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DEF LEPPARD ROCK ‘N’ ROLL FANTASY CAMP TO BE HELD IN LAS VEGAS IN APRIL

While in Las Vegas for their residency at the Hard Rock Casino and Hotel, Def Leppard have reportedly signed on for a special edition of the Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp that will take place April 4th-7th.

The band will serve as mentors and instructors, guiding campers through their songs as well as general playing and performing techniques.

Def Leppard’s Phil Collen, who along with fellow guitarist Vivian Campbell have participated in previous  Camps, tells Billboard he’s looking forward to putting the group’s stamp on the program.

“It was actually really cool, although I lost my voice the last time,” Collen recalls. “You’d go work with the different bands they have there and it’d be like, ‘Can you sing this?’ It was Pour Some Sugar on Me‘in one room, Fallen in the next room. I came away from there kind of beat-up, actually, but it was actually really fun. So I’m looking forward to that as well. I know what’s in store. I know the hard work the mentors do.”

Collen add it’s the camp’s diversity that he found most appealing. “It was like that Bruce Lee movie, Game of Death. There were literally 10 different rooms, and each one you’d go into was very different. Ronnie Montrose would treat it in a different way than George Lynch. That was really the exciting part for me.”

Read more at Billboard.

DIO’S “DREAM EVIL” DELUXE EDITION TO BE RELEASED MARCH 4TH

Universal will release the deluxe edition of Dio’s Dream Evil album on March 4th.

Dream Evil is Dio‘s fourth album and was originally released on July 21st, 1987. It features former Rough Cutt members Craig Goldy and Claude Schnell and was drummer Vinny Appice’s last album with the singer. The record  includes the singles All The Fools Sailed Away and I Could Have Been a Dreamer.

This new 2-CD deluxe edition comes with a bonus disc contains other tracks from the band’s triumphant show at Monsters Of Rock. .

Disc One

1. Night People
2. Dream Evil
3. Sunset Superman
4. All The Fools Sailed Away
5. Naked In The Rain
6. Overlove
7. I Could Have Been A Dreamer
8. Faces In A Window
9. When A Woman Cries

Disc Two

1. Hide In The Rainbow (Dio EP)
2. I Could Have Been A Dreamer (Single Edit)
3. Dream Evil (Castle Donington – 22/08/87)
4. Neon Nights
5. Naked In The Rain
6. Rock N Roll Children
7. Long Live Rock N Roll
8. The Last In Line
9. Holy Diver
10. Heaven And Hell
11. Man On The Silver Mountain
12. All The Fools Sailed Away
13. The Last In Line (Reprise)
14. Rainbow In The Dark

Y&T’S DAVE MENIKETTI MAKES A GUEST APPEARANCE OF GEOFF TATE’S NEW QUEENSRYCHE CD

Y&T frontman Dave Meniketti has recorded a guest appearance on the new album from the Geoff Tate version of Queensryche, due later in the year through Cleopatra Records.

Other musicians that appear on the album will be former Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing , King’s X guitarist Ty Tabor, Night Ranger guitarist Brad Gillis and Ratt drummer Bobby Blotzer, who used to be in the band, but was replaced by Simon Wright.

Tabor said, “I’m very happy that Geoff considered me for this record. It will be great to play with all of these great musicians.”

Starting in early April, Tate’s Queensryche will be hitting the road to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the band’s epic 1988 release, Operation: Mindcrime, performing all of the songs from the album along with other well-known hits and rarities from the catalog they’ve compiled over the past 30 years.

“I try to surround myself with the best players available and feel our longtime fans deserve nothing less,” says Tate. “I expect the forthcoming effort to be one of our best yet.”

additional source: blabbermouth.net

 

WHITESNAKE TO RELEASE NEW DVD/LIVE CD PACKAGE “MADE IN JAPAN” IN APRIL

Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the release of legendary rock band Whitesnake’s new DVD/live CD package, Made In Japan.

Made In Japan is set for release on April 19^th in Europe (22^nd in the UK) and April 23^rd in North America and will be available in several formats: a deluxe 2CD/DVD edition, Blu-ray and a standalone DVD.  The performance footage is shot in stunning HD in 5.1 and stereo and is taken from Whitesnake’s co-headlining set at the “Loud Park” festival on October 11^th, 2011 held at Saitama Super Arena in Japan during their Forevermore World Tour.  The performance was initially recorded only for Japanese TV and future Loud Park promotions, but after three songs were broadcasted on a Loud Park highlights program in Japan, Whitesnake received unprecedented requests for this performance to be made available to the general public.

Made In Japan contains songs from Whitesnake’s most recent studio album, Forevermore, as well as classic hits such as Is This Love, Still Of The Night and Here I Go Again.  The bonus CD also includes never-before-heard outtakes and acoustic versions of material from the award winning Forevermore album that were recorded during soundchecks on the 2011 Japanese tour.. Additional DVD content includes various band photo slideshows and fan-shot videos.  Please see below for the full content listing.

Musicians on MADE IN JAPAN include David Coverdale (vocals), Doug Aldrich (guitars), Reb Beach (guitars), Michael Devin (bass), Brian Tichy (drums) and special guest Brian Ruedy (keyboards).

Made In Japan track listing:

Cd1:

Best Years
Give Me All Your Love Tonight
Love Ain’t No Stranger
Is This Love
Steal Your Heart Away
Forevermore
Six String Showdown
Love Will Set You Free
Drum Solo
Fool For Your Loving
Here I Go Again
Still Of The Night

Cd 2 – Soundcheck:

Love Will Set You Free;
Steal Your Heart Away
Fare Thee Well (Acoustic Version)
One Of These Days (Acoustic Version)
Lay Down Your Love
Evil Ways
Good To Be Bad (Acoustic Version)
Tell Me How (Acoustic Version)