NEWSDESK, 12th February 2010
> GARY MOORE TO SWEDEN ROCK
It's finally happening - Gary Moore is coming to Sweden Rock Festival TO PLAY HARD ROCK!
The Irish guitar legend has, obviously, been playing blues (and certain other things) for two decades now. But in Sweden, home of arguably Gary's most devoted fan-base, he is still primarily remembered and cherished for his hard-rock classics.
He got his break in 1979, when 'Parisienne Walkways' became a hit and he released the Black Rose album as a member of Thin Lizzy. His solo career began "for real" with Corridors of Power (1982), and subsequent releases, in particular the Celtic-inspired Wild Frontier (1987), made Gary famous in many countries and idolized in Sweden. His subsequent blues records also sold very well in Sweden, but his personal and emotional hard-rock songs remain the greatest favourites among Swedish fans. 'Empty Rooms', 'Out in the Fields', 'Over the Hills and Far Away' and 'After the War', to name but a few.
Now, after more than 20 years, classics as these, and the occasional Thin Lizzy-nugget, will once more echo across the plains. The Sweden Rock Festival concert will be his only in Sweden.
Sweden Rock Festival is arranged in Sölvesborg in the south of Sweden June 9-12.
