Rhino's Revenge + Jim Kirkpatrick - Matinee
Rhino’s Revenge + Jim Kirkpatrick
Entry Requirements: 18+ after 7pm
Rhino’s Revenge
To support the release in January of ‘Charge!’, the band’s first live album, Rhino’s Revenge returns to the Half Moon stage on February 6.
The side band of John ‘Rhino’ Edwards, bass player with rock legends Status Quo, Rhino’s Revenge is made up from a pool of stellar players, that currently includes guitarist Jim Kirkpatrick from FM and drummer Richard Newman, who has performed with Paul Rodgers, Rory Gallagher, Jefferson Starship, Steve Marriott, Alvin Lee and Glenn Hughes..
Line Up
In a rare break from his day job as the bass player with rock legends Status Quo, John ‘Rhino’ Edwards has confirmed selected shows with his side band Rhino’s Revenge.
Live dates will support the release of the second Rhino’s Revenge album – 15 years after the band’s debut was released by Eagle Records.
“By any standards, that’s a long time between albums,” says Rhino, “but when you’re fortunate enough to be in a band like Quo, you don’t get too much spare time!”
Having previously been a member of acts including The Climax Blues Band, Space and Dexy’s Midnight Runners, Rhino was invited to join Quo in 1987 and has been permanent in the line-up ever since.
Jim has been the lead guitarist with legendary British classic rock band FM since 2008 appearing on the recent albums ‘Metropolis’, ‘Rockville’, ‘Rockville 2’, ‘Heroes And Villains’ and ‘Indiscreet 30’ also co-writing the bands UK radio hits ‘Hollow’, ‘Bring Back Yesterday’, ‘Crave’, ‘Better Late Than Never’ and ‘Story Of My Life’ all of which were playlisted on BBC Radio 2.
‘Crosstown Train’, ‘Bad Addiction’, ‘Better Late Than Never’, ‘Cold Hearted’ and ‘Runaway Train’ have all been playlisted on Planet Rock along with several others. FM have toured the UK and Europe over the last eight years playing at some of the worlds biggest and most prestigious rock festivals and have also supported some of the biggest names in music (Thin Lizzy, Journey, Foreigner).
Jim has performed all over the world and appeared at major festivals including Download, V 2004, Graspop, T In The Park, Sweden Rock, Cropredy and the Calgary Folk Festival.
