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BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION ON TOUR
Black Country Communion, the critically acclaimed rock supergroup featuring vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Trapeze, Black Sabbath), award-winning blues-rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa, drummer Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin, Foreigner) and keyboardist Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater, Billy Idol), are returning to the UK in December. Fittingly, the first concert will take place right in the heart of the Black Country at the legendary Wolverhampton Civic Hall on Wednesday 29th December, followed by a concert at London’s o2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on Thursday 30th December. Tickets are available via the National 24 Hour Box Office - 0871 230 1101,
www.seetickets.com,
www.eventim.co.uk. PM
Fab Four Finally on iTunes
You may have already guessed via the extensive TV campaign but just in case you’ve been hiding in a cave for the past couple of weeks, after years of negotiations all the Beatles’ back catalogue has finally gone live on the iTunes store. Albums will retail for £10.99, although double albums such as the Red Album and White Album will sell for £17.99 each. The Beatles Box Set will be priced at £125. Consumers will also be able to buy individual tracks for 99p each. In a reaction to the news Sir Paul McCartney offered: “It’s fantastic to see the songs we originally released on vinyl receive as much love in the digital world as they did the first time around”, whilst his former band-mate Ringo Starr added with typical prickliness: “I’m particularly glad to no longer be asked when the Beatles are coming to iTunes!” PM
GUITAR INSTITUTE AND STEVE VAI ANNOUNCE EXCLUSIVE GUITAR SCHOLARSHIP WORTH £7500
‘Maiden reach the Final Frontier
Heavy metal legends iron Maiden are concluding the final leg of their enormous Final Frontier World Tour with a run of UK arena
dates.For the first time in many years, the band will be playing shows across the full length and breadth of the UK , including venues that they’ve not visited for up to three decades! The dates for The Final Frontier UK Tour 2011 are:
Wed 20th July - Glasgow SECC Thu 21st July - Aberdeen AECC P&J Arena Sat 23rd July - Newcastle Metro Radio Arena Sun 24th July - Sheffield Motorpoint Arena Wed 27th July - Nottingham Trent FM Arena Thu 28th July - Manchester MEN Arena Sun 31st July - Birmingham NIA Mon 1st August - Cardiff CIA Arena Wed 3rd August - Belfast Odyssey Fri 5th August - London 02 Arena
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The Guitar Institute, part of London’s Institute of Contemporary Music Performance, has announced the launch of their exclusive Steve Vai scholarship programme. This scholarship is worth over £7,500 annually, with the award comprising one fully-funded place plus one part-funded place on the Institute’s renowned one-year Higher Diploma course. Grammy award-winning guitar legend Steve Vai has always supported exciting new artists through his record label Favoured Nations but now, by partnering with the Institute in the development of this scholarship, Steve has shown his commitment to finding and nurturing new talent and by choosing to work with the Institute, he has ensured that his own personal commitment will be supported by one of the world’s leading providers of music education. Paul Kirkham, Director at the Institute, said: ‘We are thrilled by the launch of this new scholarship programme. It is an honour to be working with someone of the calibre of Steve Vai, and we have been hugely impressed by his obvious commitment to and support for the development of new talent. This is of course a great opportunity for all aspiring guitar players – Steve is a huge inspiration to millions around the globe and for them to have the chance to develop their skills and talent at the Institute through his generosity is amazing.’ To apply for the scholarship, which will be for the course commencing October 2011, all you have to do is upload a three minute video performance to the Steve Vai scholarship website,
www.stevevaischolarship.com before January 7th 2011. A combination of an expert panel of judges plus public voting will select the finalists and then Steve will be making his selection for this year’s winner! For more information on scholarships contact Guitar Institute:
www.icmp.co.uk, 0207 328 0222,
enquiries@icmp.co.uk. PM
Photo Courtesy Michael Mesker
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