Michael Schenker Tour Dates Message to People of Japan
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Chrysalis Records to release 6-CD MSG boxset.
Is it Loud Enough? Michael Schenker: 1980 - 1983
6-CD, 66 track collection featuring 4 classic studio albums and 2 discs of rare & previously unreleased material. 52-page booklet with liner notes from Jerry Ewing and interviews with Michael Schenker, Gary Barden and Graham Bonnet. All housed inside a two-piece slipcase box set with all material newly remastered at AIR Studios.
Available to order now: https://michaelschenker.lnk.to/ITLE
[01/13/2024 update No.2]Hi Ritchie,
Thank you for keeping us all updated on MS news. And thank you as well for posting pictures of your tours in beautiful Japan. This is better than any travel magazine.
I am sending you pictures of the MS cover story from the January 2024 issue of the German magazine RockHard (MSG played at their summer festival last year).
There he talks about his UFO years. He said his parents were fine with him moving to England from Germany as he had already left his parental home and moved into his own apartment in Germany when he was 16 years old. In London he enjoyed going out to the Marquee or Speakeasy to listen to other bands. He calls Phil Mogg a rat, referring to the Chinese horoscope. As MS is a horse in this horoscope, they were a good match. Otherwise there isn't anything new in this article. A guy called Ulli Schiller, who is a recording engineer, remembers the evening of 9th April 1973, when UFO played a club called "Grille" in the German town of Minden. The opening acts were the German Bands Eloy and Scorpions. According to Schiller, UFO stopped their set after the third song. Then, when the audience was about to riot, the local promoter announced that the UFO guitar player was not able to continue, however the Scorpions guitarist would step in. Schiller claims that he had the chance to talk to Bernie Marsden about this incident during a recording session in 2017 and Marsden seemed to confirm his presence at the concert though in a very cryptic way. So is there an alternative to the Marsden-lost-his-passport-and-couldnt-make-it-to-the-gig-story? Maybe. Or just a catchy headline from this magarine.
All the best.
regards,
Jigal
[01/13/2024 update]The issue 439 of the great Rock Hard magazine feature a story about my UFO years (aside the amazing cover art).[01/12/2024 update]
Order the new ROCK HARD issue Vol. 439 in their online shop: https://shop.rockhard.de/de-de/rock-hard/
You can also read the new issue as an ePaper: https://epaper.rockhard.de
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[11/27/2023 update]Given the unrest in Dublin City Centre last night, in the interest of patron and staff safety The Academy have taken the precautionary measure to close The Academy tonight, Friday 24 November. They will update you again when they have more news.
In regard to tonight's MSG performance we are trying to work on an alternative date so please do hold on to your tickets whilst we try to make alternative arrangements.
Belfast show tomorrow, Saturday 25 November, will go ahead as planned as there is no knock on affect to this show.
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[06/05/2023 update]MSG to perform in the UK & Ireland w/ Night Demon in late 2023 as part of Michael Schenker’s ongoing 50th anniversary "Universal" World Tour
As wide-spanning as the range of musicians contributing to the record, MSG‘s 2022 success studio album "Universal" (released on May 27, 2022 via Atomic Fire) has paved the way for the band and Michael Schenker‘s 50th anniversary world tour to many stages and areas around the globe: Starting with a headlining run across mainland Europe to EU/UK summer festivals, an extensive North American tour as well as Japanese shows, the quintet led by guitar maestro Schenker continues to amaze fans worldwide. Now the time has come for MSG to properly re-visit the shores of the United Kingdom and Ireland for the first time after a pandemic-related break: Taking place from November 23 until December 2, the run will see the band perform a set list full of hits out of Michael Schenker‘s illustrous career in 8 cities. But that’s not all: Not really “Outsider[s]” (as the title of their new record, which was unleashed on March 17 of this year, may let one think) but US based,Metal Hammer (DE) awarded ("Up & Coming" in 2017) squad NIGHT DEMON, who have consistently been discussed since the release of their self-titled 2012 debut EP and secured a prominent spot in the scene, have been confirmed as very special guests to MSG for all dates (incl. both festival appearances of the trek).
Proudly presented by Academy Events, Born Again Concerts, KK’S Steel Mill & SD Entertainment by arrangement with Dragon Productions & Atomic Fire Records
Current MSG Touring Line-Up:
Michael Schenker (lead guitars) | Robin McAuley (vocals; until the end of 2023) | Steve Mann (keyboards, guitars) | Barend Courbois (bass) | Bodo Schopf (drums)
| Thu | 11/23/23 | Troon, Scotland | WinterStorm | |||||||
| Fri | 11/24/23 | Dublin, Ireland | The Academy | |||||||
| Sat | 11/25/23 | Belfast, UK | Limelight 1 | |||||||
| Thu | 11/28/23 | Manchester, UK | O2 Ritzt | Venue Ad | ||||||
| Fri | 11/29/23 | Sheffield, UK | O2 Academy | Venue Ad | ||||||
| Sat | 11/30/23 | London, UK | O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire | Venue Ad | ||||||
| Sun | 12/01/23 | Wolverhampton, UK | KK's Steel Mill | Venue Ad | ||||||
| Sat | 12/02/23 | Porthcawl, Wales | Planet Rockstock Festival |
| Sat-Thu | 04/29-05/04/23 | Cape Canaveral - Puerto Plata - Labadee | Monsters of Rock Cruise | |||||||
| Sun | 05/28/23 | Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Rock Hard Festival | |||||||
| Sat | 06/03/23 | Ballyshannon, Ireland | Rory Gallagher International Tribute Festival | |||||||
| Thu-Sat | 06/08-10/23 | Zamora, Spain | Z! Live Rock Fest | |||||||
| Sat | 07/08/23 | Knislinge, Sweden | Time to Rock Festival | |||||||
| Sat | 07/29/23 | Pyras, Germany | Pyraser Classic Rock Night | |||||||
| Fri | 08/11/23 | Kortrijk, Belgium | ALCATRAZ Open Air 2023 Fest | |||||||
| Sat | 08/12/23 | Villena (Alicante), Spain | Leyendas del Rock | |||||||
| Thu | 11/23/23 | Troon, Scotland | WinterStorm | |||||||
| Sat | 12/02/23 | Porthcawl, Wales | Planet Rockstock Festival |
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[05/27/2022 update]| Mon | 11/21/22 | Tokyo, Japan | Nakano Sunplaza | |||||||
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[04/28/2022 update No.2]MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP announce US dates for the "50th ANNIVERSARY UNIVERSAL ? WORLD TOUR 2022"[03/21/2022 update]
To celebrate his latest MSG album titled "Universal", which is scheduled for release on May 27th via Atomic Fire Records as well as his 50th career anniversary, Michael Schenker will be going on extended tour in the US in fall 2022.
MSG - US TOUR 2022 LINEUP
Michael Schenker - Lead guitar
Ronnie Romero - Vocals
Steve Mann - Guitar / Keyboards
Bodo Schopf - Drums
Barend Courbois - Bass
w/ Eric Martin, Images of Eden
09/27 - San Juan Capistrano, CA - The Coach House
09/28 - Roseville, CA - Goldfield Trading Post
09/29 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
10/01 - Los Angeles, CA - Saban Theater
10/02 - Las Vegas, NV - Count's Vamp'd
10/04 - Denver, CO - Oriental Theater
10/06 - Sauget, IL - Pop's
10/07 - Des Plaines, IL - Des Plaines Theater
10/08 - St Charles, IL - Arcada Theater
10/09 - Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater
10/11 - Hobart, IN - The Art Theater
10/12 - Ft Wayne, IN - Piere's
10/14 - Columbus, OH - The King Of Clubs
10/15 - Cleveland, OH - Agora Theater
10/16 - Detroit, MI - Harpo's
10/17 - Pittsburgh, PA - Jergels
10/19 - New Bedford, MA - The Vault*
10/20 - Plymouth, NH - Flying Monkey
10/21 - Beverly, MA - Cabot Theater
10/22 - New York, NY - Sony Hall
10/23 - Newton, NJ - Newton Theater
10/25 - Glenside, PA - Keswick Theater
10/26 - Leesburg, VA - Tally Ho
10/27 - Stroudsburg, PA - Sherman Theater
*No support
w/ Damon Johnson & The Get Ready, Images of Eden
10/29 - Cincinnati, OH - Bogarts
10/30 - Nashville, TN - Brooklyn Bowl
w/ WASP, Armored Saint
11/02 - Houston TX - White Oak Music Hall
11/03 - Corpus Christi TX - Concrete Street Pavillion
11/04 - San Antonio, TX - Eaton Arena
11/05 - Dallas, TX - Amplified Live
11/06 - Tulsa, OK - Tulsa Theater
MSG online:
www.michaelschenkerhimself.com
https://www.facebook.com/MichaelSchenkerRocks
https://www.instagram.com/michaelschenkerrocks/
https://twitter.com/MWSchenker
https://label.atomicfire-records.com/.../michael-schenker/
To all Rock'n'Roll fans out there: The great Robin McAuley will handle vocal duties for the upcoming MSG shows starting on 27 April 2022 in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, France, Spain and Italy.
Michael Schenker and band can't wait to see everyone live again and rock the stage after such a long time. See you soon!
Here is the full lineup for those shows:
Michael Schenker - guitar
Robin McAuley - vocals
Bodo Schopf - drums
Barend Courbois - bass
Steve Mann - keys and guitar
You will still be able to listen to Ronnie Romero's amazing voice on MSG's new album "Universal", to be released on May 27th via Atomic Fire Records. He will also be MSG's vocalist for all later shows/tours of 2022 including all festivals*.
* Steelhouse Festival on 31 July will also feature Robin McAuley on vocals.
MICHAEL SCHENKER’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY UNIVERSAL - WORLD TOUR
27.04.2022 FI - Helsinki, Vanha Yo-talo
29.04.2022 SE - Stockholm, Fryshuset Klubben
30.04.2022 NO - Oslo, Vulkan Arena
01.05.2022 DK - Copenhagen, Amager Bio
03.05.2022 NL - Zoetermeer, De Boerderij
04.05.2022 DE - Bochum, Zeche
05.05.2022 CH - Pratteln, Z7
06.05.2022 DE - Speyer, Halle 101
07.05.2022 FR - Cleon, La Traverse
10.05.2022 ES - Madrid, La Riviera
11.05.2022 ES - Barcelona, Razzmatazz 1
12.05.2022 ES - Pamplona, Totem
14.05.2022 IT - Fontaneto d’Agogna, Phenomenon
15.05.2022 IT - Rome, Largo Venue
[03/03/2022 update No.2]MSG announce new studio album "Universal", to be released on May, 27th!
There are few rock guitarists on this planet who have had such a lasting influence on so many renowned musicians as Michael Schenker. With his outstandingly fluid style, inexhaustible wealth of ideas and instinctive feel for hooks and melodies, Michael Schenker is a living legend who, despite his longstanding and distinguished history, still impresses with his unflagging energy and drive. The blond stringsman from Sarstedt (Germany) began his international career in the early 1970s with the Scorpions, achieved worldwide fame after joining British rock group U.F.O. and then seamlessly continued his exceptional global success story under his own name, as well as with acts such as Michael Schenker Group (MSG for short), Temple Of Rock and Michael Schenker Fest. Schenker and his career, which has spanned more than fifty years, are absolute exceptions in the otherwise short-lived music industry.
Now his latest MSG album is about to be unleashed, scheduled for release on Atomic Fire Records on 27 May 2022 under the programmatic moniker of "Universal". His latest offering will feature all the strengths of this exceptional musician: first-rate songs with anthemic melodies, catchy guitar riffs and inspiring solos. As we have come to expect from him, Schenker has once again enlisted a number of prestigious fellow musicians for the recording of his new studio production, among them, as main vocalist, Ronnie Romero (Rainbow, Vandenberg), who will also be MSG's frontman on their upcoming tour, Michael Kiske (Helloween) and Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear), keyboard player Steve Mann (Lionheart), drummers Simon Phillips (Toto, The Who), Brian Tichy (Whitesnake, Foreigner), Bobby Rondinelli (Rainbow) and Bodo Schopf (Eloy), as well as legendary bassists Bob Daisley (Black Sabbath), Barry Sparks (Malmsteen, Dokken) and Barend Courbois (Blind Guardian, Zakk Wylde), with Tony Carey as a very special guest. But more about that later.
First, let's talk about the basic parameters of the new recording: Like its predecessor "Immortal" (2021) and the Michael Schenker Fest albums "Resurrection" (2018) and "Revelation" (2019), "Universal" was produced by Michael Schenker and Michael Voss (Lessmann/Voss, Mad Max) at Voss's Kidroom Studio, which has become something of a creative home-away-from-home for Schenker. "Michael Voss is happy to wait until I have worked out an idea and takes the time to really get to know the song, simultaneously developing ideas for the vocals," Schenker describes the fruitful collaboration which has one cog intermesh with the other. "Then we work out the drums, bass and some keyboard parts together. He always has plenty of great ideas up his sleeve." Compositional highlights abound on "Universal", from the haunting opener 'Emergency' and the subsequent 'Under Attack' with its casually driving groove to 'The Universe', featuring an atmospheric duet by Ronnie Romero and Gary Barden, 'Wrecking Ball', performed 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' both have a special significance: The track, sung by Helloween frontman Michael Kiske, is a tribute to the immortal Ronnie James Dio, in particular to his performance on the 1976 hard rock classic Rainbow Rising. For this reason, Schenker has brought together an original Rainbow rhythm section consisting of Bobby Rondinelli and Bob Daisley, additionally enlisting keyboardist Tony Carey, who also played on Rainbow Rising, for a terrific Moog synth intro ? a direct reference to the iconic intro of the 1976 album opener 'Tarot Woman'. The impressive result 'Calling Baal'/'A King Has Gone' is already considered to be one of the most important and successful songs in Schenker's career to date, both musically and lyrically.
In line with all these highlights, the spectacular album cover designed by Zsofia Dankova (Powerwolf, among others) features Schenker in a futuristic spaceship, floating high up in orbit. The artwork is based on the guitarist's own visions: "I had the original idea for the album cover a few years ago, but only now does it seem to fit perfectly. So I sent some older sketches to my label Atomic Fire Records, and based on this the final artwork and album title were created."
No doubt about it: The title, artwork and new songs suit MSG as perfectly as his characteristic Flying V suits Michael Schenker!
[03/03/2022 update]Welsh classic rock festival Steelhouse Live has announced Michael Schenker as special guests for Sunday, July 31st, 2022.
"It's great to be back at Steelhouse Festival, this time with the new MSG lineup".
Michael will be joined by vocalist Ronnie Romero, guitarist/keyboardist Steve Mann, bassist Barend Courbois, and drummer Bodo Schopf. The setlist will include a variety of classics from Schenker's successful career.
More info and tickets: https://www.steelhousefestival.com/
[02/07/2022 update]Michael Schenker will take his 50th career anniversary celebrations to Russia! We are the first artist to be announced for "Герои Мирового Рока", to be held on July 16, 2022 in Kemerovo. We are looking forward to perform with the current MSG/Michael Schenker Group lineup for our Russian fans.
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The third and most long-awaited festival "Heroes of World Rock" will be held on July 16, 2022 in Kemerovo!
This was discussed at the meeting of the Governor of Kuzbass Sergey Tsivilev and the General Director of Stroyservis JSC Dmitry Nikolaev. The venue for the celebration will be Moscow Square, located near the ice palace "Kuzbass". It can accommodate up to 80 thousand people at a time, and we promise that our event will be the most grandiose event that Kuzbass has ever seen!
The organizer of the festival is the Stroyservice Group of Companies , and the organization is still (as in 2018 and 2019) carried out by the NCA company , which holds large-scale festivals throughout the country, including: "Rock over the Volga", GreenFest, "Petersburg live", " SAM.FEST ", "Rock over the Amur" and many others.
The show will last approximately 9 hours and will feature a team of the best sound engineers, lighting artists and pyrotechnicians in the country who have been involved in world-class shows, including events on Red Square and the Sochi Olympics.
One of the participants of the festival will be the Michael Shenker Group - a solo project of the legendary guitarist Michael Shenker, a member of the cult bands Scorpions and UFO, as well as a man included in the list of the greatest guitarists in the history of hard rock, compiled by the authoritative British magazine Classic Rock.
Moreover, one of the brightest rock vocalists of our time, Ronnie Romero, the owner of a stunning voice, the frontman of the cult band Rainbow and a member of the Lords of Black band, will appear on the stage of the festival as part of Michael's group.
Soon we will tell you about other details of our holiday: about the grandiose stage, special effects, the team working on the event, and, of course, we will name the names of other participants, legendary musicians who will have to remind each of us what a really heavy metal!
If the current restrictions continue, then we are ready to hold the festival in the COVID-FREE format, and admission to it, as before, will be free.
Get ready for the brightest Saturday of the year, which you will definitely remember for a long time!
May the power of coal and metal be with you!
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