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PURSON – Forced To Postpone European Tour Dates

04 Thursday Feb 2016

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Purson 2016

Purson preparing for a chat with Marc Riley at BBC6

Due to as of yet unnamed circumstances, UK-based five-piece Purson has to postpone their recently announced tour dates in continental Europe that were set for April. Yesterday, the band published the following statement on their official Facebook page: “We’ve unfortunately had to postpone the European dates of the upcoming tour. All the UK dates remain as they were, with the addition of Southend. Do not fear, we will be back on the continent soon enough! Please share this updated poster for anyone who has yet to buy their tickets!”

A clear deja-vu to anyone who was hoping to see the stellar sound machine live on their short-lived road encounter alongside Swedish Rockers Spiritual Beggars in 2013. Back then, Purson became victim of some shady garage employes – to say the least – and after just half of the originally planned eight shows, forced to return to British shores.

Apart from the Desire’s Magic Theatre European Tour, Purson will return to the US in the end of April. Please check below for all confirmed or remaining dates!

U.K

9/3 – Bristol – The Louisiana 

10/3 – Nottingham – Rock City

11/3 – Norwich – The Waterfront 

12/3 – Milton Keynes – The Crauford Arms 

16/3 – London – 100 Club 

24/3 – Exeter – The Cavern Club

25/3 – Plymouth – The Junction

26/3 – Southampton – Joiners

27/3 – Brighton – The Hope and Ruin

30/3 – Birmingham – The Sunflower Lounge

31/3 – Manchester – Night and Day

1/4 – Glasgow – Audio

2/4 – Leeds – Brudenell Social Club

15/4 – Southend – Chinnery’s 

U.S

29/4 – 1/5 – Austin TX –  Levitation Festival 

8/5 – Tallahassee FL – Sidebar Theatre

10/5 -Ft. Lauderdale FL – Culture Room 

11/5 – Orlando FL – The Social

12/5 – Pensacola FL – Vinyl

13/5 – Atlanta GA – Shaky Knees

16/5 – Baltimore MD – Ottobar

17/5 – Brooklyn NY – Brooklyn Bowl

18/5 – Syracuse NY – Lost Horizon 

19/5 – Providence RI – Fete Music Hall

20/5 – Philadelphia PA – Union Transfer 

24/5 – Colombia MO – Blue Note 

25/5 – Lincoln NE – Bourbon Theatre 

26/5 – Lawrence KS – Granada 

28/5 – Dallas TX – Gas Monkey Live!

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THE VINTAGE CARAVAN & GRAND MAGUS – To Join Forces

06 Wednesday Nov 2013

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Alexander Örn Númason, Arik Roper, Álftanes, Óskar Logi Ágústsson, Bathory, Björklöven, Bullet, Crucified Barbara, Debut Album, Expand Your Mind, Fox, Free Fall, Grand Magus, Graveyard, Guðjón Reynisson, Iceland, Iron Will, JB, King Diamond, Ludwig Witt, Mercyful Fate, Orchid, Quorthon, Roadburn Festival, Sanda Karlsdóttir, Scorpion Child, Skellefteå, Skellefteå AIK, The Birch Leaves, The Hunt, The Vintage Caravan, Umeå, Voyage, Witchcraft

2013-11-06 03:00 – With the upcoming releases of both Swedish rifflords GRAND MAGUS and Icelandic Classic Rock newcomers THE VINTAGE CARAVAN scheduled for release at the beginning of 2014, the two trios now revealed news on mutual European Tour in March. Joining in as well for the “Rock Revelation Tour 2014” will be Norwegian Rock’n’Rollers AUDREY HORNE and German Blues Rock Newcomers ZODIAC.

tvc2013GRAND MAGUS will be leading this tasty pack. The successor to last years‘ highly acclaimed output »The Hunt«, ” that entered the German album charts at # 42, will hit the shelves on January 31st, 2014.
Opening up the rock shenanigans will be THE VINTAGE CARAVAN. Their debut record »Voyage« will be out in early 2014. If you would like to get a hint on what to expect from those young fellas, check out their music video to the track ‘Expand Your Mind’ here:

Join in all four bands on the following dates:

18.03. FR Paris – Divan du Monde
19.03. DE Cologne – Gebäude 9
20.03. DE München – Backstage
21.03. AT Wien – Szene
22.03. CH Aarau – Kiff
23.03. DE Stuttgart – Universum
24.03. DE Berlin – C-Club
26.03. DE Hamburg – Markthalle
27.03. DE Frankfurt – Batschkapp
28.03. DE Geiselwind – Musichall
29.03. DE Essen – Turock
30.03. DE Nijmegen – Doornroosje

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GRAND MAGUS – JB On His Infatuation With A Japanese Called Duke

11 Friday May 2012

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Arik Roper, Bathory, Björklöven, Bullet, Crucified Barbara, Fox, Grand Magus, Iron Will, JB, King Diamond, Ludwig Witt, Mercyful Fate, Quorthon, Skellefteå, Skellefteå AIK, The Birch Leaves, The Hunt, Umeå

 – Yorck Segatz for Psychorizon –

“… when I was much younger, there were a lot of songs where I didn’t understand what they were about…”

I guess you get asked a lot of questions about the new album, so we’ll keep that one short! Can you describe „The Hunt“ in three words?

JB: True, powerful, metal.

What does the hunter who’s depicted on the cover stand for?

JB: Well, that’s part of the thing I want the listeners to find out by themselves. The whole album has got a theme and it deals with the relation between nature and mankind. All the songs deal with this in one way or another and people have to make up their own minds about what the artwork stands for.

How did you get Arik Roper as cover artist?

JB: We worked with him before, he did the cover for our record „Iron Will“, so we knew that he’s a great artist and totally understands the band and everything around it. It was pretty easy, we basically gave him the title, talked a little bit about certain things and the he came up with the perfect artwork for the album.

Could you describe (new drummer) Ludwig Witt in three words?

JB: Oldschool, professional, superdrummer!

Three words about Fox?

JB: Star quality, best friend. That’s it!

The title track features a line that says „there’s a beast inside of me“. Is there beast inside JB? If yes, how does it manifest itself?

JB: Well again, I’m not trying to be difficult, but I never go into detail about the lyrics, because I’ve always felt that when you listen to music, especially metal, music that has some kind of meaning just beyond „I love you“ „Let’s have a drink“ and things like that, the impact is much stronger when you find things out for yourself as a listener. When I listened to Mercyful Fate or Bathory when I was much younger, there were a lot of songs where I didn’t understand what they were about. When I finally found out, it became so much stronger than it would have been if for instance Quorthon or King Diamond would have said in an interview that for example A Dangerous Meeting is exactly about this and that…

But suffice it to say, I believe that mankind has gone too far away from its “animal instincts”… And I certainly feel that I have a very strong connection to animals. Sometimes much stronger than I have to other human beings. This is something I think many people need to realize for themselves, you know!

That’s certainly true! So, what would you regard as your best character trait and which one would be the worst?

JB: Wow… one of my best character traits is discipline. I’m very disciplined. And worst? Well… I worry too much!

Stereotypical Tourimpression: Grand Magus & Bullet

What’s your day-to-day routine like when you are not involved with Grand Magus at all?

JB: I usually work a day-job when we are not recording or touring, so normally I get up early in the morning and go to work. Nothing really special! But this is obviously only in periods when we are not on tour! Then it’s the same as with every other band: you just try to get through the day until you have your hour or so of fun in the evening… I like to have variation in my live. I wouldn’t want to be doing exactly the same thing every day. Touring can become really stereotype, you know. We’ve been on tour with bands of whom you could say to have a more boring live than working people do because every day is exactly the same! I don’t want to have a live like that.

I hear that from a lot of bands actually. Every day’s like: next city, next place to sleep… same shit, different crowd so to say!

When did you start singing or making music in general and are you still in possession of your very first instrument?

JB: Haha! No, I don’t have my first instrument. That was some very bad Les Paul copy, called “Duke”, I think it was Japanese, but none of the good ones! I guess it was alright, but the neck was fucked up. Got that from my older brother and I don’t know where it is now. I started playing guitar much earlier than I started singing. Singing I started very late actually, when we did our first album in 2001, I think I had only been singing for about four years or so.

What’s your opinion about the current European Heavy Metal scene?

JB: I don’t really have an opinion, because I’m mostly concerned with my own band and my friend’s bands. I’ve never seen bands as part of a scene. All bands that are really special, they are much more than part of a scene, you know?

We never felt part of any movement or any scene like that. We do what we do and other people do what they want to do. I’m a huge fan of many bands, but most of them have been around for at least ten years!

What do you think about women making heavy music? E.g. Crucified Barbara from Sweden…

JB: Well, that’s something I have never really thought about! We know the girls in Crucified Barbara, they’re a really good band. I don’t really care if it’s an all-girl band or whatsoever. Of course they have a different type of challenge compared to male bands. They also get attention because it’s not that common, but I don’t really care as long as the music is good. I think the most important thing is that you feel they do things for the right reasons, that they really believe in what they do. Then they deserve my respect.

The next Swedish Super-Group: Crucified Magus

A friend of mine and myself were trying to get some GM merch besides the tours, but we utterly failed! It’s really hard to get some cool stuff outside of Sweden… just two items for sale on your website… What’s the matter???

JB: We haven’t really sorted this out in the past, mainly because we’ve been so focused on playing music and merch wasn’t the top priority… It’s really our own loss, you can actually make a lot of money from that, but that’s never been the reason for us to start the band.

Regarding the website, we just don’t have people to run it, we do it by ourselves. I think it’s fucking boring, you know. But we’ll fix it, I promise!

Are you interested in football at all? I just got the latest Allsvenskan results on my desktop!

JB: Ok! Well, Fox is really interested in football, I’m more of an ice hockey person. Today the World cup starts, so that’s where I’m gonna be!

What’s your favorite team in the Swedish league?

JB: My favorite team is not in the top league anymore, they’re called “Björklöven”, The Birch Leaves, from my hometown of Umeå in the north of Sweden. My 2nd favorite team made the finals this year. they’re calles “Skellefteå AIK” (from Skellefteå, which is near Umeå).

Cool, I’ll keep an eye on that! That’s it for today. Thanks for taking the time, I hope you liked the not so obvious questions, too!

JB: That’s cool! I really liked the new stuff! Thanks!

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