MARTY FRIEDMAN: Japanese TV Appearances Detailed

January 31, 2007

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman's official web site has been updated with the following message:

"Those of you with access to Japanese TV be sure not to miss Marty's Friday night appearances on two consecutive weeks of Tamori Club's 'Sola Mimi Awards' on February 2 and February 9! A special 'Takeyama Sensei!' featuring Marty will air on Saturday night, February 3. There will be two appearances on Hot Wave as well this month. Also be sure to check him out on 'Orikyun', 'Jukebox Eikaiwa', 'Yumeregi', and of course 'Rock Fujiyama' every week as well!

"Speaking of 'Rock Fujiyama', a one-of-a-kind 'ROCK FUJIYAMA BAND' concert [will take place] in Tokyo on Saturday, February 17th. If you are anywhere near Tokyo you will not want to miss this once-in-a-lifetime event! The entire cast plus many of the guests from the 'ROCK FUJIYAMA BAND' will be on hand for an unforgettable and unique rock concert experience…"

As previously reported, Marty Friedman will embark on a European solo tour in April 2007. Joining Marty in his touring band will be guitarist Ron Jarzombek (WATCHTOWER),drummer Jeremy Colson and an as-yet-undetermined bassist. Confirmed dates so far are as follows:

Apr. 01 - De Lantaarn - Hellendoorn, NETH
Apr. 02 - Underworld - London, UK
Apr. 03 - Le Trabendo - Paris, FRA
Apr. 04 - Colos-Saal - Aschaffenburg, GER
Apr. 05 - Turock - Essen, GER
Apr. 06 - De Boerderij - Zoetermeer, NETH
Apr. 08 - Rock Cafe - Prague, CZR
Apr. 10 - Stazione Birra - Morena (Roma),ITA

Friedman will be touring in support of new solo album, "Loudspeaker", which entered the Japanese national chart at position No. 33. This marks the first Top 40 chart position for any of of Marty's solo albums.

The special first edition of "Loudspeaker" contained one bonus track, a vocal version of "Static Rain", the ending theme of the Japanese TV show "Rock Fujiyama". This edition was limited to the first 10,000 copies, which sold out on the first day of release. After those went, the standard version of "Loudspeaker", which has an instrumental version of "Static Rain", was put on sale.

"Loudspeaker" features guest appearances by Steve Vai, John Petrucci (DREAM THEATER),and Billy Sheehan (DAVID LEE ROTH, MR. BIG, TALAS) and is described as "by far [Marty's] most aggressive album yet."

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