Post by Dark 7 Invader on Jun 19, 2007 3:06:18 GMT -5
The LP features collaborations with the likes of E.Z. Mo Bee, Marley Marl, Q-Tip, DJ Scratch and Nile Rodgers.
The band are currently recording the album in New York's Legacy Recording Studios.
It's the collective's first new album since 2001's 'Iron Flag'.
Speaking about the return, RZA said: "This isn't a comeback. We never went anywhere in the first place, we were just working on various different projects and this is the first group album in six years and the first European Wu Tang tour featuring all members."
Founding member ODB passed away in 2004 and RZA said he found it hard to work without him.
He admitted: "We still miss him every day... It's like you lost an arm or a leg, you feel incomplete. He was a very special person, like a very rare diamond. You know, it's like you wake up one day and they're saying: 'There are not diamonds in the world anymore, just cubic zirconia...'."
Only a few weeks left until the first concert in Italy and the Clan is still working on the 8 Diagrams which is about to be released on 7/7/07. And good news for all American Wu-Tang Clan fans: Rock The Bells announced 12 additional tour dates on their North American festival series.
Guerilla Union’s ROCK THE BELLS North American festival series will kickoff July 26 in Mansfield, MA and travel to 12 additional cities across the nation. As previously announced, Wu-Tang Clan and Nas will headline and be joined by Cypress Hill*, UGK*, Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch, David Banner, Immortal Technique and Jedi Mind Tricks for the five week-long hip-hop extravaganza, hosted by freestyle legend Supernatural and Rahzel “The Godfather of Noyze.” (*Indicates will appear on selected dates.)
Due to the enormous public demand the Rock The Bells SO CAL DATE moves from NOS EVENTS CENTER TO HYUNDAI PAVILION at GLEN HELEN.
Here are the latest dates of their upcoming tour.
EUROPE
06/28/2007 05:00 PM - ITALY at STADIO FRIULI, Udine
06/29/2007 05:00 PM - FRANCE at EUROCKEENES, Belfort
06/30/2007 05:00 PM - SPAIN at ZARAGOZA CIUDAD, Zaragoza
07/01/2007 05:00 PM - ROMANIA at BESTIVAL, Bucharest
07/03/2007 05:00 PM - GERMANY at STADTHALLE, Offenbach
07/04/2007 05:00 PM - FRANCE at ZENITH, Paris
07/05/2007 05:00 PM - UK at HAMMERSMITH APOLLO, London
07/06/2007 05:00 PM - UK at APOLLO, Manchester
07/07/2007 05:00 PM - IRELAND at OXEGEN FEST, Punchestown
07/08/2007 05:00 PM - UK/SCOTLAND at T IN THE PARK, Kinross
07/10/2007 05:00 PM - GERMANY at COLUMBIAHALLE, Berlin
07/11/2007 05:00 PM - GERMANY at PALLADIUM, Cologne
07/12/2007 05:00 PM - BELGIUM at FESTIVAL, Dour
07/13/2007 05:00 PM - NETHERLANDS at PARADISO, Amsterdam
07/15/2007 05:00 PM - SERBIA at EXIT FEST, Novi Sad
07/17/2007 05:00 PM - CZECH REPUBLIC at T-MOBILE ARENA, Prague
07/18/2007 05:00 PM - SWITZERLAND at FESTIVAL, Montreux
07/19/2007 05:00 PM - POLAND at STODOLA, Warsaw
07/20/2007 05:00 PM - SLOVAKIA at TRENCIN AIRPORT, Trencin
07/21/2007 05:00 PM - GERMANY at MTV HIP HOP OPEN, Stuttgart
UNITED STATES
08/05/2007 8:00 PM - V FEST - Baltimore, Maryland
Rock the Bells North American Festival Series
Thu 7/26 Mansfield, MA Tweeter Center
*Sat 7/28 New York, NY Randall's Island
*Sun 7/29 New York, NY Randall's Island
Thu 8/2 Atlanta, GA Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheatre
Fri 8/3 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Sat 8/4 Miami, FL Bayfront Park Amphitheatre
Tue 8/7 Dallas, TX Smirnoff Music Center
Wed 8/8 Houston, TX Reliant Park
*Sat 8/11 San Bernardino, CA Hyundai Pavilion at Glen Helen
Sun 8/12 San Diego, CA Coors Amphitheatre (parking lot)
*Sat 8/18 San Francisco, CA McCovey Cove (parking lot)
Tue 8/21 Salt Lake City, UT TBD
Wed 8/22 Denver, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Sat 8/25 Minneapolis, MN TBD
Sun 8/26 Chicago, IL Charter One Pavilion
Wed 8/29 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
Thu 8/30 Toronto, Ontario TBD
The band are currently recording the album in New York's Legacy Recording Studios.
It's the collective's first new album since 2001's 'Iron Flag'.
Speaking about the return, RZA said: "This isn't a comeback. We never went anywhere in the first place, we were just working on various different projects and this is the first group album in six years and the first European Wu Tang tour featuring all members."
Founding member ODB passed away in 2004 and RZA said he found it hard to work without him.
He admitted: "We still miss him every day... It's like you lost an arm or a leg, you feel incomplete. He was a very special person, like a very rare diamond. You know, it's like you wake up one day and they're saying: 'There are not diamonds in the world anymore, just cubic zirconia...'."
Only a few weeks left until the first concert in Italy and the Clan is still working on the 8 Diagrams which is about to be released on 7/7/07. And good news for all American Wu-Tang Clan fans: Rock The Bells announced 12 additional tour dates on their North American festival series.
Guerilla Union’s ROCK THE BELLS North American festival series will kickoff July 26 in Mansfield, MA and travel to 12 additional cities across the nation. As previously announced, Wu-Tang Clan and Nas will headline and be joined by Cypress Hill*, UGK*, Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch, David Banner, Immortal Technique and Jedi Mind Tricks for the five week-long hip-hop extravaganza, hosted by freestyle legend Supernatural and Rahzel “The Godfather of Noyze.” (*Indicates will appear on selected dates.)
Due to the enormous public demand the Rock The Bells SO CAL DATE moves from NOS EVENTS CENTER TO HYUNDAI PAVILION at GLEN HELEN.
Here are the latest dates of their upcoming tour.
EUROPE
06/28/2007 05:00 PM - ITALY at STADIO FRIULI, Udine
06/29/2007 05:00 PM - FRANCE at EUROCKEENES, Belfort
06/30/2007 05:00 PM - SPAIN at ZARAGOZA CIUDAD, Zaragoza
07/01/2007 05:00 PM - ROMANIA at BESTIVAL, Bucharest
07/03/2007 05:00 PM - GERMANY at STADTHALLE, Offenbach
07/04/2007 05:00 PM - FRANCE at ZENITH, Paris
07/05/2007 05:00 PM - UK at HAMMERSMITH APOLLO, London
07/06/2007 05:00 PM - UK at APOLLO, Manchester
07/07/2007 05:00 PM - IRELAND at OXEGEN FEST, Punchestown
07/08/2007 05:00 PM - UK/SCOTLAND at T IN THE PARK, Kinross
07/10/2007 05:00 PM - GERMANY at COLUMBIAHALLE, Berlin
07/11/2007 05:00 PM - GERMANY at PALLADIUM, Cologne
07/12/2007 05:00 PM - BELGIUM at FESTIVAL, Dour
07/13/2007 05:00 PM - NETHERLANDS at PARADISO, Amsterdam
07/15/2007 05:00 PM - SERBIA at EXIT FEST, Novi Sad
07/17/2007 05:00 PM - CZECH REPUBLIC at T-MOBILE ARENA, Prague
07/18/2007 05:00 PM - SWITZERLAND at FESTIVAL, Montreux
07/19/2007 05:00 PM - POLAND at STODOLA, Warsaw
07/20/2007 05:00 PM - SLOVAKIA at TRENCIN AIRPORT, Trencin
07/21/2007 05:00 PM - GERMANY at MTV HIP HOP OPEN, Stuttgart
UNITED STATES
08/05/2007 8:00 PM - V FEST - Baltimore, Maryland
Rock the Bells North American Festival Series
Thu 7/26 Mansfield, MA Tweeter Center
*Sat 7/28 New York, NY Randall's Island
*Sun 7/29 New York, NY Randall's Island
Thu 8/2 Atlanta, GA Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheatre
Fri 8/3 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Sat 8/4 Miami, FL Bayfront Park Amphitheatre
Tue 8/7 Dallas, TX Smirnoff Music Center
Wed 8/8 Houston, TX Reliant Park
*Sat 8/11 San Bernardino, CA Hyundai Pavilion at Glen Helen
Sun 8/12 San Diego, CA Coors Amphitheatre (parking lot)
*Sat 8/18 San Francisco, CA McCovey Cove (parking lot)
Tue 8/21 Salt Lake City, UT TBD
Wed 8/22 Denver, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Sat 8/25 Minneapolis, MN TBD
Sun 8/26 Chicago, IL Charter One Pavilion
Wed 8/29 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
Thu 8/30 Toronto, Ontario TBD