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Black Rain & The Black Stars – The Railway Venue, 17th February 2012
Continuing their trek around the UK on their Back in Black tour (do you see what they did there?), Black Rain and The Black Stars arrived in sunny (well, when I say sunny….) Bolton for the sixth night of the eight night adventure. This tour sees the first UK appearances of French sleaze rockers Black Rain.
Drummer Robbie France Passes Away
Robbie France, who played with both UFO and Diamond Head, died on Saturday, January 14.
In a lengthy career, drummer France played on Diamond Heads 1983 albumCanterbury and spent a year with UFO from 1984. France was also a member of Wishbone Ash, recording the 1991 albumStrange Affair. He was a founder-member of Skunk Anansie, playing on their 1995 debut albumParanoid And Sunburnt.
Last year, France (who was also a respected drum tutor) had first novel published. This wascalled Six Degrees South.
