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Check out this article about Paul Guerin and his endorsement with JHS guitars: http://www.jhs.co.uk/quireboys.html

After initially offering Down 'n' Outz' first live DVD, "LIVE AT THE HAMMERSMITH ODEON" at merchandise boots during their recent UK tour, you can now order the disc online!

Shot at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo Hammersmith Odeon in London on October 6th 2009, when the band opened for the reunited Mott The Hoople, this Special Edition DVD was produced in strictly limited quantities (only 500), all of which numbered and personally signed by the entire band.

You can order the DVD from the Down 'n' Outz online store for 20 quid!

The tracklisting is as follows:

1. Golden Opportunity
2. Overnight Angels
3. One More Chance To Run
4. Storm
5. Shouting And Pointing
6. Career (No Such Thing As Rock 'n' Roll)
7. Who Do You Love
8. By Tonight
9. England Rocks
10. Good Times

Bonus material includes footage from the Dave Kilner tribute show (featuring Def Leppard bass played Sav), three promo videos and a behind-the-scenes documentary.

Did we spot tour manager Malvin Mortimer selling merchandise at recent Down 'n' Outz shows? Surely he didn't sign up for that.....

Check out this article on the band that was published in today's Birmingham Mail:

Although the Down 'n' Outz are not actually featured in this promotional clip for Paul Rodgers' UK tour (on which the Down 'n' Outz are Special Guests), Joe thought it would be nice to have it on our site regardless!

Here are some photos taken at April 13's warmup gig in Holmfirth (taken by Kim Davies):

Check out this article on the band that was published in today's Sheffield Star:

Check out the official video for GOOD TIMES, the third single from their debut album "MY RE-GENERATION".

Down 'n' Outz first live DVD, "LIVE AT THE HAMMERSMITH ODEON" is about to be unleashed!

Shot at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo Hammersmith Odeon in London on October 6th 2009, when the band opened for the reunited Mott The Hoople, the DVD will be first available at merchandise stands at shows on the British Paul Rodgers/Down 'n' Outz tour (April 2011). A limited edition of only 500 copies will be made available initially, all of which personally signed and numbered by Joe, and signed by the rest of the band as well. Any remaining copies, and a regular (unsigned) version will be available through our web site shortly after the tour.

The tracklisting is as follows:

1. Golden Opportunity
2. Overnight Angels
3. One More Chance To Run
4. Storm
5. Shouting And Pointing
6. Career (No Such Thing As Rock 'n' Roll)
7. Who Do You Love
8. By Tonight
9. England Rocks
10. Good Times

Bonus material includes footage from the Dave Kilner tribute show (featuring Def Leppard bass played Sav), three promo videos and a behind-the-scenes documentary.

As a warmup for the upcoming UK tour opening for Paul Rodgers, Joe Elliott's Down N' Outz will play an exclusive show at the Picturedrome in Holmfirth on April 13. Tickets are extremely limited and are now available by calling 0871-230-1101 or at Ticketweb.co.uk.

Great news! "OVERNIGHT ANGELS" by Joe Elliott's Down N' Outz took the number one spot on the Mediabase Classic Rock chart today!

Thank you for all your help in establishing this great feat, but don't stop now! Just because it's reached number one, doesn't mean we don't want it to stay there as long as possible...so please keep calling your local radio stations to request the song!

"OVERNIGHT ANGELS", the second radio single by Joe Elliott's Down N' Outz, is now officially a bigger success than their first one ("ENGLAND ROCKS"), as it has reached number 3 on the Mediabase Classic Rock chart (showing realtime charts in 25 radio formats, based on radio airplay)! Don't give up, keep requesting the song, and who knows it'll reach number one!

Check out the official video for OVERNIGHT ANGELS, the second single from their debut album "MY RE-GENERATION".

Speaking of angels -- in light of the 20th anniversary of Steve Clark's passing this upcoming weekend, Joe dedicates the video to Steve.

Down N' Outz second radio single "OVERNIGHT ANGELS" has shot to number 14 in the US Rock Chart Top 20! Keep calling your local radio stations and request the song, it can go higher if we try hard enough!

Exactly 28 years to the day since Def Leppard shot their video for "ROCK OF AGES", Joe Elliott's Down N' Outz shot a video for "OVERNIGHT ANGELS", the second radio single taken off their debut album "MY RE-GENERATION".

At the same time, the song has just entered the US Rock Chart top 20! If you'd like to see the song top of the charts by Christmas (and of course you do!), call your local radio station now and request the song!

Joe Elliott will be playing 10 shows with the DOWN N' OUTZ in April 2011, as a a special guest on Paul Rodgers' UK tour.

Joe: "I'm very happy about this! I was personally invited by Paul to do this tour, and I can't wait for it. Obviously the Sheffield show will be very special for me, but I'm also looking forward to play at the legendary Royal Albert Hall very much!"

In other Down N' Outz news, it was just announced that the band parted ways with bass player Ronnie Garrity. Joe is quick to mention: "Of course we wish Ronnie all the best in his future endeavors. We will announce a new bass player shortly, but I can say now that it won't be Sav!"

Dates for Down N' Outz' UK tour with Paul Rodgers are as follows:

15 April: Blackpool (Opera House)
16 April: Sheffield (City Hall)
18 April: Newcastle (City Hall)
19 April: Glasgow (Clyde Auditorium)
21 April: Manchester (O2 Apollo)
22 April: Nottingham (Royal Centre)
24 April: Bournemouth (Internation Centre)
25 April: Southend (Cliff Pavilion)
27 April: London (Royal Albert Hall)
28 April: Birmingham (NIA)

Tickets will go on sale on Friday, November 19 at 9AM at Ticketmaster.

Here's a great review of Joe Elliott's Down N' Outz "MY RE-GENERATION" album by David Fricke from Rolling Stone:

"Def Leppard singer turns in meticulous rock homage."

"This is no mere tribute album. It is exuberant classic-rock scholarship. Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott and members of the English band the Quireboys cover, with bang and bite, rare tracks associated with British hard-glam legends Mott The Hoople - including solo obscurities by singer Ian Hunter and spangled punch from spinoff bands. Elliott keeps the eccentric drive of songs like Hunter's OVERNIGHT ANGELS, adding modern sheen and true fan's swagger in his voice-just the right touches to send you hunting for originals."

"Key Tracks: OVERNIGHT ANGELS, SHOUTING AND POINTING
Rating: 3.5/5"

"ENGLAND ROCKS" by Joe Elliott's DOWN N' OUTZ project is now at number 4 in the Mediabase Classic Rock chart (showing realtime charts in 25 radio formats, based on radio airplay)!

Is it possible to get it to be number ONE? That's up to you! Keep requesting the song!

Check out this article on Joe Elliott's DOWN N' OUTZ, written by David Fricke (author of 1987's official Def Leppard biography "ANIMAL INSTINCT"), which has just been published on RollingStone.com.

It started as a gig. Last fall, Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott opened for his favorite band, British hard-rock legends Mott The Hoople, at one of their reunion shows in London. Backed by members of the English band the Quireboys, Elliott covered deep tracks from the weird period after Mott The Hoople broke up in 1975: singer Ian Hunter's early solo albums; records by the spinoff bands Mott and British Lions. "I wanted people to go, 'I never thought I'd hear that song live again ever!'" Elliott recalls.

That set list is now a studio album, My ReGeneration Vol. 1 (Mailboat), cut with the Quireboys and credited to Joe Elliott's Down 'N' Outz. Elliott excavates the ironic bombast of Hunter's "GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY" and the title track from his neglected 1977 album, "OVERNIGHT ANGELS" pulls three explosive obscurites from 1976's Shouting and Pointing by Mott, a band made up of the original group's rhythm section with a new singer and guitarist; and does "ONE MORE CHANCE TO RUN", the opening number from the 1978 British Lions album, made by those Mott remnants with yet another singer. To fill out My ReGeneration, Elliott also recorded two solo acoustic numbers, the short Mott ballad "APOLOGIES" and a Hunter song, "3000 MILES FROM HERE," that Elliott used to sing and play on guitar, with his mom, when he was a teenager.

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"ENGLAND ROCKS" by Joe Elliott's DOWN N' OUTZ project has now entered the top 10 of the Mediabase Classic Rock chart (showing realtime charts in 25 radio formats, based on radio airplay)!

Thanks to everybody who requested the song on their local radio station! But let's not stop there -- keep calling your stations and tell them to play the song!

Missed Joe's appearance on Rockline Radio last week? No problem, you can still listen to Joe chatting away with host Bob Coburn, for a limited time at Rockline Replay.

On the left, you can see Bob's production sheet. It is interesting to note that Bob played no less than FIVE songs from Down N' Outz "MY REGENERATION", something he's never done during the 30 years of the show!

Additionally, Yahoo! Music's Dave DiMartino posted a rather positive review of the album, which you can read here. And finally, "ENGLAND ROCKS" has climbed to number 11 on the Mediabase Classic Rock chart, so please keep calling your local radio station and request the song!

"MY REGENERATION", the new album by Joe Elliott's DOWN N' OUTZ is available worldwide now! Earlier this month, the album was already available in the UK as a free cover disk with CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE, but the retail version contains three more tracks. The full tracklisting:

01. Golden Opportunity
02. Storm
03. Overnight Angels
04. Career (No Such Thing As Rock 'n' Roll)
05. England Rocks
06. Shouting And Pointing
07. By Tonight
08. Apologies
09. Who Do You Love
10. One More Chance To Run
11. 3,000 Miles From Here
12. Good Times
13. The Flip Side Of The Shameless Whelk

Additionally, the iTunes version also contains a 14th track, a live version of "GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY".

"MY REGENERATION" is a collection of songs that were originally recorded by Mott The Hoople-related artists (Ian Hunter, Mott and British Lions) and were recorded by Joe and The Quireboys' Paul Guerin (Guitar), Guy Griffin (Guitar), Keith Weir (keyboards) and Phil Martini (drums) and finally bassist Ronnie Garrity (Raw Glory).

Get the album at your local record store, or buy it on Amazon.com, Amazon UK, iTunes, or any place where good music is sold!

Make sure you pick up the new issue of Classic Rock, on newsstands in the UK now, because it comes with a FREE album by Joe Elliott's Down N' Outz. MY REGENERATION contains 10 tracks that were originally recorded by various Mott The Hoople-related projects:

1. GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY (Ian Hunter)
2. STORM (Mott)
3. OVERNIGHT ANGELS (Ian Hunter)
4. CAREER (NO SUCH THING AS ROCK 'N' ROLL) (Mott)
5. ENGLAND ROCKS (Ian Hunter)
6. SHOUTING AND POINTING (Mott)
7. BY TONIGHT (Mott)
8. WHO DO YOU LOVE (Ian Hunter)
9. ONE MORE CHANCE TO RUN (British Lions)
10. GOOD TIMES (Mott, originally recorded by The Easybeats)

An extended version of the album will also be released through Mailboat Records (Joe Perry, Walter Becker, Chris Isaak, Jeff Bridges) on the 13th July 2010. The extended version will feature three extra tracks unavailable on the Classic Rock tied release.