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Ahead of their UK and European tour in late March/April 2022, Get Ready to ROCK! will be celebrating the band Magnum throughout the month of March.
Magnum celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2022. They developed from a band playing cover versions (and increasingly their own material) in Birmingham clubs and pubs in the early 1970s. Since that time they have released 22 studio albums, the latest of which came out in January ‘The Monster Roars’.
The band’s landmark album was released in 1985 ‘On A Storyteller’s Night’ and subsequently – signed to Polydor Records – they released a series of high profile albums and with arena appearances in the late-1980s including NEC in Birmingham and Wembley Stadium in London.
At the start of the 1990s, with musical tastes changing, the band’s brand of melodic pomp rock was no longer in vogue and there followed several years of increasing independence followed by their split in 1995.
After a brief period in a different guise – the band Hard Rain – the mainmen Bob Catley and Tony Clarkin decided to reform the band they’d founded in 1972 and released a new Magnum album ‘Breath Of Life’. This received positive reviews and since that time the band have gone from strength to strength.
Says Managing Editor David Randall: “Several Get Ready to ROCK! reviewers share a love of the band and their more recent revival coincides with the development of our website. The band have been covered many times in terms of reviews, features and interviews and we will be plundering our archive during March to uncover and repurpose this material.”
In addition the website’s radio station will feature more Magnum music in the playlists.
David added “Back in 2012 we celebrated Magnum’s 40th anniversary which tied in with our 10th birthday. We broadcast several radio features including one presented by long time fan and follower the late Malcolm Dome. We’ll also revisit these specials”.
Get Ready to ROCK! is inviting Magnum fans to send in their personal recollections of the band over a 50 year period (albums, gigs, impact of their music etc). These will be published on the website and included in a two hour radio special on Sunday 20 March “What Magnum Means To Me…” Respondents should also list their top 5 favourite Magnum tracks.
Says News and Reviews Editor Jason Ritchie: “Magnum have always evoked a strong passion with fans – a combination of strong visual imagery, lyrical content, great musicianship and anthemic songs – and it will be good to share their memories over a long period.”
Magnum fans should use the contact form on the website to send in their contribution before 18 March. They can also record their thoughts on a mobile phone for broadcast.
Magnum’s UK tour starts on 28 March.
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