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MAY
2006
Greetings from Hannover!
There
is a newsletter from Paul
with an update on the new album
and photos taken in the studio over on Paul's
website
And Vinnie also writes about
the recording sessions on
his site
It's all looking good!
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Phil has returned from Vinnie's
house in Delaware
where he and Vinnie have been working on songs for the new album.
In mid-March, all the bandmembers are due to arrive in Hannover,
Germany
to start rehearsing and developing the twelve songs
that have resulted from the writing sessions.
In late March/early April the actual recording will take place.
The drums will be recorded in Hannover and the rest in Celle,
near Hannover.
The aim is to deliver the finished tracks to the record company
sometime in May
and then there will be some festivals in the summer.
See the TOURDATES page
for updates as they are announced.
SPV plan to release the new album in late summer/early autumn,
and then the band is due to begin touring in October.
Andy is in fantastic shape and we all can't wait to finally
start working!
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Congratulations and best wishes to
UFO tour manager TONIO NEUHAUS
and his beautiful wife MICHELE
on their wedding day
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UFO would like to wish all the fans
a happy and healthy 2006 and to thank
you all
for your loyalty and support during 2005.
We are delighted to welcome Andy Parker
back into the UFO family and as you know,
Andy already played his 'first' gig as part of UFO's headlining
festival show last November
in Granada, Spain. Jason Bonham is now playing with Foreigner
and
UFO wishes him and his band all the very best for the future.
Phil and Vinnie
will meet shortly in Delaware to work on new songs,
whilst Paul and Pete
are already composing material for a new studio album.
The idea is to record the new album in March/April
this year but
no decision has yet been taken as to where these recordings will
take place.
We'll let you know as soon as we know!
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Photos from November's PIORNO ROCK FESTIVAL
in Spain are now online HERE
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PETE
has recently been working on a project with ROBIN
GEORGE
Check out the new DAMAGE
CONTROL website for
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PHIL has taken part in an interview with Garry Sharpe-Young
- read it HERE
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There are a few photos from the Piorno Rock Festival over
on PAUL
RAYMOND's website
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SHOWTIME
The 2-cd and 2-dvd sets are available through
Steamhammer/SPV
November 8th in the USA
November 11th in Germany
and November 14th in Europe
Some video clips from SHOWTIME
are now online HERE !
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Will you please welcome from England... ANDY
PARKER!
Andy will be occupying the drumstool in Granada in Spain, at the
PIORNO
ROCK FESTIVAL
There is a short INTERVIEW
with Andy over on the SITN website.
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The MERCHANDISE page is now online
selling t-shirts, baseball caps and workshirts
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News
of a Spanish
festival on the TOURDATES page
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UFO fans who came to the recent shows in America and saw JEFF
KOLLMAN
filling in on bass duties for Pete, please join us in celebrating
the birth of
Jeff and Trish's baby daughter ELLA
KATHERYN born on 30th August 2005
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Martin
Popoff's latest book
SHOOT OUT THE LIGHTS
is now available directly from
www.martinpopoff.com
The book covers every era of UFO and is compiled from
interviews Martin has carried out over the years
with bandmembers and many others involved in the UFO story
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Read a message from the band HERE
and there is also a newsletter from PAUL
over on the PAUL
RAYMOND WEBSITE - and a chance to win one of Paul's UFO tour shirts!
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Listen HERE to a radio
interview with JASON, from MainstreaM
Rock Radio
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VINNIE will be back
in the UK for four events in September
- details HERE
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There is a new video interview with PHIL
at the WILD
AXES website
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At last we have a new GUESTBOOK
which won't collapse under the weight of messages
every time there's a tour on! Grateful thanks to DEAN
HOLLOWAY for building it!
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Check
HERE
for a review of the BB KINGS show in NY
from EDDIE
TRUNK
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The
ROCK REPORT website has just added a review
and photos
HERE
There is a review (in German) of the show at z7
in Switzerland HERE
and one from the BIEBOP in
Belgium HERE
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The SPRING STING European tourdates are
now completed, and the band would like
to thank everyone who came along and joined in with the fun!
There are some photos from the tour HERE, and
there will be more photos to follow soon
along with a report of the DVD live recording session in Wilhelmshaven.
With the live shows behind them, the band spent a few days in a German
studio
filming some of the top tracks which you voted for, such as Try
Me etc.,
and these will also be featured in the DVD along with
backstage footage,
and interviews with the band and with some
of the fans.
Many thanks to everyone who wrote in the guestbook
- there were so many messages that
unfortunately the guestbook caved in under the weight,
but the messages were archived and can be accessed HERE
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Jason wants to let all the UFO fans know that he will be drumming
at all the shows planned for UFO this summer in America, and also at
all the Foreigner shows.
Where the dates are close together, he will be jetting from one city
to another
to make sure that he doesn't miss a beat!
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UFO guitarist VINNIE
MOORE's 1986 instrumental album MIND'S
EYE

has just been voted #6 in the
"200 Greatest Guitar Recordings of All Time"
poll by Guitar One Magazine in their May 2005 issue
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The
current issue of CLASSIC
ROCK MAGAZINE features an article on Bon
Scott
which includes quotes from Pete Way about
his escapades with Bon.
CLASSIC
ROCK MAGAZINE has voted YOU ARE HERE
in at #6
of the Top 50 albums of 2004 in the current (January 2005) issue
There
is a recent interview with PETE at BW&BK
where he talks to Martin Popoff
about YOU ARE HERE and also about WAYSTED
Check out the Q and Mojo Magazines Special Edition
featuring UFO
The interview with Eddie
Trunk is now online
UFO have completed the first wave of American tourdates.
There are some reviews and photos on the SITN
and MGAB
websites
and more are being added every day, so keep checking back.
There are new interviews with JASON
and PHIL
at the SITN website
Crank up the karaoke! LYRICS to YOU
ARE HERE have now been added
so you have no excuse for not singing along.