Legendary Swedish guitarist
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN will release an all-instrumental acoustic album,
"Angels Of Love", which will contain rearrangements of his ballad songs played on acoustic guitar and string and choir arrangements only. It is a masterpiece showing the tender, delicate version of his classic songs as well as a new composition. A March 10 release via
Rising Force Records is expected.
"Perpetual Flame", the new album from
Malmsteen, sold around 2,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to
Nielsen SoundScan.
Released on October 14, 2008, the CD is the first-ever
Yngwie effort to be issued via
Rising Force Records (distributed via
Koch) and it marks the debut of
Malmsteen's new singer, ex-
JUDAS PRIEST/
ICED EARTH frontman
Tim "Ripper" Owens.
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN will team up with
DEEP PURPLE for the following Japanese dates:
April 08 - Tokyo, JPN @ International Forum
April 09 - Zepp, JPN @ Nagoya
April 10 - Hiroshima, JPN @ Koseinenkin Kaikan
April 12 - Kanazawa, JPN @ Kanko Kaikan
April 13 - Osaka, JPN @ Koseinenkin Kaikan
April 15 - Tokyo, JPN @ International Forum
Yngwie Malmsteen was inducted into
Hollywood's RockWalk on October 13, 2008 in front of the
Guitar Center at 7425 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
Hollywood's RockWalk is the only sidewalk gallery dedicated to honoring those artists who have made a significant impact and lasting contribution to the growth and evolution of rock 'n' roll, blues and R&B.
Yngwie Malmsteen's handprints will reside alongside the handprints, signatures, and faces of other equally accomplished musicians and innovators such as
Eric Clapton,
Carlos Santana,
Johnny Cash,
Elvis Presley,
Bonnie Raitt,
Jerry Lee Lewis,
Carl Perkins,
Marvin Gaye,
James Brown,
Brian Wilson,
Stevie Wonder,
John Lee Hooker and
EARTH WIND & FIRE, among numerous others.
Video footage of
Yngwie Malmsteen shredding the axe at the
Marshall booth at the 2009 winter
NAMM (
National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which was held January 15-18, 2009 in Anaheim, California, can be viewed below.
