NEWS

Detroit's 101 WRIF: The Motor City's Rock Station has issued the following announcement:

"Last week I made a quick trip to Florida to get ready for this year’s two-hour Chop Shop Christmas special. For the fourth year in a row the special will be hosted by the guitarists of the TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, what is different this year is the timing and the number of guitarists.

I usually wait for the TSO tour to hit Detroit, Toledo or Grand Rapids to sit down with the guys and record the CS/Christmas special but this year they are playing so many matinee shows, that the timing would have been tuff to record 2-hours worth of stuff. The solution was for me to go to Florida and interview the band members during their tour rehearsals. This gave us more time to record, allows me get the show produced sooner for affiliates that want the special early to tie into the TSO tour schedule and it gave me access to both touring troupes TSO East and TSO West.

This years CS/TSO special will feature all four guitarists, Chris Caffery (SAVATAGE / DOCTOR BUTCHER), Alex Skolnick (TESTAMENT / Savatage), Al Pitrelli (Alice Cooper / Savatage), Angus Clark (KITARO / NAKED SUN) as well as electric violinist Mark Wood (toured with Steve Vai, Celine Dion, Dee Snider).

The five of them will talk about their amazing journey over the last 12 years to become the #1 Seasonal touring band in the world, what it’s like spending Christmas on the road and being part of the biggest light, sound and performance show in the world.

The Chop Shop/TSO Christmas special will be on all across the nation Christmas week, with most stations running the 2-hour show on Christmas eve and Christmas morning."

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