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 DEAN RETRO FLYING V

Gibson fans rejoice....possibly. It's been a couple of years since Michael Schenker signed on to Dean guitars and left behind / sold his Gibson flying v's. Though never a signature artist with the Gibson brand, the guitar maestro was associated with the Gibson V and it's unique yin-yang type paint scheme. His Deans maintained a very similar look but held obvious differences, such as the headstock shape. It's now 2010 and 30 years after MSG took off and the wonder-kid blasted through classics such as 'Cry for the Nations' & 'Into the Arena' with his V, Dean have now in turn created a V reminiscent of this Gibson like guitar, with the traditional Dean headstock. Some hardware changes do apply however, gone is the Seymour Duncan combination (Sh-5 Bridge & Sh-1 Neck pickups) and the V is now equipped with Dean Michael Schenker 'Lights Out' pickups. No prices or 'actual' photos yet, but they'll be posted as soon as they are available. Here are the specs:

MICHAEL SCHENKER SIGNATURE RETRO

• Mahogany Top / Body
• 24-3/4" Scale
• Set Mahogany C Neck
• Rosewood Fingerboard
• Pearl Dot Inlays
• Grover Tuners
• Nickel Hardware
• Tune-O-Matic Bridge
• USA Dean DMT Michael Schenker "Lights Out" Bridge Pickup
• Dean DMT Design Neck Pickup
• Finishes: Black & White