VROČE NOVICE
Kot smo januarja poročali, je v 78. letu starosti umrl Tony Clarkin, kitarist, ustanovitelj britanskih veteranov Magnum. Že takrat se je šušljalo, da to pomeni tudi konec za zasedbo, ki je to zdaj tudi uradno potrdila. Izjava vokalista Boba Catleyja:
»Hello, everybody. Bob here. All right. I wish I didn't have to tell you this, but I really can't carry on with Tony not here anymore. Please forgive me, and I hope you can understand how I feel. I've been thinking about it a lot lately.
Since we lost Tone, we lost our guiding light, the magnum force behind the band, our songwriter, our producer, our guitar player. He was everything to the band. He was everything to me. For the last 50 years, we never went anywhere without each other. On tour, in the studio, I was at his side constantly, working on stuff with him. I had a wonderful life with Tony. But now it's all too much for me, people. I can't carry on without Tony.
I may pop up in some other shape or form in the near future – you never know – but I can't keep going on like this. It's far too sad; it's all too sad.
So, I hope you understand. You've been fantastic – the best audience ever. You kept this band going year after year, album after album, and we thank you for that.
So, be good. Keep Tony's music in your heart always. I know I will. I will always carry MAGNUM inside me. And I will always have Tony Clarkin beside me wherever I go.
I love you. You've been brilliant. But it's time for me to bow out now. It's my last curtain call, okay? I'll see you sometime. Be good. Cheers. Bye-bye.«
Nuclear Blast bo 29. januarja izdal sedmi album projekta Avantasia, ki bo nosil naslov Ghostlights. Na njem bo dvanajst skladb, pri katerih so sodelovali: Dee Snider, Geoff Tate, Marco Hietala, Sharon Den Adel, Michael Kiske, Ronnie Atkins, Bob Catley, Jorn Lande, Bruce Kulick, Robert Mason,Herbie Langhans, Oliver Hartmann in Sascha Paeth.
Tracklista:
Mystery Of A Blood Red Rose
Let The Storm Descend Upon You
The Haunting
Seduction Of Decay
Ghostlights
Draconian Love
Master Of The Pendulum
Isle Of Evermore
Babylon Vampyres
Lucifer
Unchain The Light
A Restless Heart And Obsidian Skies
Vokalisti Jørn Lande (Jorn, Allen / Lande, ex-Ark, ex-Masterplan), Geoff Tate (Operation Mindcrime, ex-Queensrÿche), Bob Catley (Magnum), Michael Kiske (Unisonic, ex-Helloween) in Dee Snider (na fotografiji -Twisted Sister) bodo sodelovali na Ghostlights, novem albumu projekta Avantasia, ki bo izšel v začetku prihodnjega leta.
Bob Catley, vokalist skupine Magnum, bo 19. septembra pri založbi Frontiers Records izdal nov solo album z naslovm Immortal. Izseke štirih skladb lahko slišite tukaj.
Lost in Space Part 1:
Lost In Space, Lay All Your Love On Me, Another Angel Down (feat. Jorn Lande), The Story Ain't Over (feat. Bob Catley & Amanda Somerville), Return To Avantasia, Ride The Sky (feat. Eric Singer on vocals), Lost In Space (video clip), Lost In Space (making of the video clip).
Lost in Space Part 2:
Lost In Space, Promised Land (feat. Jorn Lande and Michael Kiske), Dancing With Tears In My Eyes, Scary Eyes, In My Defense, Lost In Space (alive at Gate studio, feat. Amanda Somerville), The Road To Avantasia (studio report with interview), Slideshow.
Album The Scarecrow pa izide januarja prihodnje leto pri Nuclear Blast z naslednjimi skladbami: Twisted Mind, The Scarecrow, Shelter From The Rain, Carry Me Over, What Kind Of Love, Another Angel Down, The Toy Master, Devil In The Belfry, Cry Just A Little, I Don't Believe In Your Love, Lost In Space.
/M.P./