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Last Updated: November 20, 2009 11:51 PM

MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP: Japanese Tour Dates Announced - Oct. 11, 2009

According to a posting on the Michael Schenker News And Tour Information web site, Japanese concert promoter Zak Corporation has announced the dates for MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP's (MSG) 30th anniversary Japanese tour in January. They are as follows:

Jan. 12 - Tokyo, Japan - Nakano Sunplaza
Jan. 13 - Tokyo, Japan - Nakano Sunplaza
Jan. 14 - Nagoya, Japan - Diamond Hall
Jan. 15 - Osaka, Japan - Namba Hatch

The group's lineup for the shows will be as follows:

Michael Schenker - Guitar
Gary Barden - Vocals
Simon Phillips - Drums
Neil Murray - Bass
Wayne Findlay - Guitar, Keyboards

As previously reported, SCHENKER BARDEN ACOUSTIC PROJECT's October 12, 2009 concert at the Hard Rock Cafe in Cologne, Germany will be filmed/recorded for future release.

The band's lineup for the Cologne show will be as follows:

Michael Schenker - Guitar
Gary Barden - Vocals
Michael Voss - Guitar, Backing Vocals
Kai Luennemann - Drums, Percussion, Keyboards, Backing Vocals

Audio samples of all 12 tracks that appear on SCHENKER BARDEN ACOUSTIC PROJECT's first album, "Gipsy Lady", are available for streaming on Play.com.

"Gipsy Lady" was released on May 19 via Inakustik/MVD.

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	COMMENT \| nevermind posted by : ankarock 10/11/2009 7:16:13 PM

	all those things but he is a superb guitar player

	COMMENT \| MSG posted by : RiotAct666 10/11/2009 8:14:52 PM

	Saw them this year in the U.S. Great show Michael and co. put on. also saw UFO too.

	COMMENT \| this guy is so overrated... posted by : long in the tooth 10/11/2009 9:22:01 PM

	...it's pathetic!

	COMMENT \| Schenker is awesome posted by : MRBILL40 10/11/2009 9:40:42 PM

	I just wish Schenker and Mogg would get their spit together and get along........... UFO is a great band with talent galore, but, crappy marketing and poor communication within the band has hurt the band overall on a mass scale......... UFO is WAY better than AC/DC & Metalica could ever hope to be, unfortunately for me, the world see's it differently......... It ticks me off, too.............. UFO never really hit it off in the States, but they still get respect here...... UFO is radical.... I saw them jam 2 X in 1995 out in California...... MR.BILL

	COMMENT \| Long in the Tooth posted by : HeldUnder 10/11/2009 11:22:42 PM

	You're wrong.

	COMMENT \| He needs posted by : IISoviaII 10/12/2009 12:30:19 AM

	Robin McAuley, Bodo Schopf, Rocky Newton, Steve Mann, or Mitch Perry back! MCAULEY SCHENKER GROUP FTW!!!!!!!!!!!

	COMMENT \| Schenker NEEDS Mogg......... posted by : MRBILL40 10/12/2009 1:19:22 AM

	Actually, Schenker and Mogg need to kiss and make-up and re-enforce UFO............ Schenker is great, but here in the States, Schenker is a nobody outside of the true classic rock fans who know who's who...... I've always liked UFO and some of Schenk's solo stuff as well, but rockin' in UFO is the hot ticket.... It's what the fans really want anyway...... I know I do........ I know very little of this Vinny Moore dude who has replaced Schenker in UFO, but my bro says Moore is fine in the band... I gotta check into that.......... UFO deserves better....... Q: Whatever happened to Paul Chapman??? He rocked radically in the very late 70s into the middle 80s....... I love the '83 album "Making Contact" from UFO..... Goods things either don't sell anymore or they just go to hell.... Why is that?? MR.BILL

	COMMENT \| FUCK JAPAN! posted by : FrankRizzo 10/12/2009 2:24:00 AM

	GET THE HELL UP TO TORONTO!!!!

	COMMENT \| he's posted by : istayedonthesnake 10/12/2009 9:23:04 AM

	played more live shows than most acts out there ever will, one of the last true guitar heroes, seems like he's got his shit together now......overrated....not

	COMMENT \| MR BILL posted by : JJJB 10/12/2009 1:26:22 PM

	Paul Chapman plays club gigs here in the Chicago area from time to time. I haven't seen him do one though. As for the Japanese tour......Simon Phillips and Neil Murray would be fun to see if the shows actually go on...lol

	COMMENT \| 10 to 1 odds that Michael Schenker will cancel these gigs... posted by : forest of impaled 10/13/2009 1:50:14 AM

	Oh wait, he makes some huge money in Japan. He'll make this set of cash cow dates and then cancel the next set of shitty US club dates.

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