Uriah Heep

- Upcoming Uriah Heep live dates!
April 29 - Bern Arena, Bern, Switzerland
May 6 - Die Halle, Reichenbach, Germany
May 7 - Karl Rau Halle, Heidenheim, Germany
May 8 - Kulturzentrum Harres, St. Leon-Rot, Germany
May 9 - Spectrum, Aschaffenburg, Germany
May 11 - Spectrum Musikclub, Augsburg, Germany
May 12 - Kulturspeicher, Regensburg, Germany
May 14 - Lillehammer Rockefestival, Lillehammer, Norway
May 20 - Congress Centre (TBC), Haifa, Israel
May 21 - Hangar 11 (TBC), Tel Aviv, Israel
July 2 - Bospop Festival, Weert, Holland
August 5 - Holjat Festival, Forssa, Finland
August 6 - Ankka Festival, Korso Soccer Pitch, near Helsinki, Finland
All details, links, etc.: http://www.uriah-heep.com/newa/livedates.php

- (Really) exciting Heep news from Mick Box himself to be announced right after Easter... be prepared!

- Unofficial news about Heep to tour with Mountain... from The Mountain Website: "Mountain are also playing in support of their Fuel 2000 album 'Eruption' which is selling briskly and has a live version of 'Mississippi Queen'. They will be doing some dates this summer with Deep Purple and a festival tour called Hard Rock Crusades with Savoy Brown and Uriah Heep. It's going to be a hot summer for Leslie, Corky and Richie. Check the tour page!!"

- Heep Quiz #4 launched on March 20 2005! Check it out here: http://www.uriah-heep.com/newa/heepquiz.php .

- Mick Box, Bernie Shaw and Trevor Bolder are doing an RTL TV Show called ?Die Ultimate Chart Show? on the 23rd of March (tomorrow). This is being filmed in Cologne, Germany. The show is happening between 8pm -11pm. They will be doing full playback to "Lady In Black", the acoustic version. All will be revealed with Mick and his camera! More details: http://www.rtl.de/musik/musik_890248.php .

- Wondermus! "Strange & Wondermus Stories", a collection of short stories from Phil Lanzon... the 1st 500 copies sold will be personally autographed and numbered by Phil! Buy 2 copies and receive an original drawing from Phil's tour sketchbook. Extra details and all ordering info and links available here: http://uriah-heep.com/newa/wondermus.php .

- The new deluxe edition remasters of "Abominog" and "Head First" are scheduled for a March 28th release! Check this out: http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=320126 .

- In the latest issue of Sweden Rock Magazine (reportedly Sweden's best rock magazine!) there's a 12 (!!!!) page article about Heep (history, short interviews with Ken Hensley and Lee Kerslake, etc.). Details: http://www.swedenrockmagazine.com/ . Thanks to Jenny Persson for the info.

- Please note: answering to a lot of people who have been asking the same thing, the new Uriah Heep "Between Two Worlds" DVD is NOT available in PAL version. For details and ordering: http://www.classicrockproductionsonline.com/proddetail.asp?prod=PEN1772 . Reviews: http://uriah-heep.com/newa/btwdvdrev.php .

- USA's Heepvention 2005 announced! It will happen in Knoxville, Tennessee, on July 30th and 31st 2005. Full details available here: http://www.heepvention05.com/ . Sign up now! Thanks to Dave "Big Dog" Griffin, Ron Mann and Mac Steagall.

- Let's all vote for Uriah Heep's "Demons And Wizards" here: http://dh112.xs4all.nl/kinky101.php !

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- John Lawton announced on Total Rock's interview last Saturday that he will be back on stage around September this year! More news soon... Also, John's music was featured on Landscape Radio on March 20th: http://www.progressivesoundscapes.com .

- Ken Hensley's words about the recent passing of Jakson Spires, his ex-colleague and drummer of Blackfoot: "I was very sorry to hear about Jakson?s passing. He was a great guy, a very good drummer and an excellent team player. He lived hard, played hard and loved hard. A full life crammed into too few years.
Ken
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