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MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP, the band led by legendary German guitarist Michael Schenker, will embark on a U.S. tour this fall. The trek will kick off on September 27 in San Juan Capistrano, California and finish on November 6 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Tour dates:
With Eric Martin, IMAGES OF EDEN:
Sep. 27 – The Coach Home – San Juan Capistrano, CA
Sep. 28 – Goldfield Buying and selling Put up – Roseville, CA
Sep. 29 – Nice American Music Corridor – San Francisco, CA
Oct. 01 – Saban Theater – Los Angeles, CA
Oct. 02 – Rely’s Vamp’d – Las Vegas, NV
Oct. 04 – Oriental Theater – Denver, CO
Oct. 06 – Pop’s – Sauget, IL
Oct. 07 – Des Plaines Theater – Des Plaines, IL
Oct. 08 – Arcada Theater – St. Charles, IL
Oct. 09 – Pabst Theater – Milwaukee, WI
Oct. 11 – The Artwork Theater – Hobart, IN
Oct. 12 – Piere’s – Ft. Wayne, IN
Oct. 14 – The King Of Golf equipment – Columbus, OH
Oct. 15 – Agora Theater – Cleveland, OH
Oct. 16 – Harpo’s – Detroit, MI
Oct. 17 – Jergels – Pittsburgh, PA
Oct. 19 – The Vault – New Bedford, MA * MSG solely
Oct. 20 – Flying Monkey – Plymouth, NH
Oct. 21 – Cabot Theater – Beverly, MA
Oct. 22 – Sony Corridor – New York, NY
Oct. 23 – Newton Theater – Newton, NJ
Oct. 25 – Keswick Theater – Glenside, PA
Oct. 26 – Tally Ho – Leesburg, VA
Oct. 27 – Sherman Theater – Stroudsburg, PA
With DAMON JOHNSON & THE GET READY, IMAGES OF EDEN:
Oct. 29 – Bogarts – Cincinnati, OH
Oct. 30 – Brooklyn Bowl – Nashville, TN
With W.A.S.P., ARMORED SAINT:
Nov. 02 – White Oak Music Corridor – Houston, TX
Nov. 03 – Concrete Avenue Pavilion – Corpus Christi TX
Nov. 04 – Eaton Enviornment – San Antonio, TX
Nov. 05 – Amplified Stay – Dallas, TX
Nov. 06 – Tulsa Theater – Tulsa, OK
MSG U.S. tour 2022 lineup:
Michael Schenker – lead guitar
Ronnie Romero – vocals
Bodo Schopf – drums
Steve Mann – keyboards, guitars
Barend Courbois – bass
There are few rock guitarists on this planet who’ve had such a long-lasting affect on so many famend musicians as Michael Schenker. Together with his outstandingly fluid type, inexhaustible wealth of concepts and instinctive really feel for hooks and melodies, Michael Schenker is a residing legend who, regardless of his longstanding and distinguished historical past, nonetheless impresses along with his unflagging power and drive. The blond stringsman from Sarstedt, Germany started his worldwide profession within the early Nineteen Seventies with the SCORPIONS, achieved worldwide fame after becoming a member of British rock group UFO after which seamlessly continued his distinctive world success story beneath his personal title, in addition to with acts resembling MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP (MSG for brief), TEMPLE OF ROCK and MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST. Schenker and his profession, which has spanned greater than fifty years, are absolute exceptions within the in any other case short-lived music business.
Now his newest MSG album is about to be unleashed, scheduled for launch on Atomic Hearth Data on Might 27 beneath the programmatic moniker of “Common”. His newest providing will function all of the strengths of this distinctive musician: first-rate songs with anthemic melodies, catchy guitar riffs and provoking solos. As now we have come to count on from him, Schenker has as soon as once more enlisted various prestigious fellow musicians for the recording of his new studio manufacturing, amongst them, as important vocalist Ronnie Romero (RAINBOW, VANDENBERG), who will even be MSG‘s frontman on their upcoming tour, Michael Kiske (HELLOWEEN) and Ralf Scheepers (PRIMAL FEAR), keyboard participant Steve Mann (LIONHEART), drummers Simon Phillips (TOTO, THE WHO), Brian Tichy (WHITESNAKE, FOREIGNER), Bobby Rondinelli (RAINBOW) and Bodo Schopf (ELOY), in addition to legendary bassists Bob Daisley (BLACK SABBATH), Barry Sparks (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, DOKKEN) and Barend Courbois (BLIND GUARDIAN, ZAKK WYLDE), with Tony Carey as a really particular visitor.
Like its predecessor “Immortal” (2021) and the MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST albums “Resurrection” (2018) and “Revelation” (2019), “Common” was produced by Michael Schenker and Michael Voss (LESSMANN/VOSS, MAD MAX) at Voss‘s Kidroom Studio, which has develop into one thing of a inventive dwelling away from dwelling for Schenker.
“Michael Voss is joyful to attend till I’ve labored out an thought and takes the time to actually get to know the music, concurrently growing concepts for the vocals,” Schenker describes the fruitful collaboration which has one cog intermesh with the opposite. “Then we work out the drums, bass and a few keyboard components collectively. He at all times has loads of nice concepts up his sleeve.”
Compositional highlights abound on “Common”, from the haunting opener “Emergency” and the next “Underneath Assault” with its casually driving groove to “The Universe”, that includes an atmospheric duet by Ronnie Romero and Gary Barden, “Wrecking Ball”, carried out as brilliantly as ever by Ralf Scheepers, and “London Calling” with its homage to the British capital’s musical spirit.
The rock anthem “A King Has Gone” and its intro “Calling Baal” each have a particular significance: The monitor, sung by HELLOWEEN frontman Michael Kiske, is a tribute to the immortal Ronnie James Dio, specifically to his efficiency on the 1976 arduous rock basic “Rainbow Rising”. Because of this, Schenker has introduced collectively an unique RAINBOW rhythm part consisting of Bobby Rondinelli and Bob Daisley, moreover enlisting keyboardist Tony Carey, who additionally performed on “Rainbow Rising”, for a terrific Moog synth intro — a direct reference to the long-lasting intro of the 1976 album opener “Tarot Girl”. The spectacular end result “Calling Baal”/“A King Has Gone” is already thought of to be one of the crucial necessary and profitable songs in Schenker‘s profession up to now, each musically and lyrically.
Consistent with all these highlights, the spectacular album cowl designed by Zsofia Dankova (POWERWOLF, amongst others) options Schenker in a futuristic spaceship, floating excessive up in orbit. The art work relies on the guitarist’s personal visions.
“I had the unique thought for the album cowl a couple of years in the past, however solely now does it appear to suit completely,” he says. “So I despatched some older sketches to my label Atomic Hearth Data, and primarily based on this the ultimate art work and album title have been created.”
Photograph credit score: Tina Korhonen
