Richard Fortus to fill in for Thin Lizzy

[hitmanhart408]

THIN LIZZY: Pro-Shot Footage Of Entire HELLFEST Performance - July 25, 2011

Professionally filmed video footage of THIN LIZZY's entire performance at this year's Hellfest, which was held June 17-19, 2011 in Clisson, France, can be viewed below (courtesy of Arte [Association Relative ? la T?l?vision Europ?enne], a Franco-German TV network).

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=161106

watched a few minutes of the show and Richard seems to be having a lot of fun. its great to see him being highly featured as a lead guitarist.

[HBK]

THNKS FM

The Point This Topic:

RICHARD IS GN'R

 

[jordinho]

@richardfortus richardfortus   
Yes, i will make all scheduled Gn'R shows. Trying to figure out my schedule with Thin Lizzy. Priority remains Guns n' Roses

[jarmo]

@richardfortus richardfortus   
Yes, i will make all scheduled Gn'R shows. Trying to figure out my schedule with Thin Lizzy. Priority remains Guns n' Roses

Thanks for posting.

As expected....


I guess all the ones who were certain Richard had left because of Thin Lizzy must find something else to "worry" about.




/jarmo

[Bodhi]

I guess all the ones who were certain Richard had left because of Thin Lizzy must find something else to "worry" about.

give them 5 minutes...

[HBK]

@richardfortus richardfortus   
Yes, i will make all scheduled Gn'R shows. Trying to figure out my schedule with Thin Lizzy. Priority remains Guns n' Roses

Dedicated To:

''' THE HATERS N' TROLLS '''

[Z?phyr]

Glad he cleared that up, some people can't resist speculating and spreading rumors !

Btw going to see the TL show on Sunday in Belgium, last show of this tour & looking forward to see it...

Cheers

[Gunsguy]

I guess all the ones who were certain Richard had left because of Thin Lizzy must find something else to "worry" about.

give them 5 minutes...

That is a SAD reality unfortunatly

[Loaded NightraiN]

@richardfortus richardfortus  
Yes, i will make all scheduled Gn'R shows. Trying to figure out my schedule with Thin Lizzy. Priority remains Guns n' Roses

Great to hear it from the man himself! I wish GNR would tour for a year, but at the same time I know Richard loves the TL gig

[HBK]

@richardfortus richardfortus  
Yes, i will make all scheduled Gn'R shows. Trying to figure out my schedule with Thin Lizzy. Priority remains Guns n' Roses

Great to hear it from the man himself! I wish GNR would tour for a year, but at the same time I know Richard loves the TL gig

And Tommy SA

[Halo69]

Richard must have been having the greatest time of his life... who's the musician that gets the luck to play with two of the biggest bands ever!
I would be really happy!

Thin Lizzy are certainly a band that i love as well!

[Z?phyr]

That was a kick ass show last night, goosebumps all the way !!!

[FunkyMonkey]

Video of the full interview with Richard has now been added.

Thin Lizzy new boy Richard Fortus is hoping that his Guns N?Roses duties are over in time for him to join up with Lizzy for their January tour **UPDATE ? VIDEO INTERVIEW**

August 8, 2011

Richard Fortus admits he is desperate to retain his place in Thin Lizzy when the band embark on their UK tour in the new year and he expects to have wrapped up a handful of Guns N? Roses dates in South American in plenty time to do both.

The GNR guitarist was drafted into the new Lizzy line-up last year when Vivien Campbell went back to Def Leppard and Fortus says he is having a blast playing with the band.

Chatting to Rock Radio DJ Tom Russell backstage at High Voltage Fortus joked he will be back if invited, with the band when they kick start their tour in the Glasgow Barrowlands in January after being wowed by stories of the famous Scottish venue by Lizzy singer Ricky Warwick.

?I certainly hope so,? said Fortus. ?We (GNR) are doing some shows in October but hopefully I?ll be free and clear by January.?

Warwick also admitted his delight at the current version of Lizzy being embraced by fans of the classic band. He said:

?It?s maybe not for me to say why that is but maybe the spirit is just right with this line-up and I think we approach it with the right heart and soul. Maybe growing up in Ireland helps me a bit as well ? I don?t know.

?We certainly put on one hell of a show and I think the Lizzy fans know it won?t ever be as good as it was with Phil (Lynott) but this is as good as it?s going to get. If they think that the job is done.?

Video: http://www.rockaaa.com/news/waiting-for-an-alibi-7268

[Stoned_In_L.A.]

I know Rich says that his first priority is guns, but his being "desperate" to remain a touring member of Lizzy kind of makes you wonder.

Personally, I wouldn't blame him if he did leave guns. There are far too many silent years to expect any respectable musician to stay indefinitely.


 

[Ali]

I know Rich says that his first priority is guns, but his being "desperate" to remain a touring member of Lizzy kind of makes you wonder.

Personally, I wouldn't blame him if he did leave guns. There are far too many silent years to expect any respectable musician to stay indefinitely.


 

You do realize that after this interview was conducted he said his priority remains Guns N' Roses and that the "desperate" comment was one attributed to him by the writer of this story and not actually a direct quote from Richard, right?

Ali

[FunkyMonkey]

the "desperate" comment was one attributed to him by the writer of this story and not actually a direct quote from Richard, right?

Ali

Yeah, if you listen to the interview that is not what he says.  Here is how it goes...

Regarding the upcoming U.K. Thin Lizzy tour...

Richard are you going to be around for that?

Richard Fortus: I certainly hope so. Hopefully I'll be invited.

What about the Guns N' Roses thing, are there nothing on the cards with that at the moment?

Richard Fortus: We're doing some shows in S. America coming up in October.  But hopefully I'll be free and clear and we'll be back in January [with Thin Lizzy].

[jarmo]

After that interview was done, he said: Yes, i will make all scheduled Gn'R shows. Trying to figure out my schedule with Thin Lizzy. Priority remains Guns n' Roses





/jarmo

[Z?phyr]

Latest tweet from Rich, glad I was there ;-)

richardfortus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm58uEf--N8 http://fb.me/VJEheeF7
10 hours ago

[DeN]

awesome version of Black Rose

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DeDn28T0aw

[Stoned_In_L.A.]

I know Rich says that his first priority is guns, but his being "desperate" to remain a touring member of Lizzy kind of makes you wonder.

Personally, I wouldn't blame him if he did leave guns. There are far too many silent years to expect any respectable musician to stay indefinitely.


 

You do realize that after this interview was conducted he said his priority remains Guns N' Roses and that the "desperate" comment was one attributed to him by the writer of this story and not actually a direct quote from Richard, right?

Ali

Never thought too much about it.

Regardless, it kind of makes me wonder why he'd say that he hopes to be free and clear by January.

Since he says that Guns is his first priority, you'd think that Fortus would hope that the tour would last longer than 2-3 months.