Def Leppard, Poison and Scorpions in D.C.
Washington, D.C.’s 9:30 Club announced that they’ll be having an over-the-top one-two punch of Def Leppard & Poison (July 10) and Scorpions (July 12) at Merriweather.
Washington, D.C.’s 9:30 Club announced that they’ll be having an over-the-top one-two punch of Def Leppard & Poison (July 10) and Scorpions (July 12) at Merriweather.
Total Assault told us that following the recent announcement of a 19-date tour to commemorate the 40th anniversary of ‘Thick As A Brick,’ on April 2nd (April 3rd in North America) Ian Anderson will release a sequel to the original album.
In 1968, under a haze of publicity, The Beatles opened their collective door to all manner of musicians, writers, artists, film-makers, inventors, designers, freaks and more than a fair share of opportunist sharks.
SKH Music tells us that the original line-up of Bad Company has announced a short run of European festival dates for this summer.
Merle Haggard is gearing up for the road once again after a brief illness had him sidelined for several shows
It’s London, May 28, 2007 and I’m with a rock icon, drummer Simon Kirke, the backseat driver of two legendary hard rock bands, Free and Bad Company. People know Simon as “the drummer”, but hand the softly spoken Englishman a guitar and he’ll pull out the stops. He is also an accomplished singer and songwriter equally adept at piano and on guitar. Before he helped found the group Free, he could be heard pounding his U.K made Hayman drum kit with an actor’s son and child prodigy blues guitarist, Paul Kossoff in a group named Black Cat Bones.
The SKH Music Group told us that the Vehicle Production Group, a brand new American car company that designs, engineers, and distributes specialty vehicles, has altruistically gifted a brand new MV-1 to Leslie West.
Have you ever dreamed of playing guitar with Kiss’s Bruce Kulick or singing “Smoking in the Boys Room” with Vince Neil of Motley? Well dreams can come true and actually did this past October for forty seven rockers who took advantage of Citi Card’s exclusive offer to attend the New York Rock N Roll Fantasy Camp.
Albert Lee and Jon Anderson meet (backstage) for the first time in 30 years as both were headliners on this years Vancouver Island Music Festival. What a surprise to both to find out they were both headlining over the weekend. Both played various sets and workshops of the weekend in addition to their headlining spots and were received by ovations from the sold out crowd of 9,000.
Jimmy Page is one of rock ‘n’ roll’s most influential guitarists, and over the years has become a household name even in households without music fans. He has earned countless accolades and awards throughout his monumental career with Led Zeppelin, his time with the Yardbirds and The Firm, and as a session musician, but has maintained his humility and dedication to the music above all else.
