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Duff McKagan's Loaded will support Black Stone Cherry on their upcoming U.K./Ireland tour. The dates are as follows:

U.K./Ireland Tour Fall '09

10/3/09 - Seattle - Chop Suey
10/7/09 - Belfast - Spring & Airgate
10/8/09 - Dublin -The Academy
10/10/09 - Birmingham - Academy *
10/11/09 - Leamington Spa - Assembly
10/12/09 - Nottingham - The Rescue Rooms
10/14/09 - Portsmouth - Guildhall *
10/15/09 - London - Hammersmith Apollo *
10/16/09 - Leeds - Academy *
10/17/09 - Glasgow - Academy *
10/19/09 - Newcastle - Academy *
10/20/09 - Manchester - Apollo *
10/21/09 - Bristol - Academy *
10/23/09 - Norwich - UEA *
10/24/09 Oxford, Academy *

*The dates w/an asterisk are supporting Black Stone Cherry.

From Duff:

# Hey Belfast and Dublin, haven't heard from you....what's up?!!

about 6 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Rehearsed for a long day with Loaded. Isaac's first day. Thank god he gets our humor.

Duff McKagan's Loaded at Chop Suey

Before heading out on a European tour, Loaded -- featuring Reverb columnist Duff McKagan -- warmed up with a local show, Saturday, Oct., 3, at Chop Suey. All photos by Justin Dylan Renney.

http://www.seattleweekly.com/slideshow/view/28562242

anyone go to the show in Dublin last night.
Unfortunately i didnt have the money as im going away soon! 
i was snapping that i couldnt go.  >:(

Yeah went to the gig and met the guys afterwards, was a great gig!! I was a wee bit drunk but had a blast!!

I was able to see the warm-up show at "Chop Suey" last Saturday night in Seattle.  I can not even begin to tell you how impressed I was with this band.  Excellent!!  The new drummer speaks for himself.  He had learned the songs played that evening in only 4 days and was without flaw, great pick.  They also played So Fine, Attitude and It's so easy.  Have some pictures I will indeed try to put up today, would have done this way sooner, but I have been sicky with flu all week.  See you guys later for pics :yes:.

A couple of vids from Dublin...

"So Fine"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBMUMVoyJJw

"It's So Easy"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkQP_ZYGL_k

# Thank you Dublin and Belfast. Maybe next tour of Ireland, we will add more cities?

5:58 AM Oct 9th from TwitterBerry

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Duff in Dublin

Duff such a cool guy. Really down to earth and very human!!!

I just saw Duff's Loaded at the rescue rooms in Nottingham! literally less than 90minutes ago it ended, i was right at the front, and best of all, i saw him before the show began, just me, him and one other person, and i got a photo done with him
Will post more about it later, but it was an awesome show, from the GN'R catalogue he did So Fine (which he dedicated to a girl in the audience who he met on GNRs first UK tour in 1987), Attitude (he got a guy right next to me to come and help sing it!), New Rose (partly at my request, though they do it at most shows), and ended the gig with It's So Easy!
And seeing as they were charging ?40 for meet and greets after the show, to get these pics before the show is a saving from heaven!
Best of all, when i first saw him in the building i went over and asked for an autography, he said he was a biyt busy but promised to come back, and half an hour later, low and behold, he came right over to where i was for a photo and a few signatures! (Got my ticket and my AFD cds signed, i had my copy of 'sick' with me, but forgot i had it with me)

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Was a great show as expected, view from the balcony was awesome and hopefully by the end of the night it will be shared with you all ;)

aweome, i think i saw some guy on the balcony filming it all, would be great to see  : ok:

Filmed in HD, only part missing was the end of 'i see through you' and the intro of attitude due to having to change tape

congrats to you guys for getting to meet duff.   looks like he's awesome with the fans.

duff is one of the nicest guys out there....makes time for everyone and has a great sense of humour.
also if you go to a show make sure you ask for superman and watch squires change...

Spanish Inquisition: Duff McKagan

terrybezer / News / 14/10/2009 10:45am

Have you got an evil question for the former Guns N Roses and current Velvet Revolver/Loaded legend, Duff McKagan? Send them in to chainmail@futurenet.co.uk with ?Duff McKagan Spanish? in the subject or leave one in our comments section now.

http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/spanish-inquisition-duff-mckagan/

everyone connected with the band on this tour is fucking awesome.

Loaded at the Rescue Rooms
01 Sick (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUqQuxN_xrg)
02 Exectutioner's Song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WczTmzamXRU)
03 Sleaze Factory (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-Eku4XKtK0)
04 IOU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW3Rii6TUuE)
05 The Slide (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSmCxGpXgIQ)
06 Dark Days/Seattlehead (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtRjqpgfd5U)

might add a couple more later depends on free time before i head to london tomorrow

Those were great!  Thanks for posting, I wish I could have been at that show.

great stuff, i was there in the front row!
thanks for posting  : ok:

you knows it alan....see ya 2moro at some point.....oh yeah....2moro gonna be gooooood   : ok:

Still love their album "Sick" It is my 2nd favorite album this year only behind Kiss "sonic Boom"

added the slide, dark days & seattlehead

Saw em in Portsmouth last night. Was fucking great and hung out with em all after, a brilliant night.

DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED: Quality Nottingham Footage Posted Online - Oct. 15, 2009

Quality fan-filmed video footage of DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED's October 12, 2009 performance in Nottingham, England can be viewed below (courtesy of "snakepituk").

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=128763

 ;D Awesome

i met Duff the other day at a signing he did before doing a show in Birmingham.

Was only for a few seconds but it was pretty amazing to meet someone responsible for alot of great songs, and someone that is a huge influence on my bass playing.

Go-Time is fucking awesome.

cartwheeled onto the stage last night to introduce the band.

This was at the end of the meet and greet where we hung out with the guys on the tour bus. They were exactly how everyone said they were, down to earth, funny and cool as hell. Cant wait till next time round.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/photo.php?pid=3261899&id=532486668  (Im the guy behind Isaac next to Mike lol)

From Duff:

Sorry to any who bought meet and greet pkgs at Leeds. The staff at the venue seemed to mess some things up..like..where we were to meet!!!!!

just to clarify this for people that dont know,the staff at the venue who sell the merch were given strict instuctions to tell the people who bought the meet and greets that they must return to the merch area straight after the loaded set NOT black stone cherry's.
the same happened in london at the hammersmith and jeff had to make an announcement.
apart from that its all good and this tour is AMAZING!

From Loaded's show Oct. 20th in Manchester.

"It's So Easy"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r87YfvQGP8c

cool performance, he (and VR) perform It's so Easy faster than current GNR's version, both veriosn are fine, only Axl knows how to hit those high notes at the end of the song though.

Live Review: Black Stone Cherry, Duff McKagan?s Loaded, The Parlor Mob

An evening of retro-tinged rock in Birmingham.

For another support band to follow that would be difficult, so luckily for the group next on stage they are fronted by a bone fide rock legend; Duff McKagan made his name as bassist for Guns ?n? Roses and Velvet Revolver, but he?s actually been in Loaded, his hometown band, longer than he has played for any other band. Before you judge, Loaded is not just a poor excuse for a band that gets gigs because of their frontman ? far from it. They play a likeable form of sleazy, punky rock and do it with a passion and attitude that really seems to strike a chord with the crowd. Their own material like ?Sleaze Factory? and ?Sick? are good enough to win people over ? although this was helped with the inclusion of a couple of classic punk covers in the shape of ?Attitude? and ?New Rose?. Duff?s guitar playing is solid, his raspy vocals fit the music perfectly and he is clearly healthy and enjoying himself with Loaded, something the crowd pick up and respond to by really getting into the performance. A finale of one of his own classics ? GNR?s ?It?s So Easy? ? ensures one hell of a cheer as Loaded exit the stage.

Photos: http://www.thedailydust.co.uk/2009/10/15/live-review-black-stone-cherry-duff-mckagans-loaded-the-parlor-mob/

The Best of?Duff McKagan NSFW

October 23, 2009

Bona fide rock legend chats to On Stage

He made his name in Guns n Roses and, while he?s not trying to find a new singer for Velvet Revolver, Duff McKagan fronts his own band Loaded, who recently hit the UK supporting Black Stone Cherry. He took time out to give us the lowdown.

Best news you?ve had today?

That Cheryl Cole is on the L?Oreal billboards all over town ? that?s pretty good news if you?re a male, which I am.

Best thing about touring the UK?

The UK really seems to get Loaded?s brand of rock and roll more than anywhere else, so it?s great for us to play over here.

Best thing about being in Loaded?

I?m the boss! Haha! It?s just easy man, everybody gets along and it?s great being in a kick-ass rock band; I?ve been in kick-ass rock bands before, but it?s really easy touring with this band and there?s no big egos with these guys. My ego is probably the biggest to be honest.

Best song your band has written?

The one we just wrote for our new record ? but it doesn?t have a title yet.

Best line you?ve ever written?

You don?t have to cut me to the bone.

Best thing about your fellow band members?

Jeff has got a fuckin? large cock?woah, did I say that out loud? Jeff (bass) is the mellow guy, he can always be relied on to keep things calm. Squires (guitar), you can wind him up pretty good, and he won?t even know you?re winding him up. Isaac, our new drummer, he?s a wicked drummer ? he?s Matt Cameron?s favourite drummer, which says a lot. He also gets our humour.

Best gig you?ve ever played?

As Loaded, we played a gig in Dublin the other night, which was one of our best, and also Download was pretty good here in the summer. But Dublin was filled to capacity ? last year we played the same venue and it was full, but not to capacity, and it really does make a difference.

Best band you?ve ever shared a stage with?

We played gigs last Spring with Nine Inch Nails, when they were, I think, at their pinnacle, and that was pretty cool.

Best gig you?ve ever seen as a fan?

I saw Prince at the 31-21 club in Las Vegas ? it was a smallish club and he did about 5 nights there, and he only played early stuff, up to Purple Rain. It was stellar.

Best band ever?

That has to be Led Zeppelin.

Best album ever?

Refused ? Shape of Punk to Come

Best song ever?

Queens of the Stone Age ? Feel Good Hit of the Summer

Best bassist ever?

The best rock bassist is John Paul Jones, you can learn so many things as a bassist off of him. Paul Simonon from the Clash was stylistically the guy, that?s who drew me to the instrument, but to learn more about the skill of playing bass, you have to listen to John Paul Jones. Once you?ve done that, you can then check out James Jamerson and others of his era, but people in rock wouldn?t necessarily know those guys straight away.

Best movie ever?

It?s a Wonderful Life.

Best ice cream flavour?

My woman?s ass cream!

Best pizza topping?

I don?t like pizza.

Best day of your life?

Woah?.when I made my first million! Haha, just joking! Well, I have two kids, so the days my daughters were born were by far the best days of my life.

Best piece of advice you?ve ever been given?

Don?t email straight away. When someone sends you a fucked up message, don?t reply right away, sit on it, think, write your email, let it sit for a minute, come back to it, edit it, then send it.

http://www.thedailydust.co.uk/2009/10/23/the-best-of-duff-mckagan-nsfw/

That's it, from Duff...

# Thank u UK and Ireland! Great Loaded tour. I will watch my dumb mouth in the press over hear.

Oct 24th from TwitterBerry

DUFF MCKAGAN Interviewed By METAL EXPRESS RADIO - Nov. 3, 2009

Metal Express Radio conducted an interview with Duff McKagan (DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED, VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES) during DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED's recent U.K. tour with BLACK STONE CHERRY. The 13-minute chat is now available for streaming at this location.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=129734

DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED Interviewed By UNDERKILL TV - Nov. 23, 2009

Underkill TV conducted an interview with DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED when the band played Bristol, U.K. on October 21, 2009 with BLACK STONE CHERRY. Watch the chat below.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=130902

So I am a little late putting these few pics up but I am challenged when it comes to this stuff lol...  anyway preshow in Seattle at "Chop Suey"



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DUFF MCKAGAN Interviewed In Manchester; Video Available - Jan. 3, 2010

Peter Bailey of the Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom-based "Metalheadz" radio show conducted an interview with Duff McKagan (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER, DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED) on October 20, 2009 when DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED performed at the Apollo in Manchester, England with BLACK STONE CHERRY. Watch the chat in two parts below.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=132858