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- Upcoming Uriah Heep live dates!
21 May - BZK Oktiabrskyi, St. Petersburg, Russia
4 June - National Palace, Chisinau, Moldova
6 June - Drama Theater, Simferopol, Ukraine
7 June - Palace of Republic, Minsk, Belarus
9 June - Sport Palace, Odessa, Ukraine
12 June - Circus, Novokuznetsk, Russia
13 June - Tochka Club, Moscow, Russia
14 June - Venue TBA, Voronezh, Russia
16 June - Premiera Club, Krasnodar, Russia
17 June - Musical Theater, Rostov-na-Donu, Russia
20 June - Open air, Belgrade, Serbia
21 June - Open Air, Reutter, Austria
27 June - TT Assen, Assen, Holland
28 June - Patronaat, Haarlem, Holland
18 July - Bikefestival, Sumiswald, Switzerland
20 July - Clam Castle, Klam, Austria
25 July - Rock of Ages festival (headliner), Rottenburg-Seebron, Germany
26 July - Zwarte Cross Festival, Lichtenvoorde, Holland
06 August - Heitere Magic Night of Rock, Zofingen, Switzerland
08 August - Picture On Festival, Bildein, Austria
23 August - Jazz Market, Lahti, Finland
06 September - Open Air, Koprivnica, Croatia
10 October - H20, Stuttgart, Germany
11 October - Badener Halle, Rastatt, Germany
12 October - Circus Krone, Munich, Germany
14 October - Garage, Saarbrucken, Germany
15 October - Löwensaal, Nuremberg, Germany
17 October - Hessenhalle, Giessen, Germany
18 October - Karl Rau Halle, Heidenheim, Germany
20 October - Schlachthof, Dresden, Germany
21 October - Postbahnhof, Berlin, Germany
22 October - Jolly Joker, Braunschweig, Germany
24 October - Halle Gartlage, Osnabruck, Germany
25 October - E-Werk, Cologne, Germany
01 November - Ice Hall, Helsinki, Finland
All details, tickets info, phone numbers:
http://www.uriah-heep.com/newa/livedates.php
********************* BREAKING NEWS *********************
We have just launched a very special mini-site dedicated to the new album
"Wake The Sleeper"! Built in Flash by our web designer extraordinaire
Peter Jovanovic, it includes samples of all songs, detailed credits and
info, videos of some songs performed live recently, and hints on the
impressive artwork prepared by artist Ioannis, including some really cool
wallpapers! Check it all out here: http://www.wake-the-sleeper.com/ , or
linked from http://www.uriah-heep.com/ .
********************* BREAKING NEWS *********************
- The first press and fans reviews are being posted at UH.com... send
yours too after you have listened to the CD next month!
Press Reviews: http://www.uriah-heep.com/newa/wtspressreviews.php
Fans Reviews: http://www.uriah-heep.com/newa/wtsfanreviews.php
- Links are up at http://www.uriah-heep.com for purchasing "Wake The
Sleeper" from Amazon both in Europe and North America. More links coming
soon but here are a few for the vinyl version: http://www.therecordshack.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=2177
and http://www.whatrecords.co.uk/items/46183.htm .
- Uriah Heep in the press in April 2008 (Uncut, Classic Rock, Record
Collector, etc.): http://www.uriah-heep.com/newa/Press%20publications%20april%202008/album/index.html
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- Uriah Heep never played so many gigs in the Netherlands as in this year!
After three sold out gigs in January, Heep will perform at two huge
festivals in June and July plus a club gig in June. On June 27th at the
famous Assen TT Festival night, where The Heep will perform for 20.000
people. On July 26th Uriah Heep will play at the biggest festival in The
Netherlands to date. The festival will have over 150,000 paying people
coming. Heep will be at one of the main stages. Our guys will need very
sharp eyes to see the last row! On June 28th Uriah Heep will play a club
show in Haarlem (25 minutes ride from the Schiphol airport) at a very nice
venue ( http://www.patronaat.nl ). The Dutch fan club will organise a
"Heep in" event at a two-minute from the venue starting at 16.00 on that
Saturday.
We have the traditional Heep entertainment, Heepy dinner... and of course
a great gig. Surprises are not excluded... For all info please e-mail
Louis at louis@uriah-heep.com . Are you Dutch? Check http://www.uriahheepholland.com
or the Live Dates list at http://www.uriah-heep.com .
- Please visit the Official Uriah Heep sponsors page: http://www.uriah-heep.com/newa/sponsors2008.php
.
- Mick Box will be featured in an interview with Hunt's Annex Studios (
http://huntsmusic.com/ ) regarding his thoughts and feelings on the
importance and impact on album art from the musicians perspective.
- The long awaited interview with Artist Ioannis ( http://www.dangerousage.com/
) will be coming soon - he has been quite busy with all the graphics
associated with "Wake The Sleeper" and has now told us he will attend to
our interview that we're sure you'll enjoy.
- Jason Morris, Head Olympic Coach for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team that
will compete in Beijing China and who's athletes train with the music of
Uriah Heep will be played all the time in during training. Heep tunes will
also be in big supply on iPods on all the kids from the JMJC that will be
at the trials in Vegas and make the Olympics. Jason will shortly be
introducing WTS to his students and will be taking it to Bejing for the
Olympic Games! A new feature on Jason, his Heep connections and more will
be forthcoming!
- "Easy Livin'" has been well voted and got #64 in a Dutch Radio's poll:
http://www.radio2.nl/page/70_08_items/112530 .
- On the following link there are many sorts of charts to select where
Uriah Heep are featured (on at least 6 charts), check it out: http://www.rtl.de/musik/musik_850587.php
.
- Uriah Heep performed recently (May 2nd 2008) at "Die Ultimative Chart
Show" on German TV, see some stills here: http://www.uriah-heep.com/newa/Uriah%20Heep%20at%20the%20RTL%20Ultimative%20Chart%20Show%20-%20May%202%202008/album/index.html
. Heep played a mix of "Free Me" and "Easy Livin'" (thanks to Renate
Fischer of Stay On Top - German Uriah Heep Fan Club).
- MoreHeep.com is now updated and restyled! The blog is there but now
works as a news section: http://www.moreheep.com . The ticket stubs pages
and also the gigs history pages got many new entries. Every gig history
page got a menu to click directly to the respective tickets page of that
specific year! For example: http://www.uriah-heep.com/newa/gigs1972c.php .
Thanks to Konstantinos Takos from Greece the historical gig lists are
getting more and more complete. In http://www.uriah-heep.com/newa/gigs1971c.php
Konstantinos found out that in 1971 Heep did over 200 gigs!! That's
incredible.
- Also available now is a "promo pics" page, check it out: http://www.moreheep.com/promopictures/Uriah%20Heep%20promo%20pictures/album/index.html
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- And again we have a great series of vintage Uriah Heep photos and
snippets, thanks to huge Heep fan Yves Monast from Canada: http://www.rentrock.nl/fotoboek/Vintage%20Heep%20-%20Thanks%20to%20Yves%20Monast/album/index.html
. Thanks to Kees Baars of Arrow Rock Radio ( http://www.arrow.nl ) we now
have a great unseen batch of high resolution Uriah Heep photos from the
Pinkpop Festival 1976 in Holland: http://www.rentrock.nl/fotoboek/pinkpop1976/pinkpopuriahheep.htm
. Thanks to the efforts of Harry Otten and Hilco Arendshorst we have this
great series of Uriah Heep posters from the Byron and Lawton eras. Very
special are the tri-coloured posters. This was illegal merchandise sold in
the streets after the Uriah Heep gigs in Amsterdam in 1975 and 1976. Also
available is a very special outdoors photo of the classic line up:
http://www.rentrock.nl/fotoboek/Uriah%20Heep%20Posters%20-%20Thanks%20to%20Harry%20Otten%20en%20Hilco%20Arendshorst/album/index.html
.
- Hilco Arendshorst was lucky enough to lay his hands on this original Lee
Kerslake seventies drum skin:
http://uriahheep.web-log.nl/uriahheep/2008/04/hilco-bemachtig.html .
- Once again some great additions to the tour books page: the 1980
Scandinavian tour itinerary, thanks to Hilco Arendshorst of http://www.classicrockphotos.nl
, and the 1980 Germany tour book. For these plus the complete collection
click here: http://www.rentrock.nl/fotoboek/tourbooks/tourbooks.htm . Also
available now is the 28-page "Two Decades In Rock - The Story of Uriah
Heep" book: http://www.moreheep.com/Two%20decades%20in%20Rock%20-%20Thanks%20to%20Rodrigo%20Werneck/album/index.html
. Thanks to Lee Kerslake and Iain Barnes we have two complete 1974 Tour
itineraries: http://www.moreheep.com/1974%20Uriah%20Heep%20USA%20Tour%20initerary%20-Thanks%20to%20Iain%20Barnes/album/slides/02_exposure.html
and http://www.moreheep.com/September%201974%20Uriah%20Heep%20US%20tour%20itinerary%20.%20Thanks%20to%20Iain%20Barnes/album/slides/15.html
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MORE HEEP... AND RELATED!
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- Heepvention 2008 Update!
Everybody who has booked their flights to attend HV08, please mail your
arrival airport, times and flight number to JLB-1@tiscali.co.uk . Subject:
ARRIVAL HV08. Please also state how many of you are in your party. We have
now started to compile a list of people who arrive at Malaga and Granada
airports, their arrival times and the hotel they are staying at. The list
will be forwarded to all HV08 ticket holders and should make it easier for
car sharers, needing a lift from the airport to their hotels or
sightseeing etc...
This might help communication between all Heepsters attending HV. For
people who wish to hire a car, some useful links for car hire :
http://www.carhire-in-malaga.com/
http://www.spain-travel-car.com/
http://www.carjet.com/
http://www.carhire-deals.com/
http://www.spain-carhire.com/
www.travelsupermarket.com
Some of these companies are one and the same, but have different looking
websites and prices. Check them all to compare prices!
Regarding the Heepster Jam Band: Not everybody, who signed up to join the
Heepster band, has booked their HV tickets yet,
which in turn makes it extremely difficult for Dave White and Muzzy to
arrange the line-up and songlist. This is also unfair on those who have
bought their tickets months ago, patiently waiting to be allocated "their"
songs. Dave & Muzzy have started with the line-up arrangements, and have
excluded those who have not booked their tickets till now! Don't miss out
on a wonderful opportunity - book now, and get in touch to see if it's
still possible to be part of the jam (if you intend to play or sing, of
course).
Any suggestions??? This event is especially designed for you!! and we very
much encourage your ideas and suggestions. If you have bought your tickets
and might have something in particular you want to suggest for HV08,
please mail jlb-1@tiscali.co.uk ; Subject: HV Suggestions. All "reasonable"
ideas will be considered!! Feel free to bring rare videos, CDs,
memorabilia etc. along to present!
We will also run an auction, where you can offer those items to your
fellow Heepsters.
HV08 has attracted a lot of attention among the locals in Granada and
surrounding areas and we are inundated with requests for tickets for the
main event, Hensley/Lawton/Kerslake/Newton show, on the eve of 19.
September. The venue does hold a large number of people, but due to fire
regulations has a cut off limit. Of course "Heepsters" will have priority
to our tickets!! An event like this HV will not happen again for a long
long time, if indeed ever again, so please book your tickets now to avoid
disappointment: http://www.heepvention2008.com .
- Mike Carparelli, designer and builder of the Mick Box Signature Model
line of guitars will be featured in an interview in the next 2 weeks -
stay tuned to http://www.mick-box.net .
- The German band Masters Project now features Lee Kerslake on drums:
http://www.mastersproject.de/ . On the following link you find a videoclip
of a gig that happened last December in Germany:
http://www.mastersproject.de/28122007-1.html (fragments of Easy
Livin', Stealin', Rainbow Demon, Look At Yourself, Ozzy's Crazy Train,
Purple's Perfect Strangers and more, and Lee playing drums and singing!).
Apparently something will be out soon, album-wise, with our Lee piloting
the drum seat!
- The "That Was Only Yesterday - The Last David Byron EP" Review page is
now up. There's a link on the order page for it but here is a direct link
to the page: http://www.travellersintime.com/TWOYReviews.htm . For
ordering: http://www.travellersintime.com/byronorderpage.html .
- The John Lawton portrait unveiled in Bulgaria:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0EBrdC8GKY (make sure you click: watch in
high quality). The town of Kavarna, Bulgaria, whose Mayor is Tsonko
Tsonev, had John's portrait painted on to a building, in recognition to
rock personalities who frequently perform at and support the Rock Capital
of the Balkans. Some of the other buildings feature paintings of Glenn
Hughes, Billy Idol and Joey DeMaio (Manowar).
- John Lawton meets 2 of the freed Bulgarian medics, held captive in Lybia
for 8 years: http://perso.wanadoo.es/m00a4koo/medics.htm .
- Ken Hensley has posted some cool tour diaries to his website:
http://www.ken-hensley.com . More live dates are being announced now, and
the brand new live DVD/BluRay is out! Work has also started on the new
studio CD, tentatively entitled "Love... And Other Mysteries". All details
on the News page of http://www.ken-hensley.com .
- Keef Hartley Band CDs featuring Gary Thain on bass are available again:
http://www.cherryred.co.uk/esoteric/artists/keefhartleyband.htm . Talking
about Gary, "The 27s" book will be released any time soon. The publishers
are still working on setting a definitive release date for their indie
book, but in the meantime they have just released a trailer on YouTube and
other places across the Internet including The27s.com, Myspace & Facebook:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-K0K3PV2Tg . For more details or to
subscribe to their newsletter: http://www.the27s.com .
- Some trivia about David Byron...
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17434843 .
- New songs from Heepsters are at http://www.heepstermusic.com - just
click on the MP3 files links. If you would like to send yours in - mail to
websongs@heepstermusic.com . |
