GRAHAM BONNET Talks Playing Home Town For The First Time In 49 Years; Audio Interview Available

February 18, 2016, 8 years ago

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GRAHAM BONNET Talks Playing Home Town For The First Time In 49 Years; Audio Interview Available

Metal Express Radio caught up with Graham Bonnet during his current UK tour to get an update on his current projects, and of course his past times with Rainbow, Michael Schenker and Alcatrazz. Click here to check out the audio interview (download).

All Day And All Night Long is a documentary tour diary on Bonnet and his newly assembled Graham Bonnet Band, it follows the band in the studio, at rehearsals and on their first proper tour of the UK.

A multi-part diary covering the band's experiences as the tour progresses and unfolds. The documentary tour diary is produced by Jimmy Kay from Canada's The Metal Voice and Giles Lavery from The Graham Bonnet Band.

In part 3, Graham Bonnet returns back to his place of Birth in Skegness, England for a home coming show at The Skycastle where he last played the venue 49 years ago. While in Skegness, Bonnet visits his parent’s resting place, his former band mates and his relatives.

While on tour in Glasgow, Scotland  Bonnet salutes former Rainbow bassist Jimmy Bain who recently passed away, “I’d like to say something, you lost one of your fellow countrymen, Jimmy Bain and I would like to salute him, a former member of Rainbow.”

See Parts 1 - 3 below:

Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

The Graham Bonnet Band recently released the first video, "The Mirror Lies”, from their 2-track EP Thy Kingdom Come, which was released to iTunes in June 2015 to promote their sold out tour of Japan with Michael Schenker's Temple Of Rock.

The band (with UK metal act Evyltyde as support) are undertakimg an extensive UK tour.

Graham says, "I am excited to come back to the U.K. with my new group, and a full career spanning set-list that fans will be very happy with, I hope to see you all there!"

UK dates are as follows:

February
18 - Talking Heads - Southhampton, UK
19 - Bierkeller - Bristol, UK
20 - 02 Academy 2 - Islington London, UK

2016 will see the band also tour Australia/New Zealand/Sweden/Germany/US and many yet to be announced dates.

The band is:

Graham Bonnet - Vocals
Conrado Pesinato - Guitars
Beth-Ami Heavenstone - Bass
Mark Zonder - Drums


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