News: YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, SLIPKNOT, PRETTY THINGS – Tuesday 20 January 2015

Malmsteen - Now Your Ships Are Burning

News - Album News

The Polydor albums of Yngwie Malmsteen are collected in a new four-CD box set, ‘Now Your Ships Are Burned’, due for release on February 23rd. The box set includes Rising Force (1984), Marching Out (1985), Trilogy (1986), Odyssey (1988) and Eclipse (1990), along with Trial By Fire: Live in Leningrad (1989).

Fear Factory have recorded the bass, drums and guitars for their upcoming album due this spring on Nuclear Blast.

‘Bouquets From A Cloudy Sky’ is a forthcoming box set from The Pretty Things (pictured). The box set inlcudes all the band’s studio albums, two rarities CDs, two DVDs, 10″ replica acetate along with an illustrated hardback book and brand new art print from Phil May. It will be released on Monday February 23rd on the Madfish label.  Available to pre-order now at: www.theprettythings.com/ www.theprettythings.net

‘Chicago Live In ’75′ will be issued by Rhino Records on February 23rd and features two hours of live music recorded by the band in June 1975 at the Capital Centre in Largo, Maryland.

News - Tours and Gigs

Steelhouse Festival July 25th & 26th
Dee Snider + Y&T + Tyketto

The Rock Ness festival has been cancelled for the second year running

DREAM THEATER
Jul 11: Rock Harz Ballenstedt Germany
Jul 18: Bang Your Head Balingen Germany
Jul 23: Rock Fest Barcelona Spain
Jul 31: Wacken Open Air Germany

SLIPKNOT + HATEBREED
Apr. 29 – Pensacola, FL – Pensacola Bay Center
Apr. 30 – New Orleans, LA – Champions Square-Superdome
May 02 – Pelham, AL – Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
May 05 – Knoxville, TN – Knoxville Coliseum
May 08 – Bloomington, IL – US Cellular Coliseum
May 10 – Cedar Rapids, IA – US Cellular Center
May 12 – Erie, PA – Erie Insurance Arena
May 13 – Scranton, PA – The Pavilion at Montage Mountain
May 16 – Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena

THE SELECTOR
Feb 19 Guildhall Gloucester
Feb 20 City Hall Salisbury
Feb 21 The Brook Southampton
Feb 26 The Castle Wellingborough
Feb 27 The Apex Bury St. Edmunds
Feb 28 Concorde 2 Brighton
Mar 01 Brittania Theatre Chatham
Mar 05 The Flowerpot Derby
Mar 06 The Met Bury
Mar 07 Picturedrome Holmfirth
Mar 08 Brudenell Social Leeds
Mar 12 ABC 2 Glasgow
Mar 13 Lemon Tree Aberdeen
Mar 14 Liquid Room Edinburgh
Mar 15 O2 Academy2 Newcastle Upon Tyne
Mar 19 EVAC Liverpool, United Kingdom
Mar 20 The Globe Cardiff
Mar 21 The Fleece Bristol
Mar 22 The Bullingdon Oxford
Mar 26 Arts Centre Colchester
Mar 27 Koko London
Mar 28 Copper Rooms University of Warwick, Coventry

MARK KNOPFLER
Fri May 15 DUBLIN 3Arena
Sat May 16 MANCHESTER Arena
Sun May 17 SHEFFIELD Motorpoint Arena
Tue May 19 GLASGOW SSE Hydro
Wed May 20 NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Metro Radio Arena
Fri May 22 LONDON O2 Arena
Sat May 23 BIRMINGHAM Genting Arena
Mon May 25/Tue May 26 LONDON London Royal Albert Hall


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