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NEWS :
The BBC recently filmed a Free At Last show at the Limelight Club,
Crewe as they are to be included in an Arena program about tribute bands.
SUN 6th MAY - The Nags Head, Nuneaton, Warwickshire (02476) 325581 AFTERNOON GIG
WED 16th May - The Stumble Inn Charity Event in aid of the Air Ambulance, Cannock, Staffordshire, (01543) 502077
SAT 19th MAY - The Green, Darlaston, West Mids (0121) 526 5051
MON 28th MAY - Fill Your Head With Rock (a charity event in aid of Parkinsons Disease), Gilbert,s Willenhall, West Mids, England.
SUN 17th JUNE - The Limelight Club, Crewe (01270) 251929
SAT 23rd JUNE - Moxters of Rock @ The Victoria, Coalville, Leicestershire (01530) 814718SAT 4th AUG - The Gasworks, Bradford 01274 732200
SUN 12th AUG - The Nags Head, Nuneaton, Warwickshire (02476) 325581 AFTERNOON GIG
SAT 21st JULY - The Chestnut Tree, Sheldon, B'ham (0121) 741 1931
SAT 8th SEPT - The Green, Darlaston, West Mids (0121) 526 5051
SAT 22nd SEPT - The Moses Gate, Farnworth, Bolton, Lancashire (01204) 576 278
FRI 12th OCT - The Diamond, Sutton in Ashfield, Notts 01623 456617
SUN 11th NOV - The Nags Head, Nuneaton, Warwickshire (02476) 325581 AFTERNOON GIG
SAT 8th DEC - The Green, Darlaston, West Mids (0121) 526 5051
SUN 9th DEC - The Limelight Club, Crewe (01270) 251929 |
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ZEDHEAD's John
A Great British Rock station to listen to
http://www.arfm.co.uk/
Hey y'all, be sure and tune in to 'LIGHTNIN' JACK CANE AND THE REBEL ROCK AND BLUES SHOW' on ARFM - England, later today (saturday). on the net, this extremely popular 3 hours of southern fried tunage can be dialed in at www.arfm.co.uk - then hit the 'listen live' button. show starts at 4 pm today. (saturday) he's going to be yakking up ZED HEAD and spinning TEXAS TWISTER. (I also implored him to play lots of old FREE and Paul Rodgers tunage as well). if you get a moment, e mail lightnin' jack and be sure and say hey, so he knows he's got ears in north america. thanks y'all... - keep the shiny side up and remember grease monkeys love chrome bananas. on behalf of neil, smilin' bob and chris, i am the fogman.
The Fogman
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ROCK & ROLL FANTASY CAMP
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Founder member of FREE & BAD COMPANY
SIMON KIRKE + LARRY OAKES Founder member of FOREIGNER
Plus Special Guests
FREEWAY
The UK’s ultimate Free tribute band
Featuring vocalist
TERRY WILSON-SLESSER
(Paul Kossoff’s Back Street Crawler band)
Few bands have captivated an era like 'Bad Company' and few drummers have been as influential as Simon Kirke. His acoustic show is up close and personal and includes songs from 'Free' and 'Bad Company' as well as some of his new material.
As well as touring with Ringo Starr's 'All Star Band' Simon is an accomplished songwriter, and has also worked on projects with Wilson Pickett, Bo Didley, Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis, Keith Richards, Ronnie Woods and Eric Clapton.
This performance, when he appears with Larry Oakes (formerly of Foreinger) will enable you to hear Simon playing guitar and piano, telling stories, singing the hits of 'Free' and 'Bad Company' + Simon will be joining Freeway on stage for a few songs
Friday 27th April
ESQUIRES CLUB
60a Bromham Road Bedford MK40 2QG
Tickets £12
Tickets Available Online
Venue Location
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Kurtis Dengler - Howard Leese
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Piece of History
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From Lucy's Archives
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See the Stars of Bad Co. Live
XCOM
featuring the Stars of Bad Co.
They combine blues with stomping rock to create good-time music. And, like so many good-time bands, these guys can't let the party end.
Come out and see EXCOM featuring the stars of Bad Co. Join Dave 'Bucket' Colwell, Jaz Lochrie and Robert Hart as they rip through hits like "Can't Get Enough," "Feel Like Makin' Love," "Burnin' Sky," "Rock and Roll Fantasy," and "All Right Now" to name a few. Also, don't be surprised if you hear songs from each artists' stellar solo careers.
This is one show you will not want to miss. Current dates are below:
Photos are from Mansfield-Thanx to John Smith
April 20th - Mansfield, UK @ The Diamond
April 22nd - Barcelona Spain @ Venue TBA
April 27th - Nottingham, UK @ Rock City
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KING KARMA
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"King Karma is making ears twitch with piercing vocals and soaring guitar riffs."
METAL EDGE MAGAZINE ~ New York |
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"This is a world class release from a world class band."
ROCK N ROLL UNIVERSE ~ Los Angeles |
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"This album rocks. It's all good. Rock radio, are you listening? Hello? This is the band you've been looking for. Kick ass!"
GRITZ MAGAZINE ~ Atlanta |
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"Make no mistake; this is one band that is going to carve their own niche with their own sound that will revolutionize rock music as we know it."
ALL ACCESS MAGAZINE ~ Los Angeles |
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"King Karma rips at the soul of rock and roll with crunchy guitars, groove laced vocals and a diversity of great rock songs!"
HAIRBALL JOHN RADIO SHOW ~ Detroit |
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"This release takes you back to a time when you actually needed talent to be considered a 'musician' and not simply an image."
SLEAZE ROXX MAGAZINE ~ Winnipeg |
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"Their combination of hard rock and bluesy guitar riffs has not been captured this well on a debut album in a long while."
ROCK REVIEWS ~ Little Rock |
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"King Karma occupies that timeless twilight inhabited by the likes of Badlands, Bad Company, Zeppelin and more recently Audioslave."
AOR DREAMZONES ~ Liverpool
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MYSPACE
In between, touring with Bonnie Raitt, The Monster Gents, and working on his castle in swampurbia Jon made some recordings in hotel rooms along the way and fashioned them into a tasty morsel called Do Not Disturb, a 4 song EP featuring a couple choice covers and a couple new numbers. The CD will be available in New Orleans during Jazz Fest and is available now for download through Jon's site. Click below for a taste of "All Right Now."
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Feel The Need In Me |
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Hear Paul Rodgers on the air with NYC’s Q1043 DJ Ken Dashow
IF YOU MISSED IT
PRESS PODCAST !!!
podcast
www.Q1043.com
Just scroll down the podcast
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For those of you in the Los Angeles area in June, the Los Angeles Police
Memorial Foundation will be holding a benefit concert to raise money for the
families of officers killed or injured in the line of duty.
The concert is at
The Avalon, (The old Palace) in Hollywood,
www.avalonhollywood.com on
Wednesday, June 13th and will be headlined by Paul Rodgers,
(Free/Bad Company/The Firm/Queen) with Heaven & Earth supporting.
Also on the bill
will be the all girl AC/DC tribute band Thund-her-struck and an acoustic set by
Mark Castrillon.
Doors open at 7.30pm
The evening will be MC'd by Jim Ladd of KLOS. All the artists have donated
their time free and 100% of the proceeds raised on the evening will go to the
Memorial Foundation.
Tickets are available from www.wantickets.com or by calling 1-866-926-8499
and cost $50.00 per ticket for general admission or $100.00 for VIP Tickets,
(Limited number available), which will gain you admission to the after party in
the Spider Club for the meet and greet. There will also be a silent auction
during the show.
If you are intending to come to the show please book your tickets now as the
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PAUL RODGERS Live in Glasgow CD
OUT NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!
Gift-wrap available
Or if you live in Atlanta
you can pick up a copy at the ARN
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ROCK ROYALTY GATHER
 Tuesday April 17, New York City: Ahmet Ertegun, the founder of Atlantic Records and the man who introduced R&B to the masses was honored with a celebration of his life at the Rose Theatre.
In attendence Mick Jagger, Led Zepplin's Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, Paul Rodgers, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins & Gensis, Crosby, Stills, Nash, Neil Young, Sam Moore, Bette Midler, Stevie Nicks, Kid Rock, Jazz trumperier Wynton Marsalis, Henry Kissinger, Designer Ocasr de la Renta and others.
The after party at Central Park's Boat House featured Late Night T. V.'s Paul Schaffer and his band. It added to the excitement when Paul Rodgers, Kid Rock, Graham Nash, Bluesman Soloman Burke and others performed.
"Ahmet had a heart & soul the size of a whale, with room enough to have a special relationship with everyone he met. He would have totally been in his element at the celebration, close to the music that he loved so much. He is missed." - Paul Rodgers
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A All Star Jam was held at the DALLAS GUITAR SHOW
The Holy Grail Guitar Exhibition on April 20, 21, 22, 2007
Featured more than 60 of the world's most famous guitars and memorabilia.
Featuring
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A fan's guide to the Grand Prix of Houston
Ground-admission tickets are $10 today, and all grandstands are open seating.
In addition to Champ Car and American Le Mans qualifying and practices,
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BAD COMPANY TRIBUTE BAND
Northridge, CA -- 'Burnin sky' tribute to Paul Rodgers and Bad Company kicked off their first live performance at Harpers Bar & Grill in Northridge CA Saturday November 25 2006. The show was a total success, anyone and everyone who was anybody was there, including many members of local bands, promoters, close friends, family, and supporters. Burnin Sky has proven they're as hot as their name with this teaser taste of what is yet to come for future shows.
Special thanks to all our friends, fans, and everyone who came out to see us perform on this historic event. For those of you who missed it... shame on you! Just kidding; lucky you we recorded the show, so we dedicate this video stream to all those who tried but couldn't make it out to see the show. We know you'll make it next time.
Listen to sound clip here
Upcoming Shows USA
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Vocals - Bert Preston.
Guitar - Bob Canty.
Bass - Joe Cooper.
Drums - Jammy.
Upcoming shows :- UK
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Countrys Rock
Featuring:*
Bryan Ferry • Steve Winwood •
The Jones Gang, featuring Kenney Jones, Rick Wills and Robert Hart • Mike d’Abo • Steve Harley • Cockney Rebel
Special guests include:
Eric Clapton • Jon Anderson • Gary Brooker
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Highclere Castle, Newbury UK
Tickets: £75 per person • Under 19: £50 per person • £5 ticket discount for Countryside Alliance members**
VIP tickets available
Dinner and drinks in our VIP tent • VIP tickets £175 per person • To buy VIP tickets, please call 0871 919 8321
Buy Tickets Here
Box Office:
0871 919 8321
*Artists subject to change • **subject to validation of your membership number | More shows here |
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Rock n' Roll Fantasy
featuring the Stars of Bad Co.
They combine blues with stomping rock to create good-time music.
And, like so many good-time bands, these guys can't let the party end.
Come out and see Rock n' Roll Fantasy featuring the stars of Bad Co.
Join Dave 'Bucket' Colwell, Jaz Lochrie and Robert Hart as they rip through hits like "Can't Get Enough," "Feel Like Makin' Love," "Burnin' Sky," "Rock and Roll Fantasy," and "All Right Now" to name a few.
Also, don't be surprised if you hear songs from each artists' stellar solo careers.
This is one show you will not want to miss. Current dates are below:
April 20th - Mansfield, UK @ The Diamond
April 22nd - Barcelona Spain @ Venue TBA
April 27th - Nottingham, UK @ Rock City |
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GRAND PRIX OF HOUSTON’S HARD DRIVIN’ CONCERT LINE UP
The Grand Prix of Houston is pleased to bring you hard drivin’ sounds on the Budweiser concert stage! It all kicks off Friday night, April 20 with the voice behind the anthems that rocked the planet… Paul Rodgers of Bad Company, Free and The Firm.
Opening act will be Texas’ own Eli Young Band.
HEADLINING ON FRIDAY, APRIL 20 AT 8:30 PM PAUL RODGERS
Rock legend Paul Rodgers will perform a concert on Friday, April 20th as part of the 2007 Grand Prix of Houston! Paul Rodgers is best known as the lead singer and front man for platinum-selling rock groups Bad Company, Free, and The Firm, and his Grammy Award winning career has included hits such as All Right Now, Feel like Makin’ Love, Can’t Get Enough (Of Your Love), Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy, Bad Company, and Shooting Star. The concert will take place at Reliant Park after the day’s racing action, and the show will be free to all Grand Prix ticket buyers.
Gold Circle premium reserved seating in front of the stage is also
available for purchase. Gold Circle seating is $25 and can be purchased through Ticketmaster at any Ticketmaster outlet, by phone at 713-629-3700, or online. |
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***MARKUS WOLFE INTERVIEW WITH ROCKWIRED***
NEW VIDEO OF KING KARMA LIVE!
This live footage of KING KARMA performing their hard rock rendition of a Muddy Waters classic was shot last summer while the group opened for LYNYRD SKYNYRD. The video has just been released and posted on YouTube. Watch it now! |
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For those of you in the Los Angeles area Heaven & Earth will be opening up for Paul Rodgers on Wednesday, June 13th at The Avalon, (The old Palace), on Vine Street in Hollywood.
This will be a benefit concert for the Los Angeles Police Memorial Foundation to raise money for the families of officers killed in the line of duty. 100% of the proceeds raised on the evening will go to the foundation.
Also on the bill will be Thund-her-struck, the all girl AC/DC tribute band and Mark Castrillon will perform an acoustic set as the doors open. The event will be hosted by Jim Ladd of KLOS and there will also be a silent auction.
Doors open at 7.30pm. Tickets are available from www.wantickets.com or by calling 1-866-926-8499. Cost is $50.00 per ticket for general admission or $100.00 for VIP tickets which will include entrance to the after party and meet & greet in the Spider Club above the Avalon after the show.
If you intend to come please book your tickets early as this event will sell out. |
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MONDAY 23rd APRIL
SIMON KIRKE
& LARRY OAKES
Appearing LIVE at the BEIN INN
The Bein Inn Acoustic Sessions feature top artists performing 'unplugged', in a relaxed and friendly
club-type atmosphere. As part of a select audience of around sixty, you can
enjoy a unique experience with some of the leading live performers on the music scene today.
Tickets available from the Bein Inn Tel. 01577 830216 or Goldrush Records in Perth
The Bein Inn is attractively situated in picturesque Glen Farg, just to the south-east of Perth on the old Edinburgh
to Perth road. Yet it is only around 6 miles (10km) from the centre of Perth, and 5 minutes drive from the M90 Motorway.
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NEWS SPECIAL
in New York on Monday, April 16 at 6:40 AM EST
Get your VCR's ready
Paul will be talking about his DVD on the show. |
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