Today we received some excellent Christmas cheer all the way from Sweden!

JJ Marsh is giving us all an early Christmas present in the form of a full song from his soon to be distributed debut solo album.


Into The Light is a prime cut from the album, clocking in at 9 minutes 40 seconds, the FREE DOWNLOAD (MP3 - 320kbps - 22MB), gives us great insight as to what to expect from the full production, when it finally reaches us sometime in 2006.

** FREE Full Song DOWNLOAD **

  INTO THE LIGHT  

You can also hear some other short samples from the debut by visiting this web page:

http://www.ghpg.net/ctc/musicfromplanetmarsh.html

Thanks to JJ for making it available just in time for the holidays.

So.....sit back, crank up the volume and get Into The Light

GLENN has kindly agreed to allow GHPG.net to broadcast, A SOULFUL CHRISTMAS, in it's entirety, to help celebrate the upcoming holiday season! So, whether your at home or work, be sure and tune-in!

As you'll remember GLENN posted last week to let us all know that he's busy writing for his new solo album. Here are a couple of pix taken this past weekend over at Chad's house featuring GLENN, Chad Smith and John Frusciante. John has written a song for the new album and may participate on a couple of other things too.

John Frusciante, GLENN and Chad Smith



John, Chad and GLENN during the writing session



Pictures Courtesy: Nancy Mack Smith & Gabrielle Hughes

Hughes Drafts Chili Peppers For New Album

Greg Prato, N.Y.
Billboard.com

Former Deep Purple singer/bassist Glenn Hughes is gearing up to record his next solo release, with the aid of Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante and drummer Chad Smith. The yet-to-be-titled release will be recorded in January and is on target for a May release.

"I've written more songs than ever before on this record," Hughes tells Billboard.com. "[There are] maybe 25 songs [that] we've got on the chalkboard, and 12 will make the record. It's funk, rock, soul, and pop all mixed together in a big soup. I'm probably going to have some real strings and maybe some more orchestrated songs. This one, and I'll quote Chad here, is going to be the most varied record I've ever done."

Hughes and Smith have been close friends for several years; Smith also co-produced Hughes' 2005 album "Soul Mover" and will fill the same role on the new release. "[While] writing new music for this record, Chad and I thought it would be great to have John come in, write and play on a couple of the tunes," Hughes says. "John has written a song specifically for me. I haven't heard that one yet, but we did get together Saturday -- our first writing and jamming day."

Hughes has high praise for Frusciante, which is coming from a man who has played with such rock guitar icons as Ritchie Blackmore, Tommy Bolin and Tony Iommi. "John Frusciante is quite possibly the most musical person I've ever met. He is 'at one' with his guitar, and I've never met anyone quite so insanely dedicated to the craft of writing and playing an instrument."

The album will be recorded at Smith's home in the Hollywood Hills and is tipped to feature tracks like "Oil and Water," "Frail," "Black Light," "Stepping On" and "The Valiant Denial." Also playing on the set will be guitarist J.J. Marsh, who has appeared on Hughes' last several solo releases.

With Frusciante and Smith busy for the foreseeable future touring behind the Chili Peppers' spring 2006 studio album, "Stadium Arcadium," Hughes will be heading out on the road with other musicians. Smith, and possibly Frusciante, hopes to be able to fill in for a gig or two if time permits.

Additionally, Hughes has another live presentation in mind. "I am talking to some promoters in Europe about doing some shows with orchestras," he says. "This is something I've been speaking about in the last couple of years -- that I'd like to be featured with an orchestra, playing a selection of songs from my history, and some cover songs."

And lastly, what about the rumored Hughes/Iommi tour, to support the duo's 2005 album "Fused" "We really want to do that, but it's just a matter of how and when we can do it," Hughes says. "Tony is totally up for doing it; [drummer] Kenny [Aronoff] and I are totally up for doing it. Tony wants to go out with a proper production, and it entails money. I think the agency is looking into that, but right now, I'm moving forward."

Well a bit of a news update for you today directly from GLENN - he finally got around to posting on the Fan Forum today and promises to do so more often soon.

There's lots going on right now and the New Year promises to be one of his busiest to date by all accounts. So without further a do - here's his messsage.....

++

Big Daddy is finally logged in and ready to talk

I don't have DSL at the house yet, hopefully in the New Year it'll get sorted out and I'll be back here more often then. Dial-up is so painful and sloooooow!

I got together with Chad yesterday and played the new songs to him again on acoustic guitar. We'll be finishing things up between now and Christmas and then heading to the studio first thing in the New Year. JJ will be over then and staying with me & Gab during recording time.

John Frusciante has written a song for me for the new album and we're getting together on Monday to go over a couple of other things.

Ryan Hewitt is the engineer and mixer for the new record. He's worked with the Chili Peppers, Blink-182, U2, Bon Jovi, Billy Joel and many others.

They'll be a new video shot in early February and we're talking to Jim LaRocca about that - you may remember, he directed Days Of Avalon. Not sure which song yet. It'll be filmed at Chad's other home in Malibu.

In other news, Soul Mover is going to be released in Australia very soon with the addition of Nights In White Satin and a couple of other bonus tracks. I hope to pay a visit there in February for promotion and maybe even a couple of shows.

There's also some shows in South America (Brazil, Argentina, Chile & Uruguay) in March that we're hoping to get confirmed soon.

As always, when all these dates are confirmed, they'll be posted here.

Love,
Big D

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As GLENN says, as further news and dates are confirmed, we'll have them on here straight away.

Chad Smith let us know that GLENN's new album is on schedule for a release well before Summer next year and will be recorded at his house in Hollywood and that so far they have 12 songs with more to come. Says Chad, "It's the most varied material ..from quite raw numbers, to balls out rock, to epic 'Dont Let Me Bleed' types to hard funk". "The engineer and mixer for the new Peppers record will do it...he's fantastic and was blown away by what we're doing." It will also feature not only Chad, but fellow Chili Pepper, John Frusciante, providing writing for one song which he will perform on, along with possibly some of the others.

More info as it becomes available

CHAD and GLENN - Spain - October 2005

The latest installment from the Phenomena project spearheaded by Tom Galley is to be released early in 2006.

As you may know GLENN is in Las Vegas this week visiting with friends. Amongst them, Kevin DuBrow and also of course, former Hughes/Thrall drummer Frankie Banali - he'll be helping out in the writing sessions for the next Quiet Riot album due next year sometime.

His schedule is getting full very quickly for next year, so expect some news very soon about some of that. We can tell you the recording for the new solo album starts in January and will be out well before the Summer with probably Euro festival and other tour dates soon thereafter. Until USA promoters realize the potential that GLENN can provide them, it's unlikely they'll be many Stateside appearances, other than the odd one or two here and there, as has been the case in the past.

One other date has been added to take place right after the recently announced Spanish shows......

Thursday, October 6th, 2005

PORTUGAL - in the city of PORTO - at a venue called HARD CLUB - www.hard-club.com

Again these are GLENN HUGHES with CHAD SMITH dates and will be the only full Glenn and Chad shows
for some time.

September 30th - Bergara * - JAM CLUB
October 1st - Madrid - ARENA
October 2nd - Palma Mallorca - ASSAIG CLUB
October 4th - Barcelona - BIKINI

* Bergara is near to Bilbao (50km)

These are GLENN HUGHES with CHAD SMITH dates and will be the only full Glenn and Chad shows for some time.

Joining GLENN and CHAD, will be of course, JJ Marsh (Guitar) and Kjell Haraldsson (Keys).

Hope as many of you can make it to the shows!!!

Word of some new live dates from GLENN and his band featuring Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers) on Drums - 4 in Spain and 1 in Portugal for late September have come to light.

We're awaiting official confirmation with venues and actual dates.

You've no doubt heard about the previously announced bonus tracks for the Fused release - Let It Down Easy (featured on the Japanese release - July 21st) and The Innocence which will be available via iTunes (July 12th).

We were waiting on news of the 3rd and final bonus track....and here it is.....

It's now confirmed that Slip Away, will be available as a bonus track download as part of a link up with magazine, Rolling Stone and real.com.

Rolling Stone’s Fused section:
http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews...eregion=triple1

real.com’s Tony Iommi section:
http://musicstore.real.com/music_st...ort=rd&filter=n

Feature placement for Fused will begin when the album is released in the USA on July 12th, and the exclusive version of the album, including Slip Away, will not be available until then.

The good news for UK fans is that this track will also be available as a bonus track for fans purchasing Fused from Napster. The details are still being finalized, so a link will be forthcoming.

GLENN has now confirmed 3 live dates to take place in Bulgaria early in July.

His band will be:

JJ Marsh (Guitar)
Kjell Haraldsson (Keys)
Sebastian Sippola (Drums)

Tuesday, July 5th - Sofia - National Palace Of Culture
20.00 hrs - (Seated, 3500 capacity) - Support rock band, BG Rock

Thursday, July 7th - Plovdiv - Plovdiv Fair Palace 6
20.00 hrs - (Non-seated, 3000 capacity) - Support rock band, Konkurent

Saturday, July 9th - Varna - Open Air Theatre
20.00 hrs - (Seated, 2500 capacity) - Support rock band, Konkurent

Ticket details available through RIVA SOUND:

Tel: 00359 28327065
Email: rivasound@abv.bg

THE INNOCENCE

As you're probably aware through various interviews and postings here, there are 3 tracks from the FUSED sessions that do not appear on the album. As mentioned recently, Let It Down Easy will be the Bonus Track on the Japanese edition of the album which is released on July 21st, 2005. It's now confirmed that The Innocence will be available as a download from Apple's iTunes Music Store from the day of release (July 11th in the UK and July 12th, 2005 in the USA).

Further news on the 3rd bonus track will follow shortly

The soundtrack from the movie Stealth is now available for pre-order at Amazon.com - the release date....July 12th, 2005 - yes, the very same as Fused

The featured song is of course, a stunning version of the Moody Blues classic, Nights In White Satin, along with Chad Smith and John Frusciante of Red Hot Chili Peppers.



http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0009VBU90/ghpgnet-20/102-9070586-7569754

Tracklist:
1. Make A Move – Incubus
2. Admiration – Incubus
3. Neither Of Us Can See – Incubus
4. (She Can) Do That– David Bowie and BT
5. Dance To The Music – Sly And The Family Stone with Will.I.Am.
6. Bullet-proof Skin – Institute
7. L.S.F. (Lost Souls Forever) – Kasabian
8. Bug Eyes – Dredg
9. Over My Head – The Fray
10. One Day – Trading Yesterday
11. Different – Acceptance
12. Nights In White Satin – Glenn Hughes with Chad Smith and John Frusciante
13. Aqueous Transmission - Incubus

The Japanese release of Fused will sport a Bonus Track - Let It Down Easy.

It's slated for release in Japan on Tuesday, July 26th on the Victor Entertainment label.

http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/-/Discography/A019511/VICP-63102.html

DOPAMINE - WASTED AGAIN - SAVIOUR OF THE REAL - RESOLUTION SONG - GRACE - DEEP INSIDE A SHELL - WHAT YOU'RE LIVING FOR - FACE YOUR FEAR - THE SPELL - I GO INSANE - LET IT DOWN EASY

As you may or may not of heard....what was to be originally JJ Marsh's debut solo album......is now being put together as an actual band project called.....Albatross.....featuring the trio of JJ Marsh on guitars & vocals, Thomas Broman on Drums and Kjell Haraldsson on keys.

A record deal is close to being sorted out and hopefully a release will follow shortly afterwards. Live dates are also hoped to be put together at some later date.

More news as it comes in

You can now Pre-Order Fused via Amazon.com - they have a couple of different flavours!

USA
Fused - US Edition

Japan
Fused - Japanese Edition

Europe
Fused - European Edition

Click the appropriate link

Last month Dutch music site, Toazted.com, interviewed GLENN and Tony Iommi in promotion of their soon to be released album, Fused.

http://www.toazted.com/artistinfo.php?artist=596

Clocking in at just under 25 minutes, they talk about Fused, Tour plans, their longtime friendship, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Ozzfest, The Osbournes & Soul Mover, as well as their collaborative writing & recording style.

Click the link above to listen

It appears Swedish drummer Sebastian Sippola will take over from Thomas Broman's spot in the live European band line-up, as he has been asked to join GLENN and his band for their Summer Tour 2005 - his first appearance will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria on Saturday, May 28th.

He has an impressive CV and has been in one of Sweden's most renowned bands, Plankton. They've been around since 1998 and are heavily influenced by music of the sixties and seventies. They mention bands/artists like Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Beatles, Electric Sun, Mountain, Deep Purple, Jeff Beck, Led Zeppelin, Cream and several others as sources of inspiration. Click here and here to get a taster!

Prior to that Sebastian was in Southfork, who originally started out in 1997. Their influences included Free, Kiss, Motorhead, Mountain, Johnny Winter, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple!

CHAD SMITH (Red Hot Chili Peppers) will be the drummer for the 2 dates in Holland following the Sofia gig - Arrow Rock Festival - Saturday, June 11th and De Boerderij - Sunday, June 12th, 2005.

Sebastian Sippola

Today ARfm in the UK previewed 4 songs from the new Tony Iommi solo album, FUSED featuring GLENN on Vocals & Bass, along with Kenny Aronoff on Drums. It's due for a worldwide release via Sanctuary Records on Tuesday, July 12th, 2005.

The first song previewed, I Go Insane is the full length track, but due to a request from the record company, the 3 others are just half a track each.

Click here to listen to the previews:

 FUSED_Preview.mp3   (14MB)

The songs previewed are:

I Go Insane - Dopamine - Saviour Of The Real - The Resolution Song

Also featured are Gettin' Tighter from Deep Purple MK IV, I'm Gone from the 1996 DEP Sessions from Tony and Glenn and Soul Mover. Plus our very own request, Dark Star also taken from Soul Mover, the latest 2005 solo album by GLENN

ARfm will be giving a full length preview of the album at the end of May - be sure and tune-in then

Tony Iommi, the legendary Black Sabbath guitarist, will release his new album, Fused, on July 12th, 2005, via Sanctuary Records. This will be Iommi's third solo album.

Joining Iommi on Fused is former Deep Purple vocalist/bass guitarist GLENN HUGHES and former John Mellencamp drummer Kenny Aronoff, who has also played sessions with the likes of the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, Alice Cooper, Bob Seger, Lynyrd Skynyrd and countless others. The trio will hit the road to promote Fused later this year after Black Sabbath finishes headlining the 10th anniversary Ozzfest tour.

The 10 songs on Fused are:

"Dopamine," "Wasted Again," "Saviour Of The Real," "Resolution Song," "Grace," "Deep Inside A Shell," "What You’re Living For," "Face Your Fear," "The Spell" and "I Go Insane."

Iommi has worked with both Hughes and Aronoff in the past. Hughes is a longtime friend who sang on the 1986 Black Sabbath Featuring Tony Iommi album, Seventh Star. In 2004, previously unreleased songs they had collaborated on eight years earlier were completed and released by Sanctuary as The 1996 DEP Sessions. Aronoff played drums on the song "Black Oblivion" on Iommi's self-titled 2000 solo album, which was loaded with all-star guest appearances. Fused was produced by Bob Marlette, who also manned the studio boards for Iommi.

CONFIRMED, we can now confirm that an additional show in Holland on Sunday, June 12th, 2005 - the day after the show at the Arrow Festival. This will also be with Chad Smith on Drums, and unlike the festival, where we have a 65 min restriction to the set, this will be the FIRST full Glenn and Chad show in Europe!!

The venue details for the this show are:

Venue: DE BOERDERIJ
Address: AMERIKAWEG 145, 2717, AV ZOETERMEER, THE NETHERLANDS
(20 minutes from AMSTERDAM AIRPORT, very close to Rotterdam)
Telephone: 0031(0)79 321 1012
Web: www.boerderij.org
Email: info@boerderij.org

Ticket Info: www.ticketmaster.nl or try the venue directly.

There is also another new show confirmed in Bulgaria to be held in Sofia, on May 28th, 2005. It will be at the football stadium after the last game of the Bulgarian football Championship, and we will forward venue/ticket details as soon as they're available. This show does not feature Chad!

Details on a South American tour that is being put together for August, will be confirmed soon, so we'll have the details once they're confirmed! So far, it looks like Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Mexico - but there maybe a few more places too!

The gig originally scheduled for Kino in Karlskrona, Sweden has been cancelled.

In addition, the show planned for Monday, February 21st in Vasteras at Prisma has been rescheduled for Saturday, February 26th.

Another fantastic gig from GLENN and his band at JB's in Dudley, England kicked off the 3-month European Soul Mover Tour 2005.

Here is the setlist:

Soul Mover - Orion - Land Of The Livin' - Mistreated - Can't Stop The Flood - Let It Go - High Road - Medusa
Don't Let Me Bleed - Wherever You Go

Encore:
Seventh Star - Burn

And here are just a handful of the pictures we'll have on the site over the coming days



















Pre-Show - GLENN with Tony Iommi

For all fans in the UK who subscribe to the SKY Channel....

Here are the latest CONFIRMED tour dates that make up the Soul Mover Tour 2005. There are only a couple of shows still awaiting confirmation, specifically in Greece and Russia. There possibly might be dates in Spain added.

Here is the schedule as it stands today (January 28th, 2005):

FEBRUARY
11 DUDLEY (UK) - JB's
12 BRADFORD (UK) - Rio's
13 EDINBURGH (UK) - Liquid Rooms
14 OFF
15 LONDON (UK) - Mean Fiddler
16 NORWICH (UK) - Waterfront
17 SHEFFIELD (UK) - Leadmill
18 OFF
19 NORTHAMPTON (UK) - Roadmender
20 TRAVEL TO SWEDEN
21 VASTERAS (SWEDEN) - Prisma
22 TRAVEL TO HELSINKI
23 HELSINKI (FINLAND) - Nosturi
24 TRAVEL TO SWEDEN
25 STOCKHOLM (SWEDEN) - Mondo
26 KARLSKRONA (SWEDEN) - Kino
27 GOTHENBURG (SWEDEN) - Musikens Hus
28 OFF

MARCH
1 MALMO (SWEDEN) - Kulturbolaget
2 COPENHAGEN (DENMARK) - Pumpehuset
3 HANNOVER (GERMANY) - Faust
4 BOCHUM (GERMANY) - Zeche
5 OFF
6 FRANKENTHAL (GERMANY) - Krone Music Club
5 OFF
7 PRATTELN (SWITZERLAND) - Z7
8 REGENSBURG (GERMANY) - Alte-Maelzerei
9 OFF
10 PLZEN (CZECH REPUBLIC) - KD Serikova
11 OFF
12 ZLIN (CZECH REPUBLIC) - Golem Club
13 BUDAPEST (HUNGARY) - A-38
14 BRATISLAVA (SLOVAKIA) - Babylon Music Club
15 OFF
16 RONCADE, VENICE (ITALY) - New Age Club
17 OFF
18 MILAN (ITALY) - Transilvania Live
19 BOLOGNA (ITALY) - Estragon
20 ROME (ITALY) - Alpheus
21 OFF
22 WORGOL, near INNSBRUK (AUSTRIA) - Komma
23 FLY TO CYPRUS
24 NICOSIA (CYPRUS) - Pavilion Music Hall
25 PAFOS (CYPRUS) - Notos Club
26 FLY TO GREECE
28 ATHENS (GREECE) - Gagarin 205
29 THESSALONIKI (GREECE) - Biaka Live Stage
30 TRAVEL TO TURKEY

APRIL
1 ANKARA (TURKEY) - Saklikent
2 ISTANBUL (TURKEY) - Yeni Melek Gosteri Merkezi

Also, the line up with GLENN is:

JJ MARSH - GUITAR
THOMAS BROMAN - DRUMS
KJELL HARALDSSON - KEYS

It is looking unlikely that Chad will make the dates, but you never know!

Support is from USA band THE LIZARDS, featuring ex RAINBOW/B.O.C/SABBATH drummer Bobby Rondinelli and ex RIOT vocalist Mike DiMeo.

This afternoon GLENN made an appearance at the NAMM 2005 convention in Anaheim, California. He was there to unveil his new Signature Bass at the Manne Guitars booth.

Joining Glenn to celebrate were some of his close friends such as Alex Ligertwood, Hans Zermuehlen, Bobby Kimball, Pat Travers, Ed Roth and Jeff Kollman to name just a few.

GLENN



GLENN



Autographed Solid Ivory Signature Bass



GLENN and Pat Travers



Solid Ivory and California Sky - GLENN HUGHES Signature Bass



Pictures Courtesy: John Harjo

Glenn's longtime co-writer and guitarist, JJ Marsh has just completed his first solo album, Music From Planet Marsh.

The CD will be available first for purchase during the upcoming UK and European Glenn Hughes' Soul Mover Tour 2005 which kicks off February 11th in the UK and runs through Europe until mid-April.

The line up for the album is:

JJ Marsh: Vocals, Guitar, Bass
Thomas Broman: Drums
Kjell Haraldsson: Keys

Tracking Listing:
1. Electric Women (6.10)
2. Play the Game (3.56)
3. Is it Real (5.42)
4. Into the Light (9.42)
5. Something Song (7.41)
6. Move On (4.10)
7. It´s not too Late (5.03)
8. Need a friend (5.39)
9. The Change (11.27)

Total running time: 59.45

JJ commented on his music:

"It´s great to hear people are interested in my music!

I´m really happy and proud of it, it´s the best I´ve done, I´m really happy with the music and how the record sounds, very 70´s! Of course, I can´t sing like Glenn, but it is not too bad. Broman is my favorite drummer and he sounds great!!

It´s like a mix of Hendrix, Sabbath, Purple and a little touch of Yes, here and there!!

It´s called Music From Planet Marsh and I´m gonna sell it on this tour."

According to Yamaha Music Communications, the Japanese release of Soul Mover will have 12 tracks as follows:

1. SOUL MOVER
2. SHE MOVES GHOSTLY
3. HIGH ROAD
4. ORION
5. CHANGE YOURSELF
6. LET IT GO
7. DARK STAR
8. CAMEL TOE STOMP (Bonus Track)
9. LAND OF THE LIVIN' (WONDERLAND)
10. MISS LITTLE INSANE
11. LAST MISTAKE
12. DON'T LET ME BLEED

It's pricing is set at 2,730 Yen, and will be released on Wednesday, March 2nd, 2005.

Although it has a bonus track, Camel Toe Stomp - it will not have the song, Isolation, which is featured on both the European and USA releases of the album.

Hi Everyone,

The rain has finally stopped and the sun is shining and I love LA.

Enjoying a few days off before the Soul Mover tour. Just want to let you all know the video clip to Soul Mover will be on the CD.

For you Americans, hope to get some of your calls on the 26th on Rockline.

I will be unveiling the Glenn Hughes signature bass at Manne Guitars booth at NAMM this year on Saturday, January 22nd at 2:30 PM.

I have a full life. Thanks for the love,
The Soul Mover.