Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN To Tour Europe In April

December 14, 2006

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman's official web site has been updated with the following message:

"As TV Tokyo's weekly 'Rock Fujiyama' [program featuring Marty] continues to score high in the ratings, Marty has now become a regular on Japan's NHK network as well. Aside from often appearing on 'Pop Jam', 'Eigo De Shabera Night', and several other NHK shows, a brand new weekly show, 'Jukebox Eikaiwa' has been created with Marty's character in mind. The debut broadcast is on January 4th at 11PM, and every Thursday afterward. This makes Marty a weekly regular on three shows (the third being Shoko Nakagawa's 'Yumeregi') and a semi-regular on others as well. Also note that Marty is featured in the first 'Eigo De Shabera Night' of 2007. He appeared the show just recently with Janet Jackson.

"A solo live concert tour of Europe is confirmed for April 2007. Venues, cities and other info will all be available here at this site. Touring in Marty's band will be guitarist Ron Jarzombek, drummer Jeremy Colson. Bassist [has not yet been announced] at this time. This will be Marty's first solo tour of Europe and fans can expect a wide variety of material from all of Marty's solo albums. His sixth album, 'Loudspeaker', was released in Europe on September 15th to rave reviews. This tour is absolutely not to be missed! Check here often for more info!

"Marty wrapped up production of the ROCK FUJIYAMA BAND album for Avex this week and the release date is January 24. The cast as well as guests MCU, Aikawa Nanase, Kirito, Demon Kogure and others each sing a track and there are plenty surprises, including the new 'Rock Fujiyama' ending theme for the upcoming 2007 season! Along with producing and arranging Marty played the majority of the abundant guitar on the disc, with the rest provided by guest spots from Japanese superstars Luke Takamura (SEIKIMATSU, CANTA),Yoshio Nomura (AYUMI HAMASAKI) and Rolly. This album is a must for fans of the show, Marty fans, everyone! The album will only be available in Japan but available through Tower Records Japan online and any other Japanese online sales outlet."

Friedman's new solo album, "Loudspeaker", entered the Japanese national chart at position No. 33. This marks the first Top 40 chart position for any of of Marty's solo albums.

The special first edition of "Loudspeaker" contained one bonus track, a vocal version of "Static Rain", the ending theme of the Japanese TV show "Rock Fujiyama". This edition was limited to the first 10,000 copies, which sold out on the first day of release. After those went, the standard version of "Loudspeaker", which has an instrumental version of "Static Rain", was put on sale.

"Loudspeaker" features guest appearances by Steve Vai, John Petrucci (DREAM THEATER),and Billy Sheehan (DAVID LEE ROTH, MR. BIG, TALAS) and is described as "by far [Marty's] most aggressive album yet."

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