As previously reported, BAD COMPANY, featuring original vocalist Paul Rodgers (ex-QUEEN, FREE), have announced eight exclusive UK dates in April. AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry's JOE PERRY PROJECT has just been announced as openers for the tour.

The itinerary is as follows:

Arpil
1 - Birmingham, UK - LG Arena
2 - Manchester, UK - Arena
4 - Sheffield, UK - City Hall
5 - Cardiff, UK - CIA
7 - Newcastle, UK - Arena
8 - Glasgow, UK - Clyde
10 - Brighton, UK - Center
11 - London, UK - Wembley Arena

VIP Tickets are available. Tickets available at www.ticketmaster.co.uk or www.livenation.co.uk.

Classic Rock spoke to the the three surviving Bad Company band-members – vocalist Paul Rodgers, guitarist Mick Ralphs and drummer Simone Kirke – at a press conference at the Hard Rock Café recently:

On the possibility of hearing some new material:

Rodgers: "Great question. There’s always the chance. I write all the time. [Turning to Mick Ralphs]: I dunno about you, do you write specifically for a band?"

Ralphs: "In the early days we always just wrote for whatever, and then used the ones that fitted best."

Rodgers: "The problem we have right now is that the people will be expecting to hear all the band’s biggest songs. It’s really hard to squash in something new amongst all of that."

Ralphs: "But the door is always open to that idea."

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