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Artist News: Arena Begins Next Album, Mitchell Takes A Bite, New Best Of, More

Posted on Thursday, September 28 @ 04:56:52 UTC by nightowl

"Well, the break seems to be over now, and the first tentative steps towards writing the next [Arena] album has begun..." reports the Verglas Newsletter. "Clive: 'it's a slow proccess, but it has started. I've got a handful of ideas, and we'll be meeting up soon for a writing session. We're not in a hurry for this seventh studio album... we'll just see how it goes.'"



Plus, to celebrate Arena's 10th Anniversary, "Verglas Music arereleasing a 'best of' album. This is mainly aimed at people who are unfamiliar with the band, but there are a couple of collectible items for the Arena connoisseur, including a Rob Sowden vocal version of 'Empire Of A Thousand Days' from the Pride album. The artwork work has been created by Contagion/Pepper's man David Wyatt. The release date is aimed to be at the end of October....

"John [Mitchell] will be providing the vocals and guitars for the newly reformed It Bites. He will be teaming up with the original line up (minus Mr Dunnery, of course). There will be dates later this year in the UK and there are concerts also planned in Japan. We here that writing has also begun on a potential new album.

"And finally, Clive's project Caamora has finally taken off! After a year and a half of preparation Clive and singer, Agneiszka Swita are going on the road for the first time to start promoting the forthcoming 'rock opera' (to be released in 2007). They have some dates in November with symphonic rock band Galahad, and are then off to South America for some dates in Chile as well as possibly Mexico and Argentina. There is also a warm up gig on October 7th... their first appearance! The dates can be found at www.caamora.net/concertguide.html"

[Source: Verglas Newsletter]



Note: 10/1: Release date for Ten Years On, the new 'best of' is October 30

Posted in Band News (tours, comings/goings, etc)

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