SMITH/KOTZEN ANNOUNCE BETTER DAYS… AND NIGHTS
Picture by: Artur Tarczymił
Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen teamed up last year to form Smith/Kotzen, they released an album, an EP and headed out on tour across the US and UK. Now they are back with another offering, ‘Better Days…And Nights’.
The album, comprising of five previously unreleased live tracks, plus for the first time ever on CD, the four studio tracks featured on their sold out, limited edition 12” vinyl will be available in stores on September 16th.
Watch the live video for lead track ‘Hate and Love’ below:
The live songs were recorded during the band’s inaugural whistle-stop tour of the US & UK at the start of 2022, which attracted unanimously rave reviews from fans and media alike, celebrating the duo’s debut on stage together with stellar back-up from internationally acclaimed bassist Julia Lage and drummer Bruno Valerde.
We saw Smith/Kotzen at KK’s Steelmill and in our review we said we were in ‘guitar heaven’ and the whole show was a ‘guitar lovers dream’.
Adrian Smith comments, “I think everyone in the band was extremely happy with how our very first tour turned out. We were all naturally a little anxious as we’d never played live together before but once we got out there, everything fell into place really easily and we all had a tremendous amount of fun. I can’t wait until we can do it again and get to play in many more places next time round.”
Richie Kotzen adds, “We spent a lot of time discussing which of the songs from the live show to include on this CD. We wanted to capture an accurate snapshot of the special vibe we all felt on the tour and I think we’ve achieved this in the songs we’ve selected, and hope our fans will agree. We’re looking forward to seeing everybody again on future tours.”
Better Days….And Nights will be released globally on CD and Digital formats through BMG on 16th September 2022. To pre-order the album click here https://Smith-Kotzen.lnk.to/BetterNightsPR .
The original EP tracks were produced by Richie Kotzen and Adrian Smith & mixed by Kevin Shirley. The live tracks were produced and mixed by Richie Kotzen & Adrian Smith.
The live video for lead track Hate And Love was directed by Ryan Titley.
The debut album, Smith/ Kotzen was released by BMG worldwide back in March 2021.
