Michael Angelo Batio is now endorsed by Ernie Ball strings! Ernie Ball's8217;s high standards have attracted the world's8217;s greatest guitar players, including but not limited to, Jimmy
Page, Paul McCartney, Jeff Beck, Carlos Santana, Slash. Jerry Cantrell and now, Michael Angelo Batio. Michael has used Ernie Ball strings throughout his career and is honored to be a part
of the Ernie Ball team.
Michael recently returned from performing a phenomenal concert in Tokyo, Japan. While in Japan, he spent a day filming a live DVD and completed an extensive interview for Young Guitar
Magazine. The DVD was filmed at the Musician's8217;s Institute (M.I.) in Tokyo. Michael played 4 different songs. Each of them in 1 take.
Michael has completed extensive filming and interviews for 2 of the biggest guitar magazines in the world. Young Guitar Magazine in Japan and Guitar World Magazine in the USA.
In June, 2006, MAB flew to New York City and filmed over 5 hours of footage to be used for upcoming columns in Guitar World Magazine. Writer Andy Alerdort supervised and directed the
taping. In addition to the video, articles about Michael (written by Andy), will be featured in issues released in the fall of 2006. Thanks to Andy, GW editor Brad Tolinski and everyone
at Guitar World Magazine.
Michael's8217;s tour schedule will include close to 100 shows by the end of 2006 including the USA, Brazil, Switzerland, Italy and The Netherlands. Shows in Peru, England, China and
Russia, as well as encore performances in France, Brazil and several USA locations are scheduled for the 2nd half of the year. The full show schedule can be found at angelo.com.
Michael was also honored at this years WAMI's8217;s as an inductee to 's8220;The Hall of Fame's8221;. Other past inductees include Steve Miller, The Violent Femmes, Liberace, and Les
Paul.
Midwest Entertainers is proud to announce that Michael has formed a new band! 's8220;Hands Without Shadows's8221; will debut this fall. More information regarding this highly anticipated
act will be released soon.
Dean Guitars will debut 2 special guitars at winter NAMM. The 's8220;MAB Signature Guitar's8221; and the new 's8220;MAB Double-Guitar.'s8221; Both guitars will be on display at the Dean
Guitars expo area at winter NAMM in Anaheim California.
Much requested MAB T-shirts and hats are now available at angelo.com. Michael's8217;s latest CD, 's8220;Hands Without Shadows's8221; is in demand worldwide. Also newly available is
Michael's8217;s remastered version of 's8220;Planet Gemini's8221; that includes 3 additional tracks. To purchase a copy of 's8220;HWS's8221;, 's8220;Planet Gemini's8221; and all of
Michael's8217;s CD's8217;s and DVD's8217;s, visit angelo.com today.