Thursday, April 12, 2007

Ozzy is back!

Ozzy Osbourne has confirmed details of his first solo album in six years.

Ozzy Osbourne-Dreamer


"Black Rain" is out next month and was recorded in his studio at home in Los Angeles with his touring band of Zakk Wylde, Blasko and Mike Bordin.

Amongst the album tracks are "I Don't Wanna Stop", "Not Going Away", "Civilize The Universe", "Trap Door", "Thank God For The Almighty Dollar" and "Black Rain".

The former Black Sabbath legend has also revealed that "Black Rain" is the first LP in his career to be recorded completely sober.

ozzy osbourne - paranoid


He told Billbaord: "I thought I'd never write again without any stimulation. But you know what? Instead of picking of the bottle I just got honest and said, "I don't want life to go (to pieces)."

"Black Rain" is due out on May 22.

Friday, April 06, 2007

Police: New album?

The Police are considering making a new album, as they prepare to embark on their enormous comeback world tour.

Andy Summers, the band's guitarist, revealed the news in London earlier this week, and said they were hoping to play "a couple of new songs" at the live shows.

Summers was asked about the possibility of a new Police album, their first in almost 15 years, at the launch of his memoirs "One Train Later" yesterday.

He explained: "If we do well with these concerts we may well make a sixth album. I can't see why not."

The Police - Roxanne



The Police playing Roxanne at the 49th Grammy's



Speaking about the band's rehearsals, which follow their official reunion performance at the Grammys earlier this year, Summers confirmed the group had been having fun.

"We've been jamming acoustically lately and we've been really enjoying it. We'll be playing a couple of new songs at the shows in the summer", he said.

The Police play the first of their comeback dates in Vancouver at the end of May before appearing at the following UK shows later in the year:

September 2007

04+05 Birmingham NIA
08+09 London Twickenham Stadium

October
15+16 Manchester MEN Arena
19 Cardiff Millennium Stadium