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:

SLASH - MAKING OF THE NEW ALBUM...UFO sighting....

Great insight to how the records going to sound and who's on it, plus Slash is wearing one of the best t shirts ever...UFO.......

Enjoy

JANUARY LIST: 1969, '74, '75, '76, '79 '82

Some classic tracks from some of hard rock's best artists. Here's a short list of 6 songs worthy of anyone's playlist.

Alice Cooper: 'Devil's Food / Black Widow'

Brilliant tracks from Alice's 'Welcome To My Nightmare' 1975 ALBUM, with guest Vincent Price providing a delectable narration on the 'Black Widow' track.

UFO: 'Out In The Streets'

One of the greatest rock bands ever. Here UFO show us their more melodic side and Schenker blasts one of his all time best solo's, listen to the version on the classic 'Strangers In The Night' live album.

AC/DC: 'Rock 'N' Roll Singer'

One of the 'Scozzies' best tracks from the debut album 'High Voltage'. Bon Scott's lyrics make you wanna' pick up that guitar and ROCK N' fookin' ROLL.

Neil Young: 'Cowgirl in the Sand'

An absolute master-piece. His lyrical and six-string brilliance shine on this 10 minute epic...just listen to this live rendition.

Scorpions: 'Lovedrive'

Taken from their 1979 classic record, the title track begins with a storming, rolling riff and Klaus Meine's vocals keep you enthralled.

Diamond Head: 'Call Me'

The band that together with Motörhead inspired Metallica's original sound, this track is an example of their melodic brilliance and Tatler's killer flying V tone.

A mad tangerine dream with a dog chasing UFO's in a temple full of chains...

Been going through an Alice phase, by that I mean Alice In Chains & Alice Cooper. So upon making a compilation cd for a friend, I decided to add some other interesting numbers to the disc. Mainly early 90's bands and artists of similar sound but with the inclusion of some 70's and prog numbers. Here's the track listing and the artwork I made for it. I won't upload the mp3's themselves, but I'm sure finding them won't be hard...look for and enjoy.

1. I Don’t know anything - MAD SEASON

2. Like A Stone - AUDIOSLAVE

3. Seasons - CHRIS CORNELL

4. Brother - ALICE IN CHAINS

5. Only women bleed - ALICE COOPER

6. River of Deceit - MAD SEASON

7. The Silent Man - DREAM THEATER

8. Tangerine - LED ZEPPELIN

9. Try Me - UFO

10. Call me a Dog - TEMPLE OF THE DOG

11. Right Turn - ALICE IN CHAINS / 'MUDGARDEN'

12. Chloe Dancer / Crown of thorns - MOTHER LOVE BONE

13. Just Like Suicide - SOUNDGARDEN

14. Black gives way to blue - ALICE IN CHAINS

15. Wide Awake(Live unplugged) - AUDIOSLAVE

16. Space Dye Vest - DREAM THEATER