NEWS

Graham will do a mini-tour (solo gigs) with Daffy in Finland in August! For detailed dates, venues and tickets, please check the Tours page. We are truly looking forward to seeing the Finnish fans again!

We are pleased to announce that three solo gigs in Brazil in early July have been confirmed. For detailed dates, venues and tickets, please check the Tours page.

As for the possible Alcatrazz gigs in EU and Mexico in this autumn, we will announce them as soon as 100% confirmed. Keep your fingers crossed!

Just wanted to let you know first that Graham will perform some solo gigs with The Paulo Zinner Rockestra in Brazil in July. Details about the dates and venues will be posted here shortly.

Also, some Alcatrazz gigs in the other parts of the world are under discussion. Please check back.

Graham Bonnet is proud to announce that he is now officially endorsed by world renowned and prestigious microphone manufacturers AKG.

Graham said: "I've used AKG microphones in the studio since the start of my career through to present day, and I regard them as the absolute best in capturing my voice with natural tone and dynamics. I also use AKG wireless mic systems live, for the best in live sound and reliable technology. I'm very pleased to be part of the AKG family and I look forward to a long collaboration with them."

www.akg.com

Alcatrazz have successfully completed the New York gigs and are working on materials for the new album. Russ Ballard, the composer of "Since You Been Gone", has written a great, new song especially for Alcatrazz. The band is also looking to do more shows for fans in the U.S. and the other countries. For booking inqueries, email@bonnetrocks.com.
Also, don't forget to check the latest interviews with Graham here !

In addition to Alcatrazz, Graham will participate in another project called "Savage Paradise" featuring Mario Parga (Forcefield/Cozy Powell/Mario Parga) on guitars, Kevin Valentine (Kiss/Cinderella) on drums, Tim Luce (Alcatrazz) on bass and Eric Ragno (Takara/Vox Tempus/China Blue) on keyboards. The former singer Tony Martin (Black Sabbath) has left the project due to other commitments and Graham fills the role. Check back for any future development!

Alcatrazz feat. Graham Bonnet is finally playing gigs in the East Coast area!!! The gigs are at The Haunt (Yonkers, NY) on February 27 and at Jaxx (Springfield, VA) on February 28. For tickets and direction, click out the links on the Tour page. The Alcatrazz power classics will rock you after more than 20 years!!! The tour starts with a gig at Paladino's in California, so don't miss it!

We will observe Graham's 61st birthday tomorrow, and here is a message from Graham.
"To all Alcatrazz fans, we wish you a great Christmas and a safe one. Drive safe!
We can't wait to see the best fans in the world again soon.
Love to you.
Graham Bonnet & all the guys from Alcatrazz."

We always thank you all for your support. Graham has come through a difficult year from his divorce, and he has been, and will be, working hard to make his new life wonderful one. We truly hope that coming year will be a great year for Graham, both professionally and personally!
For season's greetings & birthday messages to Graham, and love letters to the lonely heart <wink>, email@bonnetrocks.com.

Graham will be joining Mario Parga's performance at next year's NAMM show in Anaheim, California on January 17th, 2009 at the Fishman Acoustic Amplification booth (Hall C, Booth 4258) at 2 p.m. The performance will be an all-acoustic set amplified by Fishman, with his friends Tim Luce (bass: Alcatrazz/Savage Paradise), Kevin Valentine (drums and Eric Ragno (keyboards: Vox Tempus/Savage Paradise/Takara). For all press inquiries and NAMM press passes, please contact Shawna at music@midnightcafestudios.com.

While working on new materials, Alcatrazz featuring Graham Bonnet has done a number of gigs in the U.S., Japan and Europe since last year. The band is out and ready to work with new gigs in the U.S. and overseas in mind. The album is coming together, and the band also wants to get out there to play live for as many fans worldwide as possible. We have received lots of emails requesting the band to come to your town, and we will post any new gig on this site as soon as booked and confirmed.

In the meantime, Graham is starting session work for an upcoming 3D computer-animated movie titled "Lyraka - Music From A Mermaid Empire". We will post any progress here.

We are pleased to announce that Spain's most experimental guitar player, J21, releases his first solo album "Yellow Mind : Blue Mind", featuring Graham on two songs "The Edge of Now" and "The Truth Behind The Veil". The other musicians featured on the album are Trey Gunn (King Crimson, KTU, Trey Gunn Band), Geoff Tyson (T-Ride) and Ed Mann (Zappa). For a sample clip of "The Edge of Now" and more information, visit www.lawof21.com or www.myspace.com/j21music.

BTW, thank you so much to all the Bulgarian fans who came to see the show! The bassist Tim Luce has put up some great pics of the show up on his myspace: www.myspace.com/timluce. Please check them out!

As we have already released the news on the Tours page, Alcatrazz featuring Graham Bonnet will be headlining the BerkRock festival in Bulgaria on July 26th! Also, the band is ready to start putting down some of the new tracks. Graham puts it "It's been hard getting started because of everybody's other commitments. I think it will be great when we can just concentrate on the band and put out some new stuff....I think though we have something a bit different this time around. We need to be new, that is, sounding. Bring the band into this century...but elements of the original sound of Alcatrazz in the mix with the new stuff. Hopefully we can start on that soon." We will keep you posted when there is any progress.

In addition, Graham is teaming up with his old friend Mario Parga to record a special CD/download single. The song is called 'American Angel' and is based on Mario's previously unreleased instrumental song of the same name. The single will be released by MidnightCafe Music late in the year. A video for the song is in the pipeline and will be shot in Los Angeles, more news of this to follow!

Graham has finished tours in Finland and Russia with great success. Graham is very pleased that they went very well. Thank you so much for coming to see the shows! You can check the photos from Finland and Russia here:
http://www.myspace.com/grahambonnetandjoelynnturner
http://www.darkside.ru/report/3187 (pics by Grigory Evstigneev)
http://deep-purple.ru//photos/bonnet/moscow_2008/image0.htm

On a side note, there has been sad news that the British hard rock guitarist Mel Galley(Trapeze, Whitesnake, Phenomena, etc.) passed away on July 1st. Graham would like to send his sincere sympathy to his loved ones family. A fine musician has left us way before his time...May his soul rest in peace....

[Notice to Graham's old friends & people in Skegness, UK]
In case any of you happen to know the whereabouts of a person called "Janet Grainger (maiden name)", please contact us at email@bonnetrocks.com. Graham needs to contact her. Thanks!

We are pleased to announce that Graham will play a solo gig in Moscow, Russia on June 29, after some unfortunate cancellations in the past few years. Graham is truly looking forward to finally seeing Russian fans again after three years!!! For the details, check the Tours page of this site.
Also, there are some other solo or Alcatrazz tour plans for this summer and autumn in progress. We will announce them here as soon as 100% confirmed. As for recordings, Graham is working on new Alcatrazz materials and other session projects during his busy tour dates. They are all great materials that would make the voice shine, so please look forward to them coming out!
Lastly, to Finnish fans, check out the Tours page again for the latest live schedule. See you at the venue in your town, with Joe Lynn Turner, very very soon!!!

As we announced in January, Graham has recorded vocal track for the Lizzy Borden cover tune "Red Rum" for the Norwegian project called "Tomorrow's Outlook". Now they have uploaded a 30 second long clip of the tune to their myspace. Please check it out! The song will be released on the Lizzy Borden tribute album "Baptized in Blood" sometime in 2008 by Metallicarchangel Records.

On a side note, Mario Parga, the lead guitarist on the Forcefield IV and The Day I Went Mad albums, visited Graham's place in March and renewed his friendship with Graham. We hope some good collaboration will happen in the future, but in the meantime, check out Mario's latest excellent work "Entranced" at his website.

Graham Bonnet & Howie Simon of Alcatrazz will be on "Junkman's" afternoon radio show on www.KNAC.com this Monday the 25th around 4:00PM Pacific Standard Time (USA) promoting their February 29th Paladino's show as well as other things going on. KNAC was the longtime heard rock radio station in Los Angeles and is now alive in well around the world in cyberspace! They will play a couple of live tracks from the Alcatrazz shows in Tokyo last May. We hope everyone can tune in and maybe email in some questions.

As for future live gigs, don't forget to check the Tours page as we have recently been updating it more often than this News page. After the Paladino's gig will be the Europe tour with Taz Taylor Band in April, and also some Finland dates with Joe Lynn Turner in June. Some plans in Australia are in progress too.

Alcatrazz featuring Graham Bonnet had a great start in 2008 in San Francisco Bay. Rick, a long time GB fan in SF who has also attended a number of recent GB gigs in LA, puts it "it was the best show I have seen with Graham since Impellitteri 20 years ago...The band is tighter than ever and the back up vocals were perfect." The other metal fan also says "it was the best...it was worth driving for 12 hours from San Diego. Graham was in great shape." We hope Alcatrazz picked up some new fans during the show. Many thanks to the audience and, of course, to Y&T who gave Alcatrazz such a wonderful opportunity to share the stage in the Bay Area.

Good news is that Alcatrazz featuring Graham Bonnet will play again a short gig in Anaheim, California on the 18th this month. See the Tours page for the details. The band are truly looking forward to seeing you there!

Also, Graham will be recording a vocal track on the song "Red Rum" for Norwegian metal project called "Tomorrow's Outlook". Detailed info will follow as the work progresses.

Today we would like to celebrate Graham's 60th birthday, and thank you so much for all the messages and greetings sent to this site. Here's a message from Graham.
"Thank you so much to all the fans all over the world. I hope to see you all again next year. Have a great Christmas and keep on listening to music! All my love and thanks from me and my family.
Graham"

Please allow us to tell you that the Argentine gig on the 5th was a great success. The reaction from the audience was so enthusiastic that he couldn't leave the stage at the end of the show. The backing band member Javier puts it "This has been an incredible experience for me as well as for the rest of the band. The rehearsals and the show were truly unforgettable....It has all been like a dream and I hope we can repeat it very soon." Also, Graham appeared on local TV to play two songs (SYBG and ANL) on acoustic guitar. Overall, Graham and the band truly enjoyed the tour. The setlist, band members and pics will be posted on the Reviews page soon. Thank you, Argentina!!!

As for upcoming gigs, there will be an Alcatrazz featuring Graham Bonnet gig supporting Y&T on new year's eve in San Francisco. On January 4th, there will be one with The Taz Taylor Band in Hollywood. Furthermore, Graham and Taz will be touring extensively in Europe for approximately eight (8) weeks, beginning March 5th @ The Robin in Bilston, England. See the Tour page for details.

There are some other projects and tour plans in progress. We will announce them here when anything becomes definite.

PS: Graham's condolences go out to his friends Carol Sleath, Kenny Bray and Kevin Dubrow. May their souls rest in peace......

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The Countdown Spectacular 2 Concert Tour, which Graham joined and sang "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" in August/September, is now released on CD/DVD in Australia from ABC Music. The CD contains 3 disks and "Baby Blue" is on Disk 1. The DVD version is on PAL format (Region 4) for use on Australian DVD players. FYI, The CD will be released in the UK too in early December, so please check your local retailers.

On parole from "the rock", Alcatrazz featuring Graham Bonnet will be performing with Bay Area legends Y&T for a not to be missed New Years Eve Metal Extravaganza! @ The Avalon, 777 Lawrence Expressway Santa Clara, CA 95051. Click here for the direction and other details. FYI, the official site of Alcatrazz featuring Graham Bonnet on MySpace is here.

October 26, 2007...Russian shows cancelled but a new-year gig with Taz confirmed.

Sad news for Russian fans: The previously announced Russia tour is cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. We hope that there will be another chance to tour Russia in the near future.

Good news for American fans is that there will be a new-year gig with The Taz Taylor Band in Hollywood.
January 4, 2008 The Knitting Factory Hollywood, California

By the way, rest assured that the Bonnets have survived the mega-fires in California. Due to the strong winds, the fires have spread over Southern California and it came all the way to Graham's back yard. But he immediately shouted out "GET OUT!!!" to the family members and fought off the fire with a garden hose with his neighbor. No doubt the shout must have been loud enough to wake up and save all the neighbors. :)

BONNET ROCKS!!!

The following gig in Argentina has been confirmed so far. Please check back as there might be a few more dates.

December 5, 2007 Buenos Aires Niceto Club (Niceto Vega 5510, Capital Federal, Buenos Aires)
Supported by Metal Matanza (FM90.1)

Also, there are some other tour plans with Alcatrazz and with The Taz Taylor Band for the US/Europe in progress. We will announce them here as soon as the details are confirmed.

First off, thank you so much for all the people who came to the UK, Finland and Australian gigs! Graham enjoyed the tours and hopes to play another good gigs there again soon.

Also, there will be one or more solo gigs for the first time ever in Argentina in early December, which will feature not only Graham's well-known hard rock materials but also his early solo works. The date and venue will be posted here as soon as confirmed, so keep your fingers crossed!

In between these tours, Graham will continue to work in Los Angeles on new Alcatrazz materials as well as the remaining two songs for the Elektric Zoo project with Dario Mollo. Rest assured that these projects are on-going!

July 15, 2007...Cheltenham Cancelled.
June 22, 2007...UK Tour begins and a series of tours go on until early September.

The UK tour with the Taz Taylor Band begins with the following schedule and another joint tour with JLT in Finland will follow in August. Then, the spectacular OZ dates will come thereafter. Please send your concert reports and pics to email@bonnetrocks.com. Good ones will be put on the Reviews page. Thanks!

The UK Tour with Taz Taylor Band
Fri   22nd June    Rock Cafe 2000     Stourbridge
Sat   23rd June    Rock Cafe 2000    Stourbridge
Mon 25th June    The Classic Grand   Glasgow
Wed 27th June     Riffs                          Blackpool
Thu 28th June     The Boardwalk     Sheffield
Fri    29th June     The Dolls House     Abertillery, Gwent, Wales
Sat   30th June    The Royal Standard    Walthamstow, London
Sun 1st July        The Brook                 Southampton
Tue 3rd July       The Waterfront       Norwich
Thu 5th July        The Diamond         Sutton, Ashfield, Notts
Fri    6th July        The Twist                 Colchester
Sat   7th July        Riga Music Bar       Southend
Sun 8th July        The Stables            Milton Keynes
Tue 10th July       The 12 Bar              Swindon
Thu 12th July     Komedia                 Brighton
~~Fri 13th July      The Nightowl         Cheltenham~~ (Cancelled)
(The Nightowl has cancelled all its live shows until further notice. Refunds are available from the club.)
Sat 14th July      Junction 7                Nottingham
~~Sun 15th July    Los Angeles rock cafe Cannock~~ (Cancelled)
(Sorry, tonight's show in Cannock is cancelled due to illness.)

Graham Bonnet / Joe Lynn Turner Joint Tour in Finland
Wed 8th August    Tampere    Klubi
Thu   9th August    Helsinki    Virgin oil & co
Fri   10th August   Mikkeli    Jurassic rock
Sat 11th August    Jamsa   HimosAreena

THE COUNTDOWN SPECTACULAR 2 TOUR DATES 2007 in Australia
Sat 18th August          Newcastle Entertainment Centre
Tue 21st August         Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Fri 24th August         Acer Arena, Sydney
Tue 28th August        Derwent Entertainment Centre, Hobart
Thu 30th August        Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Sun 2nd September Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Wed 5th September Burswood Dome, Perth

July 9, 2007...The UK tour goes on. Alcatrazz video and more pics on MySpace & YouTube!

So far Graham has done two third of the UK dates. We have received many nice messages and pics from the audience members. Thank you so much! They will be put together on the Reviews page once the tour is finished.
For the past Alcatrazz Japan tour, we have uploaded some videos and more pics to Alcatrazz on MySpace and to YouTube. Check them out and enjoy!
BONNET ROCKS!

The last show in Sapporo was also big success, and the band is now back in LA with good smile. :-) Graham and the other members of the band now seem to be very happy to know that people in Japan are pleased with the performance of new Alcatrazz and that the fans enjoyed the shows. Again, thank you so much for all the nice messages from Japanese fans. The band hopes to come back soon!
Now, the setlist and pics are up on the Reviews page. Please send your concert report to email@bonnetrocks.com. ( Japanese language is OK.)

To the UK fans, Graham will be there with Taz Taylor Band in a few weeks! Already got a ticket? Be sure to get one before it's sold out!!!

Alcatrazz is now touring Japan and has finished three shows in Tokyo/Osaka, and only the last gig in Sapporo is left now. Apparently the tour has been HUGE success so far! The tickets are all sold out, every venue is packed by about one thousand fans, and there have been hundreds of praiseful postings about the performance of new Alcatrazz to Japanese forums on the net every night. There were lots of people who were moved to tears when they finally listened to Alcatrazz playing their classics live after 23 years! Thank you so much to all the fans who came to see the shows and sang together with Graham! You ruled!
Any pics and setlist? Yes, we will put them up together on this site after the tour is completed, so a little bit of patience is appreciated. Please check back. ;-)

Also, the venue for one of the Finnish date has been changed. The latest dates are as follows:

Wed 8th August    Tampere    Klubi
Thu   9th August    Helsinki    Virgin oil & co
Fri   10th August   Mikkeli    Jurassic rock
Sat 11th August    Jamsa   HimosAreena

Graham and Joe Lynn Turner will jointly tour Finland in August on the following dates. Daffy and the other star musicians in Finland who played with Graham last summer will back both Graham and Joe. For tickets and directions, check the venue's websites.

Wed 8th August    Tampere    Klubi
Thu   9th August    Helsinki    Virgin oil & co
Fri   10th August   Mikkeli    Jurassic rock
Sat 11th August    Imatra    Rock to the river

Graham will sing in seven special shows called "The Countdown Spectacular 2" in August & September in Australia.

THE COUNTDOWN SPECTACULAR 2 TOUR DATES 2007
Sat 18th August          Newcastle Entertainment Centre
Tue 21st August         Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Fri 24th August         Acer Arena, Sydney
Tue 28th August        Derwent Entertainment Centre, Hobart
Thu 30th August        Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Sun 2nd September Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Wed 5th September Burswood Dome, Perth

For tickets and other details, check out their official site. Graham will sing your favorite tunes "Baby Blue" and "Warm Ride" in each shows, so please don't miss it!

Also, there is a plan to tour Finland with Joe Lynn Turner in August. The plan is to play about four gigs, backed by local band. When any date or detail is confirmed, it will be on this page so please check back.

Finally, Taz Taylor's interview on the making of "Welcome to America" and the coming UK tour is up on the CDs page. Hope you will have fun reading it. Thanks, Battttttty!

Alcatrazz featuring Graham Bonnet will play a gig at Paladino's, Tarzana, California on Friday, May 25th at 11:00 pm. Also the official Alcatrazz site is now up on MySpace! Check out www.Myspace.com/AlcatrazzOfficial.

April 30, 2007...Cheltenham added.
March 21, 2007...Touring the UK with The Taz Taylor Band in June/July.

The following dates are the schedule for the UK tour!
Also, Graham is visiting Planet Rock Radio Station on the 20th June to be interviewed. He is going to name and play his all time favourite songs!

Fri   22nd June    Rock Cafe 2000     Stourbridge
Sat   23rd June    Rock Cafe 2000    Stourbridge
Sun 24th June    The Iron Works      Inverness
Mon 25th June    The Classic Grand   Glasgow
Wed 27th June     Riffs                          Blackpool
Thu 28th June     The Boardwalk     Sheffield
Fri    29th June     The Dolls House     Abertillery, Gwent, Wales
Sat   30th June    The Royal Standard    Walthamstow, London
Sun 1st July        The Brook                 Southampton
Tue 3rd July       The Waterfront       Norwich
Thu 5th July        The Diamond         Sutton, Ashfield, Notts
Fri    6th July        The Twist                 Colchester
Sat   7th July        Riga Music Bar       Southend
Sun 8th July        The Stables            Milton Keynes
Tue 10th July       The 12 Bar              Swindon
Thu 12th July     Komedia                 Brighton
Fri 13th July      The Nightowl         Cheltenham
Sat 14th July      Junction 7                Nottingham

February 28, 2007...Sapporo date added.
February 5, 2007...Alcatrazz featuring Graham Bonnet tours Japan with Joe Lynn Turner!!!

BIG NEWS TO JAPANESE FANS: Alcatrazz featuring Graham Bonnet will tour Japan with Joe Lynn Turner! Detailed info in Japanese language ("Nihongo") is here.

ALCATRAZZ featuring Graham Bonnet
vs.
Joe Lynn Turner with Akira Kajiyama

May 30, O-EAST, Tokyo
May 31, O-EAST, Tokyo
Promoter: ZAK Corporation
June 1, Club Quattro, Osaka
Tel: +81-6-6281-8181
June 4, Zepp Sapporo, Sapporo
Promoter: Kyodo Sapporo

ALCATRAZZ
Graham Bonnet (Vo)
Howie Simon (G)
Glen Sobel (Dr)
Tim Luce (B)

Joe Lynn Turner Band
Joe Lynn Turner (Vo)
Akira Kajiyama (G/JLTband)
Toshio Egawa (Key/GERARD)
Atsushi Hasegawa (B/GERARD)
Kenichi Fujimoto (Dr/GERARD)

It is confirmed that Graham will sing three songs in "Classics in Rock" on March 23 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, backed by SAS Band, including Neil Murray, and orchestra. For tickets and other details, please check their website.

Graham is planning to tour the UK and possibly Italy with The Taz Taylor Band in June & July to promote the album "Welcome to America". When any date is confirmed, it will be put on this page and his official site. Please check back.

As for the Elektric Zoo project, vocal tracks for six (6) out of the eight (8) tunes have been finished so far. Creating the lyrics & melodies, recording them, re-recording them again and again to refine the outcome, the works go on to reach some artistically satisfactory result. We're sure that the whole album will be some great work.

As already announced by Taz Taylor's website, The Taz Taylor Band including Graham will play a gig at Brick by Brick in San Diego on November 3, 2006. It looks as though this show may be their only show this year, so don't miss this chance to see Graham singing those new tunes from the Welcome To America album as well as his good old songs! For tickets and direction, please check the club's website.

We know that there is already a rumor about "Alcatrazz" circulating on the internet. Yes, we have to admit that there is a project to form new Alcatrazz involving Graham, Howie Simon (g), Glen Sobel (d) and Tim Luce (b). The official name is "Alcatrazz featuring Graham Bonnet". Graham is truly hoping to tour Japan with this new band. When any activity of this project is confirmed, it'll definitely be on this News page. So keep your fingers crossed!

On a side note, Graham has been invited by Don Airey to join the recording of Don's new solo album and sing some tracks. Also, as for the Elektric Zoo recordings, the vocal tracks are now half way done. Rest assured that it is progressing.

The new Taz Taylor album "Welcome To America" has been released and we have received lots of positive reviews and feedbacks. Thank you so much! Please let us know your favorite tunes from the album, by posting it to our Forum page or sending your opinions to email@bonnetrocks.com. Graham says that the album is much poppier than, and a little different from, the heavy music that he has been known for, but he truly appreciates it if people like the work. Taz and Graham is planning to play a few gigs in November in Southern California area. When the dates and venues are fixed, they will be on this News page!

As for the Elektric Zoo recording, it still goes on. Graham has already finished composing lyrics and melodies for 8 tunes, but there are still lots of vocal recordings to be done. In comparison with the Taz Taylor album, the Elektric Zoo stuff is going to be much heavier and contain progressive elements. He feels sorry to let many people wait, but please look forward to the outcome!

Also, there is a talk to tour the UK again in the not-too-distant future. Graham is really looking forward to seeing the UK fans again and we will post info here when any specific date is confirmed.

Lastly, Graham says the Finland tour went very well. Thanks for all the people who came to the show and who supported the tour. Good news to those who could not come to see Graham, the official merchandises with Graham's autographs are now on sale here at eBay. http://stores.ebay.com/GRAHAM-BONNET-STORE
Check them out before they are sold out!

9th   August   Oulu            Foxia
10th August   Kuopio        Henry`s Pub
~~11th August   Jyväskylä    Giggling Marlin~~ (Cancelled)
11th August   Kokkola      Calle Night Club (Added)
12th August   Imatra        Rock to the river festival
16th August   Tampere    Klubi
17th August   Helsinki      On the rocks
1~~8th August   Turku         Giggling Marlin~~ (Cancelled)
18th August   Mikkeli       Sokos Hotel Vaakuna/Night Vaakuna (Added)
19th August   Kouvola     House of Rock (added)

Graham appeared at Don Airey's charity gig in Great Gransden on July 1st, and sang the following tunes: Sweet Soul Music; Soul Man; Midnight Hour; Try A Little Tenderness; Hold On I'm Comin'; Knock On Wood; When A Man Loves A Moman; Since You Been Gone; All Night Long; Land of a 1000 Dances; Black Night (with Doogie White). We heard that it was a great night and the man was excellent. Thanks for the report, Andy!

June 17, 2006....One Finnish date added.
June 10, 2006....Taz Taylor, Finland tour, Don Airey, Elektric Zoo and more.

	First off, Taz Taylor's new album "WELCOME TO AMERICA" featuring Graham on eight songs will be released from Escape Music in Europe on August 26th. The great voice again on straight hard rock. Don't forget to check it out!!!
	Song List: Fighter's Fist Radio Luxembourg Parisienne Walkways Happy Hour Haunted Welcome to America Wall of Sound Silent Fall The Reprise Goodbye Mr. C.

Second, the dates for the Finnish tour previously announced have been confirmed as follows:
9th   August   Oulu             Foxia
10th August   Kuopio        Henry`s Pub
11th August   Jyväskylä    Giggling Marlin
12th August   Imatra        Rock to the river festival
16th August   Tampere    Klubi
17th August   Helsinki     On the rocks
18th August   Turku         Giggling Marlin
19th August   Kouvola       House of Rock (added)
Daffy is going to play the guitar again, and Graham is looking forward to rocking all the fans in the areas.

As for the Rock and Blues Custom show in Derbyshire that Graham was offered to sing, he has not gotten any details yet. We hope that it will happen, but his appearance is still up in the air.

However, great news is that Graham has been invited to sing on July 1st in Great Gransden, England at the "Blues and Soul Festival" produced by his old friend Don Airey. Maybe the UK fans can hear the man singing the great standards again? We hope to put the details on this page soon.

Back to Dario Mollo's Elektric Zoo project, so far Graham has worked on three songs, and the vocal recordings continue in LA, with engineering support by Tim Luce, to make a masterpiece.

Also, Graham has recently done a few interviews, and one is for a Rainbow documentary DVD by Classic Rock.

Finally, the man has made a surprise guest appearance on Uli Roth's Sky Academy Concert on Saturday, May 26 at UCLA Ralph Freud Theater in California. Graham sang "Love's No Friend" and "Lost In Hollywood", backed by Uli's band. Those of you who happened to be there, lucky you! Thank you so much for all the emails appreciating Graham's performance. They were all forwarded to the man!!!

April 23, 2006....Michael Schenker, Taz Taylor, Dario Mollo, Moonstone & tour plans.

Michael Schenker Group's 25th anniversary full album "Tales of Rock'N'Roll" and maxi EP "Revolution Mind" have been released worldwide! Both contains the tune "Rock'N'Roll" which Graham takes the outstanding lead vocal. The song is classic, thrilling hard rock'n'roll featuring catchy chorus part and, YES!, it is the Schenker-Bonnet combination that a lot of fans have been waiting to happen again for a long time! The other tunes in the album are also great, so it is a must for all Bonnet/Schenker fans. Don't miss it !!

Also, tomorrow (24th) is the release date of the Moonstone project's album "Time To Take A Stand". Graham is on "Not Dead Yet" and Howie Simon is playing the guitar solo on it. Don't miss this album too!

Graham has just finished recording vocal tracks of eight songs for Taz Taylor's new album "Welcome to America". The works are being mixed down, and the album is slated to be released in the summer of 2006 from Escape Music (the label which released "The Day I Went Mad" album in 2000.)

Having finished the Taz Taylor tracks, Graham is now back to work on Elektric Zoo again. He has so far completed vocals for one tune, but more to come, of course. The band is looking to tour in Russia, Europe and the other parts of the world after the album is done.

There is a plan to play 7-8 gigs in Finland and nearby countries again in July/August this year. When any details are confirmed, we will certainly put them on this page. Also, Graham has been offered to play in the Rock and Blues Custom show in Derbyshire, England in late July, but for this one, he has not confirmed this gig yet.

Finally, if things work out, we may release another news in a few weeks. Keep your fingers crossed !

We are pleased to announce that Lion Music has released Iain Ashley Hersey's studio album "The Holy Grail", featuring Graham on three songs "The Holy Grail", "Going Down" and "Walking The Talk". The CD is now on sale and available directly from Lion Music's webstore as well as local stores via distribution listed here. For Japanese fans, the CD is available from Disk Union and HMV too. Graham's outstanding vocal works can be heard again after three years from the "System X" album. Don't forget to get one before it's all gone!

On a side note, the Moonstone project's album "Time To Take A Stand", featuring Graham on one track "Not Dead Yet", will be released worldwide from Majestic Rock Records, and they plan to release it in the spring of 2006.

As for the other projects, yes, Graham has already completed vocal track for Michael Schenker's 25th anniversary album "Tales of Rock and roll", and both Graham and Michael are very much satisfied with the outcome. Graham is also working with an English guitarist Taz Taylor in LA for Taz' new album, and furthermore, the works for Dario Mollo's Elektric Zoo project is still underway. There are some other plans going on, but we will mention them here when they become feasible.

Lastly, thank you so much to the UK fans for coming to see Graham live. Thank you also for all the nice words and comments on the gigs posted on the internet including our Forum page. We just hope you enjoyed the shows, and Graham is looking forward to seeing you again soon !

September 27, 2005....Swansea date added instead of Paignton.
September 4, 2005....UK Tour dates

Dates	Venue	City	Tel
21 Oct	Queens Hall	Nuneaton	02476 347402
22 Oct	Rock Cafe 2000	Stourbridge	01384 390918
23 Oct	Rock Cafe 2000	Stourbridge	01384 390918
25 Oct	The Underworld	London	02074 821932
26 Oct	Princess Pavilion	Falmouth	01326 211222
~~27 Oct~~	~~The Half Moon~~	~~Paignton~~	~~01803 551385~~ (Deleted)
28 Oct	Patti Pavilion	Swansea	01792 654226 (Added)
29 Oct	Baths Hall	Scunthorpe	01724 277744
30 Oct	LA Rock Cafe	Cannock	01543 500849
31 Oct	The Limelight	Crewe	01270 251929
02 Nov	Trillions	Newcastle	01912 321619

Backing Band: ROCK$TAR

By the way, Iain Ashley Hersey's new album "The Holy Grail" is now scheduled to be relreased in November from Lion Music.

August 7, 2005....Elektric Zoo, Moonstone, Iain Ashley Hersey, and coming UK tour!

Hi, folks. Sorry for silence during the past several months. But there have been couples of good news to report to you!

Graham will be singing as a special guest for Iain Ashley Hersey's gig on Saturday, March 26th 10:00 pm at Paladino's! Call the club for tickets and direction.

We must report that the Russian/Lithuanian tour was good success. The band members and crews really enjoyed touring with Graham, and we would like to send many thanks to all the fans who came to the shows and the fan club meeting in Moscow! We are now editing a special page to report the Russian/Lithuanian tour, featuring lots of photos and a trailer. It will be on this site as soon as finished. Bonnet rocks!

February 19, 2005....Estonian & Swedish dates in May added
February 5, 2005....The Russian band announced
January 29, 2005....Flying to Russia & Finland, and recording with Iain Ashley Hersey

We are excited to announce that Graham will be performing gigs in Russia & Lithuania in late February and in Finland in May as follows. We're sure that, for Russian and Finnish fans who have long been waiting to see Graham live, the gigs will be great entertainment involving Graham's past works with Rainbow, MSG, Alcatrazz and etc as well as his solo works. Graham is truly looking forward to seeing you there!

Dates	Venue	City	Notes
22 Feb	B2 Club	Moscow, Russia	Local ad
25 Feb	City Park	Kaliningrad, Russia	Local ad
27 Feb	Forum Palace Galaxy	Vilnius, Lithuania	Local ad

Backing Band (for Russian & Lithuanian dates) : Green Town Band
Promoter: ROXX Music

Date	Venue	City	Notes
6 May	Tullikamarin Pakkahuone	Tampere, Finland
7 May	Sokos Hotel Lappee	Lappeenranta, Finland
8 May	Rockcafe	Tallinn, Estonia
9 May	Tavastia Club	Helsinki, Finland
10 May	Prisma	Vasteras, Sweden

Band members (for Finnish, Estonian & Swedish dates): Lacu(Hanoi Rocks) on drums, Daffy(ex-Michael Monroe) on guitar, Lamppari(ex-Michael Monroe) on guitar, Jay Lewis(ex-Princess Pang, Skin+bones) on bass and Pate Flintstone(ex-Hanoi Rocks) on keyboards.

re: Iain Ashley Hersey

Graham has recorded vocal tracks for three tunes titled "Going Down", "The Holy Grail" and "Walking the Talk" for Iain Ashley Hersey's new album "The Holy Grail". The sample track of "Going Down" can be listened to at Iain's website, and, according to his website, "the CD is in the final mix stage and is looking to make an in early 2005 debut."

Bonnet Rocks!

We really regret to let you know that Graham fell ill last evening and was unable to perform with Michael. Very sorry to disappoint you all, but we will keep the rehearsal pic below to evidence that the dream collaboration was actually about to come true again. We hope that Graham will get well soon any way, and thank you for your patience.

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Rehearsal on January 19, 2005

Sorry about the late notice, but Graham will perform with Michael Schenker tonight at approximately 11 PM PST at the N.A.M.M. "Night Of Guitar" concert at The Vault 350, 350 Pine Street, Long Beach, CA. (http://www.vault350.com/) (562) 590-5566. Graham will likely just sing one song, but it is a historic reunion just the same. Robin McCauley will also perform with MSG for the first time in 13 years!

The gig at Paladino's was a great success with new setlist including "Eyes of The World", "Assault Attack", "Suffer Me", "Oh Darling" and etc. We look forward to hearing your concert reports at email@bonnetrocks.com. Thank you so much for coming to the show!

We have uploaded a few video clips from the Elektric Zoo Tour to the Reviews page. Please check out & download them onto your PC before they are gone!

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Also, Graham will perform a gig on Friday September 24th at Paladino's in Tarzana, CA!! The band lineup will be Graham, Howie Simon, Tim Luce, John Thomas & Glen Sobel. The setlist will cover Graham's works with Rainbow, MSG, Alcatrazz and etc, and according to Howie, there might be one or two songs added/changed from the previous gigs at Paladino's. For tickets and direction, check out the club's website.

Now that five UK dates have been booked, the dates for the coming Elektric Zoo tour have been finalized as follows:

Date	Venue	City
17 April	VOX Pub	Vittuone (MI), Italy
19 April	ORPHEUM	Graz, Austria
29 April	MACUMBA	Madrid, Spain
30 April	RAZZMATAZZ 2	Barcelona, Spain
1 May	ARTSAIA	Pamplona, Spain
4 May	ROCK CAFE 2000	Stourbridge, England
6 May	LIMELIGHT	Crewe, England
7 May	RIO'S	Bradford, England
8 May	WEST ONEFOUR	London, England
10 May	CAFE DRUMMONDS	Aberdeen, Scotland

Graham will join rehearsals in Italy very soon. See you at the venue, also don't forget to send your concert reports and photos to email@bonnetrocks.com. Bonnet Rocks!

One Italian date has been confirmed for the Elektric Zoo tour. So far we have five dates in total.

Also, we have finished editing Part-2 of the long interview by Ted Kealy for Southern FM, Australia. It is now up on the interview page too! In Part-2, Graham talks about his heavy metal career, including topics about Ritchie Blackmore, Michael Schenker, Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Vai, Anthem, System X, and "Zep Boys". We hope you'll enjoy reading it via www.bonnetrocks.com/interviews.htm

Elektric Zoo has opened its website HERE. We hope that you will love it!
There have been venue changes to two Spanish dates as follows:
April 29th, 2004 SALA MACUMBA Madrid Spain
April 30th, 2004 SALA RAZZMATAZZ 2 Barcelona Spain

By the way, it seemed that yesterday's gig at Club Vodka, Hollywood, was a blast. ;-) Please send your concert reviews & photos to email@bonnetrocks.com. Nice works will be put on the Reviews page. We really appreciate your contribution. BONNET ROCKS!

Some dates for the coming Elektric Zoo tour have been booked! More dates to come, so please check back.

April 19th, 2004     Orpheum              Graz                Austria
April 29th, 2004     Sala Bikini             Barcelona       Spain (Venue changed to SALA MACUMBA)
April 30th, 2004     Sala Macumba     Madrid           Spain (Venue changed to SALA RAZMATAZZ 2)
May    1st, 2004     Artsaia                   Pamplona       Spain
(Several gigs in the UK between May 6th to 15th are slated. Details T.B.A.)

Also, we have uploaded a short video clip from the past Bonnet/Airey tour in 2001 onto the concert review page. Don't forget to check it out too! (Many thanks to Dario.)

Graham will be performing on Thursday, March 11th at Club Vodka in Hollywood, California. Showtime will be 11PM. Please go to www.clubvodka.com for info and directions!

Yes, Graham will participate in another Italian guitarist Matteo Filippini's project called "Moonstone" and sing on one track called "Not Dead Yet". Watch out his website for the development of the recordings.

First off, we would like to thank you for your patience about the cancelled gig. Though Graham could not show up that night, Howie, Tim Luce and John Thomas went to the venue to see the fans who came not knowing the cancellation. There was a short session on stage, joined by Jeff Scott Soto and Glenn Sobel, and they played "Desert Song", "Too Young To Die", and "Since You Been Gone" for the fans. When we have any rescheduled date, we will put it on this page.

Also, finally the super-long interview with Graham by Southern FM, Australia, is up on the interview page. We have finished editing the first half (Part-1) of the interview done by Mark Copolov, and the last half (Part-2) of it will also be up on the site soon! The Part-1 interview primarily covers non-metal topics, including the Bee Gees connection, The Marbles, solo albums, acting, Forcefield, The Beatles and Slash. We hope you'll enjoy reading it at www.bonnetrocks.com/interviews.htm

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We are very sad to announce that the Friday gig at Paladino's is now OFF. Graham has serious sinus infection and will be on antibiotics for two weeks. Graham has been seeing the doctor to see if there would be something he could do to get through the gig, but now he has to go through many tests as he also has very low energy. So there seems to be no other choice but to cancel the gig at this point. Very sorry for this short notice, but we would appreciate your understanding.

December 4th, 2003...January Gig at Paladino's, Interview and the Marbles Re-issue

A recent interview by Martin Popoff is now up on the "BW &BK" website. Graham talks about some on-going projects, which we believe will interest you very much. Check it out via our Interviews page at www.bonnetrocks.com/interviews.htm.

Graham lost his father Lou Bonnet who had always encouraged Graham to follow his dream. We would like to express our deepest condolences to the Bonnet family....while we believe that Lou will live forever in Graham's heart.

It seems that "Rainbow Revival Gig featuring Graham Bonnet and Don Airey in Lochgelly, Scotland on December 6th" has been advertised in the UK, but the gig is OFF for booking problems. Don Airey will be on the road with Deep Purple on that day. Neither Graham nor Don will play the gig. Call the venue if you have any question about ticket refund and etc.

We are now editing four-hour long interview with Graham done by Southern FM (88.3) in Australia, which covers whole spectrum of Graham's career since the Marbles era and even includes topics about "Three For All" or "Snow Goose". It will be uploaded on to the Interviews page hopefully by the end of this year. So please look forward to it.

We have just moved to a new server to host this website at new URL. Sorry for the inconvenience you might have in the past several days. Now you can simply type in "bonnetrocks.com" without having to type "hyphen" between "bonnet" and "rocks". :-) Please spread this news to GB fan all around the world!
Graham is slated to sing at the Blues and Soul Festival in Great Gransden in the UK today! Those of you who are lucky enough to attend the gig, please send your concert reviews and photos to email@bonnetrocks.com. Thanks!

Here are the setlist, photos and reviews of the Tarzana show!
www.bonnetrocks.com/tarzana.htm We hope you would like them. Howie is planning to do a few more gigs with Graham this summer, and Graham is excited about it. When the dates are confirmed, we will post them on this website.
BTW, did you guys already read the Fuze magazine's latest interviews with Graham and Howie? If you have not, don't forget to check them out at www.the-fuze.com.

December 24th, 2002...Happy Holidays, birthday, gig news and more!!!
Hi, it has been a few months since we updated this page. I hope you have enjoyed the Impellitteri CDs and other music as well. We would like to thank all of you who supported Graham this year, and here is a message from him.

Also, yesterday (23rd) was his 55th birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GRAHAM!

To U.S. fans in the California area, we have a Christmas present for you today. Graham will be performing a gig at 11:00 pm on February 21, 2003 at a venue known as Paladino's, 6101 Reseda Blvd. Tarzana, California. It will be over an hour of Graham's work with Alcatrazz, Michael Schenker, Rainbow, and other line ups, and will feature players from the System X album and Graham's band from his last USA gigs. (At this moment Chris Impellitteri is not slated to play, but God knows.) Tickets will be available only through the club. Phone #: (818) 342-1563.

By the way, SPV/Steamhammer has released System X in Europe on October 21st. The new CD jacket was made under different concept. Check it out here.

Thanks again for all your support. Enjoy music!
BONNET ROCKS!

All songs are DIGITALLY REMASTERED, and Graham is on four songs including new one! Can't wait for the release on Sept. 21!!!

August 14th, 2002
Impellitteri's Japanese label JVC will release the Best of Impellitteri CD (cat. #VICP62018; the CD title may change.) in Japan on September 21st, which will include two unreleased tracks plus one new song. Details such as the song list and whether Graham is on those songs will follow soon! Please check back!

August 5th, 2002...European Release for System X
Just a quick note. Impellitteri CD "System X" will be released in Europe from SPV/Steamhammer label! The release is planned for October 14th, 2002. (Thanks for the info, Alex at SPV) We have seen lots of positive reviews in the media and actually received some great feedbacks from GB fans, too. Some of them are in the Message page. So far the CD has recorded pretty good sales in Japan and also as an import title in other countries. Thank you so much! Please feel free to email us your opinion on the album.
Now, what about a tour (with Chris or Don)? Firm dates have not been set yet, but rest assured that we will post it here when anything is confirmed. Thank you always for supporting Graham and the band,
BONNET ROCKS!

March 11th, 2002...System X Released in Japan
Finally, this site has successfully moved to a new server and we are now back online! Sorry for being down for longer than expected because of some technical problems. We really appreciate your patience.
Well, as we have already sent out through the mail-o-graham list, the very first thing that we must mention is the release of new Impellitteri CD titled "System X" on March 21 in Japan!!! Promotion is going on there, and ads, CD reviews and interviews with Chris and Graham have been published in the major magazines like "Burrn!" and "Young Guitar" there. Some of the new songs were broadcasted on radio, too. As for the releases in other countries, we will let you know when we get any information. Those of you who want to get the CD as an import title, please exchange your info about a good seller with other GB fans through the internet.
Here's the song list again.

We are very much looking forward to receiving your positive reviews and responses. Particularly, we are looking forward to receiving reviews from Japan! Please feel free to email them in Japanese if you would like to.
Can't wait for the release!!!

BONNET ROCKS!

December 24th, 2001...Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays to all the GB fans around the world!
The Bonnet family has also observed Graham's 54th birthday on the 23rd.
Here is a message from Graham to you.
"To all the people who listen to the music I have recorded and performed -
I thank you for your appreciation of my work and I hope to see some more of all the fans next year.
Have a great Christmas and lets hope for peace in the New Year after all we have been through.
Sincerely, Graham."
Graham really enjoyed the tour with Don and a few more photos from the tour will be posted here soon. Good news is that they will do it again next year! We will of course let you know here as soon as anything is confirmed.
BONNET ROCKS!

December 16th, 2001...UK Tour Reviews
Just uploaded new concert reviews and a few photos from the tours!
www.bonnetrocks.com/reviews-2.htm

Re: Bonnet Rocks Store
We must inform you that the Bonnet Rocks Store has closed due to the new contract with Escape Music.
To those of you who have bought any merchandise from the store, THANK YOU SO MUCH and we sincerely hope that you are enjoying the goods, while at the same time we apologize if there was any inconvenience concerning the delivery of CDs.
To those of you who are planning to order "The Day I Went Mad" CD,
please visit www.escape-music.com and get one.
Thank you always for your support!

November 30th, 2001...Recovered!
Graham has recovered from the ill and just shown his great voice again to the audience in Bradford! Many many thanks for your concern!!!

November 23rd, 2001...Three Gigs Cancelled
Very very unfortunately, it seems that Graham got a serious chest infection, and the gigs on Saturday 24th in Wilbarston, Sunday 25th in Southampton and maybe Monday 26th in Camden Town are off. If you have bought a ticket for those gigs, please call the venue for the final confirmation before you decide to trip or not trip to the places. As for the rest of the tour, we will keep you informed. Please check back.
We are receiving lots of GREAT responses from the audience of the past gigs. Please send your concert reviews at email@bonnetrocks.com. They will be put on this website soon!

October 23rd, 2001...Bonnet/Airey Band on Tour
We have updated the tour dates for the Graham Bonnet and Don Airey band again. This is all we have for the tour in this autumn. We are very much looking forward to receiving your concert reviews! Enjoy the show!

October 11th, 2001...Bonnet/Airey Tour Set
Hello!
Finally, the Impellitteri recording is in the final stage. Please look forward to the release! We will update when the release date is decided.
As for the coming European tour with Don Airey, the following dates in the UK have been booked. Please call the club for the detailed info including time, tickets, and direction. The other dates in the rest of Europe will be posted here soon!

Nov 9th (Fri) Stourbridge / Rock Cafe 2000
10th (Sat) Stourbridge / Rock Cafe 2000
11th (Sun) Cardiff / Coal Exchange
13th (Tue) Southampton / The Guildhall Tel: 023 8063 2601
14th (Wed) Billingham / Forum
16th (Fri) South Shields / Cellar Bar
17th (Sat) Milton Keynes / Zaks
Church Street, Wolverton Tel: 01908 315447
18th (Sun) Norwich / The Waterfront
26th (Mon) Camden Town / The Underworld
28th (Wed) Crewe / The Limelight Club
29th (Thu) Bradford / Penningtons
110 Manningham Lane Tel: 01274 304455
30th (Fri) Southend / Chinnery's

The tour members will be
Graham Bonnet & Don Airey;
Dario Mollo (G);
Harry James (D); and
Chris Childs (B).

By the way, to those of you who have recently ordered a CD from Bonnet Rocks Store, we are sorry for the delay of shipment as Graham has been so busy finishing the album with Impellitteri that he has been unable to autograph the CD you ordered . We appreaciate your patience.

We know many of you are wondering "What happened to the Impellitteri recording???" or "Has Graham left the band ready?" Not. :-)
All right. Rest assured that Graham IS recording with Chris now back in LA. It appears that they have completed six songs for the album.
Although all we can do is to patiently wait for the recordings to be completed, please look forward to the CD as it is going to be another great, heavy album, we believe.
Anyway, Graham has been so busy!!!

There are two great news tonight.
First, the "Mad" CD will be finally released in the UK from Escape Music! Check it out here.
Second, Graham & Don are planning to tour Europe again this autumn. It's going to start in late October and surely include some dates in England. Please check back as we will post the details here as soon as they are confirmed.
As for the past concert reviews, we are still receiving them and have added some to the review page here. To those of you who attended the gig in Carlisle on July 20th, please send us your review. Thanks!
Here's another photo from Blues & Soul 2001. Thanks, Sad Old Bat!

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OK, folks. Sorry for this short notice, but here's another one by Graham & Don!!!
The date is Thursday 19th, July at 8:00 pm at the The Rock Garden, Station Road, Easington Colliery, Peterlee County, Durahm SR8 3SP, England. For the tickets and direction, call directly 0191 527 9365 or 0191 527 0978.

To sum up, the dates in the U.K. are:
Saturday, 14th July, 2001   Blues and Soul 2001         Great Gransden
Thursday, 19th July, 2001   The Rock Garden            Durahm
Sunday, 22nd July, 2001    GWYL YSTALYFERA      South Wales
                                      (special guest appearance)
Thursday, 26th July, 2001   Rock Cafe 2000               Stourbridge
Friday, 27th July 2001          Portsmouth Guildhall        Portsmouth

Any more dates? God knows.... ;-)
Please email your reviews and photos to us at email@bonnetrocks.com.

Graham may also join Don in the Uli Roth concert at GWYL YSTALYFERA 2001 in South Wales on Sunday 22nd, July as a special guest! The location, time, tickets and other detailed info can be found at www.gwyl.org.

Here's another gig in England!
The date is Thursday, July 26 at the Rock Cafe 2000, Mill Race Lane, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY8 1JN, England. For the time, tickets and direction, check www.rockcafe2000.fsnet.co.uk/main.htm or TEL: 01384 390 918 / 01384 833 556.

There might be one more show in England. ;-)
Graham & Don have just appeared in Blues and Soul 2001 in Great Gransden, England, as part of its charity show. The two played a variety of songs including some Beatles tunes as well as oldies. If you were lucky enough to witness it, please email us your review and photos if any. Thanks!

Dear GB fans in Europe:
First of all, thank you so much for supporting Graham for a long time. We are pleased to announce that Graham will be doing a show with his old friend Don Airey in England! The date is Friday, July 27 at 7:30 pm, at Portsmouth Guildhall, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, PO1 2AB, England. For the tickets and direction, www.portsmouthguildhall.co.uk/default.htm.

Graham is very much excited to see his fans in his home country after looooong time. It has been twenty one years since he did the legendary show with Rainbow at the Castle Donington back in 1980. For old fans as well as new fans, this will be a GREAT chance to see that Graham still ROCKS, so don't miss it!!!

The good news is that a few more dates, including earlier ones, will be posted here very soon. Please check back.
Bonnet Rocks!

We have received quite a few questions about whether Graham's 1st and 2nd solo albums have ever been released on CD or not. The truth is that the 1st solo album was released on CD, coupled with "Line Up", in 1987 only in Japan. But unfortunately it's out of print now. As for the 2nd solo album (No Bad Habit), it has never been released on CD in the past. However, some of these songs were included in a CD called "The Rock Singer's Anthology": Warm Ride, Is there A Way To Sing The Blues, Won't You Join Me. They might be found at a used CD site such as www.gemm.com, or eBay.

Keep on Rockin'!

Hello, GB fans!
Rest assured that the Impellitteri recording is going well. Before its vocal recording will begin, Graham is planning some live dates in Europe. All news about the gigs will be found on this page as soon as they are booked and confirmed. So please check back regularly.

We have received quite a few suggestions about this website since the last update: Discography, past tour info, Japanese language version, more frequent updates, and etc... Thank you so much! To start with, discography will be uploaded soon!

April 28th, 2001...New Webmaster

While Graham is waiting to start recording the vocal tracks of the new Impellitteri album, we have an announcement for you.

Our friend Masaya have joined us as the new Bonnet Rocks webmaster! He has been one of the greatest GB fans and has been promoting Graham through a homepage, message boards, bulletin boards, mailing lists, etc. on the Internet. The current webmaster and Masaya are going to collaborate to run this website from now on.

As this new web team would like to improve this site as much as they can, we greatly appreciate it if you would send any request on what kinds of information you would like to see. THE NEW EMAIL ADDRESS IS: email@bonnetrocks.com.
Thank you very much for being a Graham Bonnet fan! Please watch out for the new Impellitteri album.
Bonnet Rocks!

Once again, the Graham-manics flew in from such far away places as the U.K. and Japan!!!

While Graham writes songs for the upcoming CD, he will be doing sporadic live dates. Performing live helps keep the band in shape. Our friends at the Coconut Teaszer in Hollywood, California, have offered the band a convenient place to work up a sweat and make a lot of noise. The date is Saturday September 23rd at 11:00pm. Print this page and bring it in for a $2.00 discount.

Rumor has it that Graham-maniacs are coming in from as far as Japan and the UK!!
Coconut Teaszer
8117 Sunset Blvd. (Sunset & Crescent Heights)
323-654-4887 for directions.

November 1st, 1999...Congratulations go out to Graham and his wife on the birth of their daughter Tayla.
She is a real cutie and has added much life to the Bonnet.household (as well as some sleepless nights!)

	Graham is singing the last few songs on a record with Naoto Shibata, bass player from the Japanese band 'Loudness'...The solo project name is 'Anthem'. Here is Graham to tell you about it..."I will be recording with Japanese bassist Naoto Shibata this month to re-record the vocals for an album of his band's music."
"Apparently Naoto wrote the music with me in mind and wanted to have me sing them. The songs are very much in the style of Rainbow, Alcatrazz, and Michael Schenker." If 'Anthem' performs live Graham may sing with them, and we hope to have the 'Anthem' CD for sale at the Bonnet Rocks Store when it comes out.	Kevin Valentine, Naoto Shibata, Graham Bonnet