MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP - NEWS ON 30th ANNIVERSARY SHOW

Source taken from official MSG site:

Michael Schenker and MSG is very proud to have guest apperances of Herman Rarebell (ex Scorpions), Neil Murray (ex Whitesnake) and Doogie White (ex Rainbow) PLUS MORE SPECIAL SURPRISE GUESTS who will perform only at MSG's 30th Anniversary Shepperds Bush Empire show in London on June 02 2010!

Perhaps even Graham Bonnet will come to the show...

UFO / SCHENKER NEWS

UFO are about half way through their second leg of their Visitor tour and all UK dates have now been played. There was some interruption to their tour as the volcanic ash caused havoc and forced the band to postpone a date in Germany. All dates end in late May apart from an appearance at the High Voltage Festival in July and rescheduled date in Nurmberg, as well as headlining the HARD ROCK HELL FESTIVAL IN PRESTATYN in December. Coincidently The Michael Schenker Group will also headline the concert at Prestatyn, which will bring up the obvious question....will there be a UFO reunion?

This Year (2010) Michael Schenker is taking MSG's 30th Anniversary Celebration
with Special Line-ups around the World. The Tour already started with amazing enthusiasm in Japan (DVD and Live CD which will be released in Autum) and will be in Europe in May, June, July and will continue in the States in July and August. Also planned are South America, Russia and other countries in Asia. Michael says :"It's exiting stuff and don´t miss the London show at Shepherd's Bush Empire on June 02 with surprise guest appearances!"

The above was taken from MSG's official website. Although Paul Raymond is the only UFO - MSG link, UFO aren't touring in early June. Without jumping to conclusions can we expect a UFO appearance..though UFO has nothing to do with the 30th anniversary celebration of the band, Schennker does perform UFO classics... perhaps we can expect another 'Simon Phillips' appearance on drums? Will Robin McAuley join for a few tracks? Lenni Wolf of KINGDOME COME & Herman Rarebell from the SCORPIONS recently joined MSG on stage at Musikmesse in Germany, so what can we expect from the Mad Axeman? Will it be a special guest opening act or just special guests joining MSG?

In the states MSG will be joined by George Lynch on the now called ''Battle of the Axe Tour'', something that would be great to have over here in the UK.

Check out RB Araki's MSG page for all confirmed and possible tour dates: http://www.rbaraki.com/notice2-e.htm

Head to MISTY GREEN & BLUE for all the latest news on UFO: http://www.beatsworking.tv/UFO/latest.html

Here's some rare LIVE footage of UFO performing Belladonna in Russia 2006:

MICHAEL SCHENKER - LONDON CAMDEN UNDERWORLD REVIEW

As a fan of the Mad AXEMAN for years now and as guitar player myself, the chance to catch The Blonde Bomber in action at the intimate venue of the CAMDEN UNDERWORLD in London; was a chance I couldn’t give up. The 500 capacity venue was completely sold out and many a disappointed fans were outside chatting with the touts trying to score a ticket to see the German axe-man’s brilliance.

My position in relation to the stage was perfect. Only a couple of other fans were in the way of the stage. Two support bands were on prior to MSG, ‘The Morning After’ and ‘Kings of Modesty’, both delivered good sets to warm up the crowd. Check ‘em out.

MSG hit the stage slightly later than the scheduled 9 pm, due to some slight technical difficulties, but during their performance there were no real issues to be heard or seen.
Their set much like before, was unchanged but strong. When MSG came on fans screamed out for ‘SCHENKER!’ and the axe-man delivered. The band was tight and on form playing for approximately 1hr 30mins. Performing two encores and ending with the loud and crowd chanted DOCTOR DOCTOR. Highlights of the gig came in the form of ‘LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE’, ‘READY TO ROCK’, ‘INTO THE ARENA’, ‘ON AND ON’ and the two UFO Classics; ‘ROCK BOTTOM’ and ‘DOCTOR DOCTOR’.

Having been fortunate to have seen Michael Schenker play a few songs with the SCORPIONS in London last year, I knew that Mr. Schenker was in good form and the past few years have been some of his best. His playing is in top form, his attitude on stage is great and he’s basically kicking some serious arse. As a musician and fan of UFO, MSG, SCORPIONS and the Schenker brothers; finally watching MSG has been one of the most memorable moments of my life. Here’s to many more years of success to MSG.

Given the chance don’t miss it!

SET LIST:
RIDE ON MY WAY
CRY FOR THE NATIONS
LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE
ARMED & READY
READY TO ROCK
I WANT YOU
A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
INTO THE ARENA
LOST HORIZONS
ROCK MY NIGHTS AWAY
ON&ON
ATTACK OF THE MAD AXE MAN
LADY GIPSY
ROCK BOTTOM
DOCTOR DOCTOR

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