Joe Lynn Turner’s management has issued the following press release: While vacationing in Antayla, Turkey this summer, some Turkish businesspeople approached Joe Lynn Turner with the idea of presenting a major rock music festival in or near the city sometime in 2011. Turner agreed that this was a great concept. While the festival is only […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2010-08-21
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British subscription TV channel Sky Arts will air highlights of this year High Voltage festival next Saturday, August 28th. The festival, which was held on July 24 in London, saw the last performance of Heaven & Hell, with Glenn Hughes and Jorn Lande joining on stage Toni Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice in tribute […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2010-08-21
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An article published today on Guitar International starts with Steve Morse is sitting in a studio on the outskirts of Orlando, Florida, chewing on a chocolate chip cookie and waiting patiently for the members of his band to show up for rehearsal. The band that’s he’s waiting for, though, is not made up of his […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2010-08-20
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A trailer for the upcoming DVD Gettin’ Tighter: The Story of MkIV has been released to the public. Release date has no been pushed from December 2010 to some time early 2011. The good news is that the DVD will include exclusive new interviews with Glenn Hughes and founder member Jon Lord.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2010-08-13
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Glenn Hughes recently talked to http://www.faceculture.com. FaceCulture spoke to Glenn about the Black Country, California, Joe Bonamassa, his rock dream, forming a band, writing under pressure, playing live, drugs, autobiography, age, secrets, achievements and lots more! An excerpt is available above and the full interview can be watched on FaceCulture. Hughes also talked about BCC […]
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Posted in News by Svante Axbacke on 2010-08-13
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In an interview with billboard.com, Black Country Communion drummer Jason Bonham says the band is talking about recording a second album before going on tour in 2011. The band’s debut album is released in the UK and the rest of Europe on Monday September 20th, followed by a North American release on Tuesday September 21st.
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Posted in News by Svante Axbacke on 2010-08-12
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Black Country Communion have today posted a free MP3 download of their debut single “One Last Soul” on their official website. BCC’s debut album is released in the UK/Europe by Mascot Records on 20th September, followed by 21st September North American release on the J&R Adventures label.
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Posted in News by Svante Axbacke on 2010-08-10
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The latest press release from the Whitesnake camp informs us that the band is back in the studio, working on the follow up to Good To Be Bad, and with a new lineup to boot. Out are bassist Uriah Duffy and drummer Chris Frazier. Brian Tichy (whose resume includes Ozzy Osbourne, Billy Idol, Foreigner, Glenn […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2010-08-09
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Steve Hoffman, who has a cult following among some audiophiles, has reported in his blog that he’s working on a Fireball remaster which will be released on the Audio Fidelity label: All done mastering this album. I think this is the first time these tapes were used in over 30 years…. Now, this is going […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2010-08-04
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Big Ian in the latest installment of Dear Friends addresses the contentious rumours of the band’s “last tour” amidst contemplating the viscous membrane of our finite universe: It would be an exaggeration if I said there have been ten band meetings since ’69, and most of them ended down the pub with nothing decided at […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2010-08-02
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