Axel Rudi Pell has releasing a three CD/three DVD digipak set titled Magic Moments – The 25th Anniversary Concert on April 28th in North America via SPV/Steamhammer, which captures his 25th anniversary as a solo artist with a once in a lifetime performance at the Bang Your Head Festival in Balingen, Germany in 2014. Stream “Black Night” with Ronnie Atkins here.
It was a hot summer night and the beach was burning… Wrong song, wrong place! But the weather gods smiled on Axel Rudi Pell on that memorable magic evening of July 11th 2014: There had been a severe weather alert, but in the end the floodgates of heaven opened only during the last song of his regular set, the Rainbow classic “Long Live Rock´n´Roll”. “That was Ronnie James Dio crying from above,” promoter Horst E. Franz speculated while bidding his farewells to the almost 15.000 drenched- but-happy fans at the festival site.
Tracklisting:
CALL HER PRINCESS – Steeler
NIGHT AFTER NIGHT – Steeler
ROCKIN´ THE CITY – Steeler
UNDERCOVER ANIMAL – Steeler
NASTY REPUTATION – Rob Rock, Joerg Michael
WARRIOR – Jeff Scott Soto, Joerg Michael
FOOL FOOL – Jeff Scott Soto, Joerg Michael
(Current ARP Band)
BURNING CHAINS
STRONG AS A ROCK
LONG WAY TO GO
HEY HEY MY MY
MYSTICA
INTO THE STORM
TOO LATE / ETERNAL PRISONER / TOO LATE
THE MASQUERADE BALL / CASBAH
ROCK THE NATION
DRUM BATTLE – Vinnie Appice, Bobby Rondinelli
BLACK NIGHT – Ronnie Atkins
SYMPATHY – John Lawton
TUSH – John Lawton
MISTREATED – Doogie White, Tony Carey, Johnny Gioeli
SINCE YOU BEEN GONE – Graham Bonnet, Michael Voss, Doogie White
LONG LIVE ROCK´N´ROLL – Doogie White, Graham Bonnet, Tony Carey
SMOKE ON THE WATER – all guests
Line-Up:
Axel Rudi Pell – Guitars
Johnny Gioeli – Vocals
Ferdy Doernberg – Keyboards
Volker Krawczak – Bass
Bobby Rondinelli – Drums
Friends:
Steeler: Peter Burtz
Tom Eder
Roland Hag
Jan Yiridal
Rob Rock
Jeff Scott Soto
Joerg Michael
Vinny Appice
Ronnie Atkins
John Lawton
Tony Carey
Doogie White
Graham Bonnet
Michael Voss
Configurations / Release Dates:
Digipak 3 CD
Digipak 3 DVD (NTSC, code free),
Blu-ray and download