PINK FLOYD bassist and songwriter ROGER WATERS has announced that he will again perform Dark Side Of The Moon in its entirety on his upcoming tour, dubbed "The Dark Side Of The Moon - The Return Engagement".

The tour will feature a two-part concert by Waters and his touring band of Andy Fairweather-Low (guitar and vocals), Snowy White (guitar), Dave Kilminster (guitar and vocals), Jon Carin (keyboards and vocals), Graham Broad (drums), Harry Waters (Hammond organ), Ian Ritchie (saxophone) and Katie Kissoon, PP Arnold and Carol Kenyon on vocals.

The first set will draw from early Floyd material and Waters' solo work, while the second will feature each track from Dark Side Of The Moon, one of the best-selling rock albums in history, performed in order of appearance on the original LP.

Confirmed Roger Waters dates currently include:

February
18 - Mumbai, IND - Bendra Kurla Complex
21 - Dubai, UAE - Autodrome

March
2 - Monterrey, MEX - Estadio Universitario
4 - Guadalajara, MEX - Arena VFG
6 - Mexico City, MEX - Foro Sol
9 - Bogota, COL - Estadio Simon Bolivar
12 - Lima, PER - Explanada Del Estadio Monument
14 - Santiago, CHL - Estadio Nacional
17 - Buenos Aires, ARG - River Plate Stadium
18 - Buenos Aires, ARG - River Plate Stadium
23 - Rio De Janeiro, BRA - Prata da Apoteose
24 - Sao Paulo, BRA - Morumbi Stadium

April
11 - Zurich, SWI - Hallenstadion Zurich
13 - Prague, CZE - Arena
14 - Budapest, HUN - Budapest Arena
16 - Cologne, GER - Cologne Arena
18 - Leipzig, GER - Leipzig Arena
19 - Hamburg, GER - Color Line Arena
21 - Barcelona, SPA - Palau Sant Jordi
23 - Milan, ITA - Forum Arena
25 - Antwerp, BEL - Sportpaleis Antwerpen
27 - Stockholm, SWE - Stockholm Globe Arena
29 - Bergen, NOR - Vestlandshallen

May
1 - Sonderborg, DEN - Augustenborg Slotspark
3 - Paris, FRA - Palais Omnisports
5 - Arnhem, NET - Gelredome
7 - Manchester, UK - Manchester Evening News Arena
8 - Birmingham, UK - The NEC Arena
11 - London, UK - Earls Court and Olympia
12 - London, UK - Earls Court and Olympia
14 - Dublin, IRE - The Point
18 - West Palm Beach, FL - Sound Advice Amphitheatre
19 - Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheatre @ State Fairgrds.
22 - Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena
24 - East Rutherford, NJ - Continental Airlines Arena
30 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden Arena

June
1 - Philadelphia, PA - The Wachovia Center
4 - Ottawa, ON - Scotiabank Place
6 - Quebec City, QC - Colisee Pepsi
7 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre
9 - Chicago, IL - United Center
13 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl
15 - Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
16 - Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand Garden Arena
19 - Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena
21 - Vancouver, BC - General Motors Place
23 - Calgary, AB - Pengrowth Saddledome
24 - Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place
27 - Winnipeg, MB - MTS Centre
29 - Omaha, NE - Omaha Civic Auditorium
30 - Saint Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center

July
2 - Milwaukee, WI - Summerfest
9 - Boston, MA - TD Banknorth Garden (Fleet Center)
13 - Hartford, CT - New England Dodge Music Center
14 - Toronto, ON - Rogers Centre

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Greece's Metalzone reports that INNERWISH, INACTIVE MESSIAH and EMERALD SUN are among the confirmed bands for the March Metal Day festival, set to take place April 4th at the Fencing Olympic Complex at Hellinicon in Athens, Greece.

The festival billing is shaping up as follows:

Warriors Stage: MANOWAR, RHAPSODY OF FIRE, HOLYHELL, BATTLEROAR, INNERWISH.

Wizards Stage: TIAMAT, EPICA, GEORGE DAVIS & GAND, INACTIVE MESSIAH, W.E.B., CROSSOVER, UNIVERSE 217, EMERALD SUN.

Ticket price: 50 euros through March 31st; 60 euros from April 1st until day of show.

Organizer Neo Revma is promising heavy metal fans a day filled with great live appearances on two stages, lots of surprises, competitions and loads of positive energy for 12 hours NON-STOP!

Source Greece Metal Zone

The classic BLACK SABBATH album Mob Rules is featured in the “Every Home Should Have One: Albums You Should Own” section of this month’s Classic Rock magazine.

Record producer Andy Sneap says “you have to give a lot of credit to Tony Iommi’s guitar playing on this record. Listen to the double-tracking and the lead guitar parts – he’s really going for it. There are certainly more riffs on Mob Rules compared to what happened on Heaven & Hell. Check out the riff at the start of 'Falling Off The Edge Of The World' – that’s brilliant”.

In terms of the production, he comments that “the feel of the album is raw, live and direct, which was exactly right for the time. If you consider that we were on the very of a major breakthrough in the way heavy metal was to be defined, with bands like IRON MAIDEN making their impact and METALLICA about to get going, then Mob Rules is exactly what Sabbath should have been doing at this point. Listen to it now: it stands up really well against anything you hear today. The vibe of the record was so well-balanced”.

Read the full piece in the March 2007 issue of Classic Rock, available now.

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