ACE FREHLEY FALL TOUR 2011
October
23 - Nashua, NH - Junkyard *Added Date
25 - New York, NY - B.B. King's
26 - New York, NY - B.B. King's
28 - Atlantic City, NJ - House Of Blues
29 - Farmingdale, NY - Crazy Donkey
30 -Centereach, NY - Mulcahy's
31 - Foxboro, MA - Showcase Live
November
5 - Asbury Park, NJ - The Stone Pony
6 - Allentown, PA - Crocodile Rock
8 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
9 – Chicago, IL - House Of Blues
11- Milwaukee, WI - The Rave
13 - Green Bay, WI - Oneida Casino
December
1 - Cardiff, Wales - Coal Exchange
3 - Pontins Prestatyn, North Wales - Hard Rock Hell Festival
4 - London, England - Islington Academy
ACE FREHLEY - Parasite [ Hamburg, NY 8/17/11 ]
Click titles below to listen some new Ace tunes from Anomaly!!!
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27-01-10
ACE FREHLEY TO TOUR AUSTRALIA AND US
Ace Frehley will tour Australia in February and United States in March.
Feb. 1 Perth, Australia - Metropolis Fremantle
Feb. 4 Adelaide, Australia - HQ Complex
Feb. 5 Melbourne, Australia - Palace Theater
Feb. 7 Sydney, Australia - Enmore Theatre
Feb. 8 Brisbane QLD, Australia - Brisbane Tivoli Theatre
March.19 Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Casino Wolf Den
March. 20 Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues
March. 21 New York, NY - Nokia Times Square
For ticket infos& sales click here and here
ACE FREHLEY TOUR DATES
United States
Oct 28: NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE, Los Angeles, CA
Nov 5: Horseshoe Casino | Whiskey Road, Council Bluffs, IA
Nov 6: Northern Lights Theater, Milwaukee, WI
Nov 7: Majestic Theatre, Madison, WI
Nov 9: The Canopy, Urbana, IL
Nov 11: House of Blues - Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
Nov 12: Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH
Nov 13: Kewadin Casino, Sault Sainte Marie, MI
Nov 15 - 18: Rock 'N ' Roll Fantasy Camp, North Hollywood, CA
Europe
Nov 29: Union Scene - Drammen, Norway www.unionscene.no
Nov 30: Medis - Stockholm, Sweden www.debaser.se
Dec 2: Nosturi - Helsinki, Finland www.elmu.fi
Dec 4: KB - Malmo, Sweden www.kulturbolaget.se
Dec 5: Tragarn Gotheburg, Sweden www.tradgarn.se
Dec 8: Grosse Freiheit - Hamburg, Germany www.grossefreiheit36.de
Dec 9: Zeche - Bochum, Germany wwww.zeche.com
Dec 11: Huxleys - Berlin, Germany www.huxleysneuewelt.de
Dec 12: Batschkapp - Frankfurt, Germany www.batschkapp.tickets.de
Dec 13: TonHalle - Munich, Germany www.tonhalle-muenchen.de
Dec 15: Schuur - Luzern, Switzerland www.schuur.ch
Dec 16: Lucky - Rijssen, Netherlands www.lucky.nl
Dec 17: 02 Shepherds Bush Empire - London, UK www.o2shepherdsbushempire.co.uk
Tickets at ticketmaster.com
ACE FREHELY DOWNUNDER TOUR
Monday February 1st PERTH. Metropolis Fremantle
Thursday February 4thADELAIDE. HQ.
Friday February 5th MELBOURNE Palace (formerly Metro)
Sunday February 7th SYDNEY Enmore Theatre Proudly supported by Utopia
Records
Monday February 8th BRISBANE The Tivoli
Tickets for PERTH and ADELAIDE on sale 9am Monday 2nd November from
www.redanttouring.com, www.heatseeker.com.au, www.ticketek.com.au
or Ticketek 132 849
14-10-09
ACE FREHLEY PRESS RELEASE
TOUR POSTPONED UNTIL EARLY 2010
Original KISS lead guitarist Ace Frehley was due in Australia next week for
3 shows, however Australian promoters advised today that the tour will now
be postponed until February 2010 in order to accommodate the artist
schedule and the newly tour dates.
When the tour does reach Australia in early 2010, it will be in an expanded
format with extra dates being scheduled in Perth and Adelaide due to
overwhelming demand from Ace fans in both those cities.
ACE was due to perform at Melbourne’s Palace October 19th, Sydney’s Enmore
Theatre October 20th and Brisbane’s The Tivoli October 21st.
Ticketholders can hold onto their tickets which will be valid for the new
dates – due to be announced shortly. Alternatively they can seek a refund
from their ticketing agency.
For further Australian tour information: www.redanttouring.com
30-09-09
ACE EUROPEAN TOUR
Ace Frehley just announced some European dates in Germany, Holland and Switzerland:
Here are the dates:
08.12.2009: Hamburg (Grosse Freiheit)
09.12.2009: Zeche (Bochum)
11.12.2009: Berlin (Huxleys)
12.12.2009: Frankfurt (Batschkapp)
13.12.2009: München (Tonhalle)
15.12.2009: Luzern (Schüür), Switzerland
16.12.2009: Rijssen (Lucky), Holland
Tickets here
29-09-09
ACE FREHLEY INTERVIEW:
SPACEMAN IS BACK ON EARTH
(By J. Frank Hagan)
Kiss Mask: Congratualtions on the success of "ANOMALY." It debuts at #27 on Billboard's Top 200 next week.
Ace Frehley: Thank you. That's my lucky number. Too many weird things have happened-but that's the way my life's story has been (laughs). So it really dosen't surprise me that much.
KM: It doesn't surprise you at all?
AF: It does but it doesn't. I'm still a little in shock over the numbers. My new label (Bronx Born) is #2 on the Indie charts. You know what? After working on the record for twenty years it was all
worth the while.
KM: It actually took two years to record, correct?
AF: I started it at the beginning of 2007.
KM: When I hear "ANOMALY," it sounds like the love child to your 1978 solo album.
AF: By design.
KM: Yes. The '78 solo record is the template...
AF: I listen to my fans. I'm making records because I want my fans to like it- this album is for my fans. It's everything everyone has been asking for and I think I delivered. At the beginning, I
listened to my (1978) solo record and tried to figure out why everyone cites that as their favorite solo record and I basically used a lot of the same recording techniques. I used some of the same
musical textures. I recorded the album the same way. The same mic techniques I learned from Eddie Kramer- all pre-amps, Marshall amps in conjuction with old guitars. I remembered the process. I've
got some great engineers to work with. It turned out okay.
KM: It turned out more than okay. There is a lot of personal experience with this new record and I think that makes it more special.
AF: Yeah, I put my heart and soul into this record. It really comes from deep inside. You take a look inside a song, "A Little Below The Angels," and I rewrote that song- that song was done and I
rewrote it- all the verses I wrote during the mixing process. I rewrote the lyrics... It just became more honest- more straight forward.
KM: "ANOMALY" flows so nicely.
AF: Yeah. I changed the course. The original verses has a totally different feel. Like "Genghis Kahn" basically was, after the guitar intro, how the song started and ended- the intro, the whole
breakdown and the end section turned out later on.
KM: Where did you get the idea for "Genghis Kahn?"
AF: Sometimes when I am writing a song, it's almost like I'm not writing it. It's like someone is beaming into my brain and I can't write the lyrics down on a piece of paper fast enough. It's almost
like my brain is a radio reciever and somebody is beaming it into my head. Sometimes it's that easy.
KM: I'd love to hear "A Little Below The Angels" and "Genghis Kahn" live. Actually, you could play the entire record live.
AF: It's funny that you say that. A lot of people were talking to me about a special concert of just the 1978 album. We were talking about it last year. Doing couple of selected shows because of the
30th Anniversary of the solo albums, but I've been too busy finishing this record and touring. That never happened but somehow do whole first album and this album- that would something special.
KM: There are a lot of references to God and Heaven- does this mean Ace Frehley is going to church on Sundays?
AF: I used to when I was a kid. Not too much lately. I really don't think you have to go to church to communicate with God. But getting sober and that whole experience, was a really religious
experience.
KM: Did you do it on your own or did you go to rehab?
AF: I didn't go to rehab, although I've been there before, but this time around I cleaned up on my own. I worked on twelve step programs and therapists and got my head screwed on straight - I was
screwed up for so long. The day of release of the album was three years sobriety...
KM: ...Was that planned?
AF: No, it just happened by accident. It wasn't planned. Anyone that knows me will tell you that number 27 ( Ace's birthday is April 27) follows me around wherever I go. For the album to debut on
Billboard at #27 is like God playing a trick on me - telling me that He's helping me out.
KM: It's good to see you so good...
AF: It's good to be healthy (followed by Frehley's famous cackle).
KM: Also, congratulations today on Kiss being nominated for induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
AF: Yeah, I heard. That's nice.
KM: That's your band you help start.
AF: I designed the logo, came up with the makeup for my character. Somebody else is wearing it now. Go figure (laughs).
KM: Anton Fig plays drums on most of the album. You both have been friends for over 30 years now. How did you hook up with Anton?
AF: I was trying to find a drummer ('78 solo) for the album and a friend of mine from high school with brought up Anton Fig's name. I was going to set up a meeting and then Eddie Kramer was looking
for drummers independently. He called me up and one day goes, "Hey, I heard about this Anton Fig." Immediately I said, "Wow. There's something going on here."
KM: And you guys have been close ever since?
AF: That's exactly what happened with Marti Frederiksen, the guy who mixed the album. I asked a couple of independent people- Who would you get to mix the record? His name came up more than once. So,
let me take a meeting with this guy. Marti produced "Fox On The Run," and besides mixing a great album with Anthony Foch, he helped me out on "A Little Below The Angels" he plays organ on. On
"Fractured Quantum" he played the bass parts and re-programmed the drums. He also sang background on "Fox On The Run." He's a multi-talented guy. I just saw him last week in LA at a question and
answer thing we did at the Grammy Museum - and that was great!
Interview part 2 can be read at kissmask
ANOMALY
Release date: September 15
Tracks listing
01. Foxy & Free - Frehley
02. Outer Space - Frehley/Askew/Mendez
03. Pain In the Neck - Frehley
04. Fox On The Run - Connolly/Priest/Scott/Tucker
05. Genghis Khan - Frehley
06. Too Many Faces - Frehley
07. Change The World - Frehley
08. Space Bear - Frehley
09. A Little Below The Angels - Frehley
10. Sister - Frehley
11. It's A Great Life - Frehley
12. Fractured Quantum - Frehley
13. The Return of Space Bear (Dedicated to Tom Snyder) iTunes Exclusive track
Produced by Ace Frehley.
Recorded at Ace's Home Studio, Westchester, NY, and Schoolhouse Studios, New York City, NY.
Mixed by Marti Frederiksen.
Ace Frehley - Lead Guitar & Vocals
Anthony Esposito - Bass
Anton Fig - Drums
Scot Coogan - Backing Vocals on 05 & 10.
Bronx Born Records/SONY Red (USA, 9/15/2009)
Bronx Born Records/Season Of Mist Records (Europe, 9/15/2009)
ACE FREHLEY: OFFICIAL ANOMALY LISTENING PARTIES
Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley's fifth solo album, "Anomaly", will be played back at the following official listening parties:
*** August 21 - Viper Room in the Dirty Lounge - W. Hollywood, CA
10:00 p.m. (free entrance; 21 and over)
*** September 11 - Don Hill's - New York City, NY
7:00 p.m.
Ticket info: (212) 219-2850 (21 and over)
"Anomaly" listening party and performance by ALIVE! (KISS tribute)
Giveaways of signed CDs and posters from Ace
*** September 12 - Lupo's - Providence, RI
7:00 p.m.
Ticket info: (401) 331-LUPO (all ages)
"Anomaly" listening party and performance by ALIVE! (KISS Tribute)
Giveaways of signed CDs and posters from Ace
As previously reported, Frehley has inked a licensing deal with Riot! Entertainment for the Australian release of "Anomaly". Due on September 15 via Ace's own Bronx Born Records, with Rocket Science
providing a full label service platform in the U.S., the CD was produced and recorded in Westchester County, New York between 2007 and 2009 and was mixed in Los Angeles.
Frehley last year spent time on the road fronting a band that featured second guitarist Derrek Hawkins, drummer Scot Coogan (ex-BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION) and bassist Anthony Esposito (ex-LYNCH
MOB).
Frehley will perform at the Viper Room in West Hollywood, California on Saturday, September 12 during the Sunset Strip Music Festival.
Tickets are $25 and can be purchased via TicketWeb.com.
Ace will be also at Cobo Arena on Sept. 19 to sign autographs and promote his first solo album in 20 years, "Anomaly." The appearance will begin at 1 p.m. Kiss will rock Cobo on Sept. 25.
Pre order the VINYL VERSION of Anomaly!!
A report on the new Ace Frehley CD! by Eddie Trunk
7/22/09: Met up with Ace Frehley last night in NJ to hear his final version of his new CD Anomaly. I had been talking to Ace often over the last few months helping him where I could navigate the
music business in 2009 and some thoughts on his upcoming release. As he stated on my radio show this past Monday I talked him out of releasing a cover of Sweet's "Fox On The Run" as a first single,
my thinking being that after twenty years he should no way lead with a cover as the first new music people will hear from him! After talking it over with his new management they decided I was right
so the first song will be an original titled "Outer Space" which sums up Ace perfect! Was fun to put my A&R hat on again as Ace was the first artist I ever worked with in that capacity back in my
Megaforce label days. Ace wanted me to hear the final product and told me he was going to a venue not far from me in NJ (PNC) to jam a song with Nickelback who were playing. Ace's new management also
handles them, so that was the connection. I arrived at PNC to late to see Ace play Highway To Hell with Nickelback but it was super last minute with him literally getting out of his car backstage and
walking out, but by all acounts fun for all. After the jam Ace and I sat in my car in the backstage lot and listened to the whole CD together. I had heard this album in various forms and mixes
through the years but this was the first time mastered and done and with the final mix. I'll say what I have said all along; Kiss and Ace fans will love this. It is exactly the type of album you
would want and expect from Ace. Straight up in your face hard rock. Probably the most striking thing about the album is Ace's voice. He is past three years sober (there is a song about his battle
with the bottle on the CD) and singing like the '78 album. A friend of mine who was in the car said the exact same thing. His voice sounds great due to the fact he is clean for sure. Guitar tones
sound great as does the playing. Ace sings the entire CD and there are two instrumentals; another in the Fractured series ends the CD and then there is a Zep like heavy jam called "Space Bear". I
know hard core Kiss fans will smile at that title! Other stand out tracks for me were "Change The World" (again great vocal), "A Little Below The Angels", "Too Many Faces" and the super kick ass
"Sister" , a track that has been around for a bit but sounds great here. The album has a great deal of edgy tracks but it's also dynamic with some Beatles touches in some songs and a real nod to some
early 70's stuff. The guitar work is classic Ace as well. Anton Fig handles most of the drums and is a monster as always. Ace is giving his fans exactly what they would want with this album, and who
knows, in this age of Guitar Hero and Rock Band he will no doubt grab some new ones as well. After all guitar hero = ACE FREHLEY! Can't wait for everyone to hear it and of course we will do much with
Ace and the album on the radio shows when we get closer to release. I thank Ace for the early listen and as a long time close friend I am extremely proud of him not only for making the album he
wanted to, but for being a changed man the last few years.
