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New York, NY (October 13, 2009)—For a musician as talented as guitar maestro Steve Morse, there are no boundaries between genres; there is only his unique sound. On November 17, The Steve Morse Band will release a new studio album Out Standing In Their Field via Eagle Rock Entertainment. This will also be released digitally on October 13.
 
Morse, who got his start in the Dixie Dregs in the 1970s, has enjoyed a fruitful career, earning himself a reputation as a “musician’s musician.” He’s spent the last sixteen years shredding for the legendary Deep Purple, in addition to fronting his own band. The release of Out Standing In Their Field will be the 12th album to date for The Steve Morse Band.
 
On this entirely instrumental album, Morse joins forces with bassist Dave LaRue and drummer Van Romaine to pound out un-tethered creativity. A multi-faceted blend of Morse’s influences, Out Standing In Their Field is a diverse sound spectrum, twisting together elements of rock, country, jazz, funk and classical. Unencumbered by lyrics, Morse’s guitar acts as a wailing, exploring siren, channeling emotion and raw power through the language of riffs. In addition to the ten brand new tracks boasted on Out Standing In Their Field, the band threw in an extra treat: a live recording of their song “Rising Power.” This bonus track invokes the goosebump-inducing power the Steve Morse Band conjures on stage.
 
Embarking on a North American tour with this new release, Steve Morse and his band have earned the right to be considered Out Standing In Their Field.
 
Eagle Rock Entertainment is an international media production and distribution company operating across audiovisual entertainment programming. Eagle Rock Entertainment works directly alongside talent to produce the highest quality programming output covering film, general entertainment and musical performance. Eagle Rock Entertainment has offices based in London, New York, Germany, France & Toronto.

Track Listing:
1.) Name Dropping
2.) Brink Of The Edge
3.) Here and Now and Then
4.) Relentless Encroachment
5.) John Deere Letter
6.) More To The Point
7.) Time Junction
8.) Unnamed Source
9.) Flight Of The Osprey
10.) Baroque ‘N Dreams
11.) Rising Power (Live)

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 For the 13th year, Rock 4 XMAS will bring together a who’s who of the rock-and-roll world and hit the stage to raise money to benefit the less fortunate.
     This year’s slate of shows is once again headlined by the legendary Eddie Money, and will feature performances by Ernie and the Automatics, Joey Molland of Badfinger, Kelly Keeling formerly of Blue Murder and Trans-Siberian Orchestra and Terry ILous of XYZ. The Seaport Inn show will also feature a short performance with Brick by Brick, a local youth organization.
     Serving as MC for the shows will be Butch Patrick, best known as Eddie from the classic television show “The Munsters.”
     The tour is set to begin on December 4 at the Seaport Inn and Marina in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, December 5th at the Cape Cod Community College in Hyannis Ma., with future shows on the way in Long Island, New York; Somerville Ma., and other locations before wrapping up in Uncasville, Connecticut at the Mohegan Sun Casino on December 14.
     Monies raised through the Rock 4 XMAS shows will benefit local charities in each host location that help families in need enjoy a happy holiday season.
     “Many of these stars have already lived that partying, rock-and-roll lifestyle,” said Wayne Morrison, event organizer and head of the Rock 4 XMAS Foundation. “Now they just want to help.”
     “These shows are always very intimate,” Morrison said. “When the performers are not on stage, they are meeting the people and signing autographs. They really want to meet the people of the community they are helping.”
     Tickets are $20 for the Seaport Inn show, and expected to be right around that mark for subsequent shows as well.
     “We know with the way the economy is, it’s hard to find the cash to go out to rock shows,” he said. “We want to keep it affordable, so that people can still get that good feeling from helping others without hurting themselves financially.”
     Rock 4 XMAS is also releasing a “Best Of” CD this season, bringing together some of the greatest tracks of the first two benefit albums on one disc. It will also feature new tracks such as “On a Clear Night,” performed by Eddie Money, and “My Christmas Tree is Haunted,” written by noted paranormal author Jeff Belanger.
     In addition to raising money and collecting other donations for needy families, Morrison is also looking for volunteers to help with the show. In addition, individuals can donate frequent flyer miles to help defray the expense of flying in all the performers. All donations are tax deductible.
     Updates regarding the shows and CD will be posted frequently on the foundation’s web site, www.rock4xmas.com  The site already features numerous video and audio clips from past events. Tickets for the Seaport Inn show can be purchased by contacting the Inn at (508) 997-1281 or by visiting www.seaportinnandmarina.com. Tickets for Cape Cod Show available at Puritans Men Store & Spiniker Records both in Hyannis.
 
ABOUT THE ROCK 4 XMAS FOUNDATION: Started in 1996, the Rock 4 XMAS Foundation brings food, gifts and the holiday spirit to less fortunate families through donations and benefit events. In addition to collecting donations, the foundation also is directly involved in the distribution. It has been recognized by the federal government with a 509(a)2 tax-exempt status. The web site for the foundation is www.rock4xmas.com.
 
ABOUT WAYNE MORRISON: Wayne Morrison is the owner of Morrison Music and Production, a company that represents and works with acts such as Eddie Money, Badfinger, Spence Davis, Pat Travers, Rick Derringer and many more. A survivor of the Station nightclub fire, Morrison also helped organize the original Night of Healing benefit concert.
 

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Steve Howe Trio, the jazz-oriented band featuring the Yes guitarist, plus Dylan Howe and Ross Stanley, are to tour the UK next year.

The dates are:

Birkenhead Pacific Road Arts Centre March 7, Gateshead Sage 8, Derby Assembly Rooms 10, Manchester Band On The Wall 11, Worcester Huntingdon Hall 12, Pontypridd Muni Arts Centre 13, Norwich Arts Centre 15, Cambridge Junction 16, Milton Keynes Stables 17, Ilfracombe Landmark Theatre 19.

For further info, go to www.stevehowe.com

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The original members of Bad Company – Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke – have announced that they will reunite for a series of eight UK shows in April 2010.

This marks the first time the original members will perform in the UK together in over three decades.

Additionally, a new Bad Company live CD/DVD set is set for release prior to the tour on 9th February 2010.

Bad Company announced their comeback this afternoon at the Hard Rock Café in Central London, where played a unique, intimate gig before a select invited audience.

They played an acoustic set that featured the songs Feel Like Makin’ Love, Shooting Star, Seagull and Do Right By Your Woman.

“These dates are to thank the fans for keeping the music alive,” said Rodgers, who was recently presented with the Classic Songwriter award at the annual Classic Rock magazine Roll Of Honour 2009.

“It’s great to be with Paul and Simon,” added Ralphs. “We made great music together and had the time of our lives doing it. I’m really looking forward to us bringing Bad Company back to the UK.”

Ralphs recently regrouped with 70s rock band Mott the Hoople for five sold-out reunion shows at the Hammersmith Apollo in London.

Bad Company’s April 2010 dates – sponsored by Classic Rock – are as follows:

Thursday 1 Birmingham LG Arena
Friday 2 Manchester Evening News Arena
Sunday 4 Sheffield City Hall
Monday 5 Cardiff CIA
Wednesday 7 Newcastle Metro Arena
Thursday 8 Glasgow SECC Clyde Auditorium
Saturday 10 Brighton Centre
Sunday 11 Wembley Arena

Special guests on the tour will the the Joe Perry Project.

Tickets go on sale at 10am Friday 20th November priced £38.50 London / £34.50 Regional (subject to booking fee) and are available from www.livenation.co.uk

For more information, please visit: www.badcompany.com and www.paulrodgers.com

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American Idol and its English counterpart, The X Factor, are both wildly popular, but one person who doesn’t like them is Sting.  The singer described The X Factor to the London Evening Standard saying, “It’s a preposterous show, and you have judges who have no recognizable talent apart from self-promotion.” Sting added, “Basically, I was looking at televised karaoke where they conform to stereotypes.  It’s a soap opera which has nothing to do with music.”  According to People magazine, Simon Cowell, who is a judge on the show, called Sting’s comments “pompous” then invited him on the series.  Sting hasn’t returned Cowell’s calls. 

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We often hear about Brian May and Roger Taylor from Queen, but there isn’t much talk of original bassist John Deacon.  It turns out, Deacon is somewhat reclusive.  England’s The Sun wrote about the 58-year-old rocker, who decided to shun the Freddie Mercury-less Queen.  Friends of Deacon’s attribute his privacy to never recovering from Freddie’s 1991 death and also because John wants to spend time with his wife and six kids.  Read more at TheSun.co.uk.   

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The Library of Congress will honor Sir Paul McCartney with its third Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.  The award goes to an artist who has had a transformative effect.  An all-star tribute concert is planned for early next year to celebrate the award.  No word yet on who will perform. 

• The previous winners of the prize are Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder. 

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There is a new movie being made about The Runaways and up until recently, Lita Ford wasn’t too thrilled with it.  The rocker, who was part of the band, didn’t want anything to do with the movie and was nervous that producers were using her name.  Here’s what she told us about the flick.

“They asked to buy the rights to my life story for a ridiculously low amount and I thought it was a slap in the face and we rejected it and just let them go about their way.  If there’s anything in the script we don’t like, we’ll pull it out.”

However, according to a press release, Lita has changed her attitude after meeting Scout Taylor Compton, the young actress who portrays Ford in the flick.  Scout saw Lita perform with Queensryche recently and met her backstage.  Since the encounter, Lita feels “so much better” about the film noting, “[Scout] has a heart and soul… She also hawks a mean loogey and really is a lot like me.”  The Runaways film, which also stars Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett and Dakota Fanning as Cherie Currie, is due out next year. 

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Recently, Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler joined bandmate Joe Perry on stage as Joe performed his solo material with The Joe Perry Project and now, bassist Tom Hamilton has followed suit.  Hamilton took the stage with the JPP on Saturday when the group performed at the House of Blues in Boston.  Tom collaborated with the group on a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Stop Messin’ Around” and the Aerosmith classic “Walk This Way.”