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All the latest news from The Paul Rodgers Story

The Grange Sunderland Cancelled

Deepest apologies to The Grange and anyone coming

to see us tonight but the appalling weather has got

 the better of us. We hate having to cancel 

but it's not safe to travel in this weather.

We Were There!!!!

On Friday 27th Nov 2009 Paul Rodgers was awarded an honorary Doctor Of Letters 

at a ceremony at Teesside University and The Paul Rodgers Story were there 

as VIP guests!!!

We were invited to attend the investiture and the after event party 

and then got to meet Paul and his wife Cynthia for a chat and photos afterwards. 

It was a fantastic day and a great honour for us to be able to be there and help 

the great man celebrate his achievement and we would like to thank Mark White 

for giving us this opportunity of a lifetime.

Visit the Gallery for more photos and video from the day.

Cancelled Gig

We are very sorry to have to cancel the gig on Saturday 21st November 

at The Grand Hotel, Bishop Auckland but Paul the singer has come down with Swine 'flu'

He can hardly talk let alone sing so canceling was our only option.

Again, many apologies to the pub and punters and we'll make it up to you 

when we're back in May next year.

Fantastic news just released today is that Paul Rodgers is to be

bestowed with an honorary degree from the University of Teesside

at a ceremony on Friday 27th November. 

May we be the first to congratulate the great man on this 

fantastic achievement. Well done Paul.

Endorsements

We a proud to announce endorsement deals with Cottam Guitars, a guitar shop based 

in Leigh near Manchester who are Europes largest Ibanez dealers, 

and RAMamps, a Middlesbrough based custom amps and effects manufacturer.

The Grand Hotel, Bishop Auckland

Many thanks to all who attended the gig at the Grand last Saturday.

The turn out was great, despite the outgoing landlords best efforts at sabotage

by putting up posters advertising us as playing the previous week!! (Only kidding

Simon, the place will miss you)

Also a big hello to Bob and Barbara who popped down to see the band only to be confronted by

a bunch of  ex OW and Doggy and the Puppies members! It was great to see you both again.

Rock The Lass Cancelled

This years Rock The Lass charity event at the Yorkshire Lass has been cancelled due to

the ill health of the primary organiser. All the PRS lads wish Pete a full and speedy recovery

and we'll be there for next years gig.

PRS at the Free Convention

Great news arrived this week. The Paul Rodgers Story have been asked to open

at the Free Convention! 

This is an annual charity event to honor the music of Free and 

Paul Rodgers and many of the UK's 

top tribute bands have played there over the years and it has been known for

ex members of Free to turn up so you could be rubbing shoulders with the greats!

This year it is being held at the Park Hotel in Tynemouth on Saturday April 11th

and the line up is...

The Paul Rodgers Story, Free Spirit with Freeway headlining.

It's going to be a fantastic event so get along if you can.

Details of this years convention can be found by clicking this link to Davys Rock Page

PRS are on stage at 7:45 so get there early if you don't want to miss us!

So Doggy has finally left for Spain (no we're not jealous) and his replacement

Jack is fully integrated into the band with a few gigs under his belt and getting better each outing.

Here's what Paul had to say on the Riffs website....

Out with the old in with the new

The Paul Rodgers Story started the new year with a surprisingly good turn out at the Three Tuns. Enough like minded Rodgers fans to make our journey north well worth it, thanks to all those attended I think we'll be back later this year. We have a new band member, Jack Daniel Watson, Jack has replaced Doggy on Keys and guitar. Doggy has temporarily hung up his guitar as he is about to emigrate to Spain  with his wife to enjoy life in the sun ( lucky git! ). Jack has a strong musical background and is quite talented we think, but  we don't tell him, his dexterity on keyboard will open up a whole new area of Rodgers music for us to play. We are making plenty of new friends at our gigs and hope these will increase in the coming months and look forward to getting out there and having fun. Check out our website for more about Jack. Cheers, Paul S