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Relayer, you're a pal.

Thanks for the info. This band sounds well worth seeing.

Tickets are already on sale - I've just got mine at:

http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region … ent=317012

cheers

David

That is a very interesting line up , they could well come out with some high quality Rock/Funk Anything type sound , And Joe Satriani will indeed light that one up , Looking forward to hearing some of their stuff

........................ Michael

This is sort of a double-post

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Here's a Chickenfoot thing that's not from Music Radar, for a change...

'Burying the Hatchet' tour to feature Van Halen, Chickenfoot

LOS ANGELES - It's finally happening. In what is certainly one of the most surprising moves in rock 'n' roll, VAN HALEN has announced a fall 2009 U.S. tour with support from newly formed supergroup CHICKENFOOT.

"Van Halen has patched things up with its former members, and this tour -- 'Burying The Hatchet', we're calling it -- is a reflection of that," said guitarist EDDIE VAN HALEN.

Eddie's current bandmates include his son, bassist WOLFGANG VAN HALEN, original vocalist DAVID LEE ROTH, and drummer ALEX VAN HALEN, and they will be touring in support of a forthcoming greatest hits package.

Chickenfoot traces its origins to the short-lived supergroup PLANET US -- NEAL SCHON and DEEN CASTRONOVO of Journey, SAMMY HAGAR and MICHAEL ANTHONY of Van Halen, and solo guitar virtuoso JOE SATRIANI -- and will be releasing its self-titled debut album in Best Buy retail stores across the United States on June 9.

The Chickenfoot album features the lineup of Hagar, Anthony, Satriani, and RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS drummer CHAD SMITH, but the band has different plans for the tour.

"With its tours over the last two years, Van Halen fans have shown that they're comfortable with change," says Hagar, who replaced Roth as lead singer in 1986. "They kicked me out of the band in 1996, and Mikey was forced out a few years later. It's about time we did something just as crazy."

Just how crazy? Satriani's 17-year-old son Z.Z. will be playing bass with the band.

"When I first heard that Wolfgang would be playing bass in Van Halen a few years ago, I have to admit I was shocked," says Satriani. "But then I realized my son is just about the same age. If Eddie's OK with it, I should be fine with it as well."

Satriani's son is no stranger to performing, having played sax on his 2008 album, Professor Satchafunkilus And The Musterion Of Rock, and bowed bass on the song Bamboo, from 2004's Is There Love In Space? (Another track from that album, If I Could Fly, made headlines recently when Satriani sued the band COLDPLAY, saying their song Viva La Vida infringes on his song.)

Not only have Van Halen and Chickenfoot both recently fired their bassists, but they also have something else in common: Roth and Hagar toured together in 2002.

Former Van Halen and Chickenfoot bassist Anthony won't be left out in the cold this fall. His side project, the MAD ANTHONY XPRESS, will be opening select shows on the "Burying The Hatchet" tour.

The Van Halen greatest hits collection, BEST OF: VOLUME II, is scheduled for release September 15 on Warner Bros. Records. It spans the Roth-led years, 1978-1984, and will only feature the songs from the Roth era that are already available on both 1996's BEST OF: VOLUME I and 2004's BEST OF BOTH WORLDS.

Chickenfoot's album will be re-released the same day, in every retail outlet in the U.S. excluding Best Buy.

Ticket prices range from $19.84 to $51.50 and go on sale April 1, 2009

THATS TODAY APRIL 1 YOU FOOLS!!!!!!!

If anyone wants tickets for the Chickenfoot show at the Shepherd Bush Empire (the only UK date) you'd better get a move on. There are no tickets available now through TicketWeb/venue box office but SEEtickets do still have stalls standing at GBP 29.50

David

Here is a link to a review of their show in Toronto last night.

http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment … 1-sun.html

I'd say the Toronto Sun thing was a pretty fair assessment.

They were fun, having fun, and awesome. Did not realize what a mofo Chad is on skins. Sammy was in fine voice, Joe was Joe, awesome and spot on. He played both the Lord and Blackmore parts to Highway Star to perfection. Glad to see Michael Anthony having fun again.... If you are seeing foot in a small venue, bring earplugs. Joe is nowhere near as high in the mix as you are used to, there is more of a general din making it difficult to differentiate the parts and Sammy and Mike can still scream like banshees.

Renewed aquaintances with Mick, told him I was surprised to see him there as I was told it was all/mostly Sammy's peeps around this tour. Mick assured me 'Foot will be back in a bigger venue come the fall. (Hopefully I can have a sit and grin with the boys at that time)Yes, Alex (Lifeson) was off stage beside Joe and everyone kept looking over that way and grinnin during the show. If everyone did go partying with Alex, no one turned up with a broken nose and black eyes at least.

All in all a good night and snagged a Joe plectrum to boot....

There is a Chickenfoot track ("Soap on a Rope") in the album you get by buying German ROCKS, Heft 10.Sounds very promising.
Günter

mr amazon says the album has been dispached its on its way!