MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP, LYNCH MOB To Join Forces For 'Battle Of The Axes' Tour

April 14, 2010

MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP (featuring Michael Schenker) and LYNCH MOB (featuring George Lynch) will join forces for the "Battle Of The Axes" U.S. tour this summer. So far the following dates have been released:

Jul. 29 - Starland Ballroom - Sayreville, NJ
Jul. 30 - Jaxx - Springfield, VA

More dates will be announced soon.

Professionally filmed video footage of MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP's (MSG) January 2010 concert in Japan can be viewed below. The footage, which originally aired this past Saturday (March 27) on the Japanese TV channel NHK-BS2, is expected to surface on a DVD later this year.

MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP's lineup for the performance was as follows:

Michael Schenker (guitar)
Gary Barden (vocals)
Wayne Findlay (guitar, keyboards)
Simon Phillips (drums)
Neil Murray (bass)

MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP's latest album, "In the Midst of Beauty", was released in May 2008 via Inakustic GMBH. The CD featured returning MSG singer Gary Barden, drummer Simon Philips (THE WHO, TOTO),bassist Neil Murray (BLACK SABBATH, WHITESNAKE) and keyboardist Don Airey (DEEP PURPLE, OZZY OSBOURNE).

Drummer Brian Tichy (FOREIGNER, BILLY IDOL, OZZY OSBOURNE, VELVET REVOLVER) and bassist Michael "Denim" Devin (KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD) have joined LYNCH MOB as the band's new touring rhythm section.

Audio samples of all 13 songs that appear on LYNCH MOB's comeback album, "Smoke And Mirrors", are available for download at HeavyHarmonies.com (scroll down). The CD was released in Europe on September 18 (October 13 in the U.S.) via Frontiers Records.

LYNCH MOB's recording lineup on "Smoke And Mirrors" included Logan and Lynch alongside bassist Marco Mendoza (WHITESNAKE, THIN LIZZY) and drummer Scot Coogan (BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION, ACE FREHLEY).

(Thanks: NJthrasher)

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