Uriah Heep

- Upcoming Uriah Heep live dates!
July 1 - De Fabriek, Sint-Lievens-Houtem, Belgium
July 2 - Bospop Festival, Weert, Holland
July 31 - La 15?e ?ition de l'Estivale Open Air, Place Nova-Fribourgo, Estavayer-le-Lac, Switzerland
August 5 - Holjat Festival, Forssa, Finland
August 6 - Ankka Festival, Korso Soccer Pitch, near Helsinki, Finland
August 11 - Venice Rock Festival, Venice, Italy
September 9 - Jack Rocks Open Air, Faak Am See, Austria
September 10 - Planet Music, Vienna, Austria
September 23 - Tent Festival, Schupfart Nr Basel, Switzerland
All details, links, etc.: http://www.uriah-heep.com/newa/livedates.php

- June 9th was the birthday of two members of Heep: Mick Box and Trevor Bolder! Congratulations!!

- A photo of Heep recently in a press conference in Russia can be found here: http://www.prorok.noonet.ru/arhiv/uria_heep_press.htm (in Kemerovo, Russia). Thanks to Evgeniy Stepanov of Music Publishing AboutRock.

- UK's "Classic Rock" mag's news section this month covers Heep's news of no "Magician's Birthday Party" this year, and the new management and new album news, as reported here. It goes on to say... "Meanwhile Heep bassist Trevor Bolder has joined a new Glam Rock project called Z-Suicide that also includes Sensational Alex Harvey Band guitarist Zal Cleminson and ex-UK Subs drummer Stevie Roberts (http://www.zesuicide.com/)". Thanks to Mike Taylor for the info.

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- On the new Classic Rock Revisited (http://www.classicrockrevisited.com) compilation called "The New Road Ahead Volume 1" one of the bands included is Living Loud featuring Lee Kerslake on drums. Other artists are Bill Ward, Rik Emmett, Joe Lynn Turner, Shooting Star, Walter Rossi, Foghat, King Kobra featuring Carmine Appice, Manny Charlton, Bouchard, Dunaway & Smith and Fourth Estate. For more details about their album and about the giveaway celebrating the release of the album: http://www.classicrockrevisited.com/Interviews05/albumcover.htm .

- The sHeep Market - Uriah Heep Fans Convention, happening tomorrow (June 18th) in Holland, is completely sold out!! More details (and soon photos of the event) available at http://www.moreheep.com/sheep2005/ . Ken Hensley will be playing there, solo and with the German Heep cover band "Circle of Hands".

- Detailed info on the 2005 Ken Hensley Summer Party in Norway is now available at http://www.ken-hensley.com/ (click on the miniature of the poster).

- An interesting Heep-related item on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7520457729 (a vintage Heep t-shirt). Thanks to Ed Halliburton for the info.

- In the current issue of the German magazine "Rock Hard" there's an article about the live premi?e of "Salisbury" (in Hamburg, Germany, 2001), including a few words by Ken Hensley about the event. More details at http://www.rockhard.de . Thanks to Renate Fischer of the Stay On Top Fan Club for the info.