NEWS

Blind Ego is the solo project of RPWL's guitarist Kalle Wallner feat. guest appearances from John Jowitt - bass (IQ, Frost, Arena), John Mitchell-vocals (Kino, Frost, It Bites), Paul Wrightson-vocals (Arena), Tommy Eberhardt-drums (Legazy), Clive Nolan-background vocals (Arena). The album "Mirror" will be out Jan 26th on Red Farm records, you can check out a video at their myspace site:
www.myspace.com/blindego

Gilby Clarke is to have a self-titled retrospective album released by Spitfire at the end of January. It includes tracks from all of the former GNR guitarist's solo albums.

Uli Jon Roth releases a double CD called 'The Best Of' through SPV on January 29th.

G’N’R have set 6th March as the new release date of ‘Chinese Democracy’.

Arcade Fire have announced that the follow up to their critically acclaimed debut album Funeral will be called Neon Bible due in Mar/Apr.

PRESS RELEASES

Inga Brittingham, singer of NAKED BEGGARS and wife of CINDERELLA/NAKED BEGGARS bassist Eric Brittingham, has issued the following update:

"It's been a rough week. I wanted to finally share what we have been through. Eric suffered a mild heart attack last week. We are slowly getting through this period. Even through all of this healing time the rest of the band is continuing to write for the third album."
NAKED BEGGARS' upcoming CD will be the group's first since the addition of drummer Lisa Rav, who is described in a press release as "the best rock drummer rock has seen in a long time. . . Lisa brings tremendous talent and new possibilities to the band. In addition to her drumming skills and experience, she is an accomplished vocalist. She is a hard-hitting, visual performer who we feel is a perfect fit for us."

GIG NEWS

ASIA
March 4th Kinro Kaikan, Nagoya
March 5th Koseinenkin Kaikan, Osaka
March 7th Koseinenkin Kaikan, Tokyo
March 8th Koseinenkin Kaikan, Tokyo
March 10th Kokaido, Shibuya
March 11th Kokaido, Shibuya
March 14th Mexico City
March 16th Buenos Aires, Argentina
March 18th Santiago, Chile
March 21st Sao Paulo, Brazil
March 24th Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
December
16th Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London

MEATLOAF
February
FRI 23 Pala, CA Pala Casino
WED 28 Victoria, BC Save-On Food Centre
March
FRI 2 Vancouver, BC Pacific Coliseum
SUN 4 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
TUE 6 Kelowna, BC Prospera Place
THU 8 Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome
SUN 11 Winnipeg, AB MTS Centre
WED 14 Toronto, ONT Hummingbird Centre
FRI 16 Ottowa, ONT Scotiabank Place
SUN 18 London, ONT John Labatt Centre
TUE 20 Hamilton, ONT Copps Coliseum
THU 22 Syracuse, NY On Center
SAT 24 Upper Darby, PA Tower Theater
MON 26 Poughkeepsie, NY Mid Hudson Civic Ctr.
WED 28 Binghamton, NY Broome County Arena
FRI 30 Hershey, PA Giant Center
April
SUN 1 Washington, DC DAR Constitution Hall
TUE 3 Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall
THU 5 Boca Raton, FL Mizner Amphitheater
SAT 7 Orlando, FL Hard Rock
TUE 10 Wallingford, CT Chevrolet Theatre
THU 12 New York, NY Theater @ MSG

PORCUPINE TREE
18th April : GLASGOW, ABC
19th April : NEWCASTLE, Academy
20th April : PRESTON, 53 Degrees
22nd April : NOTTINGHAM, Rock City
23rd April : WOLVERHAMPTON, Wulfren
24th April : BRISTOL, Academy
25th April : CAMBRIDGE, Junction
29th April : LONDON, Forum

REVIEWS

THE HEDRONS ‘Heatseeker’ (CDS 2007) Measured Records www.thehedrons.com

Their main claim to fame so far is that they performed the first UKI band to play a virtual gig via MySpace. Not sure how many watched it but with all the hype over MySpace and You Tube it would be a sizeable audience I am sure. This new single is a decent enough guitar led tune although nothing special but sure to get their brief spotlight on the likes of XFM and in NME.

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Jason Ritchie