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The Newz on Ruotsin listoilla sijalla 51. Pete Agnew: "First time we've been in any chart in donkey's years".
 
Levy-yhtiö on tekemässä singleä biisistä "Enough love". Pettymysvalinta, mutta toisaalta maailma on täynnä näitä radio nova -tyylisiä kanavia, jonne tuokin on liian raskasta (koska johan "Hevi-Ari" on rankkaa, niin tuohan on jo tappometeliä). Toivottavasti biisin radiosta kuulevat eivät tee liian hätäisiä johtopäätöksiä tuon kuullessaan. Mun mielipide on tarkemmin aiemmin tässä ketjussa, koskien myös tuon biisin.
 
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Sitten toinen asia. Mikä ihme on Manny Charltonin päässä naksahtanut. Herra päätti yllättäen muuttaa sooloprojektinsa "Nazareth with Manny Charlton" nimiseksi systeemiksi. Mieshän jätti ko. kokoonpanon joskus 90-luvun alkumetreillä ja nyt hän sitten väittää itse ja yksinään olevansa ainoa/oikea Nazareth. Tähän vastineeksi Nazareth itse sanoo kotisivullaan näin:
 
It has been brought to our attention that there is currently another band trying to pass itself off as Nazareth. The band comprises of Manuel Charlton and three of his American friends.

The way they have written their press release reads as though Manuel Charlton has rejoined Nazareth. This is untrue, very misleading and designed to be so. Admittedly the press release eventually names the other three members of the band more than halfway through, describing them as "the new Nazareth line up", but not before they advertise "Nazareth featuring Manny Charlton". This whole thing would be hilarious if it wasn't so serious. Imagine "the legendary Scottish rockers", as we are constantly referred to in the Press, being represented by these American imposters. Even worse, they seem to be advertising their shows as "The World 40th. Anniversary Tour", which is exactly what we, Nazareth, are calling our tour in 2008, (see band website tour page). This is with a guy who has not been in the band Nazareth for over 17 years and some American mates of his.

We ask you real Nazareth fans to look out for any advertised shows trying to sell this bogus band and warn other people, including the venues, that this is not Nazareth and guide them to our website. We are also told that they are constructing a Nazareth website, so you can imagine how confusing this could become and how detrimental it will be to the career of the band known as Nazareth.

Thankfully, all the other ex-members of Nazareth have not decided to steal our name, otherwise we could have five different Nazareth's out there. We are obviously fighting this thing and so far all the promoters who have booked them have cancelled once they were informed of the truth. We will keep you up to date with developments but, meanwhile, thought it would be right to let you all know what is going on.

To you all over the world, thanks as always for your support and enthusiasm and we look forward to seeing you at one of our shows during 2008 on "THE NAZARETH WORLD 40TH. ANNIVERSARY TOUR".

Keep the faith.
Nazareth.
 
...ja tähän vastaa Manny omalla sivullaan että:
 
Dear Fans, Music Industry Friends, Promoters & Venues:
 
NAZARETH, I was there FROM THE BEGINNING and was the guiding light that wrote the original material and recorded the demos of our early songs that landed management and ultimately our major record deals leading to smash hits like Hair of the Dog, Razamanaz, Expect No Mercy and Love Hurts, and the rest is history.
 
I wrote, produced and defined the NAZARETH sound that was so successful in the 70s. As a matter of fact, of the 5 albums I produced in the 70s, all achieved Gold or Platinum status in various countries throughout the world. Deep Purples Roger Glover, one of our earlier mentors, identified me as THE SOUL OF NAZARETH. In the years since, former members have continued to milk the heritage of Nazareths considerable success and have been on a slow, long decline into relative obscurity. My contributions on the 20 albums left them with a legacy and a music catalog that keeps them touring and is still the basis of their current set list. With various personnel lineups they now play anemic versions of our hits that made us famous.
 
Please visit our website @ www.nazarethlive.com and revisit the albums and hits that we made famous and I am sure you will agree that Its time to set the BLOODY RECORD STRAIGHT, dust off my old Black Beauty, hit the road with that son-of-a-bitch playin the old hits like they should be played and deliver some new music thats RAW AND ROCKIN!. BE THERE!
 
KEEP ROCKIN!
 
Manny Charlton / Founding Member
 
Näin sitä sitten juhlitaan 40v juhlavuotta?
 
Ja koska Naz pyytää johdattamaan käyttäjät oikealle kotisivulle, niin tässäpä se oikean kotisivun linkki on: http://nazarethdirect.co.uk/