I think back and see some great times. If you had said to me in the beginning some of the things the band would do over its musical career I would have said your mad! We have been to see some great things on our travels, met some fantastic people and made many friends on the way. The band has seen some changes musically speaking and where we are today is what we have worked hard to achieve and we think it's the best we have ever been. It`s been a real great thing to have done, and it ain't over yet!

The response has been fantastic.
#28 German Album Charts
#29 Swedish Album Charts
#43 English Album Charts
#57 Swiss Album Charts
#03 English Rock&Metal Charts
#05 English Indie Charts
#24 German MediaMarkt/Saturn Charts

The figures speak for themselves. We have had so much great press coverage and positive reviews all over the world. It`s been brilliant.

The album has once again been produced by Tony at M2 studios in The Midlands, where we have done the past few albums. There has been some new gear in the studio so we think the production has stepped up a level. Were very pleased with the sound of the album.

I can't really say how many releases we have had, sorry, there are so many. There tends to be lots of things rereleased by companies and which we have no control over. There has been a few things put out were not overly happy with but can't stop it. There has also been lots of bad bootlegs and torrent copies of live stuff that is terrible. There is no way you can stop a lot of this stuff. I always love the latest album the most, we improve every time and I really do believe the 13th day is our best album so far.

Yes it develops all the time. From time to time some members have changed, not for the past few years and now the band have a very solid sound. We work hard at getting the very best sound we can, live and on albums. It`s very important to do your up most.

We all get influenced in some way, you take small parts of everything you listen to and see. But I would never want to copy directly a particular person or band, were Magnum, we have our own sound I think. So I can't say any one person or band is a direct influence.

We would love to do the States, if only some promoters would take the chance on us, we wish every tour that we could get over there again. May be one day we get back over there.

There have been a few, there are lots of stories we can say about touring but the rule has always been , what happens on tour stays on tour, so I can tell you too much. We have just finished a tour with 2 fab bands. Neonfly are a young band and they sound great you should check them out. Also we have had a band called Trillium, the lead singer is Amanda Somerville who I have worked with on the Avantasia tours, she was great on tour and both bands went down with Magnum fans so well, so I will say they were brilliant to tour with.

We have played every flee pit and dog hole in Europe in the early days, I think, but we are lucky now to play some great venues. We all have favorites, for instance in Germany Ashaffenburg Colla-Sall is great, and we all enjoy playing Glasgow, one of my favorite shows on the tour.

Hope we are still firing on all cylinders and recording and touring, that will be great if we can still be doing what we do.

I will be on a tour with Avantasia again in 2013 and then back in the studio with Tony also and may be some Magnum dates at the end of 2013.

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My pleasure, anytime, cheers and very merry Christmas to you all.