SCOTT GORHAM, MICHAEL SCHENKER To Join EUROPE At 30th Anniversary Sweden Rock Show
March 21, 2013, 11 years ago
EUROPE will be joined by special guests Scott Gorham (BLACK STONE RIDERS, THIN LIZZY) and MICHAEL SCHENKER (ex-SCORPIONS, UFO) at their upcoming 30th Anniversary show at the Sweden Rock Festival, which will take place June 5th - 8th in Sölvesborg, Sweden.
This will be Europe's only Swedish performance of the anniversary year! And it will be a grandiose event indeed, promises singer Joey Tempest. The stage show will be one of the greatest, if not the greatest of the band's entire career. The setlist will be specially composed from Europe's entire nine-album discography. Including their cult debut Europe (1983), multi-million seller The Final Countdown (1986) and their most recent outing Bag Of Bones (2012) which has now reached gold status. The performance will also be filmed for a DVD-release, so make sure you'll be present when a piece of Swedish rock history will be both created and preserved for posterity.
For the record: today's version of Europe is identical to the classic The Final Countdown lineup: Joey Tempest (vocals), John Norum (guitar), John Levén (bass), Mic Michaeli (keyboards) and Ian Haugland (drums).
Confirmed acts now include: ACCEPT, AMARANTHE, AMON AMARTH, AT THE GATES, AUDREY HORNE, AVANTASIA, AXXIS, BLACK STAR RIDERS, BLOODBOUND, BULLET, CANDLEMASS, CIVIL WAR, STACIE COLLINS, CORRODED, CRAZY LIXX, DEMON, DORO, JON ENGLISH, FIREWIND, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, HEATHEN, HOMELAND, HUNTRESS, HYPOCRISY, IHSAHN, MICHAEL KATON, KISS, KLOGR, KREATOR, KROKUS, THE LAST BAND, THE LEVELLERS, MORGANA LEFAY, LENINGRAD COWBOYS, LEPROUS, MAGIC PIE, MANILLA ROAD, MÅRRAN, MARTIN PRAHL'S SKELTER WHEEL, MASTERS OF REALITY, MIA KLOSE, NAGLFAR, NEWSTED, NINE BELOW ZERO, PARADISE LOST, RAUBTIER, RUSH, SAHG, SATAN, SAXON, THE SCAMS, SISTER SIN, SKID ROW, SONATA ARCTICA, SPIDERS, RICK SPRINGFIELD, STATUS QUO, SURVIVOR, SWEET, TANKARD, THRESHOLD, THUNDER, DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT, TREAT, UFO, VADER, VOMITORY, WITCHCRAFT.
Sweden Rock Festival is a four-day festival with a total of 80 bands performing on five outdoor stages. More info can be found at Swedenrock.com.