Over The Rainbow Somewhere ... Later This Month
Date: Monday, April 12 @ 01:00:00 UTC
Topic: Band News (tours, comings/goings, etc)


Over The Rainbow will be somewhere in Europe later this month. Where? Where skies are blue... one hopes. A series of six dates commence on April 15 at the Retro Music Hall in Prague, the Czech Republic and the concluded (so far) at the De Kade in Zaandam, Netherlands.

After that, its a trio of festival dates as the band takes the stage at Norway Rock Festival on July 8; Rockweekend Festival (Sweden) on July 9, and at the Festival Tent in Kotka, Finland on July 31.

Over The Rainbow are comprised on 3 former members of Rainbow - Joe Lynn Turner (vocals), Bobby Rondinelli (drums), and Greg Smith (bass), plus J?rgen "J.R." Blackmore (guitar), son of former Rainbow guitarist Ritchie Blackmore.

Over The Rainbow's most recent touring keyboardist, Paul Morris (was was in Rainbow from 1994 to 1997), replaced Tony Carey, the original keyboardist for Over The Rainbow, prior to the band's performance in front of 12,000 fans at the Sweden Rock Festival on June 4, 2009 in S?lvesborg, Sweden.



In the '70s, '80s and '90s, Rainbow released over 20 albums (five gold, four silver), seven Billboard Hot 100 and Mainstream Rock tracks, six Top 75 U.K. songs and at least seven MTV frequently played videos. Since 1998, former members of Rainbow and their respective management offices were overloaded with requests for Rainbow to reunite. Rondinelli, Smith and Turner agreed that the only legitimate way to accomplish this was to employ a Blackmore on guitar.

J?rgen Blackmore is a critically acclaimed guitarist in his own right and agreed to join this endeavor after realizing how intense the demand was for a Rainbow "reunion." Over The Rainbow marks the first time that four members from three different eras of Rainbow have taken the stage together along with J.R. Blackmore.

BilbaoIsRock.com uploaded video footage of Over The Rainbow's October 31, 2009 concert in Bilbao, the largest city in the Basque Country and the capital of the province of Biscay, Spain.

The band's setlist was as follows:

01. Tarot Woman
02. Kill The King
03. Can't Let You Go
04. Death Alley Driver
05. Wolf To The Moon
06. Eyes Of The World
07. Guitar Solo
08. Ariel
09. All Night Long
10. I Surrender
11. Man On The Silver Mountain
12. Jealous Lover
13. Drum Solo
14. Stargazer
15. Long Live Rock 'N' Roll

Encore:

16. Gates Of Babylon

Encore 2:

17. Since You've Been Gone
18. Can't Happen Here
19. Spotlight Kid

Over The Rainbow tour dates:

Apr. 15 - Prague, Czech Republic - Retro Music Hall
Apr. 16 - Zlin, Czech Republic - Masters of Rock Cafe
Apr. 17 - Bratislava, Slovakia - PKO
Apr. 19 - Budapest, Hungary - A38
Apr. 22 - Kerkrade, Netherlands - The Rock
Apr. 23 - Zaandam, Netherlands - De Kade
Jul. 08 - Kvinesdal, Norway - Norway Rock Festival
Jul. 09 - S?derala, Sweden - Rockweekend Festival
Jul. 31 - Kotka, Finland - Festival Tent

[Source: via e-Prog (w/editorial embellishments)]







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