Uriah Heep

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URIAH HEEP http://www.uriah-heep.com
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- Upcoming Uriah Heep live dates!
May 22 - Harley Davidson Celebration, Istanbul, Turkey
May 25 - Duhova Arena, Pardubice, Czech Republic
May 27 - Battumse Bêkefeesten, Bathmen, Holland
May 28 - Music Hall, Worpswede, Germany
May 29 - Festival Tent, Siegen, Germany
May 30 - Hyde Park, Osnabrück, Germany
May 31 - Spectrum, Augsburg, Germany
June 1 - Kammgarn, Kaiserslautern, Germany
June 12 - Hungarian Motor Bike Festival Europa Autocamp, Lake Balaton, Hungary
June 26 - Blues & Rock Useldeng, Luxembourg. Luxembourg
July 2th - Rock Night Festival, Green Water, Slovakia
July 17th - Masters Open Air Festival, São Paulo, Brazil
July 31st - Open air im Kurpark, Bad Krotzinger, Germany
August 20 - Open Air Tufertschwil 2004, Tufertschwil, Switzerland
October 29 - Edinburgh Room, UK
November 2 - Leas Cliff, UK
November 3 - Academy, UK
November 4 - Colston Hall, UK
November 6 - Magician's Birthday Party 2004, Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, UK
All details, links, etc.: http://www.uriah-heep.com/newa/livedates.php

- Uriah Heep & Manfred Mann's Earth Band UK Tour announced! For details, click here:
http://www.classicrockproductions.com/2004/newreleases/events.htm
For tickets (price: £20): http://www.classicrockproductions.com/storen/uriahheep/uhmmtour.html
THE MAGICIAN'S BIRTHDAY PARTY 2004 - November 6th 2004
Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, UK
* Tickets for sale NOW (price: £25), get yours here:
http://www.classicrockproductions.com/storen/mbp2004.html

- Reviews of "Magic Night": http://www.prog-nose.org/nederlands/dvd's/uriah_heep_magic_night_dvd.htm (thanks to Vera from ProgNose and Jany Claeskens), http://www.evolvingartist.com/CDReviews.aspx (thanks to Keith "MuzikMan" Hannaleck) and http://www.electricbasement.com/review895.htm (thanks to Mike Taylor for the tip).

- Photos of Uriah Heep live in Vuokatti, Finland, on April 17th 2004: http://www.saunalahti.fi/~htapiom/fin/heep04/live.htm (thanks to Tapio "Tapster, Bring Me Another Ale" Minkkinen).

- Very nice photos of Uriah Heep can be seen at Italian photographer Vincent Lagana's website: http://xoomer.virgilio.it/baldo/vlimages/ .

- Check this week's "Surprise Link" at Heep.com... Turkey, here we go! ;-)

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MORE HEEP... AND RELATED!
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- Lee Kerslake's project, Living Loud, did two late night shows right after Deep Purple's gigs in Melbourne and Sydney. They were exclusive to Deep Purple Australian tour ticket holders, and happened at the Melbourne Metro on 25th April and Sydney Stage 11 (Fox Studios) on 26th April. These were the band's live debut. For photos and more details: http://www.livingloud.com.au . Another review is also available here: http://www.undercover.com.au/news/2004/apr04/20040426_livingloud.html (thanks to Dave Sherrod for the info). The new self-titled CD by Living Loud is out now and can be purchased also there!

- Photos and reports from Ken Hensley's tour in Finland, Scandinavia and Russia can be found here:
http://www.saunalahti.fi/%7Ehtapiom/kh/tour.htm (Helsinki, Finland)
http://www.metalexpress.no/showreviews.asp?id=592 (Oslo, Norway)
Ken has been writing his Tour Diary as usual, and it can be found at http://www.ken-hensley.com (click on "News").

- Ken Hensley will be appearing on Star Factory (the Russian equivalent of Pop Idol, Star Search, etc.) in Moscow on Friday the 7th of May, singing a duet of July Morning with one of the contestants!! This show is watched by over 36 million people and is the biggest single show on Russian TV at the moment!

- Photos from the Dutch/Belgian John Lawton Band tour can be seen here: http://users.skynet.be/staf.p/pictures.htm (thanks to Staf Pypen). In addition, pics from Appeldoorn, Holland, are available at the Stay On Top website: http://www.rena.onlinehome.de/SOT/JLB-appeldoorn04.html (thanks to Renate Fischer).

- BGO has just released Lone Star's "Lone Star" and "Firing On All Six" on a 2 on 1 release, and featuring John Sloman on vocals (thanks to Don "Blind Eye" for the info).

- Read here a career-spanning interview with guitarist Clem Clempson conducted by Dmitry Epstein: http://dmme.net/interviews/clem.html . Clempson played in the past with David Byron and Ken Hensley in several occasions.

- The new Heep book written by German author Uwe Reuters is now out! Entitled "Hold Your Head Up", all the details about it (including ordering info) can be found here: http://www.uriahheepbooks.de/ .

- Trevor & Stella Hensley are playing acoustic sets at Liz Eds (The Lizard Music Venue) in Bedford next Sunday (9th May). It is a chilled out evening kicking off about 8.00 p.m. It is also free to get in. Stel and Trev will be playing new songs along with some of their older numbers!

- Asia has signed with InsideOut Music for the world, excluding Japan. Asia's new studio album "Silent Nation" will be the first album under the new deal and it is scheduled for release in Summer 2004. Asia includes keyboardist Geoff Downes, vocalist/bass guitarist John Payne, guitarist Guthrie Govan and drummer Chris Slade (ex-Heep). For more information, visit: http://www.insideoutmusic.com/news.php and http://www.asiaworld.org/index.php (thanks to Jay Pearson for the info).

- What does Uriah Heep and Telecommunications have to do in common? read the explanation here... http://www.theherald.co.uk/business/14385.html .