The guitarist Michael Schenker recently released the album "My Years With UFO" on which he re-recorded famous songs from his years with UFO. Now the artist announced he will be touring to promote that record, focusing on the material he recorded with the band. Michael Schenker: My Years With UFO tour dates March Monsters of Rock Cruise March 10-15, 2025 - Miami - Great Stirrup Cay - Nassau April 9 - Zoetermeer, Netherlands - Poppodium Boerderij 10 - Hamburg, Germany - Fabrik 11 - Coesfeld, Germany - Fabrik 12 - Neuruppin, Germany - Kulturhaus Stadtgarten 14 - Jena, Germany - F-Haus 16 - Krakow, Poland - Kwadrat 17 - Vienna, Austria - SimmCity 19 - Mannheim, Germany - Capitol 21 - Augsburg, Germany - Spectrum 22 - Nuremberg, Germany - Hirsch 24 - Vauréal, France - Le Forum 25 - Maastricht, Netherlands - Muziekgieterij 26 - Uden, Netherlands - De Pul 27 - Herford, Germany - Kulturwerk 28 - Bochum, Germany - Zeche 30 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7 May 1 - Milan, Italy - Alcatraz 2 - Mozac, France - L'Arlequin 3 - Pamplona, Spain - Sala Totem Aretoa 4 - Madrid, Spain - Sala La Riviera 5 - Barcelona, Spain - Sala Apolo 8 - Wolverhampton, UK - KK’s Steel Mill 9 - Dublin, IE - Opium 10 - Belfast, UK - Mandela Hall 11 - Manchester, UK - O2 Ritz 13 - Glasgow, UK - The Garage 14 - London, UK - Indigo at The O2 15 - Bristol, UK - O2 Academy June 28 - Thessaloniki, Greece - Rockwave Festival July 4-7 - Knislinge, Sweden - Time To Rock Festival 12 - Mogilovo, Bulgaria - Midalidare Rock 19 - Spalt-Enderndorf, Germany - Lieder am See 20 - Maidstone, UK - Maid of Stone Festival August Wacken Open Air - July 30 - August 2, 2025 - Wacken, Germany 2 - Northern Kin Festival, UK - Thornley Hall Farm 8-10 - Kortrijk, Belgium - Alcatraz Open Air 23 - Aarburg, Switzerland - Riverside Festival September 5 - Orlando, FL - Plaza Live 6 - Ft Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room 7 - Clearwater, FL - Capitol Theater 9 - Hopewell, VA - Beacon Theater 10 - Warrendale, PA - Jergels 12 - Ridgefield, CT - Ridgefield Playhouse 13 - Derry, NH - Tupelo Music Hall 14 - Patchogue, NY - Patchogue Theater 16 - Annapolis, MD - Ram's Head Onstage 17 - Glenside, PA - Keswick Theater 19 - New York, NY - Palladium Times Square 20 - Newton, NJ - Newton Theater 21 - Leesburg, VA - Tally Ho Theater 23 - Columbus, OH - The Kings Of Clubs 26 - Des Plaines, IL - Des Plaines Theater 27 - St Charles, IL - Arcada Theater 28 - Green Bay, WI - EPIC Event Center 30 - Denver, CO - Oriental Theater October 2 - Agoura Hills, CA - Canyon Club 3 - Los Angeles, CA - Saban Theater 4 - Anaheim, CA - The Grove 5 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall 8 - Albuquerque, NM - National Hispanic Cultural Center 10 - Plano, TX - Legacy Hall 11 - San Antonio, TX - Tobin Center 12 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall 19 - Mallorca, Spain - Full Metal Holiday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qs2E9PMdPg&pp=ygURc2NoZW5rZXIgYXhsIHJvc2U%3DThe post Michael Schenker announces tour focused on UFO material appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

The Doobie Brothers released "Learn To Let Go", the fourth single of their upcoming new album "Walk This Road", and is the first track to feature Michael McDonald on vocals in 45 years. Previously, the band had already shared the songs "Call Me", "Lahaina" and "Walk This Road". The track was co-written by Michael McDonald and the producer John Shanks. Michael shares the vocals in the song with Pat Simmons and Tom Johnston. "It's a song about what might be the hardest lesson we learn and one of the last things we do in this life," McDonald said. Hear the new Doobie Brothers song "Learn to Let Go" https://youtu.be/BXsktUNHOTc The new album has 10 tracks and was recorded with the line-up formed by Michael McDonald (Vocals, keyboards), Patrick Simmons (Guitar, banjo, vocals), Tom Johnston (Vocals, guitar, harmonica) and John McFee (Guitar, banjo, cello and more). This same line-up will be the one which will tour to promote the record. Tracklist “Walk this Road” Featuring Mavis Staples “Angels & Mercy” “Call Me” “Learn to Let Go” “State of Grace” “Here to Stay” “The Kind That Lasts” “New Orleans” “Speed of Pain” “Lahaina” The Doobie Brothers talked about the album album saying: Tom Johnston: “We all sang on ‘Walk This Road,’ that’s a different kind of track for us to do. I think it’s good to try to do things you haven’t done before, that’s the way it should be.” Michael McDonald: “Getting back in with the guys and playing again is great. In my heart I’ve always been a Doobie Brother. We’ve all remained friends over the years. We’ve all been enjoying it tremendously, even more than we thought we would.”The post Hear the new Doobie Brothers song “Learn to Let Go” appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

After more than 40 years the classic mockumentary "Spinal Tap" will have a sequel and finally the movie release date was revealed. "Spinal Tap II: The End Continues" will hit the theaters next September 12. A 30 second teaser was released and it shows that now, the volume goes way beyond 11. Paul McCartney and Elton John are some of the famous musicians who will appear in the movie. Watch the teaser trailer of "Spinal Tap II: The End Continues" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-Y51nBET8k The director Rob Reiner, who is back for the sequel, revealed in an interview with Empire a few months ago the details of the movie plot. “Nigel has been running a cheese and guitar shop in Berwick-upon-Tweed. He’s also been performing with a local folk band in the village that play penny whistle and mandolin, and he plays electric guitar with them. We show a little clip of that.” “David St. Hubbins has been living in Morro Bay in California, and he’s been writing music for podcasts, particularly this one true-crime podcast called ‘The Trouble With Murder.’ He also writes the music that you hear when you’re on hold on the phone.” He continued: “Derek is living in London and is now the curator of the New Museum of Glue. He’s curated glue from every country in the world – the whole history of glue – and he shows me around. He’s also been performing with a philharmonic orchestra, and he’s written this kind of symphony about the fact that the devil wears a bad hair piece. It’s called Hell Toupée.” “[W]e came up with this idea that Ian Faith (Actor who was the band’s manager and died recently) had willed his daughter, Hope, this contract that called for one more performance. “She thinks initially, ‘Well, this is not really worth anything.’ But then some big music star, while screwing around at a sound check, is filmed on an iPhone singing a Tap song, and it goes wild on social media. All of a sudden, the contract is worth something,” Rob Reiner said. The original Spinal Tap cast had Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer. It cost around 2 million dollars and made 4.7 million dollars only in North America. Although it wasn’t a blockbuster, it became a cult-following movie and is often mentioned by famous artists as one of their favorite movies. Besides the soundtrack of the movie released in 1984, the band also released two other albums over the years. One in 1992 called “Break  Like the Wind” and the other “Back From The Dead” In 2009.The post “Spinal Tap II” release date is revealed appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

Robert Plant was a crucial part of the evolution of Hard Rock music, if he hadn't been the vocalist of Led Zeppelin, certainly things shouldn't have been the same. The "Golden Gold" as he became known in the 70s, was a huge influence to many generations of singers and to this day is one of the most successful Hard Rock artists in the world. But he always had a really broad musical taste, not only listening to Blues or heavier bands. That can be seen in the kind of music he did after Led Zeppelin came to an end in 1980 due to John Bonham's death. Over the years he praised many bands from the 60s and one of them was Jefferson Airplane, which had Grace Slick on vocals. So to show a little bit more about Plant's love for the group, we selected the two songs by them that the musician said were some of his favorites. The 2 Jefferson Airplane songs that Robert Plant listed as favorites "White Rabbit" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0&pp=ygUOIldoaXRlIFJhYmJpdCI%3D The first one is "White Rabbit", one of their most famous tracks, which was released in 1967 on their second album "Surrealistic Pillow". Talking with Charlie Rose back in 2005, he revealed which were some of his favorite songs of all time. One of them was "White Rabbit". (Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage) “If I got to the west coast, there were a lot of bands out there. I think Jefferson Airplane‘s ‘White Rabbit’ was really strong”. The song was a success and peaked at number one in Canada and 8 on the United States charts. The group was formed in San Francisco, California back in 1965 and was active until 1973. One year later, a spin-off called Jefferson Starship was created and was quite successful. They had hits in the 80s like “Sara”, “We Built This City” and “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now”. That version of the band had Grace Slick and Paul Kantner. Jefferson Airplane was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 by Mickey Hart and Phil Leash from the Grateful Dead. "She Has Funny Cars" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7anpSApXtUo&pp=ygUUIlNoZSBIYXMgRnVubnkgQ2FycyI%3D The second Jefferson Airplane song that Plant said was one of his favorites was "She Has Funny Cars". The track is also from their 1967 album "Surrealistic Pillow" but it wasn't as successful as their other hits. He mentioned the track when he was invited to the BBC Radio 6 show “6 Music’s Festive Takeover” in 2021. In the show he listed some of his favorite songs of all time and explained why he loved them. (Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage) “‘She Has Funny Cars’, taken from ‘Surrealistic Pillow’ (1967) on RCA Victor. One of my favorite bands of all time, Jefferson Airplane. I got a painting two months ago from Grace Slick. She sent me a magnificent painting of me holding a microphone. But sadly I was dressed as a white rabbit. She also put some very interesting comments on the back,” Robert Plant said. Jefferson Airplane received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award back in 2016. They reunited in 1989 and 1996.The post The 2 Jefferson Airplane songs that Robert Plant listed as favorites appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

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The Mexican drug cartels are a far greater threat to the United States than China, Russia or Iran, says Doug Macgregor. They’ve got Javelin missile systems on our border, and American officials on their payroll. UTL COMMENT:- Starve Ukraine of money and weapons...it's THAT simple..... Paid partnerships with: PureTalk: Switch your cell phone service to a company you can be PROUD to do business with athttps://PureTalk.com/Tucker PreBorn: Save babies and souls athttps://PreBorn.com/Tucker #TuckerCarlson #DougMacgregor #DonaldTrump #Putin #Zelensky #Mexico #drugcartels #truecrime #breakingnews #Ukraine #Russia #Iran #Israel #war #politics Chapters: 0:00 The Ukrainian Drone Strike in Moscow 6:54 Why Is Ukraine Dragging Out This War?
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A judge has ordered several federal government agencies to reinstate the jobs of probationary employees fired en masse by the Trump administration last month. Judge William Alsup called the sacking of these employees part of a "sham" strategy that aimed to circumvent proper procedures for reducing the federal workforce. The order will apply to thousands of probationary workers who were fired at the Agriculture, Defence, Energy, Interior, Treasury, and Veterans Affairs departments.

A federal judge in San Francisco ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to rehire thousands, if not tens of thousands, of probationary workers let go in mass firings across multiple agencies, blasting their tactics Thursday as he slowed the new president’s dramatic downsizing of the federal government. U.S. District Judge William Alsup said that the terminations were directed by the Office of Personnel Management and its acting director, Charles Ezell, who lacked the...