GLENN HUGHES Discusses BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION's Upcoming First-Ever Full Concert

November 12, 2010

Legendary DEEP PURPLE/BLACK SABBATH vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes spoke to Express & Star about bringing his new supergroup BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION to Wolverhampton, England for its first-ever full concert.

BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION will play Wolverhampton Civic Hall on Wednesday, December 29.

The band features Hughes, Jason Bonham, son of LED ZEPPELIN drummer John, along with American guitar virtuoso Joe Bonamassa and former DREAM THEATER keyboard player Derek Sherinian.

"It was my idea to start the first proper show in Wolverhampton, hence the name of the band," said Hughes. "There'll be a great vibe in there. The crowd will be fantastic.

"The Black Country is where we want to start. We feel it's absolutely appropriate to play our first full show on the planet in mine and Jason's heartland.

"This is a venue I've been playing since '68 starting with The News and Finders Keepers and then, of course, TRAPEZE played there half a dozen times and I played there a couple of times with DEEP PURPLE. So it's a venue that I'm very familiar with.

"It signals the intent of what the band is about, where we're from and the sound. I believe the band does have a Black Country sound to it, which to me is organic rock. It's big, it's ambient rock music and why not start it off in the birthplace of rock music?"

BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION has already booked time at a Hollywood, California studio for 11 days in January to record its second album ahead of a proper tour and major festival appearances next summer.

"We want to have enough material so when we start touring proper next summer we'll have the beauty of selecting the cuts we want to play live," said Hughes.

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