ROCK LEGEND NEWS - 2003

Following some debate on the Forum, here's the details surrounding a mysterious new bootleg ....

A few years ago, a hoax bootleg called Unfinished Sympathy was advertised. Based upon previous debate on web boards, it was supposedly an attempt by some Lizzy fans with rare unreleased material to goad other fans who were looking for these tracks.

Now a new bootleg CD called Circle of Fools has appeared containing very similar artwork to Unfinished Sympathy.

It contains many unreleased and unobtainable tracks including one that no one here at RL has ever heard of - In The Delta.

Fact or fiction?

                                                                                                                                 Some news from The Trust's site....

From a Whisper to a Scream produced and directed by David Heffernan, has been re-released as Out of Ireland - From A Whisper To A Scream for the European market. This acclaimed 2000 TV series is now available on DVD and is a must for anyone interested in the development of the Irish Music Industry since the 1950's. There is of course a large part of the series dedicated to Philip Lynott.

Some news from Brian Downey's site....

Blues Up Front will be playing The Cobblestone, 77 North King Street, Dublin 7, on Friday 12th December and on Sunday 21st December. Showtime 9:30pm

Alan Byrne’s book - Statement on www.roisindubh.com

"I finally have a concrete schedule for the Lizzy book. The book is going to the printers on the 8th Jan 04 and will be shipped later that month. The CD-ROM will follow in due course. The initial print run has already been exceeded by pre-orders which is great and we'll be waiting until the last minute basically before a final count is done and a new print run will be decided. There have a been a few late changes as well regarding the format and content of the book but its all been done to better the project obviously as opposed to hindering its impact."

Best of luck Alan

Do you think Limehouse Lizzy should be playing in Dublin on 3rd Jan ... the same night as the Pre-Vibe?

Let's hear your views on the Forum!

Post Vibe Update: From the message board, it appears that the Limehouse gig didn't 'actually' clash with the Pre-vibe. The boys started after midnight, early on the morning of 4th January.

Members of Laurence Archer's Grand Slam have been confirmed for all three nights at the Vibe - the Semi-Acoustic Warm Up, the Pre-Vibe and the Vibe itself. It’s going to be all acoustic this year with varied sets on different nights. It is not yet known whether Laurence Archer will accompany the boys.

Tentative news from blabbermouth.net....

An official announcement is expected to come later this week.

The 50 Greatest Live Albums Ever is a feature in the December/Christmas issue of Classic Rock and the great news is that Live And Dangerous comes out at Number 1!

There is half page article on it with the other half being a rarely seen colour picture of Phil.

Later in the magazine is a combined review of Lizzy's The Boys Are Back In Town and Gary Moore's Monsters Of Rock DVD's. This also features a rarely seen colour picture of the Lizzies with Gary.

If you believe in a thing called love, you may have noticed that guitarist Dan Hawkins of The Darkness is usually seen in a Thin Lizzy T-shirt. The link to Lizzy continues with their new Xmas card which sports some Jim Fitzpatrick original artwork.

The BBC have released a second DVD of performances from the Old Grey Whistle Test one of which is the semi-legendary performance of Don’t Believe A Word by Gary Moore And Friends - Philip Lynott, Scott Gorham, Cozy Powell and Don Airey.

The line up for next year's Vibe is beginning to take shape with the announcement that the Eric Bell Band are to be the special guests. Also confirmed are Parris from Holland, The Southbound Band, Aimon/Leanne Harte Ensemble with Ditch Cassidy and the Hugh Buckley Group.

The new Snowy White solo album, That's The Way It Is, is set for release early in 2004. Playing on the album with Snowy are Richard Bailey and Juan van Emmerloot on drums and percussion, Walter Latupeirissa and Kuma Harada on bass, Max Middleton on piano, James Lascelles on hammond, Ray Carless on saxophone and Dawn Knight on chorus vocals.

Snowy also starts a visit to Portugal on December 5th to film a promo video for his version of the Peter Green Song - Black Magic Woman. While in Portugal he will also be making a TV appearance playing four songs live.

Swedish Lizzy guru Jörgen Holmstedt is sending us a copy of Sweden Rock Magazine in which the Cover Story is a large Thin Lizzy article written by Jörgen!

Special thanks to Peter Neilsen for sending us the scan in advance.

Darren Wharton's web site has been updated....

Pay a visit for news about the the delay of his latest album, a new mailing list and a news page.

Eric Bell seeks promotion....

If you're a promotor then take a look!

Interview with Sykes ....

Go here to hear goldilocks himself ...

News on the next Vibe ....

Go here for news about the 18th Annual Vibe For Philo, Whiskey in the Jar

Eric Bell Band in France....

New Gig at "Festival Blues de Traverse à Cléon" with Dr. Feelgood.

Some news from Snowy White's site....

An opportunity to see Snowy play in the UK... A jam session with friends at: The Corn Hall, Diss, Suffolk on 13th December.

                                                                                                                                Some news about Alan Bryne's book and also the My Boy film can be found at the Trust's news page.

Some news from Brian Downey's site....

Brian will be playing with The Ben Prevo Band on the following dates:

09/28/03, Sunday at: The Mezzanine, Eustace Street, Dublin 2 Show starts 7:00pm

10/02/03, Thursday at: Ma Reillys, 26-28 Upper Rathmines Road, Dublin 6 Show starts at 9:30pm

10/05/03, Sunday at: The Mezzanine, Eustace Street, Dublin 2 Show starts 7:00pm

Some news from Sören Lindberg relating to the news below (1st Sept)....

The tour of Norway with Wild Willy's Gang is still going on, but with bassplayer Sid Ringsby replacing Morty Black for a couple of shows. The next confirmed gigs are; 1/10 Tonsberg, 2/10 Hamar and 3/10 Strommen.

Bad news for Five Fifteen! The announced gigs with Robbo and Five Fifteen have been cancelled due to the fact that bassplayer Mikko Maatta have broken his wrist during a bicycle accident. They're trying to re-schedule the gigs towards the end of november. The dates that's been cancelled are; 9/10 Turku, 10/10 Eskilstuna, 11/10 Uppsala and 14/10 Helsinki.

Update: Two more dates .... 10/10 Harvest, Kvinesdal and 11/10 Studentkroa, Notodden.

Three more dates for you Norwegian fans...17/10 Stjønsdal, 18-19/10 Trondheim.

Tracy, from the Snowy White Fan Club, has posted some news about a new compilation CD, Snowy White: Anthology which contains 32 tracks. Also, news is that the release of The Way It Is is scheduled for Feb 2004 so expect some live work from the former Lizzy guitar man during next year to promote the new release. Finally, rumour is that a DVD of a live show from 1996 may well be in the shops before Christmas.

                                                                                                                                Keep your eyes peeled for some forthcoming Vibe 2004 news.

News from Sören Lindberg....

Robbo is playing with Wild Willy's Gang in Scandinavia throughout September. The band consists of Willy Bendiksen - drums, Morty Black - bass, Eirikur Haukson - vocals, Ronni Le Tekro - guitar .... and of course Robbo. They will start up north with Hammerfest(3/9), Alta(4-5/9) and Lakselv(6/9). More dates will follow shortly!

UPDATE (8th September): Two more dates. Fredriksstad, 11 September and Rock-in, Oslo, 12-13 September

UPDATE (15th September): Two more dates. 19/9 Gjøvik; 20/9 Vinstra

The Eric Bell Band will be playing a gig on September 13th at The Farm, Anderby Road, Chapel ST. Leonard in Skegness, UK.

See Gary Moore's web page for news on his hand injury and also recent updates confirming the DVD and CD info below.

                                                                                                                                 Some exciting news from Jörgen Holmstedt who's been talking to Phil Osborne.

Jörgen is a journalist and the guy who ran the Swedish Thin Lizzy Fan Club. As well as producing Thin Lizzy News he has also been the person behind the compilation of the Swedish Gary Moore album Blood Of Emeralds and the Thin Lizzy The Boys Are Back In Town Swedish release. He also does the sleeve notes for Gary Moore albums.

"I've decided to go official with the making of the Swedish Thin Lizzy documentary, and you are the first I'm informing about this.

The working title is Thin Lizzy Forever and the running length will be an hour. So far we have interviewed Brian Robertson, Gary Moore, Eric Bell, Scott Gorham and Jimmy Bain. We have about six or seven hours of footage in the can.

We have also filmed Brian Robertson performing the slow/fast Life arrangement of Don't Believe A Word with some well known Swedish artists who are big Lizzy fans. This was done especially for this project and this piece alone took a staggering nine months to get together, as this is an independent film done on a very small budget.

Much of this documentary will have an Swedish angle as the band was, and still is, massive in Sweden. This means that Swedish people who have worked for the band will be interviewed. Also Swedish friends of Lizzy will be talking to us.

Much work remains to be done, like a trip to Dublin for further interviews, but my colleague Jovan Radomir and I hope to be done within six months when we will offer the finished product to various Swedish television stations".

Following the recent controversy on the web board, Alan Byrne explains the story behind his book.

(i) Publishing Deal:

There was probably about eight or nine months of initial ground- work done before I even approached a publisher with this notion for a book on Phil Lynott. I was just sussing out the possibilities. Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy, though respected, highly so in this country, Ireland, had been out of the public eye so long that very many publishers viewed the possibilities for the project with limited foresight.

I decided to try my hand locally, in Cork City that is and came across a publishing house by the name of Bradshaw's. They dealt primarily with poetry, still do, and as they seemed to be keen initially and were willing to cover expenses to a degree, it seemed ridiculous to turn it down. Big mistake, in hindsight as material was coming in very slowly, I hadn't really worked out a complete template of how I wanted to structure the project. In the beginning this project wasn't going to be anything other than a tribute.

I had read a book on the late Freddie Mercury called 'This Is The Real Life' and that was written by two guys called David Evans and David Minns. They had quite simply decided to interview a lot of Mercury's closest friends and recall the man they got to know away from the stage. An intimate recollection of sorts and this was the road I was initially going down when I started this project. I thought the balance might be interesting considering the normal reasons Thin Lizzy or Phil Lynott's name is mentioned in the papers these days.

Before I knew it I was running out of time and Bradshaw's out of patience, as they needed to see an early draft. The project was going to take far longer to complete than what was first thought and they couldn't afford to finance the project for another eighteen months. So, we parted company, I re-thought what type of book I wanted to write and before long agreed that if a Lynott book was going to be written then it should be a complete biography of not just Lynott but the band he led, Thin Lizzy. In a way if Bradshaw's could have financed the project then a lot of the people that have appeared in this book probably never would have considered the type of book I was writing from day one.

So, then the real test began, trying to track down these guys like Mark Nauseef, Gus Isadore, John Alcock, Robin George and David Mallet, all of whom played some vital roles. Then sometime in Summer of 2001 I heard about some guy who was just about to publish a book on Lynott, 'Rockin' Vagabond' it was called. I don't even know how well it did, if at all but I do know the guy who wrote it died shortly afterwards. It was also around this time that another publisher was interested, whose name for the life of me I can't remember but the bottom line was that after agreeing the preliminaries the deal offered was too sketchy to follow up on. Plus I felt that there was still a little way to go with interview candidates and once again burrowed for another eight months.

In the end it paid off because in the summer 2002 terms were finally agreed with SAF Publishing, who are based in London England. I signed the contract sometime in August, submitted the final manuscript the following November and what came after that I'll discuss later on a bit. Their track record is good, they specialise in music bio's, having previously published books on the late George Harrison, Procul Harum and lately Morrisey.

(ii) Writing Lynott/Lizzy Bio

Without back- tracking too much this project was previously intended, to be based solely on Phil Lynott. The effect his impression had amongst friends and ultimately his achievements on an artistic level. I had originally titled it 'Still Alive', because in effect he always will be alive on record. All you have to do is watch a few of the documentaries produced on Lizzy and you'll see this via his friends' recollections, slipping into their dreams and their consciousness.

It did seem after a period of time that if this project were to get to a publishing stage then I would have to re-think the whole process, so I did. I'm thankful now I did as I feel its after pushing the quality and depth to such a degree that even now I'm pretty happy with the final cut as it were.

Various names were bandied about, one came in which I really like, 'Mr. Rock 'n' Roll', can't remember who suggested it but it’s the way a few people described Phil. Again as it was now an in depth Lizzy bio this was rendered void. 'Still Alive And Dangerous' didn't seem to cut any ice with anyone so I just forgot about a title for ages until the time came to finalise one. In the end it became 'Thin Lizzy- Soldiers Of Fortune', which I really like.

The best part about the whole process though was meeting, speaking, writing and generally getting in contact with so many people who were of a near equal talent to Lynott. Some even more so in they're chosen fields. That I think in the end was my reward for this project.

(iii) Editing the project

At various stages through the project I constantly went back when new information ran out and tried to re-vamp as much as I could especially since I had the publishing deal confirmed. A few friends in the early part of the project took a look at how it was shaping up and made their suggestions, of which numerous were utilised and then I suppose the final way it was presented came down to me. That is of course up until the final submission to the publishers last November.

That did cause its own set of problems in that there was quite an amount of material that I knew was going to arrive after the deadline which I had to work out and deem suitable. I hadn't quite figured on the late response from some people however, which in turn would cause heavy delays, this I'll cover later on.

I spent the next few months editing together the new material and fortunately there was quite an amount left over which I've already planned for a further release.

There are three people assigned to editing the project and also myself. But as with any other editing team, it isn't as much so aimed at deleting as it is about making the flow of the text a whole lot better.

(iv) Publishing Delays

This is almost like a continuation of the last point in that there are a variety of reasons for the delays, all of it is inter-twined. For instance my submission was double the specified quantity in the contract, I refer here to text, not a bad complaint to make but still one which requires more work.

A decision was taken to delay the release from March of this year to the latter part of summer to back track over a variety of things that were over-looked. For example, a lot of the text had been written some time before the submission and it had dated badly. In some cases the time line was contradicted by interviewees, which meant that, well in my opinion, memory isn't quite a teller of truths, it will play games, no malice intended, that’s just the way it goes, so things like these had to be corrected. This task fell to me in June this year and I spent the next eight weeks revising the text. As a point of interest, there isn't any reference made to Philip Lynott's 'lost son' in this book, you wouldn't have wanted a book delayed even further would you?

To back up the book, the CD-ROM was delayed. As it is being used as a promotional tool it will be released nearer the time the book is on the shelves. I feel that is easily understandable, as a heavy delay in between availability mightn't have the desired effect.

So the delay overall is due to circumstances which are altogether for the better of the project, I can't see why anybody should be putting out a project which they feel they could have done better. I have long since cast aside the search for a 'definitive biography'. If that’s what people are after then all I can suggest is to pull out your record collection and listen to Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy, that’s the only place where you'll find that divine definitive mix.

(v) Unused material

I've been wondering what to do about this for quite some time, but even now all of it hasn't been catalogued. It would be my intention in time to come to delve back into the Lynott magic, and perhaps drive from another alley. There is a substantial amount there and I have no doubt that over the next few years the market will be there to hear about the further unknown adventures of one Johnny The Fox. But that really is a story for another day, and even if it does come together it sure as hell won't take as long to write as 'Soldiers Of Fortune'.

In the end the whole purpose of the project was to present as many people who had close associations with Thin Lizzy in the biography format who had never before taken part. These insights I feel are as important if not more so than those who participated in previous biographies but that is only my opinion on what a real supporter of music wants, not just Thin Lizzy's.

I want you to enjoy it, I loved almost every minute of doing it. But the peaks and troughs come hand in hand. Ultimately if the project brings home to anyone who reads it a sense of achievement by a man and a band who were against all the odds then I've successfully captured what I felt was the essence of a rock and roll band.

                                                                                                                                Sorry folks, I've been away on my hols so things have been stagnant on here ... but here's a quick update on recent Lizzy-related news.

Dan

First off, a big and belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the late great Phillip Lynott. Hard to believe, but Phillip would have been 54 last week!!

Secondly, a belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY to this site Thin Lizzy - A Rock Legend. We were 1 year old last week! See the editorial for some views.

[August 17, 2025]

Two new Gary Moore compilations are being released by EMI.

King Of The Blues (Live)

[August 10, 2025] 
Brian Robertson will tour Norway with Norwegian band Bad Habitz for about 4 weeks (starting September 3). After that he will be spending a couple of weeks on the road in Finland and Sweden with Finnish band Five Fifteen. Other news from the Robbo camp is that he is looking to put his own band The Clan together again. There will be a new lineup but guitarist Paul Guerin is still said to be involved.

He's been doing a number of acoustic dates of late, but Midge Ure will be playing a gig with his band in Cleethorps on August 2nd. Check out his news page for more details.

                                                                                                                                 Apparantly this is a new date:

Sunday November 9th Wulfrun Hall,
Wolverhampton, U.K.
Tickets cost £15.

But nothing so far on Coallier's site

"So, is Blue Murder to be or not to be? We are one step closer to the possibility and will keep you informed of the progress. The members of Blue Murder would like to thank all the fans for their continued support."

According to Northern Light, Zoom Club Records will release yet another Grand Slam live CD with most tracks taken from their show at The Marquee on December 4th 1984. It is to be titled Twilight Was Gleaming: Last Of Grand Slam

Is to be released on September 15th and will comes as a single and a limited double CD and features the following tracks:

Disc 1: Yellow Pearl – Nineteen - Sisters Of Mercy – Harlem – Breakdown - Here We Go - Cold Sweat - Gay Boys - Can’t Get Away – Dedication - Parisienne Walkways - Military Man.

Disc 2: Nineteen – Crime Rate – Military Man (alternate versions).

It's great that Zoom CLub are putting this stuff out. With any luck, they may actually send out copies to people who order them. Let's see.

According to Tony Franklin, the original Blue Murder bass player (left in pic), there are now proper discussions about future BM gigs.

However, he says that the proposed September gig(s) are not going to happen. But, according to Coallier's web page, Blue Murder are due to return to Europe in September.

Let's hope that if they do play in September, someone remembers to tell the bass player!

BIRMINGHAM BIRTHDAY BASH

Gary Moore's hand is still injured and all the Summer shows have been cancelled! Consolation comes with news that Virgin are issuing remastered CDs from the Moore backcatalogue ... and the recent Sheffield show (supporting Whitesnake) was filmed for DVD release. More on Moore....

Snowy's new CD is called The Way It Is and the tracks are:

1. No Stranger to the Blues
2. Bird of Paradise (new version)
3. Black Magic Woman
4. What I'm searching for
5. Angel Inside You (part 1)
6. Angel Inside You (part 2)
7. Falling
8. The Way It Is
9. A Piece of your Love
10. This Time Of My Life
11. Easy
12. Sweet Bluesmaker

Sunday August 17th will be the date of the BIRMINGHAM BIRTHDAY BASH, featuring Dutch tribute band Parris and special guest Philomena Lynott, at the "Old Railway". Tickets are £6.

Rumour has it that the next Vibe for Philo will be billed as Vibe 2004 - Jailbreak

Nothing on the Official Vibe For Philo site yet.

Snowy appears to be involved to some degree in THE aMIGO PROJECT which is being led by Tim Staffell, the singer who originally sang in Smile with May/Taylor before the arrival of Freddie Mercury and the formation of Queen.

Check out the July Classic Rock magazine for an interview with Philomena Lynott and news of the My Boy film.

UK-based trbute band Limehouse Lizzy, fronted by Wayne Ellis (right), are on their Live and Dangerous tour (face it, when are they not on the road!). I managed to catch them playing the Leeds Irish Centre last night and it was an excellent performance as always. It is a big venue and it was packed out! The set started with the ENTIRE Live and Dangerous double album (from Jailbreak to The Rocker inc.) and, following a 15 minute break, continued with more. The second set included: Do Anything You Want To; Killer on the Loose; Chinatown; Out in the Fields; Waiting for an Alibi; Whiskey; Black Rose.

May have missed one or two. Great band. Great show. Go see 'em if you can!

Tony Franklin, the original Blue Murder bass player (left in pic), knows nothing about the proposed reformation & September tour of Sykes' (right in pic) post Lizzy/Whitesnake band.

The Peterborough event featuring Dizzy Lizzy & Philomena Lynott (mentioned in 26th March news item below) is drawing nearer.

  According to his official web page, Brian Downey's band Blues Up Front will be playing every Saturday in June at The Firestone, 28 Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 2. All shows start at 10.00pm. Well worth seeing ... especially if you're into Green Blues!

  Check out the Roisin Dubh news page for information about a Thin Lizzy celebration in Toronto.

  Jeff Wode's pictures & report are here.

According to the Coallier web page, Sykes' former rock band Blue Murder may be reforming to play some dates in September this year.

Sykes' web board info is less committed.

  02nd June 2003.

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Eric Bell Band

Dublin fans were disappointed when they turned up to see Gary Moore supporting Whitesnake last Saturday only to discover the guitar wizard had cancelled due to an injured hand.

Midge Ure is on tour at the moment playing acoustic numbers. His set includes Little Girl in Bloom, "a tribute to a friend of mine who was a real Rocker and also a Poet".

Gary Moore is also out and about on tour. His set includes Parisienne Walkways and Don't Believe a Word.

Scott Gorham has a guest slot on Ricky Warwick's latest album.

Follow the link for an interview with Snowy via his Fan Club.

Follow the link to Northern Light for an interview with Scott Gorham by Johan Persson.

Following many years of petitioning and a lot of difficult negotiations, the Roisín Dubh Trust has been informed by Dublin City Council, that agreement in principal for a prime Dublin site to erect a statue of the father of Irish Rock, Philip Lynott, has been approved.

This news will be welcomed, not least by the many thousands that signed petition forms over the years insisting that Philip be honoured and remembered, but also by those closest to him.

The exact location for the statue will be Harry Street adjoining Grafton Street in Dublin City centre, subject to planing permission

The Trust feels that the location is both fitting and poignant.

Philip’s mother, Philomena who headed the drive to have him honoured was naturally elated at the news. “I am delighted that Dublin City Council have seen fit to give permission that will allow the Roisín Dubh Trust to erect a statue of Philip. ”

THE BOY IS BACK TO TOWN!

Alan Byrne's Book Release Date Put Back

"The book will be released in June of this year. Due to good things really, I suppose. We've had some huge orders in from Eason's (Ireland) and interest from the American distributor has been fantastic so the decision has been taken to delay the release until early Summer. Usually the Spring/Autumn release dates come into play but there are a few issues to be sorted out and as a secondary point it has allowed time to include more recollective material relating to Phil Lynott's lost legacy. The book will be finally released in late May/early June which will coincide with the farewell tour climax of 1983 as a twentieth anniversary. The CD-ROM will also be delayed though it will be released before the book.It is now going to print around the 5/6th of May and will be distributed around the 20th"

You can find up-to-date tour dates here

Darren's site has been updated. Check it out for plenty of Lizzy stories & news of his next album Beneath the Shining Water.

Eric Bell has a new Official Site here

Two new Lizzy bootlegs released in the digipack format are doing the rounds in Germany. Titled Look What The Wind Blew In - Rare Tracks Vol 1  and Gonna Creep Up On You - Rare Tracks Vol 2 both these contain nothing new to collectors.  Tracks are mostly BBC Sessions and in concert performances taken from the Man and his Music series and various Lizzy B sides.  Nice packaging shame about the content!

Follow the link to Coalliers page for the latest updates including more UK gigs

Global Chaos Tour 2003

The Eric Bell Band have lined up some dates in Sweden for next month

8/5 Steninge, Göstas Café.
9/5 Skövde, Husaren.
10/5 Kil, TBA.
11/5 Skutskär, Bowlinghallen.
15/5 Umeå, Droskan.
16/5 Söderhamn, TBA.
17/5 Örebro, El Sombrero.

Check out Snowy's new page - it's official! And while you're at it, take a look at his new guitar tuition book/CD.

Robbo plays on four tracks on the tribute CD to his friend Frankie Miller, A Tribute To Frankie Miller - released April 7th.

Global Chaos Tour 2003

Take a look... (thanks to Paul Owens)

                                                                                                                                Finally !! .... the news we have been waiting for! Following many years of petitioning and a lot of difficult negotiations, the Roisín Dubh Trust has been informed by Dublin City Council, that agreement in principal for a prime Dublin site to erect a statue of the father of Irish Rock, Philip Lynott, has been approved.

This news will be welcomed, not least by the many thousands that signed petition forms over the years insisting that Philip be honoured and remembered, but also by those closest to him.

The exact location for the statue will be disclosed at a later date

Until all planning, safety and structural work is finalized this cannot be disclosed. However, the Trust feels that the location is both fitting and poignant.

Philip’s mother, Philomena who headed the drive to have him honoured was naturally elated at the news. "I am delighted that Dublin City Council have seen fit to give permission that will allow the Roisín Dubh Trust to erect a statue of Philip".

                                                                                                                                The Sykes & Gorham are set to tour in both the US and Europe over the coming months. Dates begin in Sweden in May and continue right through until August taking in Germany, Holland, Denmark, Spain, Switzerland and the UK before heading off to the States in July

01 May Sweden Rock Ferry
03 May - 05 May - TBA Scandinavia
29 May Belgium w/Deep Purple and Lynyrd Skynyrd
30 May Plato Helmond Holland
31 May Zwollee Holland
05 June Wolverhampton UK TBA
07 June Denmark Copenhagen Open Air Femroren w/Deep Purple & Lynyrd Skynyrd
19 June Barcelona Bikini
20 June Madrid Macumba
21 June Pamplona Sala Gares
27 June Classic Rock Festival lichtenvoorde Holland w/Deep Purple and Lynyrd Skynyrd
28 June Bang Your Head Festival Germany - w/Twisted Sister
29 June Z7 Switzerland

July - Germany T.B.A

July/Aug - USA

No definite dates as yet but plans are in progress to include the following venues with Jason Bonham, Angel and Lynch Mob as opening acts:

Sun Theater, Anaheim, Ca
Sunken Gardens, San Antonio, Texas
Bronco Bowl Dallas, Texas
Fox Theater, Boulder, Colorado
Ogden Theater, Denver, Colorado
Hitters Sport Park, Cedar Rapids
Monroe Civic Center, Monroe. Louisiana
Target Cities
Anaheim, Ca San Diego, Ca
Las Vegas, Nevada
Phoenix, AZ
Tucson, AZ
New Mexico
Dallas, Texas
Austin, Texas
San Antonio, Texas
Houston, Texas
Lubbock, Texas
Little Rock, Arkansas
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Lawrence, Kansas
St. Louis, Miss
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Detroit, Michigan
Cleveland, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Pennsylvania NYC, NY
New Jersey

                                                                                                                                The 1st of August 2003 is a date for your diaries, lifelong Lizzy fans Sean and Terry are putting together a Dedication weekend tribute event in their hometown of Peterborough. The fun kicks off at the Coach House venue on Friday August 1st with a pre Dedication gig featuring Peterborough's oldest & heaviest band & still original line up, Porky Pig.

Then on Saturday a great evening is in store at the Coach House again, special guest of honour on the night will be Philomena Lynott and bands set to play include 9 Lives, Cold Sweat plus Dizzy Lizzy.

Tickets will go on sale at the end of March, further details as we get them. Miss this one at your peril.

                                                                                                                                Limehouse Lizzy, to these ears, the best Lizzy covers band around, are to commemorate their 10 years on the road by playing a series of shows celebtating the 25th anniversary of the Live and Dangerous album.

Over to the boys from Limehouse:

2003 IS THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RELEASE OF THIS CLASSIC LIZZY ALBUM, 2003 IS THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF LIMEHOUSE LIZZY. WE WANT TO CELEBRATE BOTH AND GIVE YOU THE BEST LIZZY EXPERIENCE, SINCE THE REAL THING. THE TOUR STARTS IN APRIL AND RUNS TO THE END OF THE YEAR. AFTER THAT LIMEHOUSE LIZZY WILL TAKE A LONG REST AND REFLECT ON 10 YEARS ON THE ROAD. SEE US AT OUR BEST WHILE YOU CAN.

SETLIST:

JAILBREAK
EMERALD
SOUTHBOUND
ROSALIE - COWGIRL'S SONG
DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT
MASSACRE
STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU
JOHNNY THE FOX MEETS JIMMY THE WEED
COWBOY SONG
THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN
DON T BELIEVE A WORD
WARRIORS
ARE YOU READY
SUICIDE
SHA LA LA
BABY DRIVES ME CRAZY
THE ROCKER

Intermission

We will then play a number of songs from the remainder of our play list. This will vary at each gig.

ITS ONLY MONEY, FOR THOSE WHO LOVE TO LIVE, WILD ONE, RUNNING BACK, BORDERLINE, OLD FLAME, JOHNNY, BAD REPUTATION, KILLER WITHOUT A CAUSE, OPIUM TRAIL, ROSIN DUBH - BLACK ROSE, DO ANYTHING YOU WANT TO DO, WAITING FOR AN ALIBI, GOT TO GIVE IT UP, SARAH, CHINATOWN, KILLER ON THE LOOSE, GENOCIDE, ANGEL OF DEATH, HOLLYWOOD, THUNDER AND LIGHTNING, THE SUN GOES DOWN, THE HOLY WAR, COLD SWEAT, WHISKEY IN THE JAR, PARISIENNE WALKWAYS, OUT IN THE FIELDS, ME AND THE BOYS

LIMEHOUSE LIZZY THE 'LIVE AND DANGEROUS' TOUR 2003:

VENUES IN CAPITALS WILL BE LIVE & DANGEROUS SHOWS,
ALL OTHER GIGS WILL BE OUR TYPICAL PLAYLIST.

APRIL 2003

Thursday 3rd stoke oxford arms 01782 628531
Friday 4th SOUTHAMPTON BROOK 02380 555366
Saturday 5th stourbridge rock cafe 01384 390918
Saturday 12th WORKSOP REGAL CENTRE 01909 482 896
Sunday 13th MORECAMBE CARLETON 01524 414224
Thursday 17th hull springhead 01482 650924
Saturday 19th DUBLIN OLYMPIA 00353 1677 7124
Friday 25th crewe limelight 01270 251929
Saturday 26th BURNLEY MECHANICS 01282 664411

MAY 2003

Thursday 1st NEWCASTLE OPERA HOUSE 0191 232 0899
Friday 2nd LOCHGELLY THEATRE 01592 418141
Saturday 3rd carlisle robbies 01228 534095
Thursday 8th BURY MET ARTS CENTRE 0161 761 7107
Friday 9th coalville victoria 01530 814718 Saturday 10th
GRAVESEND WOODVILLE HALLS 01474 337456
Sunday 11th BRISTOL BIERKELLER 0117 926 8514
Friday 16th LETCHWORTH PLINSTON HALL 01462 672003
Saturday 17th LONDON MEAN FIDDLER (LA2) 0207 344 0044
Sunday 18th NORWICH WATERFRONT 01603 508050
Friday 23rd FALMOUTH PRINCESS PAVILION 01326 211222
Saturday 24th CARDIFF MS1 02920 301000
Friday 30th NARBETH QUEENS HALL 01834 861212
Saturday 31st CIRENCESTER CORN HALL 01285 654180

JUNE 2003

Friday 6th SHEFFIELD BOARDWALK 0114 279 9090
Saturday 7th DERBY ASSEMBLY ROOMS 01332 255443
Saturday 14th workington monroes 01900 602122
Sunday 15th GLASGOW STRAWBERRY FIELDS 08450 539289
Thursday 19th LEEDS IRISH CENTRE 0113 248 0887
Friday 20th dudley robin 1 01384 637747
Saturday 21st cleckheaton private party
Thursday 26th WINCHESTER TOWER ARTS CENTRE 01962 867986
Friday 27th coventry hare and hounds 024 7633 2716
Saturday 28th BANBURY MILL 01295 279002


I urge all you British Lizzy fans to catch one of these shows, you are sure not to be dissapointed. These guys are the nearest you will get to a real Thin Lizzy show in the 21st century.

Further info is available from: www.limehouselizzy.com

                                                                                                                               
As mentioned here last month, John Sykes and Scott Gorham are to go out on another tour this year. The confirmed lineup will be completed by drummer Michael Lee and bass player Guy Pratt. Lee has played drums with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant as well as The Cult and Little Angels. Pratt is a well known session man who has toured with Pink Floyd and Gary Moore.

Two more gig dates to make note of are the Schwung Festival (Belgium) with Girlschool, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Deep Purple on the 29th of May and Poppodium Plato Helmond (Holland) on May 30th. Previously it's been announced that the boys will play at the Bang Your Head Festival in Germany June 27-28 (together with bands like Twisted Sister, Dio, Hammerfall, U.D.O., Y&T;, Dokken and TNT).

Further info on these gigs can be found at:

Schwung festival URL: http://www.debevers.be/index2.htm
Plato URL: http://www.plato.helmondweb.nl/
Bang Your Head Festival URL:
http://www.bang-your-head.de/english/ehome.htm

A currently circulating rumour is that they are also to go out on tour supporting Deep Purple this year. Another snippet for you all is that Scott Gorham was talking with Joe Elliot at Def Leppard's gig in London last week, fuelling rumours of Sykes and Gorham going out on the road with Def Leppard later this year. We'll have to wait and see if either of these come true or not.

                                                                                                                                Darren Wharton's Dare are to play the AOR festival The Gods will be held over the weekend of 24th/25th of May at the Pennington's in Bradford. The lineup also includes Stan Bush, Talisman, Royal Hunt, Ken Tamplin and lots of other bands.

                                                                                                                                Gary Moore is set to join Whitesnake on their Monsters Of Rock tour of the UK in May. Gary has been confirmed senond on the bill as special guest. Moore will be backed up by Cass Lewis and Darrin Mooney, i.e. the same lineup as on the Scars CD and tour. The press release states that Moore will be "going back to his roots", but if this means a more hard rocking Moore that remains to be seen. A third act will be added later. For the full press release check out Moore's official web site (www.gary-moore.com)
The dates are listed below. Tickets are £30 (www.cclive.co.uk).

Monsters Of Rock 2003

- Whitesnake & Gary Moore

May 12th Brighton Centre
13th Bournemouth BIC
15th Manchester Arena
16th Birmingham NEC
17th Wembley Arena
19th Cardiff International Arena
21st Sheffield Hallam FM Arena
22nd Glasgow SECC
23rd Newcastle Telewest Arena

                                                                                                                                The Thin Lizzy Rockpalast DVD, recorded at the bands 1981 outdoor festival concert in Lorelei, Germany has been delayed until March/April according to the company releasing the DVD. The good news is that they will be releasing the entire concert: all 19 tracks, totalling approx 110 mins. This is especially good news, as at its time of broadcast less than half the concert was shown on TV and this will mark the first time a lot of this excellent footage will have been seen.The set has been digitally remastered and will be available with Dolby 2.0 and 5.1 surround sound settings. We hope to bring you the very latest news about this landmark release as soon as a date is confirmed.

                                                                                                                                Eric Bell is releasing the CD A Blues Night In Dublin and it can be obtained through the Eric Bell Fanclub (UK: £15, worldwide: £16 - P&P; included). Make your cheques payable to IFAR and mail to Blues Night In Dublin, PO Box 46 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 1FN, UK (allow 28 days for delivery). You can also e-mail them at: [email protected] if you have any questions.

                                                                                                                                BBC Radio 2 is currently airing a series about legends of the rock world hosted by Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden. The 6 part show is set to feature a segment on Philip Lynott and Thin Lizzy and will run for the next 5 weeks on Wednesday evenings at 10pm.

                                                                                                                                John Sykes and Scott Gorham are going out on the road again. They are to play at the Bang Your Head festival in Germany. Some of the other acts to play at the festival include Twisted Sister, Dio, Hammerfall, U.D.O., Y&T;, Dokken and TNT.

                                                                                                                                The label MTM has announced that Darren Wharton's band Dare will be relasing a new CD, titled Beneath The Shining Water this year. Release date is scheduled for late Spring 2003. More details are available at Darren Wharton's new look site at: www.darrenwharton.demon.co.uk

                                                                                                                                Nuclear Blast in Germany will release a Thin Lizzy tribute CD titled Emerald - A Tribute To The Wild One on January 20th. This is not a project where bands/artists have been asked to do original recordings, but rather a project where they have compiled Thin Lizzy covers released by various bands through the years ...

The track listing is as follows:

1. Skyclad - Emerald
2. John Norum - Wild One
3. Primal Fear - Out in the Fields
4. Anthrax - Cowboy Song
5. Six Feet Under - Jailbreak
6. Sinner - The Sun Goes Down
7. Running Wild - Genocide
8. Pretty Maids - Please Don’t Leave Me
9. Pegazus - Warriors
10. Godgory - This Is The One
11. Mordred - Johnny The Fox
12. Gardenian - Gotta Give It Up
13. Steel Prophet - Massacre
14. Therion - Southbound
15. Chinchilla - The Boys Are Back In Town

                                                                                                                                The much awaited book about Thin Lizzy by Alan Byrne titled Thin Lizzy: Soldiers of Fortune is to hit the stores during the last week of March. (Pre-order it from Amazon.com now!) As mentioned before a CD-ROM will be released to accompany the book. It will have to be ordered separately and it will come in a very limited number (the ridiculously low number of 100 copies have been mentioned!!).

The latest on the CD-ROM content is that it will feature these sections (the price will be 10 Euro with profits going to the Roisin Dubh Trust Fund):

1. A previously unreleased demo, Revoution, recorded with Steve Johnson in Dec '85.
2. Interview with Shay Healy, producer/director of the RTE documentary The Rocker.
3. Previously unpublished photos.
4. Deleted Quotes. This will include a few recollections from 3 interviewees; Mark Nauseef (drummer for a time with Lizzy), Jerome Rimson (worked with Phil on his solo work) and Tony Johns (Lizzy tour photographer for the Chinatown/Renegade and Thunder and Lightning tour.
5. Another previously unreleased demo in the form of No More, again it was recorded with guitarist Steve Johnson in Dec of '85. It has different lyrics to earlier versions and together with Revolution represents the final songs that Philip Lynott was working on.

Zoom Club Records are to release a live CD by Grand Slam recorded in 1984 ...

Track list:
CD One

1. Nineteen
2. Yellow Pearl
3. Sarah
4. Parisienne Walkways
5. Crime Rate
6. Young Boy
7. Whiter Shade Of Pale/Like A Rolling Stone
8. Night In The Life Of A Blues Singer
9. Cold Sweat
10. Dear Miss Lonely Hearts
11. Whiskey In The Jar
CD Two – Video CD
1. Yellow Pearl
2. Nineteen
3. Sisters Of Mercy
4. Military Man
5. Harlem
6. Dedication
7. Parisienne Walkways
8. Crazy
9. I Don’t Need This
10. Dear Miss Lonely Hearts
11. Cold Sweat
12. Crime Rate

Note: The track Young Boy is an alternative title of the track Look At These Eyes

The album release is preceded by a limited edition CD single featuring a version of the Thin Lizzy classic Whiskey In The Jar.

The full length CD will also be released as a limited edition 2-CD set.

                                                                                                                                For those of you who couldn't make the trip to Dublin and  those who can't remember what happened!  Roddy has posted a review of the 17th Vibe for Philo on the Roisin Dubh website.