JOE LYNN TURNER To Perform Entire Debut Solo Album 'Rescue You' At Select Shows This Spring
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Legendary hard rock singer Joe Lynn Turner (RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE) will perform his first solo album, 1985's "Rescue You", in its entirety, along with his other hits, at select shows in Scandinavia this spring.
The dates are as follows:
April 23 - Valand - Gothenburg, Sweden
April 25 - Wings Of AOR Festival at Arbis - Norrköping, Sweden
April 26 - John Dee - Oslo, Norway
"Rescue You" was produced by Roy Thomas Baker, known for his work with QUEEN and THE CARS. Joe co-wrote most of the songs with keyboardist Al Greenwood (FOREIGNER). The first single, "Endlessly", received extensive airplay on radio and MTV. A tour with Pat Benatar followed.
In a summer 2025 interview with Finland's Southeast Wreckmetal, Joe was asked if his next studio album will see him reteaming with Swedish producer Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY, PAIN, LINDEMANN),who worked on Joe's latest LP, 2022's "Belly Of The Beast". He responded: "No, actually, I talked to Peter, and even a year ago, he said his calendar is so full right now. He's working two bands. I mean, he was doing LINDEMANN, but that's over with and so on. But he's just really, really too busy, and he needed a break. So he said, 'I'm sorry, man. I can't do a second record.' I said, 'Do you know something? That's okay.'
"I don't intend on repeating myself," Joe explained. "I think it was David Bowie who said an artist should never repeat himself. And I did 'Belly Of The Beast' as a major project to send out not only the music, but the message. And I think that message is still there. I don't need to repeat this message over and over again. I'm not trying to preach. What I'm trying to do is put it in a musical form to educate people. However, I've been writing with a couple of Swedish guys right now who are brilliant. And I went back to actually writing songs that are meaningful personally to people. Not that 'Belly Of The Beast' isn't, but what I'm trying to say is if you look at my past, it's great songs, great hooks, great melodies that you can walk away singing, whistling, whatever, remembering, and that's what I'm doing now. I'm not so concerned with trying to… I'm not gonna save the world. It's already proven that they cannot be saved. The only way you can save it is by saving yourself. So I urge everyone to be awake, save yourself. Me, I'm going back to very classy, well-produced sort of — it's like great material with a modern production. I wanna change up that too as well, so I don't wanna repeat myself."
Asked when he expects to release his next studio album, Joe said: "Oh, definitely not until '26 at this point. I really wanna finish the summer things that I have — a lot of festivals, individual gigs. I have a new two-year-old boy, so I wanna spend time with Matteo and watch him grow. He's fantastic. And I wanna take a holiday, and I will not tour in the winter because it is too dangerous with travel. It honestly is. I've been in too many situations in the past. So I will be able, fortunately enough, to take the winter off, work on the record, come out in the spring, something '26. And I'm in no rush."
Joe performed without his trademark wig live for the first time in June 2023 at the Rock Orchestra Fest at Dinamo National Olympic Stadium in Minsk, the capital and the largest city of Belarus.
The singer said in 2022 that now was the right time to finally drop the hairpiece he has worn since the age of 14 after being diagnosed with alopecia at three years old.
Turner went public with his new look in August 2022 in a series publicity images released to promote "Belly Of The Beast". In a press release for the LP, Joe said that he started wearing the wig to deal with "emotional and psychological damage from cruel bullying in school."
(Source: www.blabbermouth.net)
