EUROPE will be joined onstage by ex-members of THIN LIZZY and SCORPIONS
Swedish hard rockers EUROPE will be joined by special guests Scott Gorham (BLACK STONE RIDERS, THIN LIZZY) and Michael Schenker (ex-SCORPIONS, UFO) at their 30th-anniversary show at the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 5-8 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. This will be EUROPE’s only Swedish performance of the anniversary year and it will be a grandiose event indeed, promises singer Joey Tempest. The stage show will be one of the greatest, if not the greatest of theband’s entire career. The setlist will be specially composed from EUROPE’s entire nine-album discography, including their cult debut “Europe” (1983), multi-million-seller “The Final Countdown” (1986) and their most recent outing, “Bag Of Bones” (2012), which has now reached gold status in Sweden. The performance will also be filmed for a DVD release, so make sure you’ll be present when a piece of Swedish rock history will be both created and preserved for posterity.
For the record: today’s version of EUROPE is identical to the classic “The Final Countdown” lineup: Joey Tempest (vocals), John Norum (guitar), John Levén (bass), Mic Michaeli (keyboards) and Ian Haugland (drums).
EUROPE celebrated the 30th anniversary of its appearance at the Swedish rock talent contest Rock-SM on December 13, 2012 by performing the song “In The Future To Come” at Hovet in Stockholm during the Scandianvian leg of their “Bag Of Bones” tour.
In 1982, EUROPE singer Joey Tempest’s then-girlfriend entered FORCE (as EUROPE was originally known prior to changing its name) in the Rock-SM contest. Competing against 4000 bands, they performed two songs, “In The Future To Come” and “The King Will Return”, and won the contest which resulted in a record deal with Hot Records. Tempest also won the individual award for “Best Lead Singer” while EUROPE guitarist John Norum was honored in the “Best Guitarist” category.
“Bag Of Bones” was released in Europe on April 27, 2012 via earMusic/Edel. The CD, which features a guest appearance by blues-rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa (BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION), was produced by Kevin Shirley, who has previously worked with IRON MAIDEN, JOE BONAMASSA, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION, BLACK STONE CHERRY and JOURNEY, among others.
Source: E-prog
