A well known music fan, Allen has enlisted some big names in the rock’n’roll realm to help on his upcoming album ‘Everywhere at Once’. The 13-track blues-based record features contributions from the likes of Chrissie Hynde, Joe Walsh, David Hidalgo of Los Lobos as well as Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart.

The tech mogul, who made his fortune alongside his Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, also boasts full or partial song-writing credit on each of the album’s tracks and plays guitar on all.  

The album is due out on August 6th and as the 60-year-old billionaire has no need for more cash, all proceeds from sales are going towards the non-profit EMP.

Check out some of Paul Allen’s guitar skills in this video:

]]> London Newsdesk http://www.pressparty.com/pg/newsdesk/arcticmonkeys/view/76561/ Thu, 23 May 2013 11:14:41 +0100 http://www.pressparty.com/pg/newsdesk/arcticmonkeys/view/76561/ Arctic Monkeys have premiered a brand new track.

The UK indie icons played the song 'Do I Wanna Know?' last night (May 22) in Ventura, California.

It was their first show since appearing at the London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony in July last year.

Fans seemed to lap up 'Do I Wanna Know?' on YouTube, with one user commenting: "OH MY GOODNESS. THIS IS AMAZING. and completely new sounding, omg love it."

As previously reported, Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders suggested that the band could release a new album this year.

Their last studio effort came in the shape of 2011's 'Suck It And See', which gave them their fourth consecutive UK No.1 album.

July 2nd – Scala, London 

Wednesday 22nd May – Having just completed a successful tour of Japan and Australia, The Flamin' Groovies have returned in full force! The Cyril Jordan, Chris Wilson, George Alexander line-up that rocked the UK, Europe and the US from 1971 – 1980 are back in action. With the addition of Victor Penalosa on drums the band are set to return to British soil after more than 30 years to play a show at London’s Scala on the 2nd of July following a performance at Hard Rock Calling at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on 30th June. The Flamin’ Groovies Scala tickets go on-sale 9am on Friday 24th May are available from www.livenation.co.uk or www.ticketmaster.co.uk. 

The Flamin’ Groovies story goes all the way back to 1965 when the band began as the Chosen Few in their hometown of San Francisco, California.  After a name change and a self-released 10 inch album called “Sneakers”, which sold amazingly well, the band caught the attention of Columbia who signed them up and sent them into the studio with a big budget to record their first real album, “Supersnazz”, on the Epic label. Their next two albums were on Kama Sutra (home of their heroes, The Lovin' Spoonful): “Flamingo”, and the now revered classic “Teenage Head”.  Lead singer Roy Loney left the band right after that and lead guitarist Cyril Jordan moved the group to England with Chris Wilson (formerly of Loose Gravel) taking over as front man. 

They continued their style of straight ahead guitar driven rock n' roll but this time with a more 60's rather than 50's influence. A few singles on United Artists, recorded at the legendary Rockfield Studios in Wales with Dave Edmunds producing, followed in the early '70s.  In '76 they signed to Sire Records, who released three true gems of power pop: “Shake Some Action”, “Flamin' Groovies Now”, and “Jumpin' In The Night”.      

Another lineup change ensued in the next decade with Wilson moving to England and joining the Barracudas. The Groovies continued on thru the 80's and into the early '90s touring Australia and Europe, putting out a fine but overlooked album called Rock Juice and then finally calling it quits.  Jordan formed a new band called Magic Christian while Wilson released solo albums in Europe.  

Now in 2013, Jordan, Wilson and original founding member and bass player Geroge Alexander, have reunited for the first time since 1981. They're joined by drummer Victor Penalosa, a fine musician in his own right who faithfully recreates the style heard on the classic recordings while at the same time adding his own flavor.  The foursome has gone back into the studio to finish up long lost recordings as well as cutting brand new material.  They recently toured Japan and Australia, returning home to San Francisco to do a show that sold out in less than 24 hours.   Fans have been delighted with what is being called "a dream set list", including original songs the band has never performed before onstage.  Newcomers are asking, "Why haven't I ever heard of this group?"  It's hard to say just why the group hasn't gotten the attention they deserve (at least in the USA) but they're back to give everyone another chance at hearing and seeing just why those in the know consider them one of the greatest rock n' roll bands ever.  

THE FLAMIN’ GROOVIES LIVE

SUNDAY 30TH JUNE 2013 – HARD ROCK CALLING AT QUEEN ELIZABETH OLYMPIC PARK

TUESDAY 2ND JULY 2013 - LONDON SCALA 

For more information please contact:

Sam Corbett – Live Nation: sam.corbett@livenation.co.uk 

The Flamin’ Groovies Scala tickets go on-sale 9am on Friday 24th May priced at £22.50 (subject to booking fee) and are available from www.livenation.co.uk or www.ticketmaster.co.uk 

For accreditation please visit the Live Nation Press website http://press.livenation.co.uk/ and apply on line 

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The bassist was best known for playing in David Bowie's backing band The Spiders From Mars and also in Uriah Heep.

He died on Tuesday (May 21) after a battle with cancer.

Bolder played on bass on a number of Bowie albums in the early 70s, including 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars' and 'Hunky Dory'.

The bassist joined English rock band Uriah Heep in 1976 and only left the group recently due to his health.

A statement on Uriah Heep's website reads: "Trevor was an all time great, one of the outstanding musicians of his generation, and one of the finest and most influential bass players that Britain ever produced. His long time membership of Uriah Heep brought the band's music, and Trevor's virtuosity and enthusiasm, to hundreds of thousands of fans across the world."

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Camera and Edit by Matt Maude and James Rhodes.