Mad About Rock

  Fresh from a sold out show in London at the Electric Ballroom and a headlining appearance at Planet Rockstock, globally renowned rock icon and founding member of Hanoi Rocks, Michael Monroe, returns to the UK in May 2025 for a series of headline shows. In addition to headlining BEL-AOR Rocks in Belfast on May 24th and The Call of The Wild Festival in Lincoln on June 1st, Michael will also be playing seven UK club shows. The dates are as follows: May 22 - Newcastle, University 23 - Glasgow, Slay 24 - BEL-AOR Rocks, Belfast 26 - Southampton, The 1865 27 - Brighton, Concorde 2 28 - Bristol, Thekla 30 - Swansea, Sin City 31 - Buckley, Tivoli June 1 - Call of The Wild Festival, Lincoln As always Michael will be joined by his incredible band - Sami Yaffa (bass), Rich Jones (Guitar), Steve Conte (Guitar) and Karl Rockfist (drums). The show will feature songs from throughout Michael’s career including Hanoi Rocks, Demolition 23 as well as his solo career. Tickets are on sale now a...

  Stevie Van Zandt's Wicked Cool Records has announced plans to reissue the sole album from Demolition 23., digitally for the first time ever, and on CD + 'Blue Smoke' vinyl, on October 14. The band, which formed in NYC in 1993, consisted of former Hanoi Rocks frontman Michael Monroe, ex-Star Star guitarist Jay Hening, Monroe's Hanoi Rocks bandmate Sami Yaffa on bass, and Jimmy Clark on drums. 'Demolition 23.' (which had a limited release in 1994, but has since been out of print for years) was produced by Van Zandt, and features collaborative songwriting efforts between Monroe, Van Zandt, and Jude Wilder, and one track (“Deadtime Stories”) co-written by Monroe/Stiv Bators. The album, a return to the members' punk roots, also includes covers by Monroe’s influences and friends, including Stiv Bators ("Ain’t Nothin’ To Do") and Johnny Thunders ("I Wanna Be Loved"). Many of the songs from the record have become staples in Monroe’s live sets, ...