This Tuesday, May 29th, EUROPE’s Joey Tempest and John Norum will be performing an acoustic set on SWR German radio between 17.00 – 18.00. International listeners can tune in to the live stream through the SWR website at this location.
Earlier this month the pair performed their new single ‘Not Supposed To Sing The Blues’ from their new album, Bag Of Bones, during an acoustic set at Paris’ Hard Rock Cafe. Check out the clip below:
Barbara Caserta of Italian web radio Linearock.it recently conducted an interview with singer Joey Tempest and guitarist John Norum of Swedish hard rockers EUROPE at Radio Lombardia / Linearock.it studios in Milan. You can now watch the chat below. Source: Blabbermouth.net
Joey Tempest and John Norum from Swedish hard rockers EUROPE perform their new single ‘Not Supposed To Sing The Blues’ from their new album, Bag Of Bones, during an acoustic set at Paris’ Hard Rock Cafe. Check out the clip below:
Joey Tempest and John Norum of Swedish hard rockers EUROPE played an intimate three-song acoustic set at the Feltrinelli in Milan, Italy on Monday, May 7. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. Photos are available at the Musica Metal web site.
The setlist for the acoustic show was as follows:
01. Rock The Night
02. Not Supposed To Sing The Blues
03. Final Countdown
EUROPE‘s ninth studio album, “Bag Of Bones”, entered the official chart in the band’s home country at position No. 2.
“Bag Of Bones” was released in Europe on April 27 via earMusic/Edel. The CD, which features a guest appearance by blues-rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa (BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION), was produced by Kevin Shirley, who has previously worked with IRON MAIDEN, JOE BONAMASSA, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION, BLACK STONE CHERRY and JOURNEY, among others.
“It’s more organic,” Tempest told Metal Shock Finland about the new CD. “Kevin Shirley brought in a warm ’70s sound. It’s a dynamic record, like vinyl almost.
“One of my [favorite songs on the CD], ‘Riches To Rags’ has quite a big chorus with exciting riffs.
“It’s a journey with an emotional ballad at the end, called ‘Bring It On Home’. Very much a classic rock album — more rock than hard rock.”
On the topic of “Bag Of Bones” also being released on vinyl, Joey said, “With the new ‘Bag Of Bones’ cover, there is so much detail on it. It became a bit boring there for a while; everybody was thinking, ‘CDs are small, so let’s just make something simple.’ But we have computers, so we can blow up the cover to use for posters and vinyl, so it’s still worth going that extra mile to make great covers. And we’re really happy we did that.”
The “Not Supposed To Sing The Blues” video was directed by Patric Ullaeus of Revolver Film Company, who has previously worked with DIMMU BORGIR, LACUNA COIL, IN FLAMES, SONIC SYNDICATE and KAMELOT, among others.
The “Not Supposed To Sing The Blues” digital single was made available on March 9.
Regarding the new CD title, EUROPE drummer Ian Haugland said, “It’s not [called ‘Bag Of Bones’] because we all have lost tons of weight or found a new interest in archeology or dogs… It’s just because it sounds fuckin’ cool!”
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HEADLESS (in the pic below) is:
Walter Cianciusi – Guitar Dario Parente – Guitar
For more information, visit www.headless.it. Source: Blabbermouth.net
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