Joe Bonamassa On Tour
Joe Bonamassa has announced a British tour for next March.
Blimey, what a selection this week. An all-girl band revisit their most loved album. One prog band ditch their metal roots, while another gets a little heavier. An American band inspired by NWOBHM come up woth the good using a singer who’s now quit. A guitar great does an album with other guitar gods. And while one young thrash band builds for the future, a more venerable name proves they…
Joe Bonamassa was among the winners at this year’s British Blues Awards.
Lots of diversity this week. Two members of famed bands go solo. One of the biggest prog names in the world are back sans their high profile drummer. A German guitarist goes all teary and there’s a British band who are big in Germany, but mean nothing here – yet. Oh, and some Scanda AOR and prog.
It’s a hot day in the east of London, as the hordes leave a trail of order and calm at local tube stations and on the buses. Hang on, this a rock festival… where’s the expected chaos? Even the stewards appear relaxed. Trouble? They’re not on the bill this year.
Black Country Communion keyboard player Derek Sherinian is to release a new solo album in early September.
Leslie West intends to carry on with the release of his new album and a subsequent tour, despite having the bottom half of his right leg amputated.
Remember Use Your Illusion? The double double albums which followed up Appetite For Destruction? The most anticipated releases of the era, they also marked the end for Guns n’ Roses as we knew them – now we’ve got the whole story in the July issue of Classic Rock.
Deep Purple keyboard player Don Airey releases a new solo album in August.
To celebrate Black Country Communion’s second album and their appearance at High Voltage, we’ve got an Epiphone Ltd Edition Joe Bonamassa Les Paul Goldtop Outfit up for grabs.