QUEENSRYCHE: NEW RECORD,
TOUR PLANNED FOR 2018
Design by Liz Wagner • Photos By Kimberly Ann • Story by RTFX • Review by Kimberly A
After catching up with original mem-
ber Michael Wilton at a show in At-
lantic City, New Jersey, we discussed
everything from the current tour, Scott
Rockefields absence from the tour to
take care of his new born son, and a
new record and tour to support in 2018.
I asked Michael about the current tour,
He replied “It’s been great. This is kind
of a fly date tour, although we did do
a European tour. 2016 we did a pretty
intense tour with over 100 shows. We
were supposed to get right back in the
studio but it’s just taking awhile. We’re
older and our heads have to clear.
Now we have just been taking our time
and making sure the songs are all get-
ting into shape. And we are having fun
playing on the weekends as well. It’s a
balancing act but it’s such a tricky in-
dustry now. You don’t want to put re-
cords out too fast and you don’t want to
tour so much that you are playing the
same places over and over again. So you
have to keep a balance. Obviously, you
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want people wanting you but in this day
and age it’s a bit tougher to keep it all go-
ing.” We talked for a bit about a follow
up to the critically acclaimed “Condi-
tion Human”. At press time there are a
few tracks in the works and recording
is set for January with a release date
sometime before the summer.
Currently Scott Rockefield is on
paternity leave for his new born son and
Casey Grillo from Kamelot, filling in.
The current tour is already stretching
into 2018 with a small break for record-
ing then right back out on the road.
After one of the most bitter break-
ups in modern rock and roll history,
Queensryche sonically has never
sounded better and everyone seems to
be happy and enjoying everything they
do and the time together. It seems that
this is fun again for them and its shows
to the fans of the band.
RTFX is an on-air personality for Neue Regel Radio. His show Tha Launch Pad Live airs every Monday at 7PM EST. www.neueregelradio.com
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