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Scorpion Child - European headlining shows announced

Austin, Texas-based classic rock sensation SCORPION CHILD just announced additional European headlining shows right after their mutual Euro run alongside label mates ORCHID and BLUES PILLS.
 
Be sure to witness SCORPION CHILD's explosive performance live on stage on the following dates...
 
ORCHID
BLUES PILLS
SCORPION CHILD
01.11. D Essen – Turock


02.11. B Vosselaar – Biebob


03.11. UK London – Dingwalls


04.11. F Paris – Glazart


05.11. CH Zürich – Mascotte



Spiritual Beggars - New Tour Dates & live Show online

Sweden's Classic-Rock heavyweights SPIRITUAL BEGGARS, who recently released their 8th studio album "Earth Blues" via InsideOutMusic, have just wrapped up a successful European tour, which included an intense show at Holland's prestigious Roadburn festival.
 
Next up, SPIRITUAL BEGGARS will be heading overseas for their first show ever in Mexico on May 25th and the band has also now confirmed 2 shows in Greece for October.
 
Here are the upcoming SPIRITUAL BEGGARS tourdates...
 

Spiritual Beggars


Hey Per… How’s it going? The first leg of the tour is over. What has the fans’ response to the new album been so far?
 
P: Hello there, all good here and so far so good I’d say. It was really cool to go out on a little tour again with Beggars and we’ve had lots of positive feedback on the new album.
 
 
What did you want to attain with “Earth Blues”? What did you have in mind when you started composing songs?
 

Ghost B.C. - Infestissumam

Ghost now renamed into Ghost BC, but essentially the same “spirit” even if their emeritus Pope, was upgraded to the second incarnation, continue their “trip” into goat knows what?! What is it that they set out to do in the first place anyway?! A relatively unknown bunch of hooded and masked fellas, led by a guy donning some Papal regalia, was surely going to raise a few eyebrows and cause a bit of public outcry, but I suppose with all the recent re-occurring scandals of  the Catholic church rearing their ugly head once more, the timing wasn’t too right for a “Blasphemous-Charlatans hunt” hence them specters got off the hook, rather easily…
 

Nektar & Wishbone Ash to Tour USA this summer

One of the summer’s most interesting classic rock tours will showcase a pair of stellar UK bands – Nektar and Martin Turner’s Wishbone Ash – that have joined forces on the “Legends of U.K. Classic Rock” tour.
 
Both bands feature original founding members and each have decades-long histories of success in the worldwide touring markets, so seeing them together is sure to be a treat for concert-goers fortunate enough to catch one of the shows.
 

Scorpion Child - Cover artwork & tracklist revealed

Austin, Texas-based classic rock sensation SCORPION CHILD have revealed the artwork and tracklist of their forthcoming self-titled album.
 
“Scorpion Child” will be released June 21, 2013 via Nuclear Blast. Produced and arranged by Chris “Frenchie” Smith (THE ANSWER, ...AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD, THE TOADIES, DAX RIGGS), the self-titled album was recorded using analog recording technology.
 
Limited CD digipack, vinyl, digital download versions of “Scorpion Child” include the following songs.

Black Star Riders - UK Tour 2013

BLACK STAR RIDERS, the new band featuring THIN LIZZY members Ricky Warwick, Damon Johnson, Scott Gorham and Marco Mendoza together with drummer Jimmy DeGrasso (ALICE COOPER, MEGADETH a.o.), have announced their first UK headline tour. The tour will support the release of their debut album “All Hell Breaks Loose” which will be released on Nuclear Blast Entertainment on the 24th May 2013.
 
The band are set to take the UK and Eire by storm on their 2013 tour, playing much of the debut album and some THIN LIZZY classics.
 

Graveyard - Rikard Edlund returns to the band

Swedish classic rock superstars GRAVEYARD are glad to announce the return of bass player Rikard Edlund had checked himself into rehab in October last year.
 
Commented the band: “Ricky's back!.... more than glad to announce that: Rikard is back on (some kind of) track - which means that GRAVEYARD fans can start looking forward to his return to the stage”.
 
GRAVEYARD live 2013:
11.04. S Are - Bygget
17.04. FI Turku - Klubi Turku

Orchid - Tracklist revealed

San Francisco-based doom rockers ORCHID have revealed the tracklisting for the band's upcoming album, “The Mouths Of Madness”, which is scheduled for a April 26, 2013 release via Nuclear Blast.
 
The band also commented on every song of the album – see below.
 
Check out the lyric video for the first single, “Wizard Of War” below.
 
Tracklist:
01. Mouths Of Madness

Spiritual Beggars - New track & Tracklist revealed

Sweden's classic rock heavyweights SPIRITUAL BEGGARS are now debuting a first song off their upcoming 8th studio album release, "Earth Blues". Check out the stunning "Turn The Tide" below.
 
"Earth Blues" celebrates SPIRITUAL BEGGARS' 20th anniversary as band. The album will be released on April 15th, 2013 in Europe and April 16th in North America via InsideOutMusic.
 
Tracklist:
1. Wise As A Serpent
2. Turn The Tide