Take notes as Tony MacAlpine highlights an array of guitar techniques - tap harmonics, sweeping, speed picking ... in this performance of "Red Giant". Tony and his band take to the EMGtv stage for another tune from his latest album, Concrete Gardens, featuring fellow EMG artist Nili Brosh along with Pete Griffin on bass, and Aquiles Priester on drums. Tony and Nili are both playing the EMG 57-7H and EMG 66-7H humbucker pickups for seven string guitar.

 

MacAlpine and his band, who recently wrapped their US tour, had their gear stolen during an overnight stop in Austin, TX in June. They continued to tour using borrowed equipment. MacAlpine has checked in with the following message:

"Thank you to all who came out to rock with me, Bjorn Englen and Aquiles Priester on the 2015 Concrete Gardens US Tour. We had a blast playing for you, and we were also touched by your personal support as well as the incredible help from our endorsement companies, which enabled us to keep the tour going after the unfortunate theft that occurred. 

Thanks also to our brothers LoNero for their support, and friendship; our new friends Hephystus for joining us through the midwest; and Blue Mouth Promotions LLC.

See you all again very soon!"

The Concrete Gardens tour continues in September with stops in Korea and Japan, and in the UK and Europe this October and into November. Dates are as follows:

September 
17 - Rolling Hall - Seoul, South Korea
18 - OZ Hall - Busan, South Korea    
29 - Music Club Janus - Osaka, Japan    
30 - Club Citta -    Kawasaki, Japan

October
15 - Band On The Wall - Manchester, United Kingdom
16 - The Underworld - London, United Kingdom
18 - Le Forum - Vaureal, France
21 - Poppodium Q-Factory - Amsterdam, Netherlands    
23 - Bergkeller -  Reichenbach Im Vogtland, Germany                
25 - Państwowa Szkoła Muzyczna - Nowy Targ, Poland
26 - Teatr Mały    - Tychy, Poland    
27 - Bounty Rock Cafe - Olomouc, Czech Republic
28 - Melodka - Brno, Czech Republic
29 - Blue Note - Nové Mesto Nad Váhom, Slovakia                
30 - A38 - Budapest, Hungary

November
1 - Silver Church - Bucharest, Romania    
11 - Black Box -     Nice, France    
12 - Razzmatazz 3 - Barcelona, Spain    
13 - Sala Lopez    - Calatayud, Spain
14 - Sala Cats - Madrid, Spain