{"id":3480,"date":"2013-08-21T05:12:27","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T05:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2013\/08\/21\/joe-bonamassa-launches-radio-show-and-adds-derek-sherinian-as-new-band-member\/"},"modified":"2013-08-21T05:12:27","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T05:12:27","slug":"joe-bonamassa-launches-radio-show-and-adds-derek-sherinian-as-new-band-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2013\/08\/21\/joe-bonamassa-launches-radio-show-and-adds-derek-sherinian-as-new-band-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Bonamassa launches radio show and adds Derek Sherinian as new band member"},"content":{"rendered":"


Blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa has launched The Pickup<\/a> \u2013 a\u00a0brand new unique and entertaining weekly internet radio show blending music history, carefully curated songs, an encyclopedic knowledge of guitar facts, and illuminating insights into the mind of one of the world\u2019s greatest musicians. <\/p>\n

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New shows will be premiered online every Friday at www.thepickupradio.com<\/a>, while previously aired episodes will be available to listen to on-demand.<\/p>\n

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Whether it\u2019s unusual knowledge of a vintage Les Paul, played on an obscure record from the 70s, or a friendly debate on how to name your guitar, each episode weaves together witty banter, fun facts, and amazing tour stories from the guitarist who\u2019s \u201calways on the road\u201d.<\/p>\n

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In other news, Derek Sherinian, former Black Country Communion keyboardist, has joined Bonamassa\u2019s solo band as a full-time member. Sherinian toured South America with Bonamassa in August 2013, and will continue to feature as part of Joe\u2019s UK tour in September. Says Bonamassa – \u201cDerek is a great player and we\u2019re ecstatic to welcome him as the latest member of the band.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tickets for Joe Bonamassa\u2019s UK tour are available now from 0844 478 0898<\/p>\n

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UK Tour Dates:<\/p>\n

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Cardiff Motorpoint Arena\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wednesday 18 September<\/p>\n

Bournemouth BIC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Friday 20 September<\/p>\n

Manchester Arena\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Saturday 21 September<\/p>\n

Aberdeen AECC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Monday 23 September<\/p>\n

Edinburgh Playhouse\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tuesday 24 September<\/p>\n

Birmingham NIA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Friday 27 September<\/p>\n

Brighton Centre (Sold Out)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Saturday 28 September<\/p>\n

Source: www.thegigcartel.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa has launched The Pickup \u2013 a\u00a0brand new unique and entertaining…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3480\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}