On May 23rd Escape Music will release ‘Into The Fire’, the debut album from Diesel — a brand new British rock band.
With lead vocals from the great Robert Hart (Bad Company and Manfred Mann’s Earth Band) and guitars from FM’s very own Jim Kirkpatrick, Diesel is a match made in heaven as they combine their song writing skills and musicianship to come up with the fantastic debut ‘Into The Fire’.
Diesel plays solid traditional rock in the manner of Bad Company, the sort of music that has firm roots in the classic vein of British hard rock with a blues element. Accompanied by Jim Copley and Pat Davey, who provide the solid rhythm backbone of the band, this quartet can give you great songs and first rate melodies all day long.
The guest list on ‘Into The Fire’ includes Ozzy Osbourne keyboardist Adam Wakeman and FM’s Steve Overland on guitar and backing vocals, rounded off with the mixing skills of Tommy Hansen. From “Fortune Favours The Brave” to “Brand New Day” Diesel present us with delight after delight as they effortlessly give us an array of classic rock tunes.
‘Into The Fire’ track listing:
01 Love Under Cover 02 Into The Fire 03 Starting Over 04 Fortune Favours The Brave 05 Brand New Day 06 Bitter & Twisted 07 So What Is Love 08 Lets Take The Long Way Home 09 Told You So 10 What You See Ain’t What You Get 11 Skin & Bone 12 Coming Home
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Foreigner’s UK Tour Starts In Manchester On April 3rd With Special Guests Europe And FM
Alongside their fast-selling string of UK dates with Europe and FM this April that already includes sold out shows in Newcastle and Bristol, Foreigner today add a special ‘An Evening With Foreigner: Unplugged’ show at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London on Saturday 12th April.
A Q&A session with the band, hosted by Team Rock’s Kylie Olsson (presenter of The AOR Magazine Show), will also take place on the night with fans invited to submit questions.
Tickets are on general sale, priced £35 (subject to per-ticket charge plus order processing fee) from http://www.livenation.co.uk or http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk.
The announcement of ‘An Evening With Foreigner: Unplugged’ show, ties in with the release of the band’s new album ‘I Want To Know What Love Is – The Ballads’.
The album features 14 of Foreigner’s best and most timeless ballads, previously never released on one album. ‘I Want To Know What Love Is – The Ballads’ will be available in both CD, and 2CD Special Edition-digipak formats, with 200 exclusive signed copies available to purchase at the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire show.
Featuring the UK No. 1 hit, ‘I Want To Know What Love Is’ originally released on 1984’s multi platinum album Agent Provocateur, the album also includes thirteen songs including classic hits such as ‘Waiting For A Girl Like You’ and ‘Long, Long Way From Home’from 1977’s self-titled debut album.
Mick Jones’s writing skills are evident in the modern masterpieces from their most recent albums Can’t Slow Down and Acoustique, all of which are state of the art new recordings featuring Foreigner lead singer Kelly Hansen.
The Special Edition release is a must-have for all the die-hard Foreigner fans. Produced by noted Foreigner bass guitarist, Jeff Pilson, the bonus disc contains previously unreleased performances of all the hits and fan favourites, recorded from an acoustic show for the German radio station SWR1 in July 2013.
Tour Dates:
Thursday 3rd – Manchester O2 Apollo
Friday 4th – Newcastle City Hall ***SOLD OUT***
Saturday 5th – Glasgow Clyde
Monday 7th – Nottingham Royal Centre
Tuesday 8th – Sheffield City Hall
Wednesday 9th – Portsmouth Guildhall
Friday 11th – Bristol Colston Hall ***SOLD OUT***
Saturday 12th – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
“An Evening with Foreigner Unplugged”
Sunday 13th London Hammersmith Apollo
Tuesday 15th Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Tickets for Foreigner’s UK tour with Europe and FM are on sale now priced £38.50 regionally and £39.50 in London and are available from http://www.livenation.co.uk or http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk, with official VIP packages available from http://www.VIPNation.co.uk (all tickets subject to per-ticket charge plus order processing fee).
Foreigner are: Mick Jones (guitar), Kelly Hansen (lead vocals), Jeff Pilson (bass, vocals), Michael Bluestein (keyboards), Tom Gimbel (rhythm guitar, sax, vocals), Bruce Watson (guitar) and Chris Frazier (drums).
Diesel Feat. Ex-Bad Co And FM Members To Release Album
Make way for a brand new British Rock Band that features some of the best musicians in today’s rock scene! With lead vocals from the great Robert Hart (Solo / Bad Company / Manfred Mann’s Earth Band) and guitars from FM’s very own Jim Kirkpatrick, this is a match made in heaven as they combine their song writing skills and musicianship to come up with this fantastic debut by Diesel.
Diesel plays solid traditional rock in the manner of Bad Company, the sort of music that has firm roots in the classic vein of British hard Rock with a blues element. Accompanied by Jim Copley (Manfred Man’s Earth Band, Go West, and Paul Rodgers) and Pat Davey (Seven) who provide the solid rhythm backbone of the band, this quartet can give you great songs and first rate melodies all day long.
It is great to see that the guest list includes Adam Wakeman (Black Sabbath and Snakecharmer) and Steve Overland (Solo artist, Shadowman and FM), rounded off with the mixing skills of Tommy Hansen. From “Fortune Favours the Brave” to “Brand New Day” we are presented with delight after delight as they effortlessly give us an array of classic rock tunes. A breath of fresh air if ever there was one…
Release date: 23 May 2014
Catalogue no: ESM264
Bar Code: 5 03128100264 8
01 Love Under Cover
02 Into The Fire
03 Starting Over
04 Fortune Favours The Brave
05 Brand New Day
06 Bitter & Twisted
07 So What Is Love
08 Lets Take The Long Way Home
09 Told You So
10 What You See Ain’t What You Get
11 Skin & Bone
12 Coming Home
Hard Rock Heaven 