ROCK MEETS CLASSIC History Of Rock Tour 2016 Highlights From Opening Night - DORO Performs With THE SWEET, SCOTT GORHAM And MIDGE URE Play Together For The First Time In 30 Years (Video)
April 1, 2016, 8 years ago
Opening night of the Rock Meets Classic History Of Rock Tour took place in Würzburg, Germany on March 30th with Andy Scott and Pete Lincoln (The Sweet), Steve Walsh (Kansas), Scott Gorham and Ricky Warwick (Thin Lizzy), Dan McCafferty (Nazareth), Midge Ure (Ultravox), Joey Tempest (Europe) and special guest Doro together with The Mat Sinner Band and the Bohemian Symphony Orchestra Prague. Check out a fan filmed highlight clip from the night below.
Highlights include metal queen Doro performing "Ballroom Blitz" with The Sweet, and Midge Ure joining Scott Gorham and Ricky Warwick for "Boys are Back In Town". Ure toured and collaborated with Thin Lizzy back in 1979.
Rock Meets Classic 2016 tour dates:
April
1 - Passau, Germany - Dreiländerhalle
2 - Munich, Germany - Olympiahalle
3 - Stuttgart, Germany - Porsche Arena
5 - Frankfurt, Germany - Jahrhunderthalle
6 - Dusseldorf, Germany - Mitsubishi Electric Halle
8 - Berlin, Germany - Tempodrom
9 - Halle/Westfalen, Germany - Gerry Weber Stadion
10 - Magdeburg, Germany - GETEC Arena
12 - Bern, Switzerland - Bern Expo Halle 4
13 - Zurich, Switzerland - Hallenstadion
14 - Ingolstadt, Germany - Saturn Arena
15 - Neu-Ulm, Germany - Ratiopharm Arena
16 - Regensburg, Germany - Donau-Arena
17 - Nuremberg, Germany - Frankenhalle
The Mat Sinner Band features Primal Fear members Mat Sinner, Alex Beyrodt (guitars) and Tom Naumann (guitars), and also featuring Voodoo Circle's Jimmy Kresic (keyboards), Veronika Lukešová (Kiske / Somerville / drums), Tiffany Kirkland (backing vocals), Kolinda Brozovic (backing vocals), Gabriela Gunčíková (Trans-Siberian Orchestra / backing vocals) and Sascha Krebs (backing vocals).
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