BAG OF BONES – Released April 18, 2012 by Gain, earMUSIC/Edel, JVC Victor
Released as CD, LP and digital.
If you always loved them, you’d love them more. If you didn’t… you’d have no other choice but to start loving them now.
Unless you don’t like rock music!

December 16, 2012
The band sold GOLD for the album “Bag of Bones” in Scandinavia and in the rest of Europe, and was rewarded by Gain and EarMusic/Edel after the show in Göteborg (SE) December 15th.

Bag of Bones

Tracks:
1. Riches to Rags (Tempest, Levén)
2. Not Supposed to Sing the Blues (Tempest)
3. Firebox (Tempest, Michaeli)
4. Bag of Bones (Tempest)
5. Requiem (Instrumental) (Michaeli)
6. My Woman My Friend (Tempest, Levén)
7. Demon Head (Tempest, Levén, Norum)
8. Drink and a Smile (Tempest, Michaeli)
9. Doghouse (Tempest)
10. Mercy You Mercy Me (Tempest, Norum)
11. Bring It All Home (Tempest, Michaeli)
12. Beautiful Disaster (Tempest) (Japanese bonus track)

LP track listing:
Side A
Riches to Rags
Not Supposed to Sing the Blues
Firebox
Bag of Bones
Requiem
My Woman My Friend

LP track listing:
Side B
Demon Head
Drink and a Smile
Doghouse
Mercy You Mercy Me
Bring It All Home

Joey Tempest – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitars
John Norum – guitars
John Levén – bass
Mic Michaeli – keyboards, backing vocals
Ian Haugland – drums, backing vocals

“Bag of Bones” song features Joe Bonamassa on slide guitar.
Additional personnel:
Anton Fig – percussion
Jeff Bova – orchestration

Recorded: October 2011–February 2012 at Atlantis Grammofon AB, Stockholm
Producer: Kevin Shirley
Mixed and engineered by Kevin Shirley
Cover art: Design by Ulf Lundén

Reviews of BAG OF BONES and INTERVIEWS with the BAND: Facebook Note1 – Facebook Note2
BOB WORLD TOUR concert reviews: Facebook Note
NOT SUPPOSED TO SING THE BLUES
First SINGLE
DIGITAL release: March 9, 2012
March 12 (Scandinavia) – March 28 (Japan)
NSTSTB single

FIREBOX
Second SINGLE
DIGITAL release: August 18, 2012

Firebox single

“BRING IT ALL HOME” (RADIO MIX)
On Monday April 8th, 2013 a new radio mix of “BRING IT ALL HOME”, the 3rd single from the celebrated EUROPE album “BAG OF BONES”, has been sent to radio stations across the Nordic Countries.
The remix has been made by award winning producer Tobias Lindell, specifically for these stations.
This remix won’t be for sale, so SHARE this info, and spread the word to help the band launch this remix into the stratosphere! The more it is pushed, the more it will be played on Scandinavian stations, and of course, on Nordic web radio too! We’re countin’ on you! /Europe

Credits: Patric Ullaeus @ Revolver.se
NOT SUPPOSED TO SING THE BLUES
VIDEOCLIP – Director: Patric Ullaeus
Premiered: March 22, 2012
FIREBOX – Second VIDEOCLIP
Director: Patric Ullaeus
Premiered: August 1, 2012
July 8, 2012
Europe shooting the video for the second single “FIREBOX” in Göteborg, with director Patric Ullaeus.
Firebox filming
EUROPE TGIF FILM FEST
John NORUM at the recording sessions October 2011
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