JOE BONAMASSA will once again hit the road with a UK tour starting in March 2012.
The tour will be Joe's biggest one in the UK to date.
Joe will play new material from his forthcoming new solo album, which is due in late May, as well as songs from his back catalogue.
Planet Rock has an exclusive 48 hour presale on tickets so that you can get the best seats available ahead of the general public. The presale starts NEXT Wednesday (5 October) at 9am and runs until the general sale starts at 9am on Friday 7 Oct.
The dates are as follows...
23rd March - Brighton, Centre
24th March - Sheffield, Motorpoint Arena
25th March - Newcastle, Metro Arena
27th March - Edinburgh, Usher Hall
28th March - Liverpool, Echo Arena
30th March - Bournemouth, International Centre
31st March - Birmingham, National Indoor Arena
AMPLIFIER have withdrawn from the SUMMERS END FESTIVAL due to take place at the Town Hall, Lydney from October 7th - 9th. This is due to "technical differences".
SUNCHILD have also been forced to withdraw owing to visa problems; but they have now been booked to appear in 2012.
The excellent CREDO and Antony Kalugin/John Sloman have been drafted in as replacements.
Sunchild not being able to obtain visas I can take; but the situation with Amplifier stinks of the band thinking that they are are bigger than the festival.
If I am wrong then I apologise whole heartedly.
At least we have the superb CREDO to look forward to and also the legendary John Sloman (I am now going to dig out my Lone Star LP's).
The following has appeared on the official Amplifier website...
It is with regret that we must announce our withdrawal from "Summersend" Festival on Friday October 8th.This is down to technical disagreements between the band and the organisers of the event being too large to overcome.Regardless, we would encourage people still to attend this exciting and unique UK event.We wish the organisers good luck with Summersend Festival and hope that it continues to go from strength to strength.
The full statement from the organisers of Summers End reads as follows...
Running a festival is never easy, and we are sorry to announce a couple of pieces of bad news with just 10 days to go!
Firstly, it is with huge regret that we announce that Amplifier will not now be playing the festival. This is as a result of irresolvable technical issues between the Festival and the band. We apologise to all those looking forward to seeing them, and wish the band every success for the future.Holders of Friday evening tickets only have been contacted separately.
Secondly, Sunchild will not now be able to play due to the refusal of visas for some of the band. We know that the guys are as gutted as we are that they cannot play, so we are happy to announce that they will be joining us in 2012, visa's permitting!
In the meantime, we are very pleased to announce that Antony Kaluginof Sunchild, who is still able to make the Festival, will play a special acoustic set on Friday night with something of a legendary guest, the amazing John Sloman of Lonestar and Uriah Heep fame. This unique collaboration will hopefully help compensate fans for the loss of both bands.
In their Sunday slot we are thrilled to announce that Credo have agreed to play the Festival at short notice. The band have received some superb reviews for their third album "Against Reason" and have combined that with some amazing live shows in 2011. We welcome them back after their wonderful set way back in 2006! www.credo.gb.com
Here's the confirmed line up:
Friday 7th October - Lazuli (France), Antony Kalugin and John Sloman (Ukraine and UK) & Declan Burke (UK).
Saturday 8th October - Evening: Arena (UK) – Saturday Headliner, The Tangent (UK ) – Saturday Special guest. Afternoon: - Day Six (Holland), Casual Silence (Holland) & Invertigo (Germany).
Sunday 9th October - Evening: Caravan (UK) – Sunday Headliner, Magenta (UK) – Sunday Special Guest. Afternoon: - Headspace (UK), Credo (UK) & Unto Us (UK).
Sponsor's tickets remain available for a few more days at £85, which get the purchaser a special T-shirt and Stephen's book "Citizens of Hope and Glory". Standard 3 day tickets are also available priced £65. Don't also forget the Festival Ferry at £14 for the weekend.Buy tickets at www.summersend.co.uk
Day tickets and part-festival tickets will are now on sale with the following prices:Friday: £18, Saturday or Sunday Day tickets: £29 & Saturday and Sunday tickets: £50.
Thunder have added a second Xmas show at Rock City in Nottingham, as their original date on Wednesday, December 21st has sold out.
The band will now play the previous evening, at the same venue, on Tuesday, December 20th.
The band will play two sets, mixing up acoustic and electric performances, with some special guests also expected!
Tickets go on sale from 9am on Friday, September 30th.
Danny Bowes and Ben Matthews have also extended their tour in January.
"An Evening With Danny & Ben" January 2012 dates are as follows...
Thu. 05 - Gateshead, Sage Hall 2
Fri. 06 - Glasgow, Oran Mor
Sat. 07 - Manchester, Academy
Tue. 10 - Birmingham, Glee Club
Wed. 11 - Norwich, Arts Centre
Thu. 12 - Cambridge, Junction
Thu. 19 - Sheffield, Memorial Hall
Fri. 20 - London, Bush Hall
Sat. 21 - London, Bush Hall
Wed. 25 - Brighton, Komedia
Thu. 26 - Wolverhampton, Wulfrun Hall
Fri. 27 - Liverpool, Academy
Sun. 29 - Wavendon, Stables
Tickets for the extra shows go on sale from 9am on Friday, September 30th at www.livenation.co.uk.
Pro-shot video footage of METALLICA's September 25th, 2011 performance at the Rock In Rio festival in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil can be seen below...
The band's set list was...
01. Creeping Death
02. For Whom the Bell Tolls
03. Fuel
04. Ride the Lightning
05. Fade to Black
06. Cyanide
07. All Nightmare Long
08. Sad But True
09. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
10. Orion
11. One
12. Master of Puppets
13. Blackened
14. Nothing Else Matters
15. Enter Sandman
Encore:
16. Am I Evil?
17. Whiplash
18. Seek & Destroy
METALLICA is about to release a collaborative album with Lou Reed; but the band is also writing songs for their new studio album (10th).
Rick Rubin will once again be producing, however no release date is available yet.
Austrian symphonic metallers VISIONS OF ATLANTIS are to film their October 23rd performance at the Metal Female Voices Fest at Oktoberhallen in Wieze, for a future DVD release.
"We highly recommend a visit at this great festival to everyone as it`s not just only a very special feeling performing there but also everything around when being there as a fan is something quite unique within the whole metal scene. We always love to be there and as this year's appearance will be the most special one in our entire career we're even more excited about it and full of energy to crush the hall! So hope to see you all there and be part of our very first DVD production!"
VISIONS OF ATLANTIS are set to release a new EP called, "Maria Magdelena", on October 21st.
The track listing is as follows...
01. Maria Magdalena
02. Melancholia
03. Change Of Tides
04. Last Shut Of Your Eyes
05. Distant Shores
06. Beyond Horizon- The Poem Pt. II
ALTER BRIDGE has confirmed the track listing for the special edition of its latest album, "AB III.5", to be released on October 17th.
The special edition will include three additional songs namely "Zero", "Home" and "Never Born To Follow".
A total of 17 tracks will be on the Special Edition album, as well as an hour-long DVD documentary called "One By One".
"One By One" is a documentary by award-winning filmmaker Daniel E. Catullo III intended to be an intimate behind-the-scenes look into the rise of Alter Bridge.
It features brand new interviews and concert footage shot all over the world, plus special interviews with Slash, the band's management team, and dozens of fans from every corner of the globe.
"AB III.5" CD/DVD special edition track listing...
01. Slip To The Void
02. Isolation
03. Ghost Of Days Gone By
04. All Hope Is Gone
05. Still Remains
06. Make It Right
07. Wonderful Life
08. I Know It Hurts
09. Show Me A Sign
10. Fallout
11. Breathe Again
12. Couer d'Alene
13. Life Must Go On
14. Words Darker Than Their Wings
15. Zero (extra track)
16. Home (extra track)
17. Never Born To Follow (extra track)
Bonus DVD:
"One By One" – a full-length documentary on the story of Alter Bridge.
"Trip The Darkness", the new single from the Italian rock/metal band LACUNA COIL, will be released next month.
The song comes off the group's new album, "Dark Adrenaline", which will be released on January 24th via Century Media Records.
"Dark Adrenaline" track listing...
01. Trip The Darkness
02. Against You
03. Kill the Light
04. Give Me Something More
05. Upsidedown
06. End of Time
07. I Don't Believe in Tomorrow
08. Intoxicated
09. The Army Inside
10. Losing My Religion
11. Fire
12. My Spirit
"Trip The Darkness" will be released digitally on October 17th.
The "Darkness Rising" tour starts on October 21st...
DARKNESS RISING TOUR - @ ITALY
21.10.2011 (I) Milan - Bloom
22.10.2011 (I) Ravenna - Rock Planet Club
24.10.2011 (I) Rome - Circolo Degli Artisti
25.10.2011 (I) Naples - Duel Beat
27.10.2011 (I) Florence - Viper
28.10.2011 (I) Modena - Vox
30.10.2011 (I) Treviso - New Age Club
31.10.2011 (I) Turin - Teatro Delle Serre
DARKNESS RISING TOUR - @ UK
02.11.2011 (UK) Nottingham - Rescue Rooms
03.11.2011 (UK) Stoke On Trent -Sugarmill
04.11.2011 (UK) Sheffield - Corporation
05.11.2011 (UK) Birmingham - Institute Library
07.11.2011 (UK) Newcastle Upon Tyne - Newcastle University
08.11.2011 (UK) Glasgow - King Tuts
09.11.2011 (UK) Aberdeen - Lemon Tree
10.11.2011 (UK) Dundee - The Doghouse
12.11.2011 (UK) Manchester - Academy 2
13.11.2011 (UK) Cardiff - CF10
14.11.2011 (UK) Exeter - Phoenix
16.11.2011 (UK) Brighton - Concorde 2
17.11.2011 (UK) Folkestone - Quarterhouse
18.11.2011 (UK) Bournemouth - Old Fire Station
20.11.2011 (UK) Colchester - Colchester Arts Center
21.11.2011 (UK) Northampton - Road Menders
22.11.2011 (UK) London - ULU
23.11.2011 (UK) Oxford - O2 Academy
R.E.M. have called it a day after around 31 years in the business.
The following statement from the group was posted on the band's website...
"To our Fans and Friends: As R.E.M., and as lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a day as a band. We walk away with a great sense of gratitude, of finality, and of astonishment at all we have accomplished. To anyone who ever felt touched by our music, our deepest thanks for listening."
The split comes soon after the group released their fifteenth album, "Collapse Into Now", with the band, at the time, deciding that they wouldn't tour in support of the record.
Mike Mills said of the split..
"We have always been a band in the truest sense of the word. Brothers who truly love and respect each other. We feel kind of like pioneers in this - there's no disharmony here, no falling-outs, no lawyers squaring off. We've made this decision together, amicably and with each other's best interests at heart."
R.E.M., based in Georgia, have sold more than 85million albums in their career and achieve a massive eight number one albums in the UK.
Their farewell to the fans will be a brand new hits collection, which will be released in November.
On Tuesday November 1st at 7:30pm, for one night only, participating VueCinemas will screen Black Country Communion’s debut concert film “Live Over Europe” in high definition and Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound.
Black Country Communion features the talents of bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Trapeze), blues rock guitarist/vocalistJoe Bonamassa, drummer Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin), and keyboardist Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater).
Photo Credit : Christie Goodwin (website link at the bottom of this posting)
“Live Over Europe” was filmed using 14 HD cameras during BCC’s first ever world tour in the summer of 2011. Recorded across three nights in Hamburg, Munich and Berlin, the band’s set includes 18 songs taken from both of BCC’s albums; 2010’s eponymous debut, and 2011’s follow-up album release “2”.
This one-night-only rock and roll cinema experience includes an exclusive filmed introduction from all four members of Black Country Communion.
By pre–booking tickets via www.myvue.com/bcc, fans who attend each of the 16 participating cinemas, will be automatically entered into a prize draw to win a guitar signed by the band.
The Vue Cinemas that will be screening this event, are as follows...
London, West End
Cambridge
Oxford
Portsmouth
Exeter
Bristol
Doncaster
Leicester
Hull
Leeds
York
Birmingham
Edinburgh
Dublin
Bury
Swansea
Amanda Somerville's new band project TRILLIUM will release, "Alloy", at the beginning of November via Frontiers Records.
The press release is as follows...
Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the release of “Alloy”, the anticipated debut album from TRILLIUM the new Metal Project masterminded by American Singer Songwriter Amanda Somerville on November 4th in Europe and November 1st in North America. “Alloy” is an album that's charged with emotion and exploration and a very personal statement from Amanda and certainly the listener can enjoy very different musical atmospheres on the album “Since I'm an eclectic and diverse person and musician, that certainly comes out in this album” says Amanda. “I think that the diversity is what is going to set this album apart from other stuff that's out there right now. It's got big choruses and epic symphonic hits, guitar solos you could imagine being played on a mountain top with an aerial camera view, but it's also got a lot of soul added to the raise-your-fists-in-the-air-and-make-a-mean-face vibe”. Musically TRILLIUM melts Rock and Metal in a new, interesting and different way from anything Amanda has worked on so far. “Alloy” is also graced with the talents of several musicians with whom Amanda had the honor of working in the past. Sander Gommans (ex AFTER FOREVER, HDK) and Sascha Paeth (KAMELOT, AVANTASIA, EPICA, AFTER FOREVER etc) were the main songwriters together with the American singer on this album. They have brought a lot to the project and have certainly allowed the sound to be a lot richer and stronger. “Sander is all around an awesome songwriter and guitar player, and he's especially good at coming up with riffs and movements of a song, while Sascha is a fantastic producer who can play any instrument there is - and play the hell out of it - and his sense of songwriting is really strong!” tells Amanda. Other contributing musicians include Miro Rodenberg who did all of the orchestral and keyboard arrangements, Robert Hunecke on drums, Olaf Reitmeier on acoustic guitar, Simon Oberender on keyboards (and mastering). But more surprises are on this record: “Working with Mat Sinner on KISKE-SOMERVILLE established a solid professional relationship and I also found a good friend in him” says Amanda. “We co-wrote "Love Is An Illusion" together for this album and it was a pleasure working with him once again!” And last, but in no way least, Jorn Lande has lent his epic voice to the song "Scream It." Ms. Somerville tells the story: “I actually wrote that song with Jorn in mind not for his status in the scene, but because I absolutely love his voice, he's a wonderful friend of mine through working together on Avantasia and he was the perfect "actor" to play the character in the song. And he nailed it!” With touring plans in Europe in the first quarter of 2012 and a rousing excitement surrounding Trillium, you can bet the world is finally ready to enjoy the talents of one of the most interesting, creative and gifted singers and songwriters of today’s entire Rock scene. “Alloy” will be exclusively released in a lavish digipak cd edition and will include the following songs:Machine Gun; Coward; Purge; Utter Descension; Bow To the Ego; Mistaken; Scream It; Justifiable Casualty; Path of Least Resistance; Into The Dissonance; Slow It Down; Love Is An Illusion*. *bonus track While a videoclip for the song “Coward” is in the works, you can now enjoy a video presentation of the album following this link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7KQITdzezc Stay tuned for more exciting news regarding TRILLIUM ! TRILLIUMAmanda Somerville – Lead & backing Vocals, KeyboardsSascha Paeth - Guitars, Bass, Keys, DrumsSander Gommans - GuitarsMiro - Arrangements & KeysOlaf Reitmeier - Acoustic GuitarRobert Hunecke – DrumsSimon Oberender - KeysJorn Lande - Guest Lead Vocals on “Scream It”
Fan-filmed (Anthony3) video footage of WITHIN TEMPTATION's performance (Sept 10th) at Terminal 5 in New York City can be seen at the bottom of this posting.
"Box O'Snakes: The Sunburst Years 1978-1982", is to be released on November 07th and will contain all of the WHITESNAKE albums from 1978 to 1982.
The box set will also include two previously unreleased BBC concerts, a limited edition seven inch, a DVD and a 90-page book with new interview and unseen photographs.
"Box O'Snakes: The Sunburst Years 1978-1982" will contain the following...
