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Vocalist / multi-instrumentalist / songwriter RICHIE KOTZEN (Smith/Kotzen, The Winery Dogs, Mr. Big, Poison) has made a number of his personal artifacts available to the public via online auction. A statement reads: "There comes a time when it just feels right to let certain things go — especially when you know they might mean just as much to someone else as they once did to you. That's what this auction is about. After years of holding onto some very personal pieces from different chapters of my career, I'm opening the vault. We're talking studio guitars, prototype gear, tour amps, signed records, one-of-one builds... all stuff I've either recorded with or taken on the road." Check it at tinyurl.com/p785zeas.
Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen will be taking their show on the road early next year touring the UK and Europe. Having first joined together as SMITH/KOTZEN on the 2021 self-titled debut album, which was a Top 20 hit in the UK as well as a huge success across Europe and North & South America, the duo played live to rave reviews on both sides of the Atlantic. They reconvened in 2024 to record their second full-length album, which was released in April this year, and has seen a huge demand from rock fans around the world for another tour. February 2026 3 - La Riviera - Madrid, Spain. 4 - Apolo - Barcelona, Spain. 6 - Le Trianon - Paris, France. 7 - Zik-Zak - Ittre, Bekgium. 9 - Rockhal Club - Esch-Sur-Alzette, Luxembourg. 10 - Philharmonie - Haarlem, Netherlands. 12 - Rock City - Nottingham, UK. 13 - O2 Ritz - Manchester, UK. 15 - SWG3 Galvanizers - Glasgow, UK. 17 - KK's Steel Mill - Wolverhampton, UK. 18 - 1865 - Southampton, UK. 20 - O2 Academy - Bristol, UK. 21 - O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire - London, UK. 23 - Carlswerk Victoria - Koln, Germany. 24 - Volkhaus - Zurich, Switzerland. 26 - Live Club - Milan, Italy. 27 - Backstage Werk - Munich, Germany. March 1 - Lucerna Music Bar - Prague, Czechia. 2 - Progresja - Warsaw, Poland. 4 - Columbia Theater - Berlin, Germany. 5 - Gruenspan - Hamburg, Germany. 7 - Berns - Stockholm, Sweden. 8 - Pustervik - Gothenburg, Sweden.
