BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION: More European Tour Dates Announced
February 5, 2011BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION — the Anglo/American rock supergroup featuring vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH, TRAPEZE),drummer Jason Bonham (LED ZEPPELIN),Derek Sherinian (DREAM THEATER) and blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa — has scheduled the following European tour dates:
Jun. 23 - Azkena Rock Festival - Recinto Mendizabola, Spain
Jun. 30 - Killesberg - Stuttgart, Germany
Jul. 01 - Jahrhunderthalle - Frankfurt, Germany
Jul. 02 - Parkbühne - Leipzig, Germany
Jul. 04 - Zenith - Munich, Germany
Jul. 05 - Zitadelle - Berlin, Germany
Jul. 10 - Bospop Festival - Weert, Holland
Jul. 14 - Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle - Bonn, Germany
Jul. 16 - Stadtpark - Hamburg, Germany
Jul. 24 - High Voltage Festival - London, UK
Jul. 26 - O2 Academy - Leeds, UK
Jul. 27 - O2 Academy - Newcastle, UK
Jul. 29 - O2 Academy - Glasgow, UK
Jul. 30 - Academy - Manchester, UK
BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION is currently mixing its sophomore album for a June release.
BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION performed two long-awaited U.K. concerts in December. Fittingly, the first concert took place right in the heart of the Black Country at the legendary Wolverhampton Civic Hall on December 29, followed by a concert at London's O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire on December 30.
Fan-filmed video footage of the London show can be viewed below.
The self-titled debut album from BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION sold 7,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 54 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD, which was made available in Europe on September 20, 2010 via Mascot Records and North America on September 21 through J&R Adventures, was produced and mixed by Kevin Shirley (BLACK CROWES, AEROSMITH, LED ZEPPELIN),and mastered by the legendary Bob Ludwig. It was recorded at Shangri-La Studios in early 2010.
BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION initially came to fruition when Shirley saw Hughes and Bonamassa join forces on stage in Los Angeles in November 2009 for an explosive performance at Guitar Center's King of the Blues event. Shirley then recruited Bonham and Sherinian for the project, which is named after the industrial area in the British Midlands where both Hughes and Bonham were born and raised.
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