Europe headline the second night of the fourth annual Steelhouse Festival, being staged just outside Ebbw Vale in south Wales, on Sunday July 20. As part of our build-up to the event, PlanetMosh put in an early morning call to frontman Joey Tempest to discuss the gig – which …
Read More »Toseland – ‘Renegade’
Like most self-respecting music fans, I have a real bee in my bonnet about so-called “celebrities” attempting to jump on the rawk ‘n’ roll bandwagon and establish their street creds by recording an album and playing a few gigs before returning to their various degrees of infamy and disappearing back …
Read More »Sebastian Bach added to Steelhouse line up
Sebastian Bach has been added to the line up for this year’s Steelhouse Festival in south Wales. The former Skid Row frontman will be special guest to Black Star Riders on Saturday July 19, with Europe headlining the following evening. Other acts confirmed over the two days so far include The …
Read More »Europe – Live at Sweden Rock: 30th Anniversary show
In June, Europe headlined the Sweden Rock festival with a performance celebrating 30 years of rock music. That performance was recorded and filmed and is now being released on CD, DVD and Blu-Ray. The track listing is impressive – they played 28 songs that span the entire length of their …
Read More »Joey Tempest, Europe interview – October 2013
I spoke to Europe singer Joey Tempest ahead of the release next week of the band’s new live DVD release – Live at Sweden Rock: 30th Anniversary show. Planetmosh: In June you headlined Sweden Rock festival in front of 30,000 fans. That performance is now being released on CD and …
Read More »Europe Press Conference, Hellfest 2013
I attended Europe’s press conference at this year Hellfest. Originally it was meant to be Joey Tempest and John Norum however they had been delayed so John Levén, Mic Michaeli and Ian Haugland where there to answer the questions instead. EuropePressHellfest2013 .
Read More »Download Festival, Part 1 – Friday 14th June, 2013
Welcome to the first in a three part review of the 11th annual Download Festival. Once again, rock fans from all over the world descended on the hallowed turfs of Donington Park in Derbyshire for a five-day extravaganza that saw the festival outdo its previous years’ lineup by quite a …
Read More »HELLFEST 2013 – The Final Announcement!
You thought the main part of the #HELLFEST threat had been revealed, well you were wrong because we are proud to announce the confirmation of the legendary DEF LEPPARD on Clisson’s lands. A big come back in France after 17 years of absence. And why should we stop to a …
Read More »EUROPE, Manchester HMVRITZ, 22rd November 2012
Since reforming nine years ago, Europe have released four albums , all receiving critical acclaim, and selling by the truck load, ‘Last Look at Eden’ was my surprise hit of 2009, as it marked a turning point in the bands musical direction, heading more into hard edged blues territory. Paul …
Read More »Europe – Bag of Bones cd
Legendary Swedish rock band Europe are due to release their latest album, “Bag of Bones” at the end of April. The album was recorded with producer Kevin Shirley who has produced albums for Iron Maiden, Joe Bonamassa, Black Country Communion, Black Stone Cherry and Journey, a pretty impressive CV. They …
Read More »Interview with Joey Tempest, Europe – April 2012
Ant May from Planetmosh spoke to Joey Tempest, singer with Europe to ask about their new album and touring plans. Planetmosh: Your new album, Bag of Bones is due to be released at the end of the month and sounds fantastic. Can you tell us a bit about the album? …
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