NEWS!
April 1, 2008...Tomorrow's Outlook
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.
BONNET ROCKS!
February 23, 2008...Alcatrazz live on air!
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 ROCKS!
January 5, 2008...Alcatrazz rocked in SF!
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.
December 23, 2007...Happy holidays and Graham's 60th birthday.
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.
BONNET FANS ROCK!
PS: Graham's condolences go out to his friends Carol Sleath, Kenny Bray and Kevin Dubrow.
May their souls rest in peace......
November 24, 2007...The Countdown gig on CD & DVD!
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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. |
November 5, 2007...Alcatrazz will rock San Francisco Bay on New Years Eve!
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.
BONNET ROCKS!
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
As for Argentine gig, one more date is confirmed and to be announced here soon.
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!!!
October 21, 2007...One Argentine gig confirmed.
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.
October 2, 2007...Short tours in Russia and Argentina!
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!
BONNET ROCKS!
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!
June 10, 2007...Alcatrazz Japan Tour completed with great success!
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!!!
Bonnet Rocks!
June 3, 2007...Alcatrazz touring in Japan, and one Finnish date changed.
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
Bonnet Rocks!!!
May 8, 2007...To Finland with JLT !
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
May 5, 2007...Touring Australia!!! and more.
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!
Bonnet rocks!
April 30, 2007...Alcatrazz Japan Tour Warm Up Concert in Los Angeles!
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 Joe Lynn Turner Band |
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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.
Bonnet Rocks!
October 18, 2006...Taz Taylor show and new Alcatrazz plan!
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.
Bonnet Rocks!
September 17, 2006...Welcome To America!
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!
July 6, 2006....Finnish dates revised.
There have been some venue changes to the coming Finland tour as follows.
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
18th 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
June 17, 2006....One Finnish date added.
June 10, 2006....Taz Taylor, Finland tour, Don Airey, Elektric Zoo and more.
Again, here's a lot of news from Graham! :
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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!!! |
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| 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. |
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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!!!
Bonnet Rocks!
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 !
Bonnet Rocks !
November 11, 2005....Iain Ashley Hersey CD "The Holy Grail" released!
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 !
Bonnet Rocks!
September 27, 2005....Swansea date added
instead of Paignton.
September 4, 2005....UK Tour dates
Here's the schedule of the UK tour. Call the venues for tickets and directions.
| 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 |
| 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!
Also, please don't forget to check our updated Biography page and Reviews page. Thanks!
Bonnet Rocks!
March 22, 2005....Guest Appearance at Iain Ashley Hersey's show
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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!
Russia & Lithuania Dates:
| 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
Finland, Estonia & Sweden Dates:
- Local
ad
| 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!
January 21, 2005....Sad News.
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.
Masaya, Webmaster
January 20, 2005....Special GREAT News!
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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! |
Bonnet rocks!
September 26th, 2004....Gig at Paladino's
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!
Bonnet rocks!
July 10th, 2004....Elektric Zoo Clips & LA Date.
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. |
April 5th, 2004....UK Dates Confirmed.
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!
March 28th, 2004...Italian Date Added.
One Italian date has been confirmed for the Elektric Zoo tour. So far we have five dates in total.
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VOX PUB-
Vittuone
Milano
Italy April 19th, 2004 Orpheum Graz Austria April 29th, 2004 SALA MACUMBA Madrid Spain April 30th, 2004 SALA RAZZMATAZZ 2 Barcelona Spain May 1st, 2004 Artsaia Pamplona Spain
In the meantime, Graham is recording the vocal track of the tune "Not Dead Yet" for the Moonstone project. Howie Simon has played shredding leads on this tune, and Tim Luce is engineering these recordings & trackings too. The tracking is about to be finished this weekend. |
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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
March 12th, 2004...Elektric Zoo Turned On!
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!
February 28th, 2004...Elektric Zoo in Austria & Spain
Some dates for the coming Elektric Zoo tour have been booked! More dates to come, so please check back.
Dates Venue City Country
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.)
February 25th, 2004...Gig in Hollywood & Moonstone
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.
February 7th, 2004..."Elektric Zoo" and Long Interview!
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.
| Today, we have exciting news! Graham will join Dario Mollo's new project called
"Elektric Zoo"!!! The plan is to tour Europe, including Spain, Austria, Belgium,
Italy and the UK, from mid-April to mid-May this year. Hopefully the recording of an album
will happen in summer and there will be another 25 gigs in the UK in October. Yes, we know
you are now very curious. :-) We will definitely let you know the details on this page as
soon as they are confirmed!
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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
BONNET ROCKS!
January 22nd, 2004...Paladino's Gig Canceled.
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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
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Another gig at Paladino's in Los Angeles on Friday, January 23, 2004 has been confirmed! The band line-up will be same as last time (Howie Simon, Tim Luce, John Thomas and Stefan Svensson). Tickets will be available through the club. Phone #: (818) 342-1563. |
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.
| It looks like The
Marbles LP "The Marbles", which was released in 1970, has been digitally
remastered and re-issued with 6 bonus tracks on CD from the Repertoire label. The CD has
been already released in Germany from SPV on November 24 and the UK release is slated for
December 15. The Marbles CD "Marble-ized", which was released in 1994, has been a hard-to-find item for almost a decade, so the new CD should be a must and great discovery for those of you who have not heard Graham's young & shining voice in pre-Rainbow years. Be sure to buy one at amazon.com or other shops before it goes out of stock! Thanks Kaz for the great info! |
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BONNET ROCKS!
November 23rd, 2003...About Sad News, Lochgelly Gig and etc.
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.
July 12th, 2003...New URL "bonnetrocks.com", not "bonnet-rocks.com".
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!
April 29th, 2003...One More Night at Paladino's!
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We are pleased to announce that Graham will play one more gig at Paladino's on Saturday, July 26, 2003. With the band getting much tighter than before, we believe that the show will be even more exciting than last one. So don't miss it! Particularly to those of you who missed the February show, the band is very much looking forward to seeing you at the venue! Again the tickets will be available only through the club. Phone #: (818) 342-1563. |
| On a side note,
David Wilson's in-depth interview with Graham has been published online. If you have not
read it yet, don't forget to check it out at www.electricbasement.com/interview_bonnet_april2003.htm BONNET ROCKS! |
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March 22nd, 2003...Tarzana Photos and Reviews
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.
January 13th, 2003...Here's the official notice for the California gig!
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...02-16-03 Band member change - Ed Roth will not be playing at the gig due to his another concert project. In his place John Thomas has been rehearsing, and he will be playing keyboards and guitar at the show. John played at Graham's last two gigs in LA. So the band has welcome back his multi-talents and understanding of Graham's music. There will surely be a fabulous ensemble of the band at the show!!! |
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.
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"I just want to say to all the fans in England,
Europe and Japan or where ever they may be, I'm glad they still enjoy the music, not just
mine but all music. Where would we be without it. Memories and times come back
to us with certain songs, as corny as that sounds, it is truthful for us all! Please let us have a great Christmas and lets hope for all fears to end for the children especially and may yours gods be with you.... Peace to all people. All my love and thanks from me and my family. Graham." |
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!
September 5th, 2002...Best Of Impellitteri
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01. Freak Show
(Unreleased from the Crunch era); 02. Victim Of The System (from "Victim Of The System"); 03. Beware Of The Devil (from "Crunch"); 04. Rock & Roll Heros (from "System X"); 05. Perfect Crime (from "System X"); 06. Spanish Fire (from "Crunch"); 07. Rat Race (from "Screaming Symphony"); 08. Warrior (from "Screaming Symphony"); 09. Cross To Bear (from "Victim Of The System"); 10. Stand In Line (from "Stand In Line"); 11. When The Well Runs Dry (from "Grin And Bear It"); 12. Power Of Love (from "Grin And Bear It"); 13. Shed Your Blood (from "Eyes Of The Hurricane"); 14. 17th Century Chicken Pickin' (from "Screaming Symphony"); 15. Hungry Days (from "Answer To The Master"); 16. Lost In The Rain (from "Impellitteri"); 17. Anti Social Disease (New Song); 18. Texas Nuclear Boogie (from "Crunch"); 19. Cyberflesh (Unreleased from the Crunch era) |
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.
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1. United We Stand 2. Perfect Crime 3. End Of The World 4. She's A Nighttime Lover 5. Slow Kill 6. Why Do They Do That 7. Rock'n'Roll Heroes 8. Gotta Get Home 9. What Kind Of Sanity 10. Falling In Love With A Stranger |
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!!!
BONNET ROCKS!
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!
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Nov 9th (Fri) Stourbridge / Rock
Cafe 2000 10th (Sat) Stourbridge / Rock Cafe 2000 11th (Sun) Cardiff / Coal Exchange (Cancelled) 13th (Tue) Plymouth / Cooperage 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 20th (Tue) Manchester / Witchwood 21st (Wed) Cleethorpes / Beachcomber 22nd (Thu) Easington / Rock Garden 24th (Sat) Wilbarston / Village Hall (Cancelled) 25th (Sun) Southampton / Guildhall (Cancelled) 26th (Mon) Camden Town / The Underworld (Cancelled) 28th (Wed) Crewe / The Limelight Club 29th (Thu) Bradford / Penningtons 110 Manningham Lane Tel: 01274 304455 30th (Fri) Southend / Chinnery's Dec 1st (Sat) Barcelona, Spain / Bikini Club Special thanks to Don and Kikko the Japanese webmaster for the tour info and to Dario for the photo! |
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.
August 31st, 2001...Back in LA with Chris
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!!!
August 26th, 2001...UK Tour (3)
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!
| Here are the band members and basic
setlist in the past UK dates. Band members on July 14: Graham, Don, Harry James & Chris Childs from Thunder, Rob Harris from Jamiroqui, Neil Murray, Clive Bunker, Uli Roth (guest in encore), etc. Setlist: 1. Do You Like Soul Music 2. Soul Man 3. Midnight Hour 4. My Girl 5. Hold On, I'm Comin' 6. Knock On Wood 7. When A Man Loves A Woman 8. Since You've Been Gone 9. All Night Long 10. Beatles Medley (encore) 11. Twist And Shout |
Band members on the other dates:
Graham, Don, Harry James, Chris Childs,
Dario Mollo (G). Setlist: 1. Eyes Of The World 2. Loves No Friend 3. Bad Girl 4. Maybe Next Time (Inst) 5. Night Games (guitar Solo) 6. Stargazer / Difficult To Cure (keyboard solo) 7. Night Of The Shooting Star 8. Eight Days A Week 9. Only One Woman 10. All Night Long 11. Lost In Hollywood (encore) 12. Since You've Been Gone 13. I'm Down / Lucille |
July 29th, 2001...UK Tour (2)
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Hi, UK fans! Did you enjoy the gigs? We
believe that they were pretty successfull, and would like to thank all of you who came to
hear the "voice" live! We truly hope that you enjoy the shows. Actually, there
was one more on the 20th, July in Carlisle, but sorry we couldn't post it here since we
couldn't confirm the info. Here are some concert reviews which we have received from fans. www.bonnetrocks.com/reviews.htm More photos and setlists will follow soon. Thank you again for sending them! Bonnet Rocks!!! PS: Regrettably the guest appearance on the 22nd did not happen. |
July 17th, 2001...One More gig!!!
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.
July 15th, 2001...(part-II) Cameo appearance?
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.
July 15th, 2001...Another Gig
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!
July 10th, 2001
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!
June 15th, 2001
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'!
May 20th, 2001
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!
November 22nd, 2000...TEASZER SHOTS
Once again, the Graham-manics flew in from such far away places as the U.K. and Japan!!!
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re: IMPELLITTERI Well I have written melodies and lyrics
for the new CD. I have finished 7 songs out of a possible 12 track album. I think though
it may be a 11 track CD as you always have that choice of which songs are strongest to
make a good flowing CD. Keys and tempos are always an integral part of a CD's feel, when
the songs are placed in a kind of 'dynamic' sequence. |
September 2nd, 2000...Gig in LA
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.
June 4th, 2000...Anthem CD Released in Japan!
| As you may already know, the 'Anthem' CD
has been completed and has been released in Japan. Graham will be singing with the
band in Osaka, Japan on July 11th at the 'Heat Beat' and also July 13th & 14th at 'On
Air East'. It looks like all of the shows will be sold out! There is also talk about Graham and ex-band mate Chris Impellitteri recording a CD together. It is too early to tell what other musicians will be involved. What a great recording that could be. A few southern California dates will still be booked before Graham heads off to Japan for the 'Anthem' concerts but in the mean time an un-announced show took place in Los Angeles in May with Graham Bonnet maniacs flying in from Japan as well as cities in the US. What maniacs they were!!!!!! |
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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!)
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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." |
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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. |
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