{"id":11171,"date":"2017-06-27T12:42:53","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T19:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/?p=11171"},"modified":"2017-06-27T12:42:53","modified_gmt":"2017-06-27T19:42:53","slug":"michael-schenker-fest-signs-with-nuclear-blast-announces-2018-north-american-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/2017\/06\/27\/michael-schenker-fest-signs-with-nuclear-blast-announces-2018-north-american-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Schenker Fest signs with Nuclear Blast, announces 2018 North American Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/micheal-schenker-fest.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[11171]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11173\" src=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/micheal-schenker-fest.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/micheal-schenker-fest.jpg 640w, http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/micheal-schenker-fest-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michaelschenkerfest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Schenker Fest<\/a><\/strong>, featuring Michael Schenker and the three original Michael Schenker Group \/ McAuley Schenker Group vocalists Gary Barden, Graham Bonnet and Robin McAuley, along with MSG musicians Steve Mann (guitar, keys), Chris Glen (bass) and Ted McKenna (drums), plus Doogie White as special guest vocalist, has signed a worldwide record deal with Nuclear Blast, and has begun recording a new studio album with producer Michael Voss. The album will be released in Spring 2018. The group has also announced a North American tour for March-April 2018. Check out the dates below.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Comments Schenker, &#8220;I am very happy to have signed with Nuclear Blast Records and I am looking forward to releasing a killer Michael Schenker Fest studio album in the spring of 2018. The album will bring together past and present in the form of 3 original M.S.G. singers &#8211; Gary Barden, Graham Bonnet &amp; Robin McAuley &#8211; and the current Michael Schenker&#8217;s Temple Of Rock vocalist Doogie White (ex-Rainbow). Keep on rockin&#8217;!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>03\/06\/2018 &#8211; Silver Springs, MD @ The Filmore<br \/>\n03\/10\/2018 &#8211; New York,NY @ Irving Plaza<br \/>\n03\/11\/2018 &#8211; Philly, PA @ Theater of Living Arts<br \/>\n03\/12\/2018 &#8211; Montreal, QC @ Club Soda<br \/>\n03\/16\/2018 &#8211; Cleveland,OH @ Agora Theater<br \/>\n03\/17\/2018 &#8211; Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall<br \/>\n03\/19\/2018 &#8211; Minneapolis,MN @ Cabooze<br \/>\n03\/22\/2018 &#8211; Seattle,WA @ Neptune<br \/>\n03\/24\/2018 &#8211; San Jose, CA @ San Jose Events Center<br \/>\n03\/25\/2018 &#8211; Anaheim, CA @ The Grove<br \/>\n03\/26\/2018 &#8211; Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theater<br \/>\n03\/27\/2018 &#8211; Las Vegas, NV @ House Of Blues<br \/>\n03\/29\/2018 &#8211; Denver , CO @ Cervantes Ballroom<br \/>\n03\/31\/2018 &#8211; San Antonio, TX @ Vibes Event Center<br \/>\n04\/01\/2018 &#8211; Dallas, TX @ Bomb Factory<br \/>\n04\/03\/2018 &#8211; Tampa , FL @ The Ritz<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>If you like what you\u2019ve read\/seen, <a href=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/shop\">buy a shirt<\/a> and help keep Metal Assault running full time!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>If you live in LA, San Diego or Sacramento, come to one of our <a href=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/events\">events<\/a>!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Schenker Fest, featuring Michael Schenker and the three original Michael Schenker Group \/ McAuley Schenker Group vocalists Gary Barden, Graham Bonnet and Robin McAuley, along with MSG musicians Steve Mann (guitar, keys), Chris Glen (bass) and Ted McKenna (drums), plus Doogie White as special guest vocalist, has signed a worldwide record deal with Nuclear &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/2017\/06\/27\/michael-schenker-fest-signs-with-nuclear-blast-announces-2018-north-american-tour\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Michael Schenker Fest signs with Nuclear Blast, announces 2018 North American Tour&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11171"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11171"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11174,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11171\/revisions\/11174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}