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2003 News Archive
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12.03.03
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Planet X to play NEARfest 2004 in Bethlehem, PA!
Taken from the official Press Release from Inside Out:
PLANET X TO ILLUMINATE
NEARFEST 2004
We are thrilled to announce the progressive fusion powerhouse PLANET
X as band #7 for NEARfest 2004.; Planet X features three virtuoso
instrumentalists: keyboardist
Derek
Sherinian (Dream Theater, KISS, Alice Cooper), drummer
Virgil Donati
(Tribal Tech, Steve Vai, Freakhouse), and guitarist
Tony
MacAlpine (G3, CAB); Planet X mixes progressive, metal, and jazz
influences into a powerful and dazzling musical blend,loaded with
strong riffing, majestic melodies, and mind-searing solos.Their most
recent CD "Moonbabies" is absolutely essential for prog, fusion, and
metal fans alike.
Planet X's ambition is to become "the sickest instrumental group in
the world" and they may have already achieved that lofty status!
Without doubt, they will shine very brightly among the constellation
of progressive music talent on display during the festival weekend.
We hope that their set at NEARfest 2004 causes many listeners to
discover Planet X!
Jim Pitulski
Inside Out Music America
Click here for the
Official NEARfest website
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08.25.03
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Billy Idol Tour...
The Billy Idol tour has already started. You can catch Derek at
a show near you,
click
here to check out the tour dates.
Here they are once again:
Sun 08/24/03 Kings Island, OH Timberwolf Ampitheatre
Tue 08/26/03 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
Wed 08/27/03 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
Fri 08/29/03 Columbus, OH PromoWest Pavilion
Sat 08/30/03 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest
Mon 09/01/03 Toronto, ON Kool Haus
Wed 09/03/03 Verona, NY Turning Stone Casino
Thu 09/04/03 Providence, RI Providence Perf. Arts Ctr.
Fri 09/05/03 Boston, MA FleetBoston Pavilion
Sun 09/07/03 Mashantucket, CT Foxwoods Casino
Tue 09/09/03 Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
Wed 09/10/03 New York, NY Hammerstein Ballroom
Fri 09/12/03 Asbury Park, NJ Stone Pony
Sat 09/13/03 Atlantic City, NJ Grand Cayman Ballroom
Sun 09/14/03 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
Mon 09/15/03 Norfolk, VA The NorVa
Wed 09/17/03 Richmond, VA Innsbrook After Hours
Fri 09/19/03 Biloxi, MS Beau Rivage
Sat 09/20/03 Robinsonville, MS Sam's Town
Mon 09/22/03 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theatre
Fri 09/26/03 Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay Beach Events
Sat 09/27/03 Alpine, CA Viejas Concerts In The Park
Wed 10/01/03 Thousand Oaks, CA Civic Arts Plaza
Tue 10/07/03 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
Fri 10/10/03 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre
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08.08.03
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Getting ready to tour with Billy Idol...
Hello Friends,
We started Billy Idol rehearsals yesterday, it was great seeing
everybody - Billy should be coming around in a few days once the
band is tight.
I have co-written 4 songs with Steve Stevens for my next solo
CD, which he will also be featured on guitar. I will do
pre-production and drums with Simon Phillips sometime in
January.
On the Planet
X front, we will do a CD sometime in late 2004.
See you on tour!
Derek
Click
here to view Derek's upcoming tour dates with Billy Idol.
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07.02.03
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Post Black Utopia Tour update...
Hello Friends,
I want to thank all of you who came to the solo shows. Also a
great thanks to
Jonathan
Mover, Philip Bynoe,
Tony MacAlpine,
Inside
Out Records, and Lisa
Donini for helping make the tour happen. I am hoping to play
more solo shows in the near future.
Also,
Black Utopia is selling better than all of my other solo and
Planet X releases, so
THANK YOU!!
Next on the calendar is to finish writing for my next solo album
for the month of July (I have 30-40% of the music written now.)
I start rehearsing with Billy Idol at the beginning of August
and will do a 7-week US tour with him, here are the dates so
far:
Sun 08/24/03 Kings Island, OH Timberwolf Ampitheatre
Tue 08/26/03 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
Wed 08/27/03 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
Fri 08/29/03 Columbus, OH PromoWest Pavilion
Sat 08/30/03 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest
Mon 09/01/03 Toronto, ON Kool Haus (formerly Warehouse)
Wed 09/03/03 Verona, NY Turning Stone Casino
Thu 09/04/03 Providence, RI Providence Perf. Arts Ctr.
Fri 09/05/03 Boston, MA Fleet Boston Pavilion
Sun 09/07/03 Mashantucket, CT Foxwoods Casino
Tue 09/09/03 Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
Wed 09/10/03 New York, NY Hammerstein Ballroom
Fri 09/12/03 Asbury Park, NJ Stone Pony
Sat 09/13/03 Atlantic City, NJ Grand Cayman Ballroom
Sun 09/14/03 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
Mon 09/15/03 Norfolk, VA The NorVa
Wed 09/17/03 Richmond, VA Innsbrook After Hours
Fri 09/19/03 Biloxi, MS Beau Rivage
Sat 09/20/03 Robinsonville, MS Sam's Town
Mon 09/22/03 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theatre
Fri 09/26/03 Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay Beach Events
Sat 09/27/03 Alpine, CA Viejas Concerts In The Park
Wed 10/01/03 Thousand Oaks, CA Civic Arts Plaza
Tue 10/07/03 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
Fri 10/10/03 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre
Please check
billyidol.com, and
pollstar.com
for updates.
Anyways, I will keep you all posted on things to come.
See ya,
Derek
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06.03.03
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Slight change of plans on dates...
Hello Friends,
Due to the gross incompetence and negligence to a certain
booking agent named Tim Gerwitz of Progressive Talent (Buffalo
NY), I'm sorry to say that the Buffalo, Toronto and Lowell, MA
shows are cancelled, and to be postponed until further notice.
I am sorry for any inconvenience but this situation is
completely out of my control.
Please check the website daily as the dates are subject to
change.
On a good note, the band sounds amazing, and we are anxious to
play for you!
See you on tour, and I promise to make up the cancelled dates at
a later time.
Thanks,
Derek
Click
here for the updated list of tour dates.
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05.08.03
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More Black Utopia tour dates...
Some more confirmed have been added to the upcoming Black Utopia
Tour in June 2003. Check out the tour dates here. The Derek
Sherinian band will feature Derek Sherinian - Keyboards,
Tony
MacAlpine (Planet X, CAB) -
Guitar,
Philip
Bynoe (Steve Vai) - Bass,
Jonathan Mover (Joe Satriani)
- Drums
More dates should be confirmed in the near future. Please stay
tuned!
June 5th, 2003 -
Viper Room - West Hollywood, CA
June 7th, 2003 - The Reservoir - Buffalo, NY
June 8th, 2003 - Reverb (Rocks) - Toronto, ON, CA
June 9th, 2003 - Cafe Campus - Montreal, QUE, CA
June 11th, 2003 - Connections - Passaic, NJ
June 12th, 2003 - Johnny D's - Somerville, MA
June 14th, 2003 - Northern Lights - Albany, NY
June 15th, 2003 - The Play Loft - Lowell, MA
June 16th, 2003 - The Bottom Line - New York City, New York
June 18th, 2003 - The Downtown - Farmingdale, NY
June 20th, 2003 - Jaxx - W. Springfield, VA
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04.28.03
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Derek guest appearance at annual Kiss Expo and solo tour dates
announced + Derek on Armenian TV.
 Derek
Sherinian will be guest appearing at the
KISS expo in May 3rd and 4th to sign copies of "Black
Utopia".
Click here for more information about the event.
Also, Derek will have 2 solo shows coming up at the following
venues.
Thursday, June 5th at the
Viper Room - West Hollywood CA
(310-358-1881)
Monday, June 16th at the Bottom Line - New York City
The band lineup will feature:
Derek Sherinian - Keyboards
Tony
MacAlpine (Planet X, CAB) -
Guitar
Philip Bynoe (Steve Vai) -
Bass
Jonathan Mover (Joe Satriani)
- Drums
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In other news, Derek will be featured on Horizon TV (The biggest
Armenian cable channel in the world) this Sunday, May
4th at 8pm.
Horizon TV is airing a series of interviews of influential
Armenian Americans
over the next month. For more info on Horizon TV, please call
(818) 240-1721. |
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04.22.03
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Black Utopia availability...
 Slight
change of plans for the release of Black Utopia. Derek's 3rd solo CD
will be available in Europe on April 22nd and April 29th in North
America. We're sorry for the inconvenience.
In other news, look out for Derek in the upcoming issues of the
following magazines this summer. Stay tuned for more!
Guitar World
Guitar Player
Keyboard
Young Guitar/Japan
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04.17.03
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Upcoming Interviews with Derek Sherinian!
Here are a few upcoming interviews with Derek where he will chat
with fans about Black Utopia and more! Don't miss it!
April 17th -
DementiaRadio.com @ 7PM PST
April 18th - Ytseradio online chat #ytseradio on
irc.dreamt.org @ 7PM PST
April 19th -
SeismicRadio.com @ 2PM PST |
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02.12.03
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Derek Sherinian - "Black Utopia" announced!
Derek Sherinian's 3rd solo CD,"Black Utopia" will
be available on BigMF/Zain Records in Japan April 17, 2003 and on
InsideOut Music in The US and Europe on April 22, 2003
Derek has assembled his dream team for his 3rd solo record. Guests
are Yngwie Malmsteen
(Guitar), Al DiMeola
(Guitar), Zakk Wylde
(Guitar),
Steve Lukather (Guitar),
Simon Phillips (Drums),
Billy Sheehan (Bass),
Tony Franklin
(Bass), Brian
Tichy (Guitar) and Jerry Goodman (Violin).
Click here
to listen to excerpts from "Black Utopia".
Here are a couple of reviews that already started to
surface:
More
articles archived here...
Final tracklisting for "Black Utopia":
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The Fury NEW!
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The
Sons of Anu (sherinian/tichy)
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Nightmare Cinema (sherinian/tichy)
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Stony
Days (sherinian/phillips/franklin)
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StarCycle (hammer)
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Axis of Evil (sherinian/singer)
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Gypsy Moth (sherinian)
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Sweet
Lament (sherinian)
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Black
Utopia (sherinian/tichy)
Produced by: Derek Sherinian
Co-Produced by Simon Phillips
In other news, Derek has been named the "Hero of the Day"
on the
MikePortnoy.com messageboards. Here's a snip of what Mike says:
[...] His upcoming solo CD "Black Utopia" is his best
yet!
Leaning very much in the "Balls & Chunk" direction, with some
seriously cool riffs and an all-star lineup of players [...]
Stay tuned for more news on Derek and Black Utopia! |
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