Ear of Newt has two free tickets to Coast to Coast’s February 24 gig in Surrey: who wants ’em?

Coast to Coast

By Steve Newton

If you’re a big fan of classic hard-rock bands like UFO, Scorpions, and the Michael Schenker Group, here’s a contest for ya.

Local tribute band Coast to Coast–known for cranking out fab versions of UFO’s “Lights Out”, the Scorps’ “No One Like You”, and MSG’s “Armed and Ready”–is playing a show next Saturday (February 24) at the Surrey Arts Centre.

It’s a fundraiser for the Surrey Food Bank, but as a sponsor Ear of Newt has a couple of spare tickets, courtesy concert promoter Mountain Entertainment, that are up for grabs.

Just answer these three skill-testing questions:

What type of guitar does former UFO and Scorpions and current MSG guitarist Michael Schenker play?

What was the last Scorpions album that Michael Schenker played on?

Which extended guitar solo from the mid-’70s is Michael Schenker best known for?

E-mail your answers to steve@earofnewt.com before midnight this Sunday (February 18) and if they are all correct you’ll be entered into a random draw, winner to be contacted on Tuesday (February 20), four days before the gig.

And if you’d rather do things the hard way, you can also purchase tickets here.

To hear the full audio of my 1992 interview with Michael Schenker–as well as my conversations with Scorpions members Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker, and Uli Jon Roth–subscribe to my Patreon page, where you can eavesdrop on over 400 of my uncut, one-on-one conversations with the legends of rock.