ROCK LEGEND NEWS - 2006

Belle and Sebastian Release a Cover of Whiskey In The Jar

The 2nd single from The Life Pursuit will be The Blues Are Still Blue. It's going to be released in the UK on April 3rd. Once again they are utilising the old 3-format thing. The CD comes backed by The Life Pursuit and Mr Richard, which have both been getting aired at the live shows. The 7" has B&S;' version of Whiskey In The Jar, and the DVD has the video of The Blues... (shot recently in LA) and Roy Walker (Live At The Botanics).

Scott Gorham pushes for Lynott Statue

As part of the PR to promote the current Sykes/Gorham tour, Scott Gorham has annouced that he wants a bronze of the late Phil Lynott to be erected in the city of the singer's birth as a permanent memorial. His call comes just months after a statue of the hard-living Irish rock star was erected in Dublin. Scott said it would be a fitting tribute to the Irish singer, born in the West Midlands, who died in 1986. The 54-year-old guitarist said: "There are too many boring old statues of politicians, soldiers and members of the royal family in Britain. These mean nothing to the average working Joe."

Scott Gorham in February Total Guitar Magazine

Scott is featured in the Feb edition of Total Guitar! In the Rock Box article he says that he is preparing for the world tour with Thin Lizzy and is also working on a new album with 21 Guns. The Rock Box feature is not an interview they play album tracks to rock stars without telling them what it is. The Star(s) then comments on the album and the artist!

For Scott they played Cream - White Room he spotted, Soundgarden - Fell on Black Days which he did not know, Pink Floyd - Money, which was an easy one for him and he rates Dave Gilmour, when they played Mastodon - Iron Tusk he thought it was Slipknot, then the last one was Hendrix - Hey Joe his comment "Fuc*ing Great".

John Sykes Les Paul Custom

Remember the Gary Moore signature Les Paul? Well now it's Sykes' turn. Gibson have announced that they will be releases the John Sykes Les Paul Custom at the music industry's show Winter NAMM 2006.

Of course, if you don't want to spend quite so much cash, you could go for a Japanese built Edwards version.

New DVD - 1983 Thunder & Lightning Tour

Thunder And Lightning In Dublin

From the final tour, the live footage on this DVD was recorded in Dublin in 1983.

Snowy's GoldTop

Drool over Snowy's '57 Gold Top which he's been playing since 1968 - great new picture here

Gary Moore & BB King

Gary Moore and BB King will tour the UK later this year. This is billed as BB's farewell UK tour

Sykes & Gorham on Tour

Sykes & Gorham (and hired hands) will be touring under the "Thin Lizzy" moniker again this year. See the newly released tour website here for details.

Lizzy on Belgian Radio....

Classic 21, a Belgian radio station from the RTBF (Belgian National Radio & TV Network) will now broadcast the Thin Lizzy/Phil Lynott special program on the 29th of January (from 9 am to 12 am, Paris time) ... (not 15th Jan as reported earlier). MP3 128k Streaming on http://www.classic21.be via section Ecoutez-Nous (Listen to us).

MOJO for Lynott

                                                                                                                               
The current (Feb) edition of Mojo magazine has 8 pages devoted to Lynott & Lizzy.

  "Twenty years after Phil Lynott's untimely death, Mick Wall revisits the music highs and drug lows of a rock'n'roll life lived forever over the edge."

PLUS...

Thin Lizzy Weekend

6th, 7th, 8th January 2006

Twenty years ago Britain lost one of it's best loved rock stars in Thin Lizzy leader Philip Lynott. Today the band's legacy is considerable. You can hear it everywhere - in the music of everyone from the Smashing Pumpkins to Metallica and on to The Darkness. To celebrate the anniversary of Lynott's death, MOJO Radio presents...

THIN LIZZY LIVES!

A weekend of music dedicated to music and memory of Ireland's first real rock star - Philip Lynott.

Friday January 6^th – 9pm :  MOJO Rocks – Thin Lizzy Special (repeated Sunday 9pm)

The weekly rock show hosted by MOJO Editor-In-Chief, Phil Alexander – features Thin Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham who revisits the life and times of his good friend and Lizzy leader, Philip Lynott, who died January 4^th 1986.

Saturday January 7^th – 9pm : Thin Lizzy LIVE ‘83

MOJO Radio presents an exclusive Lizzy live set recorded in Glasgow on the band’s farewell UK tour.

Sunday January 8^th – 11pm : Grand Slam LIVE

MOJO Radio presents another exclusive live set recorded in Glasgow, this time featuring Philip Lynott’s post-Thin Lizzy outfit, Grand Slam.

How can I tune in to Mojo Radio?  Mojo Radio is available worldwide online at www.Mojo4Music.com, and in the UK also on Sky Channel 932 and Freeview channel 721.

We Need You Home...

                                                                                                                               
Wild one won't you please come home, you've been away too long, will you?

Twenty years ago we lost someone special - play one of his records and raise a glass to the great man.

Vibe tomorrow

The 20th Vibe For Philo takes place tomorrow..

Good Luck and Best Wishes to all you lucky Vibers - have a great time!

Snowy times ahead for the UK!

Snowy White and the White Flames Band are doing a mini-tour of UK (9 dates in all)

Lizzy on Belgian Radio....

                                                                                                                               
Classic 21, a belgian radio station from the RTBF (Belgian National Radio & TV Network) will broadcast a Thin Lizzy/Phil Lynott special program on the 15th of January (from 9 am to 12 am, Paris time). MP3 128k Streaming on http://www.classic21.be via section Ecoutez-Nous (Listen to us)