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[11 Nov 2010 | 6 Comments | 6,794 views]
CLASSIC ROCK AWARDS NOVEMBER 10TH: JOHN PAUL JONES RECEIVES OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD – JIMMY PAGE PRESENTS KILLING JOKE WITH INNOVATOR AWARD

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John Paul Jones and |Jimmy Page were in both attendance at the sixth annual Marshall Classic Rock Roll Of Honour Awards staged at London’s Roundhouse last night.
Following sets by The Union and Alter Bridge (the latter featured guest guitarist Slash), the awards got underway with Alice Cooper as master of ceremonies along with co presenter Sarah Cawood.
Ronnie Wood accepted the Reissue of the Year award for The Rolling Stones Exile On Main Street, Julian Temple made the evening’s longest speech in accepting the Best DVD/Film award for his Dr …

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[9 Nov 2010 | 4 Comments | 4,339 views]
BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION DECEMBER UK DATES ANNOUNCED

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Black Country Communion, the critically acclaimed rock supergroup featuring vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes, Joe Bonamassa, Jason Bonham and keyboardist Derek Sherinian have announced details of two long-awaited UK concerts for December.
Fittingly, the first concert will take place right in the heart of the Black Country at the legendary Wolverhampton Civic Hall on Wednesday 29th December, followed by a concert at London’s 02 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on Thursday 30th December.
Planet Rock Radio will launch an exclusive 4-day ticket pre-sale from Monday 15th November, for full details visit www.planetrock.com/bcc. Tickets …

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[21 Sep 2010 | 11 Comments | 13,706 views]
BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION ALBUM LAUNCH SHOWCASE GIG IN LONDON:  ”ARE YOU READY?…”

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Black Country Communion:Album Launch Showcase gig –  John Henry’s Ltd Studios, London-September 20th 2010

Set List: Black Country/One Last Soul/Beggarman/Song Of Yesterday/Stand (At The Burning Tree)/The Great Divide/Medusa/Sista Jane (including Wont Get Fooled Again ending).

The photo of Black Country Communion that accompanied a preview of their debut album on the TBL site in late June  was met with  a ‘’Comments’’ response from the mysterious Nuvo 911 that said ‘’What a strange looking band. A Mexican, A kid, An Old Man and a Red-Neck . . . They …

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[20 Sep 2010 | 4 Comments | 5,830 views]
BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION ALBUM LAUNCHED TODAY: PLANET ROCK BCC BROADCAST TONIGHT – EXCLUSIVE TBL GLENN HUGHES INTERVIEW: ‘’OUTSIDE OF JIMMY, ROBERT AND JONESY,THERE CAN’T BE MANY MUSICIANS WHO HAVE PLAYED WITH BOTH BONHAM’S AND I COUNT MYSELF LUCKY TO HAVE DONE SO’’

 

Photo by Marty Temme
The long awaited Black Country Communion album is released in the UK today. Tonight the band will be performing a special launch show at a secret location in London. This is being broadcast on Planet Rock from 8.30pm
Visit www.planetrock.com  for details
In an exclusive interview with Dave Lewis for TBL discussing the Black Country Communion album, Glenn Hughes revealed the challenges he faced in remaking the Trapeze classic Medusa:
‘’Having Jason playing on one of his Dad’s favourite songs was a challenge in itself.  So recording it was highly …

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[4 Sep 2010 | No Comment | 2,558 views]
BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION ON PLANET ROCK

At 7pm on Saturday 4th September, the UK’s leading classic rock radio station PLANET ROCK will air an exclusive hour-long documentary interview with Black Country Communion. The documentary will feature Planet Rock speaking to the BCC members about the band’s formation and future. The one hour radio special will also be repeated on Thursday 9th September at 11pm.
Presented by DJ Nicky Horne, the behind-the-scenes documentary includes exclusive interviews with Glenn Hughes, Joe Bonamassa and Jason Bonham, plus a selection of music from their highly anticipated debut album. Also featured in …

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[2 Aug 2010 | No Comment | 3,493 views]
PLANET ROCK TO AIR BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION ONE LAST SOUL PREMIERE  ON AUGUST 2ND 6PM GMT

The UK’s leading classic rock radio station Planet Rock will premiere “One Last Soul”, the first single taken from the forthcoming Black Country Communion album on Monday August 2nd at 6pm GMT on ‘The Nicky Horne Show’.
The song makes its radio debut ahead of the album which is released in the UK via Mascot Records on Monday September 20th. Listeners will be able to tune in to Planet Rock in the UK on DAB Digital Radio, on Sky 0110, Virgin Media 924, Freesat 730, iPhone and online at www.planetrock.com

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[9 Jul 2010 | 5 Comments | 4,086 views]
DAVE LEWIS DIARY: GLENN HUGHES/TCV/ PLANT TICKETS/ HOLLAND/TBL 27/ COURT CASES

The TBL 2 GF and DL meet with another fully paid up member of the Black Country Communion – Marble Arch London July 5th 2010
Last Monday was a bit of a whirlwind day as aside from the evening’s Them Crooked Vultures gig, Gary and I had a lunchtime rendezvous with Glenn Hughes.
This was to conduct a follow up interview with Glenn regarding the Black Country Communion album. As he had been on the phone from LA back in February, Glenn was a fantastic interviewee.   Accommodating, friendly, lucid and incredibly positive, …

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[28 Jun 2010 | 5 Comments | 8,504 views]
BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION: EXCLUSIVE ALBUM PREVIEW – GET READY TO JOIN THE FAITH…

Black Country Communion pic by Marty Temme
Back in February Glenn Hughes explained to me that the album he was recording with Jason Bonham,  Joe Bonamassa and Derek Sherinian was ‘’A big rock statement’’.  He went on to say ‘’This is the real thing the right thing to do at the right time.’’
Having been afforded an exclusive preview of the Black Country Communion album due for release here via Mascot Records on September 20th, well Glenn has been true to his word.  The album is jam packed with quality rock songs …

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[23 Feb 2010 | 3 Comments | 11,923 views]
GLENN HUGHES TBL INTERVIEW EXCLUSIVE: ”BLACK COUNTRY IS THE REAL DEAL -THIS IS A BIG ROCK STATEMENT -I FEEL TOTALLY REJUVENATED”

In an exclusive interview with Dave Lewis for the forthcoming TBL magazine, Glenn Hughes has revealed the future plans for Black Country, the new group featuring Glenn together with Jason Bonham, Joe Bonamassa and Derek Sherinian.
‘’This is the real deal, a big rock statement and the right thing to do at the right time’’ said Glenn.   
‘’We have recorded six songs and reconvene in March to work on another seven. We’ve worked really hard on this, changing arrangements, working on lyrics, we’ve really gone to boot camp with it. The album …

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[22 Feb 2010 | One Comment | 4,270 views]
DAVE LEWIS DIARY: GLENN HUGHES/BACK TO THE 80S/ZAVVI ONE YEAR GONE

A rather action packed week to say the least, which started last Thursday with the interview over the transatlantic telephone with Glenn Hughes. He was an absolute joy to talk to – his enthusiasm for the new Black Country line up was quite infectious and his memories of John Bonham sincere and touching.  In between all that we had some good banter on the fact that his Wolves team had triumphed over Spurs the previous night. He was also somewhat surprised I was calling from Bedford, for it was the …