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September 19, 2004
Billy will be doing special promo performances at Hard Rock Cafes in Japan. These perfomances are to coincide with the release of Billy's new single in Japan "Toss It On The Flame" from the new album "Cosmic Troubadour"
October 6
Promotion day in Nagoya
Zippo Hot Tour at Hard Rock Cafe in Nagoya
Start Time: 7:00
October 7
Osaka promotion day
Zippo Hot tour at Hard Rock Cafe in Osake
Start Time: 6:30
October 8
Zippo hot tour at Hard Rock Cafe in Tokyo
Start:17:00
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September 1, 2004
Billy Sheehan Bass Clinics in Turkey, Italy, Netherlands and England!!!
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September 7, 2004
Istanbul, Turkey
Bass Clinic
DeTa Tuketim Mallari Yapi
Sand Tick Ltd, Sti
Cumhuriyett Bulvari No 143/B
Alsancak/Izmir Turkey
contact: Mr Derya Ozyurek deryaozurek@hotmail.com
September 9, 2004
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Bass Clinic
Feedback Music Instruments
BV Ceintuurbaan 191
KC Rotterdam 30501
Website: www.feedback.nl
Time: 19.30 hrs
Venue: Feedback Rotterdam
Entrée Fee: € 5,- Reserveren is verplicht, Klik hier om te reserveren
September 15, 2004
Napoli, Italy
Bass Clinic
Venue: Acoustica on line Via Bonito,
32/A Napoli
Tele: 081 459530
Time: 21:00 hrs
September 16, 2004
Milano, Italy
Bass Clinic
Venue: Lucky Music Via Cassala
7/2 Milano, 20143
Tele: 39-02-58101653
Time of Event: 21:00 hrs
September 18, 2004
Guilford, Surrey, England
Bass Clinic
Venue: Anderson Music/Academy of Contemporary Music
Time of Event: 15:00 hrs
September 19, 2004,
Birmingham, England
Bass Clinic
Venue: Professional Music Technology Guitarfest
Birmingham Conservatorie Paradise Place, Birmingham
Time 19:00hrs
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June 15, 2004
I'm going to be part of Steve Vai's band for the G3 tour in Europe in June and July and the Steve Vai tour of Australia and Asia in Juy and August. Here are the dates, hope to see you there!
2004 European G3 Tour
Sunday 6/13/2004 Lichtenvoorde, HOLLAND - Arrow Rock Festival
Monday 6/14/2004 Copenhagen, DENMARK - KB Hallen
Tuesday 6/15/2004 Gothenberg, SWEDEN - Lisenbergellen
Wednesday 6/16/2004 Stockholm, SWEDEN - Goeta Lejon
Friday 6/18/2004 Helsinki, FINLAND - Icehall
Sunday 6/20/2004 Oslo, NORWAY - Konserthuset
Thursday 6/23/2004 Glasgow, SCOTLAND - Clyde
Thursday 6/24/2004 Manchester, ENGLAND - Apollo
Friday 6/25/2004 Newcastle, ENGLAND - City Hall
Saturday 6/26/2004 Birmingham, ENGLAND - NIA Academy
Sunday 6/27/2004 Bournemouth, ENGLAND - BIC
Monday 6/28/2004 Nottingham, ENGLAND - Royal Concert Hall
Tuesday 6/29/2004 London, ENGLAND - Royal Albert Hall
Thursday 7/1/2004 Paris, FRANCE - Palais de Congres
Friday 7/2/2004 Begara, SPAIN - Sala Jam
Saturday 7/3/2004 Madrid, SPAIN - Sala Riviera
Sunday 7/4/2004 Barcelona, SPAIN - Razzmatazz I
Tuesday 7/6/2004 Milano, ITALY - Mazda Palace
Wednesday 7/7/2004 Roma, ITALY - Centrale de Tennis
Thursday 7/8/2004 Padova, ITALY - Villa Pisani
Saturday 7/9/2004 Ljubljana, SLOVENIA - Tivoli Hall
Sunday 7/10/2004 Vienna, AUSTRIA - Bank Austria Halle
Sunday 7/11/2004 Budapest, HUNGARY - Petofi Csarnok - Open Air
Sunday 7/13/2004 Warsaw, POLAND - Torwar
Sunday 7/15/2004 Zurich, SWITZERLAND - Volkshaus
Saturday 7/16/2004 Pistoia, ITALY - Duomo Square
Sunday 7/17/2004 Patrimonio, CORSICA FRANCE - Les Nuits de la Guitare
2004 Australia & Asia Steve Vai Band Tour
(Steve's band for the Australian tour will be: Steve - Guitar;
Billy Sheehan - Bass; Tony MacAlpine - Guitar and Keyboards;
Jeremy Colson - Drums; Dave Weiner - Guitar.)
PERTH: THUR 22 JULY - METRO CITY *
Book Online at Ticketmaster 7 or Phonecharge 136-100
Bocsticketing.com.au Ph. 9484-1133
ADELAIDE: SAT 24 JULY - THE BARTON THEATRE **
Book Online at VenueTix or Phonecharge 8225-8888
MELBOURNE: SUN 25 JULY - THE PALACE *
Book Online at Ticketek or Phonecharge 132-849
SYDNEY: MON 26 JULY - THE ENMORE THEATRE *
Book Online at Ticketek or Phonecharge 9266-4800
The Enmore Theatre Ph. 9550-3666
BRISBANE: TUE 27 JULY - THE ARENA *
Book Online at Ticketek or Phonecharge 131-931
* Tickets On-sale Monday 17 May 9am
** Tickets On Sale Tuesday 18 May 9am
SINGAPORE: THUR 29 JULY - SUNTEC CITY CONVENTION HALL
Tickets on sale May 20 at all Sistic outlets. Book Online at Sistic or Phone
65-6348-5555
TAIPEI, TAIWAN: SUN 1 AUGUST - TAIPEI INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTER
No.1, Hsin Yin Rd., Sec.5, Taipei City, 110, TAIWAN
Tel: 886-2-2723-2535
Fax: 886-2-2723-2590++
Tickets: www.rockempire.com.tw
KOWLOON, HONG KONG: TUE 3 AUGUST - HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL TRADE & EXHIBITION CENTRE (HALL B, G FLOOR)
1 Trademark Drive, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, HONG KONG
Fax: 852-2620-2222
BEIJING, CHINA: THUR 5 AUGUST - THEATER OF BEIJING EXHIBITION CENTER (TBEC)
No.135, Xi Zhi Men Wai Road, Xi Cheng, Beijing 100044, CHINA
Tel: 86-10-65836139, 86-10-83155423
Fax: 86-10-68356605
Tickets: www.guitarchina.com
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Feb 4, 2004
Hello Everyone!
I hope 2004 is turning out to be a wonderful year for all of you.
I'll be doing some bass clinics (instructional seminars) in SE Asia in February. See the list below. I'm taking a break from my recording to do these, but I'll be right back to finishing my second solo CD, a new Niacin CD, and much more when I return home in March. Also -- The Steve Vai "Live In London" DVD is out now! See Steve, myself, Tony MacAlpine, Virgil Donati, & Dave Weiner live in London at the sold out Astoria show. What a night it was!
BILLY SHEEHAN BASS CLINIC INFO:
SEOUL, KOREA: Feb 12, 2004
Venue: Central City 5F Crystal Hall
Address: 19-3 Panpo Dong, Seoul
Telephone for ticket information: 0262822000
Clinic Time: 7pm (19:00hrs)
Admission: FREE
Get Tickets: From Local Yamaha EG/EB stores or YMK website.
TAIPEI, TAIWAN: Feb 13, 2004
Venue: Taipei City Hall Theater
Address: 1, Shifu Rd Taipei, 110, Taiwan R.O.C.
Clinic Time: 7:30pm (19:30hrs)
Admission: FREE
Get Ticket from Yamaha Dealer
THAILAND, KORAT: Feb 16, 2004
Venue: The MALL
Doors Open: 4:30pm (16:30 hrs)
Clinic Time: 5pm (17:00hrs)
Admission: FREE
People will be seated on a first come, first served basis.
THAILAND, BANGKOK: Feb 17, 2004
Venue: RAMA9 Music Hall
Doors Open: 6:30pm (18:30 hrs)
Clinic Time: 7pm (19:00 hrs)
Admission: FREE
People will be seated on a First come first served basis.
MALAYSIA, KUALA LUMPUR: Feb 18, 2004
Venue: Planet Hollywood
Address: Unit Goo3, Ground Floor, KLP 179 Jalan Bukit Bintang
Clinic Time: 5pm (17:00hrs)
Admission: RM20.00
Get Tickets at Planet Hollywood.
SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE: Feb 19, 2004
Venue: Nexus Auditorium
Address: #05-07 Cuppage Plaza, 5 Koek Road
Clinic Time: 7pm (19:00hrs)
Admission: S20.00
Get Tickets at: Retail Stores-Plaza Singapura, Thomson Plaza, Tampines Mall
INDONESIA, JAKARTA: Feb 20, 2004
Venue: Crown Plaza Hotel Ballroom at Jakarta
Clinic Time: 7:30pm (19:30 hrs)
Admission: Rp. 20.000,
Get tickets at Yamaha Music Center and Yamaha Dealers
INDONESIA, BANDUNG: Feb 21, 2004
Venue: Savoy Homann Hotel Ballroom at Bandung
Clinic Time: 7:30pm (19:30 hrs)
Admission: Rp. 15.000,
Get Tickets at Yamaha Music Center and Yamaha Dealers
PHILIPPINES, MAKATI CITY: Feb 23, 2004
Venue: Main Office Showroom
Address: G/F, Yupangco Building 339 Gil J/ Puyat, Makati City
Clinic Time: 5pm (17:00 hrs)
Admission: FREE
Get Tickets by invitations from Yupangco Music Corp.
CHINA, HONG KONG: Feb 25, 2004
Venue: Concert Hall at Science Museum Lecture Hall
Address: 2 Science Museum Rd, Tsimshatsui East, Kowloon
Doors Open: 2:30pm (14:30 hrs)
Clinic Time: 3pm (15:00 hrs)
Admission: Contact Tomlee Music for tickets.
CHINA, GUANGZOU: Feb 26, 2004
Venue: Citizens Band
Address: 303-A Baogang Road, Guangzhou
Doors Open: 2:30pm (14:30 hrs)
Clinic Time: 3pm (15:00 hrs)
Admission: Contact Modern Player magazine for Tickets
CHINA, SHANGHAI: Feb 28, 2004
Venue: ARK (live house)
Address: House 15, North Block, Xintindi Lane 181, Tai Cang Rd.
Tele: 021-6326-8008
Doors Open: 2:30pm (14:30 hrs)
Clinic Time: 3pm (15:00 hrs)
Admission: Contact ARK for ticket information
CHINA, BEIJING: Feb 29, 2004
Venue: Great Lucky Pub
Address: Oriental Grand Colorful World JIA No.1
Tianze Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Doors Open: 2:30pm (14:30 hrs)
Clinic Time: 3pm (15:00 hrs)
Admission: Contact Great Lucky Pub for Ticket information.
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Sept 16, 2003
Hi everybody!
Great News! I'll be with Steve Vai for another G3 tour this fall! It will be Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, & Yngwie Malmsteen! Some of you old timers may remember the Talas/ Yngwie tour from 1985. That was the tour I did prior to joining David Lee Roth to start his Eat 'Em & Smile record & tour. I guess it all fits together somehow! I'll be playing with Steve along with Tony MacAlpine. It should be a great time! Get tickets early -- every show sold out last time. See you there!
October, 2003
09 - Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theatre
10 - Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
11 - San Diego, CA Humphrey's by the Bay
12 - Reno, NV Reno Hilton Theatre
14 - Vancouver, BC Orpheum Theatre
15 - Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre
16 - Portland, OR Portland Art Museum
17 - Concord, CA Chronicle Pavilion
18 - Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre
20 - Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium
21 - Kansas City, MO Uptown Theatre
22 - Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theatre
23 - Detroit, MI Palace of Auburn Hills
24 - Chicago, IL Riviera Theater
25 - Minneapolis, MN State Theatre
27 - Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
28 - Winston-Salem, NC Millenium Center
29 - Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle
30 - Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall
31 - West Palm Beach, FL Kravis Center for the Arts
November, 2003
01 - Orlando, FL House of Blues
02 - Pensacola, FL Saenger Theatre
04 - Washington, DC Warner Theatre
05 - Glenside, PA (Philly) Keswick Theatre
06 - Toronto, ONT Massey Hall
07 - Montreal, PQ Bell Centre
08 - TBA
09 - TBA
10 - TBA
11 - New York, NY Beacon Theatre
12 - Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre
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Update for summer of 2003 |
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Right now I'm working on several new records: |
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My latest solo CD -- this one will be more bass oriented, though I'll be singing on a couple of tracks. I'll let you know any details as they become available. |
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A new Niacin CD. Writing & recording that right now as well. "Time Crunch" did very well for us and was our most critically acclaimed. We'll try to top it! -- www.niacinb3.com |
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New Steve Vai. Working on it -- no details available yet. |
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A USA release of Mr Big Greatest Hits from Rhino! It includes dome rare stuff and all the best of the rest. Estimating a December or later release date. |
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Also, some records are finished & out now (or coming soon) that you might not have heard about: |
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Niacin "Blood Sweat & Beers" -- a live CD from one of our first tours, never available outside of Japan before. Now on Magna Carta with a bonus track. Click here for ordering info. |
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9 Short Films -- Terry Bozzio & myself on a very experimental CD we did together. Terry did an amazing job drumming (of course!) and did some spoken word vocals as well. I played bass & guitar on these tracks we wrote together. |
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Glenn Hughes -- I played on a track with the amazing singer (and bass player!) Glenn Hughes. The album is called "Songs in the Key of Rock". |
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Derek Sherinian -- I played on a track on Derek's latest release "Black Utopia". -- www.dereksherinian.com |
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Planet X -- I played on a track their release "Moonbabies". -- www.xplanetx.com |
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Influences & Connections. The first in a series of records documenting a band's influences & connections in their career, recording, and songwriting. Volume one is about Mr. Big. However, it is NOT a Mr. Big record. It is NOT a Mr. Big record. Did I mention that it is NOT a Mr. Big record? Well, just in case -- it is NOT a Mr. Big record. We had some awesome singers & players come in and do their versions of some Mr. Big tracks. Everyone included has been a big influence to us or connected to the band in some way. |
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stilll more:
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Instructional videos! Finally, we are re-releasing the original 2 video's on DVD PLUS another new one (or two). As soon as they are available, I'll send out a notice with ordering info. |
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The Archive Project. An ongoing attempt to burn to disk or transfer to hard drive, all the bootlegs, demo's, rehearsals, live shows, album out takes, unused tracks and much much more. I'll eventually have a HUGE database of music I've been involved in. Some of it has never been heard before. Early Talas, UFO, Michael Schenker, David Lee Roth, Niacin, Mr. Big, and many more. It also includes many hours of unseen video. It's a HUGE project, but I hope someday to make it all available -- somehow! This could take a LONG time. |
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Gear News |
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Yamaha BEX-BS bass is shipping now! I designed a brand new bass with Yamaha. It's a semi hollow body beauty with a totally unique tone. www.yamaha.com |
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My RotoSound string set "BS66" is out and selling like crazy. Great to be back with RotoSound. I toured the factory in England to get a first hand look at production and quality control. Incredible! They really do make them by hand! www.rotosound.com |
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The Ampeg SVP-BSP Pre-amp I helped design is selling well too. Along with the SVT 5 Pro, which includes the pre-amp circuitry along with a full on amp. www.ampeg.com |
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New gear I'm using: |
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The latest is "Groove Agent" by Steinberg. An awesome drum machine/programmer. -- www.us.streinberg.net |
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Native Instruments Kontakt -- Software sampler. Awesome! Direct disk streaming, almost unlimited formats. An incredible program. Also, Battery and FM7! I've used the B4, Spectral Delay, and Pro 52 for years now. I love the Native Instrument stuff. Couldn't live without it! -- www.native-instruments.com
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Stylus & Atmosphere by Spectrasonics. -- www.spectrasonics.net
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My new Mac dual processor G4 is interfaced with M-Audio's Delta 1010. The converters sound wonderful. Easily comparable to (or exceeding!) anything out there. -- www.m-audio.com
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Stone Picks: Finally! A source for stone guitar picks! I play my baritone guitars with a stone pick. The REAL ROCK company in Merlin. Oregon makes some spectacular stone picks. I absolutely love them. -- www.wizzards.net/realrock
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New On My Site |
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Tons of new photos, including photos from the B'z 2002 tour. The B'z are a huge Japanese band that asked me to do a stadium tour with them. We played to over 750,000 people that summer. |
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New audio, including Bono from U2, live onstage at Buffalo's Rich Stadium, in front of 60,000 people, explaining how they opened for Talas on their first tour! |
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A new message-board. I'll try to pop in when my schedule permits to answer questions. |
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