You're Not Alone (featuring Arnel Pineda); Locked Out of Paradise; Way to the Sun (featuring Neal Schon); Dream On; Don't Walk Away; Here Forever; Strangers to This Life; Better World; How to Mend a Broken Heart; In the Name of the Father (Fernando's Song).
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Robin Trower’s new studio album Something’s About To Change will be released by Manhaton/ V12 Records on March 9th – the same day as the legendary guitarist's 70th birthday.
Trower's upcoming release will be his 23rd studio solo album and follow up to the critically acclaimed Roots And Branches from 2013.
The release of Something's About to Change coincides with a UK spring tour which starts in Lincoln on March the 26th; Joanne Shaw Taylor and her band will be special guest support.
Something's About to Change Track listing:
Something’s About to Change; Fallen; Riff No. 7 (Still Alive); Dreams That Shone Like Diamonds; Good Morning Midnight; What You Never Want To Do; Strange Love; Gold To Grey; The One Saving Grace; Snakes and Ladders; Up and Gone; ‘Til I Reach Home
Robin Trower 2015 UK Tour w/ special guest Joanne Shaw Taylor:
Lincoln, Drill Hall - Thursday March 26
Bury St. Edmunds, Apex - Friday March 27
Birmingham, Town Hall - Saturday March 28
Salford, Lowry - Sunday March 29
Chester, Live Rooms - Thursday April 2
Gateshead, Sage - Friday April 3
Glasgow, Arches - Saturday April 4
Aberdeen, Lemon Tree - Sunday April 5
Stockton, Arc - Tuesday April 7
York, Barbican - Wednesday April 8
Sheffield, City Hall Ballroom - Thursday April 9
Holmfrith, Picturedrome - Friday April 10
London, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire - Saturday April 11
Crawley, Hawth - Tuesday April 14
Exeter, Corn Exchange - Wednesday April 15
Salisbury, City Hall - Thursday April 16
Milton Keynes, Stables - Friday April 17
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Trower's upcoming release will be his 23rd studio solo album and follow up to the critically acclaimed Roots And Branches from 2013.
The release of Something's About to Change coincides with a UK spring tour which starts in Lincoln on March the 26th; Joanne Shaw Taylor and her band will be special guest support.
Something's About to Change Track listing:
Something’s About to Change; Fallen; Riff No. 7 (Still Alive); Dreams That Shone Like Diamonds; Good Morning Midnight; What You Never Want To Do; Strange Love; Gold To Grey; The One Saving Grace; Snakes and Ladders; Up and Gone; ‘Til I Reach Home
Robin Trower 2015 UK Tour w/ special guest Joanne Shaw Taylor:
Lincoln, Drill Hall - Thursday March 26
Bury St. Edmunds, Apex - Friday March 27
Birmingham, Town Hall - Saturday March 28
Salford, Lowry - Sunday March 29
Chester, Live Rooms - Thursday April 2
Gateshead, Sage - Friday April 3
Glasgow, Arches - Saturday April 4
Aberdeen, Lemon Tree - Sunday April 5
Stockton, Arc - Tuesday April 7
York, Barbican - Wednesday April 8
Sheffield, City Hall Ballroom - Thursday April 9
Holmfrith, Picturedrome - Friday April 10
London, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire - Saturday April 11
Crawley, Hawth - Tuesday April 14
Exeter, Corn Exchange - Wednesday April 15
Salisbury, City Hall - Thursday April 16
Milton Keynes, Stables - Friday April 17
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A melodic six-string improvisation with a little fret-shredding from Damian Salazar.
"Who?" you might ask.
Exactly.
"Who?" you might ask.
Exactly.
Watching this clip adds to the countless number of street performers I've seen first hand, heard or viewed on Youtube from Buenos Ares to Bolton, from country-picking folk players to fusion-istic note-benders, who are genuinely talented.
Back in the day of A&R men and talent spotters many would be signed acts.
But thankfully their loss is not felt as picking up the slack and filling the void are One Direction, Jedward, Cheryl, Rihanna, Beyonce, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus et al.
Hoorah.
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Back in the day of A&R men and talent spotters many would be signed acts.
But thankfully their loss is not felt as picking up the slack and filling the void are One Direction, Jedward, Cheryl, Rihanna, Beyonce, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus et al.
Hoorah.
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The Answer will release their new studio album Raise a Little Hell on March the 9th.
According to The Answer vocalist Cormac Neeson the new album "comes from deep down inside. We brought the blues, the swagger and soul back into the studio and emerged from it with an album that encapsulates our unabated love for making the music we make. We’re all incredibly proud and thrilled with this record!"
The band have announced a full UK tour in support of the album:
6th March – Belfast, Limelight
7th March – Dublin, Whelans
9th March – Manchester, Academy 3
19th March – Leeds, The Key Club
11th March – York, Fibbers
12th March – Aberdeen, The Lemon Tree
13th March – Glasgow, The Garage
14th March – Newcastle, Riverside
16th March – Grimsby, Yardbirds
17th March – Liverpool, Arts Club
18th March – Southend, Chinnery’s
19th March – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
20th March – Birmingham, Institute
21st March – Sheffield, The Corporation
23rd March – Norwich, Waterfront
24th March – Bristol, Motion
25th March – Brighton, Concorde 2
26th March – London, O2 Academy Islington
27th March – Exeter, Lemon Grove
28th March – Southampton, 1865
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According to The Answer vocalist Cormac Neeson the new album "comes from deep down inside. We brought the blues, the swagger and soul back into the studio and emerged from it with an album that encapsulates our unabated love for making the music we make. We’re all incredibly proud and thrilled with this record!"
The band have announced a full UK tour in support of the album:
6th March – Belfast, Limelight
7th March – Dublin, Whelans
9th March – Manchester, Academy 3
19th March – Leeds, The Key Club
11th March – York, Fibbers
12th March – Aberdeen, The Lemon Tree
13th March – Glasgow, The Garage
14th March – Newcastle, Riverside
16th March – Grimsby, Yardbirds
17th March – Liverpool, Arts Club
18th March – Southend, Chinnery’s
19th March – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
20th March – Birmingham, Institute
21st March – Sheffield, The Corporation
23rd March – Norwich, Waterfront
24th March – Bristol, Motion
25th March – Brighton, Concorde 2
26th March – London, O2 Academy Islington
27th March – Exeter, Lemon Grove
28th March – Southampton, 1865
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Thunder will release a new album in February, six years on from their last studio outing.
Wonder Days will be released on the Ear Music label on February the 13th 2015.
The band will play three headline shows in the UK shortly after the album’s release at the First Direct Arena in Leeds (12th March), Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham (13th March) and the Hammersmith/ Eventim Apollo in London (14th March).
Support at all three shows will be from Reef and Tax The Heat:
Wonder Days track listing:
1. Wonder Days
2. The Thing I Want
3. The Rain
4. Black Water
5. The Prophet
6. Resurrection Day
7. Chasing Shadows
8. Broken
9. When the Music Played
10. Serpentine
11. I Love the Weekend
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Wonder Days will be released on the Ear Music label on February the 13th 2015.
The band will play three headline shows in the UK shortly after the album’s release at the First Direct Arena in Leeds (12th March), Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham (13th March) and the Hammersmith/ Eventim Apollo in London (14th March).
Support at all three shows will be from Reef and Tax The Heat:
Wonder Days track listing:
1. Wonder Days
2. The Thing I Want
3. The Rain
4. Black Water
5. The Prophet
6. Resurrection Day
7. Chasing Shadows
8. Broken
9. When the Music Played
10. Serpentine
11. I Love the Weekend
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Metallica have been confirmed as a headliner at the 2015 Reading and Leeds festival.
The 2015 edition of the dual festival takes place at Richmond Avenue, Reading and Bramham Park, Leeds over the weekend of 28th to 30th of August.
Other acts confirmed thus far include Pierce The Veil, Refused and Manchester Orchestra.
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The 2015 edition of the dual festival takes place at Richmond Avenue, Reading and Bramham Park, Leeds over the weekend of 28th to 30th of August.
Other acts confirmed thus far include Pierce The Veil, Refused and Manchester Orchestra.
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Steven Wilson, a musician, singer and songwriter who can truly be called a progressive artist in the progressive rock genre – and there’s hellish few of ‘em – will play six dates in the UK in March to coincide with the release of his fourth solo album Hand. Cannot. Erase.
The UK shows, which start on the 12th March at the Cambridge Corn Exchange, will be in advance of the European dates that kick off in Cologne on the 20th of March.
According to Wilson plans are afoot to develop "a show that I hope will raise the bar both musically and visually from my previous tours, with a set list based around the new album, as well as casting the net further back into my songwriting past for a few surprises."
Steven Wilson UK Tour dates 2015 :
12th March - Cambridge, Corn Exchange
13th March - Cardiff, St David's Hall
14th March - Manchester, Bridgewater Hall
16th March - Edinburgh, Queens Hall
17th March - London, Troxy
18th March - Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
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The UK shows, which start on the 12th March at the Cambridge Corn Exchange, will be in advance of the European dates that kick off in Cologne on the 20th of March.
According to Wilson plans are afoot to develop "a show that I hope will raise the bar both musically and visually from my previous tours, with a set list based around the new album, as well as casting the net further back into my songwriting past for a few surprises."
Steven Wilson UK Tour dates 2015 :
12th March - Cambridge, Corn Exchange
13th March - Cardiff, St David's Hall
14th March - Manchester, Bridgewater Hall
16th March - Edinburgh, Queens Hall
17th March - London, Troxy
18th March - Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
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Five time Grammy nominee Kenny Wayne Shepherd will be touring the UK in the spring.
The blues rock guitarist and his band will play five shows in April, opening in Salisbury at the City Hall and closing the short tour at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London.
Special Guest at all shows will be Ben Poole.
The Kenny Wayne Shepherd band features vocalist Noah Hunt, drummer Chris Layton (a 2014 inductee into the Musicians Hall of Fame as a member of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble), bassist Tony Franklin and keyboard player Riley Osbourn.
Shepherd released his seventh studio album, Goin’ Home, last year.
The album features guest performances by a number of noted musicians including Joe Walsh, Warren Haynes, Ringo Starr and Kim Wilson (Fabulous Thunderbirds).
UK tour dates, April 2015:
10th April – Salisbury, City Hall
11th April – Holmfirth, Picturedrome
12th April – Glasgow, O2 ABC
13th April – Aberdeen, The Lemon Tree
15th April – London, Shepherd's Bush Empire
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The blues rock guitarist and his band will play five shows in April, opening in Salisbury at the City Hall and closing the short tour at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London.
Special Guest at all shows will be Ben Poole.
The Kenny Wayne Shepherd band features vocalist Noah Hunt, drummer Chris Layton (a 2014 inductee into the Musicians Hall of Fame as a member of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble), bassist Tony Franklin and keyboard player Riley Osbourn.
Shepherd released his seventh studio album, Goin’ Home, last year.
The album features guest performances by a number of noted musicians including Joe Walsh, Warren Haynes, Ringo Starr and Kim Wilson (Fabulous Thunderbirds).
UK tour dates, April 2015:
10th April – Salisbury, City Hall
11th April – Holmfirth, Picturedrome
12th April – Glasgow, O2 ABC
13th April – Aberdeen, The Lemon Tree
15th April – London, Shepherd's Bush Empire
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The Foo Fighters have announced five stadium shows in the UK in May and June.
The band will have support from Iggy Pop at Wembley and Royal Blood at both Wembley and Edinburgh.
UK stadium dates, 2015:
25th May – Sunderland, Stadium Of Light
27th May – Manchester, Old Trafford
19th June – London, Wembley Stadium
20th June – London, Wembley Stadium
23rd June – Edinburgh, Murrayfield Stadium
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The band will have support from Iggy Pop at Wembley and Royal Blood at both Wembley and Edinburgh.
UK stadium dates, 2015:
25th May – Sunderland, Stadium Of Light
27th May – Manchester, Old Trafford
19th June – London, Wembley Stadium
20th June – London, Wembley Stadium
23rd June – Edinburgh, Murrayfield Stadium
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Lynyrd Skynyrd will play three dates in the UK in April.
The southern rockers will play Glasgow (Clyde Auditorium), Manchester (O2 Apollo) and London (Eventim/ Hammersmith Apollo) on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd of April respectively.
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The southern rockers will play Glasgow (Clyde Auditorium), Manchester (O2 Apollo) and London (Eventim/ Hammersmith Apollo) on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd of April respectively.
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Scottish hard rockers Gun have announced six large hall/ theatre dates on the back of their three, quickly sold-out shows that took place at King Tut’s in Glasgow last November.
The band will play Newcastle, London, Wolverhampton, Nottingham, Manchester and Glasgow in March 2015 and are currently working on a new album, set for an early 2015 release.
Gun - March 2015 Tour Dates:
23rd March – Newcastle, O2 Academy 2
24th March – London, Underworld
25th March – Wolverhampton, Slade Rooms
26th March – Nottingham, Rock City
27th March – Manchester, Academy 3
28th March – Glasgow, Barrowland
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The band will play Newcastle, London, Wolverhampton, Nottingham, Manchester and Glasgow in March 2015 and are currently working on a new album, set for an early 2015 release.
Gun - March 2015 Tour Dates:
23rd March – Newcastle, O2 Academy 2
24th March – London, Underworld
25th March – Wolverhampton, Slade Rooms
26th March – Nottingham, Rock City
27th March – Manchester, Academy 3
28th March – Glasgow, Barrowland
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Nice to see Jes Falcon back with his own take on the rock genre via the punchy single 'Everybody Lies at Night.'
Jes Falcon is not so much alternative rock as simply a brand that carries a funky punkiness – or perhaps it's a punky funkiness; it's certainly worth a listen via the new single or his solo album Fake Bluff, reviewed on FabricationsHQ and released in 2012.
Jes Falcon is not so much alternative rock as simply a brand that carries a funky punkiness – or perhaps it's a punky funkiness; it's certainly worth a listen via the new single or his solo album Fake Bluff, reviewed on FabricationsHQ and released in 2012.
Find out more about Jes over at www.jesfalcon.com
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Singer Robin DeLorenzo’s vocal signals first appeared on the FabricationsHQ radar via Hellacious, the loud ‘N’ proud 2012 physical/ 2013 digital release from the Manny Charlton Band.
While Hellacious proved Miss DeLorenzo can belt out a tune with the best of ‘em, at the heart of her voice is rhythm and blues & countrified pop, showcased on her recently released solo album Walkin’ Miles in My Shoes; it’s also her most accomplished and complete work to date.
A review of Walkin’ Miles in My Shoes can be found here but if you want an audio sample of Robin DeLorenzo’s sonorific qualities, check out her impromptu Acapella home singing of 'I’d Rather Go Blind.'
While Hellacious proved Miss DeLorenzo can belt out a tune with the best of ‘em, at the heart of her voice is rhythm and blues & countrified pop, showcased on her recently released solo album Walkin’ Miles in My Shoes; it’s also her most accomplished and complete work to date.
A review of Walkin’ Miles in My Shoes can be found here but if you want an audio sample of Robin DeLorenzo’s sonorific qualities, check out her impromptu Acapella home singing of 'I’d Rather Go Blind.'
That sort of video should guarantee automatic entry to any of The Voice reality TV programmes currently airing in various parts of the world but Robin DeLorenzo’s natural gift is also her failing – she’s a natural talent that doesn’t need to be manufactured, mentored or modelled in someone else’s music-to-watch-and-not-to-listen-to image.
So Robin DeLorenzo continues to walk miles in her own shoes, performing numbers on her latest album such as the rocking rhythm and blues song 'It Does Something' featuring Manny Charlton and the beautiful and poignant voice and strings of 'Pink Ribbon Angels.'
Make no mistake; if the former had been Beth Hart featuring Joe Bonamassa and the latter recorded by Stevie Nicks, they would never be off rock and mainstream radio, respectively.
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So Robin DeLorenzo continues to walk miles in her own shoes, performing numbers on her latest album such as the rocking rhythm and blues song 'It Does Something' featuring Manny Charlton and the beautiful and poignant voice and strings of 'Pink Ribbon Angels.'
Make no mistake; if the former had been Beth Hart featuring Joe Bonamassa and the latter recorded by Stevie Nicks, they would never be off rock and mainstream radio, respectively.
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Europe, with Special Guests the Black Star Riders, will play a sixteen-date UK & Ireland tour in the spring.
Both bands are due to release their new albums around the time of the tour.
Europe & the Black Star Riders - Live And Loud In The UK 2015
2nd March - Dublin, Olympia Theatre
3rd March - Belfast, Ulster Hall
5th March – Glasgow, O2 ABC
6th March – Glasgow, O2 ABC
7th March - Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, O2 Academy
8th March – Leeds, O2 Academy
10th March – Nottingham, Rock City
11th March – Cambridge, Corn Exchange
13th March – Manchester, Academy
14th March – Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
15th March – Exeter, University Great Hall
16th March – Bristol, O2 Academy
18th March – Bournemouth, O2 Academy
19th March – Norwich, The Nick Rayns LCR
20th March – London, O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
21st March – London, O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
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Both bands are due to release their new albums around the time of the tour.
Europe & the Black Star Riders - Live And Loud In The UK 2015
2nd March - Dublin, Olympia Theatre
3rd March - Belfast, Ulster Hall
5th March – Glasgow, O2 ABC
6th March – Glasgow, O2 ABC
7th March - Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, O2 Academy
8th March – Leeds, O2 Academy
10th March – Nottingham, Rock City
11th March – Cambridge, Corn Exchange
13th March – Manchester, Academy
14th March – Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
15th March – Exeter, University Great Hall
16th March – Bristol, O2 Academy
18th March – Bournemouth, O2 Academy
19th March – Norwich, The Nick Rayns LCR
20th March – London, O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
21st March – London, O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
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The Australian Pink Floyd, the ultimate Pink Floyd tribute band and one of the best tribute acts in the world have announced a 22 date Welcome to the Machine Tour of the UK, celebrating 40 years of Wish You Were Here.
The two hour shows will feature vocalist Lorelei McBroom (who performed with Pink Floyd on the Momentary Lapse of Reason and Delicate Sound of Thunder tours) with Colin Norfield in a pivotal role as sound engineer (Norfield was Front Of House engineer on Pink Floyd’s Division Bell world tour).
The Australian Pink Floyd Welcome to the Machine UK Tour 2015:
Sunday 15th February - Belfast, Waterfront Hall
Thursday 19th February - Edinburgh, Usher Hall
Friday 2oth February - Newcastle, City Hall
Saturday 21st February - Glasgow, Hydro
Monday 23rd February - Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall
Tuesday 24th February - Ipswich, Regent
Thursday 26th February - Folkestone, Leas Cliff Hall
Friday 27th February - Brighton, Centre
Saturday 28th February - London, Eventim Apollo Hammersmith
Monday 2nd March - Bristol, Colston Hall
Tuesday 3rd March - Plymouth, Pavilions
Thursday 5th March - Southend, Cliffs Pavilion
Friday 6th March - Bournemouth, BIC
Saturday 7th March - Cardiff, Cardiff Arena
Monday 9th March - Cambridge, Corn Exchange
Tuesday 10th March - Oxford, New Theatre
Thursday 12th March - Sheffield, City Hall
Friday 13th March - Leeds, First Direct Arena
Saturday 14th March - Liverpool, Liverpool Arena
Monday 16th March - Stoke, Victoria Hall
Tuesday 17th March - Preston, Guild Hall
Thursday 19th March - Leicester, De Montford Hall
Friday 20th March - Birmingham, NIA
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The two hour shows will feature vocalist Lorelei McBroom (who performed with Pink Floyd on the Momentary Lapse of Reason and Delicate Sound of Thunder tours) with Colin Norfield in a pivotal role as sound engineer (Norfield was Front Of House engineer on Pink Floyd’s Division Bell world tour).
The Australian Pink Floyd Welcome to the Machine UK Tour 2015:
Sunday 15th February - Belfast, Waterfront Hall
Thursday 19th February - Edinburgh, Usher Hall
Friday 2oth February - Newcastle, City Hall
Saturday 21st February - Glasgow, Hydro
Monday 23rd February - Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall
Tuesday 24th February - Ipswich, Regent
Thursday 26th February - Folkestone, Leas Cliff Hall
Friday 27th February - Brighton, Centre
Saturday 28th February - London, Eventim Apollo Hammersmith
Monday 2nd March - Bristol, Colston Hall
Tuesday 3rd March - Plymouth, Pavilions
Thursday 5th March - Southend, Cliffs Pavilion
Friday 6th March - Bournemouth, BIC
Saturday 7th March - Cardiff, Cardiff Arena
Monday 9th March - Cambridge, Corn Exchange
Tuesday 10th March - Oxford, New Theatre
Thursday 12th March - Sheffield, City Hall
Friday 13th March - Leeds, First Direct Arena
Saturday 14th March - Liverpool, Liverpool Arena
Monday 16th March - Stoke, Victoria Hall
Tuesday 17th March - Preston, Guild Hall
Thursday 19th March - Leicester, De Montford Hall
Friday 20th March - Birmingham, NIA
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