MTM Music in Germany have announced the first dates* of the upcoming 2004 European tour, encompassing close to 20 countries. This is one of the most extensive tours both GLENN and JOE have embarked on in many years. Stay tuned, more dates will follow soon

Sunday, February 22nd TBA - St.Petersburg, Russia
Monday, February 23rd TBA - Moscow, Russia
Wednesday, February 25th TBA - Ufa, Russia
Thursday, February 26th TBA - Chelyabinsk, Russia
Saturday, February 28th Maslak, Istanbul - Turkey
Sunday, February 29th Saklikent, Ankara - Turkey
Tuesday, March 2nd TBA - Athens, Greece
Thursday, March 4th Bikini, Barcelona - Spain
Friday, March 5th Macumba, Madrid - Spain
Saturday, March 6th Gares, Pamplona - Spain
Monday, March 8th Motion, Bergamo - Italy
Tuesday, March 9th Ohrakel, Ingolstadt - Germany
Thursday, March 11th Z7, Pratteln - Switzerland
Friday, March 12th Orpheum, Graz - Austria
Saturday, March 13th Planet Music, Wien - Austria
Sunday, March 14th Rockhouse, Salzburg - Austria
Tuesday, March 16th Wigwam, Budapest - Hungary
Wednesday, March 17th PKO, Nitra - Slovakia
Thursday, March 18th Kulturni dum, Liberac - Czech Republic
Friday, March 19th TBA - Croatia
Sunday, March 21st Zeche, Bochum - Germany
Tuesday, March 23rd TBA, Esbjerg - Denmark
Wednesday, March 24th Pumpehuset, Copenhagen - Denmark
Friday, March 26th Blå, Eskilstuna - Sweden
Saturday, March 27th Stora Teatern, Gothenburg - Sweden
Sunday, March 28th Klubben, Stockholm - Sweden
Tuesday, March 30th Nosturi, Helsinki - Finland
Wednesday, April 1st TBA, Malmö - Sweden
Thursday, April 2nd TBA, Hamburg - Germany
Saturday, April 4th TBA - England

* preliminary dates subject to change

Be sure and visit the HTP Supporters Club for further updates as they become available

Hi everyone,

I just want to let you know I had a great time rehearsing with Chad and John on Friday. They are massive GLENN/PURPLE fans and have learned the whole Burn album. They have asked me to do a selection of songs from Burn with them today, and I am very excited about it - I am really enjoying their spin on these songs, some of which I have not played in many years.

I look forward to seeing some of you there.

Glenn

Chad Smith (Drums) and John Frusciante (Guitars) (Red Hot Chili Peppers) with GLENN during their Rehearsal for Drum Off 2003 the other day for tonight's gig at the House Of Blues in Hollywood, CA.


Picture Courtesy: Gabrielle Hughes

GLENN has been asked by Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers to play with him at Drum Off 2003, sponsored by Guitar Center at the House Of Blues on Sunset Strip, Hollywood, California on Sunday, November 23rd.

It all starts at 6:00PM

The Drum Off features Andrew WK, Travis Barker of Blink 182, Danny Carey of Tool and of course, Chad.

Chad will also have John Frusciante of the Peppers playing with him.

Tickets are available now from TicketMaster priced at $15.00.

GLENN is to be featured on a new release from the band called AINA and their new metal opera called Days Of Rising Doom.

The project comes from Robert Hunecke-Rizzo, Amanda Somerville, Miro and producer Sascha Paeth, and will be released this month through Dutch label, Transmission Records.

Chris Catena's album finally has a release date of Monday, November 10th via Frontier Records in Europe.

GLENN is featured on one song ('Freak Out Tonight') which also happens to be culled from the title of the CD, Freak Out!. Chris has also covered the song, I Found A Woman from 'Play Me Out', which will be featured on the mini-CD single, along with 'Freak Out Tonight!' (remix) and 'Turn Turn' (unreleased).

Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple/Black Sabbath) and Joe Lynn Turner (Deep Purple/Rainbow) will be at the Grand Opening of The Kitchen at The Hard Rock Hotel in Orlando, Florida.

They will be part of a star-studded roster of musicians celebrating the grand opening of the Hard Rock Hotel's newest eatery, The Kitchen. Turner and Hughes will join members of Sugar Ray and NSYNC, The Fixx, Lita Ford, Sammy Hagar and other rock/pop luminaries at the 2 day event that kicks off with an artist party on Wednesday, October 29th and the official "debut" of the restaurant on Thursday, October 30th, 2003.

The Kitchen is the hotel's newly redesigned full-service restaurant (formally The Sunset Grill). Taking on the appearance of the spacious kitchen in a rock megastar's mansion, The Kitchen's walls are adorned with culinary-themed memorabilia from the Hard Rock Hotel's many celebrity guests.

Visiting rock stars often perform cooking demonstrations of their favourite dishes at the Chef's Table and afterward their personalized cooking apparel is immortalized on the restaurant's "Apron Wall."

GLENN has been confirmed to play an acoustic set, accompanied by GEORGE NASTOS on Orlando radio station, WMMO's ISLAND SAILAWAY to Freeport, Grand Bahama Island which sets sail Saturday, October 4th from Port Canaveral, Florida.

More details to follow...but here's what we have so far...

Here are the now confirmed tour dates that GLENN will be playing in SPAIN during the month of September:

Thursday, September 25th - Gamma - Murcia
Friday, September 26th - Macumba - Madrid
Saturday, September 27th - Gares - Pamplona
Sunday, September 28th - Bikini - Barcelona
Tuesday, September 30th - Roxy - Valencia

GLENN will be joined by JJ Marsh on guitar, Tomas Broman on Drums and Lasse Pollack on Keys.

The speculation is finally over

Here are GLENN's confirmed 2003 UK Tour Dates!

Friday, October 17th - Rios - Bradford, West Yorkshire
(Thorn House, Woodhead Road, Bradford)
Box Office: 01274 735549

Saturday, October 18th - JB's - Dudley, West Midlands
(15 Castle Hill, Dudley)
Box Office: 01384 253597

Sunday, October 19th - The Junction - Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
(Clifton Road, Cambridge)
Box Office: 01223 511511

Tuesday, October 21st - Mean Fiddler - London
(165 Charing Cross Road, London WC2)
Box Office: 0207 344 0044

Advanced Tickets For All Shows £12 - Available From Venue Box Offices and Usual Agents

See you there

Unconfirmed reports of some European tour dates for the September/October timeframe are starting to surface, with one venue apparently already selling tickets on-line.

Sweden, Spain and the UK are rumoured to have dates scheduled with a London date apparently on October 21st already having tickets put on-sale via TicketMaster in the UK. Bradford, Dudley and Cambridge are other cities in the UK that also appear to be in the running for possible appearances by GLENN in October. If the rumour mill is correct, the Spain and Sweden appearances will take place first....in late September.

Nothing is confirmed as of this date...but it looks hopeful

GLENN and Joe Lynn Turner have just completed recording sessions for the follow-up to the highly successful debut from Hughes Turner Project - the working title for the new album is simply, HTP II. They were joined by JJ Marsh on guitar and Shane Gaalaas on drums. With special guest appearances by Steve Vai (guitar) and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer, Chad Smith. Another familiar face was in the co-producer chair, Jeff Kollman.

On Saturday, June 28th during the annual International Festival of Poetry in Genova (near Milan), Italy - GLENN will appear with an Italian Deep Purple tribute band called "California Jam"!

Looks like GLENN's first Northern California appearance in 5 years will be at the 24th Annual Morgan Hill Mushroom Mardi Gras on Saturday, May 24th. Morgan Hill is close by to San Jose and about 60 miles south of San Francisco.

Their schedule shows WISHBOX OF VOICES featuring GLENN HUGHES, PAT TRAVERS and ALEX LIGERTWOOD. They'll be on the Mardi Gras Stage between 2:00pm-3:30pm.

MONTROSE are headlining that day's events.

The 2003 Tommy Bolin Music Festival 'The Ultimate' will be held August 1st & 2nd at the legendary Surf Ballroom (www.surfballroom.com) in Clear Lake, Iowa.

Thus far we have signed (in no particular order and the schedule is not yet decided) GLENN HUGHES (Rocky Athas, Craig Erickson), Vanilla Fudge, Chris Duarte, Mountain & Savoy Brown (Kim Simmonds - electric set).

We are still waiting for Frank Marino (a personal event may keep him from committing, but he does want to do it), Pat Travers, & Robin Trower. If Trower comes he will more than likely have the Thursday night spot adding an unofficial day to the Fest.

The folks at the Surf are VERY excited and as you can see are pulling out all the stops. The Tribute Band will perform on Saturday with GLENN HUGHES, Craig Erickson, Rocky Athas, we are hopeful in getting Terry Brooks, and will have guests like Frank Marino, Carmine Appice, and of course Johnnie Bolin. GLENN will be performing BOTH nights.

His own set on Friday and then the Tribute band on Saturday... HUGHES/BOLIN FANS WILL NOT WANT TO MISS THIS !!!!!!!!!!!

We had wanted to get all the acts signed before any official announcement, but it's almost May so here we go. We will be putting together a page at www.tommybolin.org that will have all the Fest info on it.

Also watch for the July issue of Vintage Guitar Magazine magazine. They are doing a full feature on Tommy Bolin with comments from GLENN HUGHES, Nikki Sixx, Johnnie Bolin, Jeff Cook, and many others.

We hope to see you all in Clear Lake !!!!

from Linda at the Bolin Foundation
Email: midwestentinc@aol.com

While in Orlando, Florida last week, Jeff Kollman mentioned he'll be starting work shortly on the next HTP record....Jeff with his partner, Mark Renk aka Crumb Bros. - will be the HTP production team.

This is in addition to his recently completed guitar (shared with JJ Marsh) and production duties on the new Glenn record, Songs In The Key Rock.

April is the month that the recording process begins for the second HTP album from Glenn and Joe Lynn Turner. In Glenn's recent message on the official site, he tell us that JJ and JLT will be coming into town shortly to begin work.

As GLENN mentioned in the CHAT we had here last month, he is going to make a guest appearance with Los Angeles studio ace, David Garfield and his band of star players.

It all happens on Friday, March 21st at Platinum Live in Studio City, California.

He is only going to be doing backing vocals and is NOT featured...he might do 1 song!

The show is actually a NEW CD RELEASE PARTY for David Garfield - other "Cats" featured are......Alex Ligertwood (vocals), Melanie Taylor (Vocals), Tim Pierce (Guitar), Paul "PJ" Jackson Jr. (Guitar), "Ready" Freddie Washington (bass), John "JR" Robinson (drums), Larry Klimas (Sax) and Walt Fowler (Trumpet).

GLENN has been voted as NO.9 in the TOP 10 BASSIST OF 2002 poll by the readers of Japanese rock magazine, BURRN!. Also, HTP made it to NO.16 in the BEST ROCK ALBUM OF 2002, for their debut studio release.

New solo album due in Japan in May 2003 on Pony Canyon and Europe in June 2003 on Frontiers Records - Glenn promises it will be trippy and hard!!