NEWSDESK, 28th October 2009
> NEW RUSH LIVE BEST-OF
Anthem Entertainment has announced the release of Working Men, the first 'best of' live performance compilation from renowned rock trio Rush. Released in the UK on Monday November 16th, this outstanding live collection is available on CD and digital download by Atlantic Records.
Culled from Anthem Entertainment and Zoë Vision's three other Rush releases - Rush in Rio, R30 and Snakes & Arrows Live - the Working Men album features live recordings of the band's greatest hits as well as one previously unreleased track, 'One Little Victory'.
Rush - Geddy Lee (vocals, bass, keyboards), Alex Lifeson (guitar, vocals), and Neil Peart (drums and percussion), are one of the most inventive and compelling groups in rock and roll, equally famed for both their virtuoso musicianship and provocative songwriting.
Track Listing: 1. Limelight (S&A live) 2. The Spirit of Radio (R30) 3. 2112 (Rush in Rio) 4. Freewill (S&A live) 5. Dreamline (R30) 6. Far Cry (S&A live) 7. Subdivisions (R30) 8. One Little Victory (previously unreleased, R30) 9. Closer To The Heart (Rush in Rio) 10. Tom Sawyer (S&A live) 11. Working Man (R30) 12. YYZ (Rush in Rio)
> HELL GOES ON TOUR
Featuring Disbelief, Lay Down Rotten and Gorilla Monsoon. Presented by Rockhard, All Schools, Metal-Online, Metal Tix, Twilight Magazine, Ancient Spirit
14.01.2010 LUDWIGSBURG (D) Rockfabrik
15.01.2010 SIEGEN (D) Blue Box
16.01.2010 ESSEN (D) Turock
17.01.2010 INGOLSTADT (D) Paradox
18.01.2010 WIEN (AT) Viper Room
19.01.2010 NUERNBURG (D) Z-Bau
20.01.2010 JENA (D) Rosenkeller
21.01.2010 BREMEN (D) Tower
22.01.2010 MAGDEBURG (D) Sackfabrik
23.01.2010 BISCHOFSWERDA (D) East Club
http://www.myspace.com/disbeliefmetal - Massacre Records
http://www.myspace.com/mylaydownrotten - Metal Blade Records
http://www.myspace.com/gorillamonsoonhellrockinc - Wacken Records
> SPIN GALLERY EMBRACE YOU
Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the release of Spin Gallery's new album Embrace on December 4th 2009 in Europe and January 12th 2010 in the USA.
The concept behind the band started in 1997, when main songwriter, producer and musician for the project Tommy Denander together, with singer and co-writer Kristoffer Lagerström made a few demos, which included the song "Grace" that first was released on Tommy's Radioactive album Ceremony Of Innocence and later re-recorded for the Spin Gallery debut.
From that song Tommy started to develop ad idea to build up a band with multiple singers with a sound that could mix melodic rock in the vein of Mr Mister, Toto and Giant with a more modern high tech sound and that would include more contemporary influences from Peter Gabriel, Sting and Pink Floyd.
The first album entitled Standing Tall was released in 2004 and got some amazing responses, with legendary magazine Kerrang's Dave Reynolds saying "The best I've heard in ten years.". It also featured a few big name guests like David Foster, Michael Thompson and Randy Goodrum. For the new album the original members Kristoffer Lagerström and Tommy Denander again wanted to invite just a couple of friends. 2 legendary voices sing duet with Kristoffer on the new album: Dan Reed on the song "You Do The Things You Do" and Robin Beck on the radio friendly "Just A Momentary Why". "Embrace" also features the great L.A. session master Glen Marks on drums and Swedish sensation Marika Willstedt on cello.
Kristoffer and Tommy spent 18 months working on this album to ensure that every song is a smash and that "Embrace" lives up to the praise of the first release as well as standing the test of time with a masterful craft in songwriting, performance and production. Tommy Denander says "I hold this as the best production I've done so far and we really took every tiny little piece of the album and worked on it until we were totally satisfied, Kristoffer does an amazing job on the vocals and we had a fantastic, inspired and very creative time making it", while Kristoffer adds: "This is the album I've always wanted to make and it came out even better than I could imagine when we started this journey"
Tommy produced the album and plays guitars, bass, keyboards and loops/FX with Kristoffer handling all vocals.
Embrace tracklisting includes: Embrace; Stone By Stone; Just a Momentary Why (feat. Robin Beck); Brilliance of the Drugs; Eyes Wide Open; Blood In My Veins; You Do The Things You Do (feat. Dan Reed); Indulge; Without Love; Tic Toc; Everything Fades; The End
> STEVE HILLAGE SUPPORTS GONG
The Steve Hillage Band is confirmed as special guest on Gong's forthcoming nationwide November UK tour, which kicks off at the Bristol O2 Academy on Thursday November 19th. This marks the first time since 1979 when Hillage will perform material from the following renowned Steve Hillage Band solo albums - Fish Rising (1975), L (1976), Motivation Radio (1977) and Green (1978).
Bristol O2 Academy (Nov 19)
Exeter Lemon Grove (Nov 20)
Manchester Academy 2 (Nov 21)
Edinburgh HMV Picturehourse (Nov 22)
Sheffield Leadmill (Nov 23)
Leamington Spa Assembly (Nov 25)
Cambridge Corn Exchange (Nov 26)
London HMV Forum (Nov 27)
Oxford 02 Academy (Nov 28)
Brighton Corn Exchange (Nov 29)
Ticket Hotline: 08700 603 777, Book Online: http://www.seetickets.com/
