As previously reported, founding Deep Purple and Rainbow guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, has announced that he will be playing three rock shows in Europe under the name of Ricthie Blackmore’s Rainbow.
Now the guitarist is saying if things go well, he may be open to doing other shows. Speaking with Rich Davenport’s Rock Show about balancing Rainbow and Blackmore’s Night commitments, he said, “Blackmore’s Night will go on, and this is just a brief intermission of playing some good old rock, but with some good friends and some good musicians. And hopefully everybody’s there for the same reason, which is it’s good music and it’s nostalgia, and hopefully everything goes well. And if it works, we’ll do, obviously, more dates. We’re only doing three this first time. But, like I said, if it works, we’ll do more later on.”
Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow and guests are scheduled to play at two Monsters Of Rock festivals in Germany on June 17th and 18th and one UK show on June 25th in England at Birmingham Genting Arena. More dates are expected to be announced. Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow will perform “the classic rock anthems of Rainbow and Deep Purple,” according to show announcements. Blackmore reportedly plans to film and record the performances for future release.
American dates for the next leg of AC/DC’s Rock or Bust World Tour were announced today through the band’s official website.
The American dates kick begin February 2nd in Tacoma, WA at the Tacoma Dome and run through April 4th in New York, NY at Madison Square Garden (see below for a full list of dates). Tickets are on sale starting Friday, December 18th. For more information visit ACDC.com.
The American Tour date announcement comes after a massive year for the band, with them kicking off the 57th annual Grammy Awards, headlining at Coachella, and completing 28 shows in Europe, 14 shows in North America and 11 shows in Australia/New Zealand.
AC/DC North American Tour Dates:
February:
2 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
5 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Arena
8 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
11 Fargo, ND Fargo Dome
14 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
17 Chicago, IL United Center
20 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
23 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
26 Houston, TX Toyota Center
29 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
March:
8 Atlanta, GA Phillips Arena
11 Ft. Lauderdale, FL BB&T Center
14 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum
17 Washington, DC Verizon Center
20 Detroit, MI The Palace
23 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena
26 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
29 Buffalo, NY First Niagara Center
April:
1 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
4 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
Loudwire took the opportunity to ask [Megadeth’s] Dave Mustaine about his past association with Stone Temple Pilots and his thoughts on [former STP frontman] Scott Weiland’s death. Stone Temple Pilots opened for the band on their Countdown to Extinction tour back in 1992.
In the video below, Mustaine recalls some of the early shows and some of the ways in which he offered advice that eventually helped the band as they started to progress toward stardom.
As for Weiland, Mustaine says he gave the singer some personal advice, “At the end of the tour, I said, ‘Look Scott, you’re gonna be huge, you’re gonna have money, you’re gonna have drugs, you’re gonna have p–sy and it’s gonna be everywhere.’ And I said, ‘If you do anything, stay away from heroin.’ And I probably should have said, ‘Do as much as you can,’ because he did the exact opposite.”
Rival Sons, who were handpicked by Black Sabbath as the main support act on their worldwide final tour, The End, beginning January 20th, 2016 in Omaha, NE (full tour itinerary below).
Rival Sons–Jay Buchanan (vocals), Scott Holiday (guitar), Michael Miley (drums) and Dave Beste (bass)–recently released a 2-Disc Tour Edition of their critically acclaimed 2014 album, Great Western Valkyrie (on October 16th, 2015 via Earache Records). After storming onto charts around the world upon its release and being rated the number one album of 2014 by Classic Rock magazine, the new limited edition CD includes a bonus disc featuring six powerful bonus tracks (full track list below).
The Long Beach, California rock quartet has supported their four albums with worldwide headlining tours and key support slots. In 2015, they supported Deep Purple and Halestorm on tour. Rival Sons have also performed live on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Late Show With David Letterman and Later…with Jools Holland (BBC flagship music show).
Don’t miss Rivals Sons on tour in 2016 in the following cities:
North America – with Black Sabbath
January:
20 Omaha, NE CenturyLink Center
21 Sioux Falls, SD Badlands**
22 Chicago, IL United Center
23 Madison, WI The Sett (University of Wisconsin)**
25 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
27 Winnipeg MN MTS Centre
28 Saskatoon, SK O’Brians Events Centre**
30 Edmonton, AB Rexall Centre
February:
1 Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome
3 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
4 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom**
5 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory Concert House**
6 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
9 San Jose, CA SAP Pavilion
11 Los Angeles, CA The Forum
13 Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay Events Center
15 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
17 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
18 Nashville, TN Cannery Ballroom**
19 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
21 Hamilton, ON FirstOntario Centre
23 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
24 Portland, ME Asylum**
25 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
27 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
**indicates Rival Sons headlining shows
Australia/New Zealand – with Black Sabbath:
April:
5 Perth, AU Perth Arena
17 Adelaide, AU Entertainment Centre
19 Melbourne, AU Rod Laver Arena
23 Sydney, AU Allphones Arena
25 Brisbane, AU Entertainment Centre
28 Auckland, NZ Vector Arena
30 Dunedin, NZ Forsyth Barr Stadium
Europe – with Black Sabbath:
June:
1 Budapest, Hungary Groupama Arena
8 Berlin, Germany Waldebuhne
13 Verona, Italy Arena Di Verona
15 Zurich, Switzerland Hallenstadon
19 Clisson, France Hellfest
25 Copenhagen, DE Copenhell
28 Vienna, Austria Stadthalle
30 Prague, Czech Rep. 02 Arena
July:
2 Krakow, Poland Tauron Arena
5 Riga, Latvia Riga Arena
9 Stockholm, Sweden Monsters of Rock
12 Moscow, Russia Olympisky Arena
North America – with Black Sabbath
August:
17 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
19 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
21 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live
23 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
25 Boston, MA Xfinity Center
27 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
29 Toronto, ON Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
31 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theater
September:
1 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
2 Indianapolis, IN Klipsch Music Center
4 Chicago, IL Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
7 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion
9 Albuquerque, NM Isleta Amphitheater
11 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheater
13 Ridgefield, WA Sunlight Supply Amphitheater
15 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
17 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena
19 Hollywood, CA Hollywood Bowl
21 Phoenix, AZ AK-Chin Pavilion
Track listing for Great Western Valkyrie Tour Edition:
Track listing:
Disc 1:
1. Electric Man
2. Good Luck
3. Secret
4. Play The Fool
5. Good Things
6. Open My Eyes
7. Rich and the Poor
8. Belle Starr
9. Where I’ve Been
10. Destination on Course
Disc 2:
1. Too Much Love
2. My Nature
3. Open My Eyes (live at Juke Joint Studio)
4. Long As I Can See The Light (live at Juke Joint Studio)
5. Where I’ve Been (live at Juke Joint Studio)
6. Black Coffee
Great Western Valkyrie Tour Edition is available here:
Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt paid tribute to former Stone Temple Pilots singer, Scott Weiland, by performing STP’s song Creep. Watch it below.
Bettencourt was appearing at Ultimate Jam Night 46 at Lucky Strike Live in Hollywood, California on December 9th. The video comes courtesy of California Rock News.
Since Weiland’s suspected passing of cardiac arrest, there has been much speculation surrounding his death. Latest reports from TMZ claim that cocaine, a generic version of Xanax, two different brands of sleeping pills, Viagra and Ziprasidone, drug used to treat bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, were all found on Weiland’s tour bus. Deputy Police Chief Denis Otterness revealed that toxicology reports will take “four to eight weeks.”
As previously reported, founding Deep Purple and Rainbow guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, has announced that he will be playing three rock shows in Europe under the name of Ricthie Blackmore’s Rainbow.
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