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Don't forget to check www.ianhunter.com, www.mottthehoople.com, www.mickralphs.co.uk, www.buffinthestixslayer.com, and www.mickronson.com for the latest official news. |
 Ian Hunter and the Rant Band have just announced a UK tour for October 2012. Gigs confirmed so far include 12th Newcastle, 13th Glasgow, 14th Holmfirth, 16th Leicester, 18th Manchester, 19th London, 20th Birmingham, 23rd Bath, 25th Harrogate, 26th Brighton and 28th Northampton. Otis Gibbs has been confirmed as special guest for all shows on Ian's UK tour.
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Ian Hunter and the Rant Band will headline a special show at the Bell House on 30 March 2012, with Graham Parker in support. Proceeds from the show will go directly toward medical bills and other costs incurred by Graham Maby and his wife Mary Beth, who sadly lost her battle with cancer recently. |
Ian Hunter and the Rant Band will appear at Hot Rocks At Carnegie Hall, an event featuring 21 artists performing the 21 songs from the Rolling Stones' album Hot Rocks 1964-1971. The event benefits a number of music-related charities, and will also feature Marianne Faithfull, Art Garfunkel, Rickie Lee Jones, Ronnie Spector, Rosanne Cash, Steve Earle, Taj Mahal, Marc Cohn and Jackson Browne among others. |
 Verden Allen and Soft Ground *and* The Mick Ralphs Blues Band will both appear at the Spring Edition of the Cambridge Rock Festival on the weekend of 27-29 April 2012.
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At long last, the 1980 Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson live concert broadcast on the German Rockpalast television show has been issued on CD and DVD. Filmed and recorded on 22 April 1980 at Grugahalle in Essen Germany, the show features the band running through 13 songs including two Mick Ronson instrumentals. Track List: FBI, Once Bitten Twice Shy, Angeline, Laugh At Me, Irene Wilde, I Wish I Was Your Mother, Just Another Night, We Gotta Get Out Of Here, Bastard, Memphis, Cleveland Rocks, All The Young Dudes, Slaughter On 10th Avenue .
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Mick Ralphs Blues Band 2012 dates: 02 March 2011 - Stables, Wavensdon England; 03 March 2012 - Long Street Blues Club, Devizes England; 17 March 2012 - Backstage At The Green, Kinross Scotland. More dates anticipated ....
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 Exciting times for Verden Allen and his band Soft Ground as they go into 2012, starting with a 'Whispering' Bob Harris Radio 2 session to be aired on 22 January 2012. Afterward, they will play live dates at The Half Moon, Putney on 11 Feb 2012 and then closer to home on 14 April 2012 at Worcester's Huntingdon Hall for another night of Mott classics and Verden's own solo material.
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On 3 Oct 2011, John Fiddler released the Medicine Head album Fiddlersophical (UK Angel Air SJPCD 373). |
Ian Hunter and the Rant Band Fall 2011 dates: 08 Sep 2011 The City Winery, New York NY; 09 Sep 2011 The City Winery, New York NY; 10 Sep 2011 Havana, New Hope PA; 15 Sep 2011 The City Winery, New York NY; 16 Sep 2011 The City Winery, New York NY; 17 Sep 2011 The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville PA; 23 Sep 2011 (Acoustic) South Milwaukee Performance Arts Center, Milwaukee WI; 24 Sep 2011 (Acoustic) Old Town School of Folk, Chicago IL; 25 Sep 2011 (Acoustic) Old Town School of Folk, Chicago IL; 15 Oct 2011 Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown NY; 27 Oct 2011 Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh PA; 28 Oct 2011 Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland OH; 29 Oct 2011 Magic Bag, Ferndale MI; 03 Nov 2011 Iron Horse Music Hall, Northampton MA; 04 Nov 2011 Paradise Rock Club, Boston MA; 05 Nov 2011 Flying Monkey, Plymouth NH |
Mick Ralphs Blues Band 2011 dates: 25 August 2011 - Frazer Theatre, Knaresborough England; 08 Nov 2011 - The Robin Hood 2, Bilston England; 11 Nov 2011 - The Musician, Leicester England; 17 Nov 2011 - The Old Vic, Swindon England; 26 Nov 2011 - Jazz Cafe, London England. |
 If You Dare is the third solo album from Luther Grosvenor, a.k.a. Ariel Bender. It will be issued on 20 June 2011 in the UK (Angel Air SJPCD360) and wasd recorded with Mike Triggs, Mark Eden, and Jim Houghton. Tracks include 'Dusty Track', 'If You Dare', 'Say Never', 'Emis Song', 'Fire And Water', 'Tears Run Dry', 'Kids', 'Heroes', 'Nobody Knows', 'If You Dare' (version 2).
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Ian Hunter and the Rant Band will headline the Hoboken Music and Arts Festival in Hoboken, NJ on Sunday, May 1 2011 from 11am to 6pm. The festival takes place on Washington St. between Observer Highway and 7th St. There will be over 300 Artists, Crafters, Photographers, Local Businesses, Restaurants, and Food Vendors as well as three stages of live music. The festival is held rain or shine, and admission is free.
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Mick Ralphs will be playing a couple live dates in the UK in June 2011. Mick Ralphs & Co. is a blues band featuring Sam Kelly on drums, and will play on 8 June 2011 at Jagz in Ascot. Mick Ralphs and the Fabulous Morons is a covers band, and will play Rugfest Beer & Music Festival in Wallingford on 24 June 2011. |
 The Ballad of Mott The Hoople documentary will be screened at the Southend On Sea Film Festival on 29 April 2011 at 8:30 PM in the Palace Theatre. Tickets are just £3. The screening will be introduced by co-director Chris Hall and local music writer and DJ Daryl Easlea. 'This remarkable documentary presents the story of this iconic band’s 2009 reunion concerts with passion and affection. Archive footage shows the band in their 70s pomp, with hits such as 'All the Young Dudes', 'Roll Away the Stone' and 'All the Way From Memphis' showing what a singular band they were.'
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IAN HUNTER - USA 1972: à travers l'Amérique avec Mott the Hoople is the French translation of Ian Hunter's 1972 book, Diary of a Rock and Roll Star It is being issued on 20 April 2011.
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The Ballad of Mott The Hoople documentary will be show at the Chicago International Music & Movies Festival (CIMM) in April 2011. It will be screened only once, on 16 April at Heaven, 1550 North Milwaukee at 4 PM.
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The Ballad of Mott The Hoople documentary will be show at the Borderlines Film Festival in Hereford, England in March 2011. It will be screened twice, once on 25 March and again on 28 March at the Main House of the Courtyard Centre for the Arts.
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 Nigel Benjamin has issued his first solo album, which is currently available through the ReverbNation service. The album has 11 tracks and is entitled In The Absence of God. You can hear the album on his ReverbNation page.
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Ian Hunter and the Rant Band will play three dates in California at the end of January 2011: The Fillmore in San Francisco (28 Jan 2011); The El Ray in Los Angeles (29 Jan 2011); and The Galaxy in Santa Ana (30 Jan 2011). |
Live In Sweden 1971 is a vinyl album from Germany (Sireena 4006) and consists of Mott The Hoople's 1971.02.16 live concert recorded at Konserthuset, Stockholm Sweden. The LP was licensed from Angel Air Records, and the tracks were all originally released on the Stockholm To Philadelphia CD.
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The Towne Crier Cafe in Pawling NY and the Narrows Center in Fall River MA presented An Acoustic Evening with Ian Hunter & Friends on 10 Dec 2010 and 11 Dec 2010 respectively. Ian Hunter, Andy York, and Steve Holley played as an acoustic trio at these shows. A second date at the Towne Crier was added on 19 Dec 2010, with Tracie Hunter in support. |
Luther attended the premiere of the Mott The Hoople documentary The Ballad Of Mott The Hoople at the British Film Institute's London Film Festival in October 2010. |
The Ballad of Mott The Hoople, the long awaited documentary film from Start Productions, premiered at the London Film Festival in October 2010. It was screened on three dates at the British Film Institute, Southbank, London: Sat 16 Oct 21:00 (NFT1), Mon 18 Oct 15:30 (NFT1), and Tue 19 Oct 19:00 (Studio). Ian, Mick, Verden, Luther, Diane Stevens, and Jimmy Page were all in attendance.
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Ian Hunter and the Rant Band completed a UK tour in October 2010. The dates included 01 Oct at The Ocean Room, Scarborough England; 02 Oct at Bridgewater Hall, Manchester England; 03 Oct at The Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow Scotland; 05 Oct at Komedia, Brighton England; 07 Oct at the OWG Centre in Dartford England; 08 Oct at The Stables, Wavendon England; 10 Oct at Union Chapel, London England; 11 Oct at The Journal Tyne Theatre, Newcastle England; 12 Oct at Town Hall, Birmingham England; and 14 Oct at 02 Academy, Bristol England. The Dartford, Wavendon, and London gigs were special acoustic gigs featuring the London-based string quartet Mamushka. |
 Dale Griffin gave an interview to BBC radio 4 regarding his battle with Alzheimer's disease on 4 September 2010. Here is the link to BBC Radio 4.
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In August 2010, Dale Griffin gave an interview to The Express in an effort to raise awareness about Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease, and to promote Memory Walk, the Alzheimer’s Society’s flagship fundraising event for people with dementia and their carers. Click This Link to read the article. |
Ian Hunter and the Rant Band played the Palace Theater in Danbury CT on 17 September 2010. Please join us for a benefit to celebrate the life of Stevie Buccini. Stevie bravely battled cancer for two years until July 7, 2010, when he finally succumbed to the disease at the far-too-young age of 40. This special night features musical legend Ian Hunter, front-man for the iconic group Mott the Hoople with special guests The Doug Wahlberg band opening the night.
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Luther Grosvenor make a guest appearance on the new single by The Winter Olympics, entitled 'The Great Outdoors'. The group has shot a video that shows Luther in the studio playing the guitar solo. The song has been released to iTunes and will be on the band's next album, due out at the end of the year. |
Ian Hunter performed a couple songs with Joe Elliott and the Down n' Outz at the High Voltage Festival in London on 25 Jul 2010, before the plug was pulled due to time constraints. Initial reports indicated that Mott The Hoople would play the festival, and adverts indicating this were even published in magzines and newspapers. |
On 5 Jul 2010, Dale Griffin was the subject of a Wales Online Health News story, in which he spoke about Altzheimers during Dementia Awareness Week. You can read the complete article at the Wales Online Website |
Bad Company have announced several USA dates in the summer of 2010. 16 Jul - Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio CA; 17 Jul - Orange County Fair, Costa Mesa CA; 22 Jul - 2010 The Lakeland Center Jenkins Arena Lakeland, FL; 23 Jul - St. Augustine Amphitheater St. Augustine, FL; 25 Jul - Chastain Park Amphitheater, Atlanta GA; 27 Jul - Bank Of America Pavilion, Boston MA; 30 Jul - Choctaw Resort Casino Event Center Durant, OK; 14 Aug - Bike Rally Port Dover, Ontario Canada; 01 Aug - Outlaw Jam, Frederick County Fairgrounds, Frederick MD; 04 Aug - Casino Rama Center, Rama Toronto Ontario Canada; 04 Oct - Potawatomi Casino Milwaukee, WI; 05 Oct - Potawatomi Casino Milwaukee, WI; 07 Oct - Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa OK. |
Ian Hunter and the Rant Band will play three dates in the Northeastern USA for November 2010: The Highline Ballroom in New York City on the 11th, Havana in New Hope PA on the 12th (Joe Hurley opens), and At The Tabernacle in Mt. Tabor NJ on the 13th (David Johansen opens). |
Ian Hunter is the subject of a five-page feature article in the August 2010 issue of Mojo Magazine in the UK. Issue 201 has Bruce Springsteen on the cover. |
Ian Hunter and the Rant Band appeared on the BBC's Later ... with Jools Holland TV show on Tuesday, 4 May 2010 and again on Friday, 7 May 2010. Other guests on the show were Iggy Pop and Courtney Love & Hole. Ian performed 'Flowers' and 'Once Bitten Twice Shy'.
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