Metal Express Radio recently caught up with THIN LIZZY bassist Marco Mendoza. An excerpt from the interview is available below:

MER: Your schedule with Thin Lizzy this year looks pretty full, especially as you`ve now been added to the GUNS N' ROSES tour, did you not feel like putting your feet up for a few weeks or do you just keep getting that urge to go out and play?

Mendoza: "I really live off music. You could say I’m addicted to it. It`s feast or famine. Everything happens at once then you get breaks and that`s when you can kick back. For the last two years it`s been one thing after another so it`s been good. I`d been getting invitations to do solo shows but I`d been so busy with Thin Lizzy that I just couldn`t fit it in. Thin Lizzy has just taken off in such a big way again, so much more than we expected. I returned home after being out with Thin Lizzy and not long after being back I got a call to do Daniel Powter's album over a three week period. He was working with producer Howard Benson and guitarist Tim Pierce and Josh Freese on drums. It was a real blast. That was my time off but it was a great project to do and it opened a lot of doors for me to work with those guys again in the future. As far as my shows are concerned, these were in the works for a year to a year and a half as being really busy with Lizzy and other things meant that I put it on the backburner but now I think the time is right to do a few shows of my own. I thrive on music and I enjoy playing so much that I can say that I need my daily fix. Even my wife and my family can see it in me. When I get home and I haven`t done any music for a while they can sense me getting angsty so when I get home I still have to play and book shows."

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Mendoza has confirmed that he will be doing a handful of solo dates in the UK this April. They are currently as follows:

April

19 - Sutton-In-Ashfield, England - Diamond
20 - Bradford, England - Rio’s
21 - Nuneaton, England - Queens Hall
22 - London, England - Borderline
23 - Belfast, Ireland - Spring And Airbrake

Mendoza will reportedly have a full band with him. Go to this location for details and updates.

While on the road with Thin Lizzy supporting JUDAS PRIEST, Mendoza sat down with BraveWords.com's Mitch Lafon backstage at their November 24th at the Bell Center in Montreal. Mendoza discusses Thin Lizzy's future recording plans and his plan to release new music with JOURNEY's Neal Schon. Check out the chat below: