:: December 5th 2011
:: More clinics coming up for Germany and Poland!
I will be playing in Schnega, Berlin, Bydgoszcz and Warsaw this month and hopefully will see some of you there! Join us and have some fun!!!
December 10th Schnega, Germany
www.maydrums.de
December 11th Berlin, Germany (Drum Night Berlin)
Drum Night Berlin
December 13th Bydgoszcz, Poland
www.drumcenter.pl
December 14th Warsaw, Poland
www.magazynperkusista.pl
:: November 29th 2011
:: Recording Session for a new album of NILE!
Nile are currently at the SoundLab Studios in Columbia recording their 7th album with Neil Kernon on the Mix.
Drum Tracking starts in a couple days and the new album will include 9 songs.
More news to follow here soon - Stay tuned!
:: September 4th 2011
:: More Clinics for Europe!
There are some more clinics coming up for Europe this year, along with the Sick Drummer Camp in California and some more overseas which will be announced soon.
Here's a few European dates for now:
- September 11th, Adams Drumworld Festival, Ittervoort-Netherlands
- September 24th, Dutch Drum Event, Heerenveen-Netherlands
- October 16th, London Drum Show, London-UK
- October 26th, International Percussion Festival, Opole-Poland
- October 27th, International Percussion Festival, Gliwice-Poland
- December 11th, Drum Night Berlin, Berlin-Germany
Stay tuned for more news soon!
:: August 17th 2011
:: Australia's Ultimate Drummers Weekend
George will be performing on Australia's Ultimate Drummers Weekend in August 20th, 21st and 22nd in Melbourne-Australia. AUDW is one of the biggest drum festivals worldwide and this year there is a great line up, don't miss it!
Also, the last day will be dedicated to private lessons so you can book your own lesson and study with George.
More details and lessons schedule here:
AUDW:
www.drumtek.com.au
George's private Lessons::
www.drumtek.com.au
:: August 10th 2011
:: Sick Drummer Camp with George!
Sick Drummer Magazine is putting together an exclusive 5 day Sick Drummer Camp, with George Kollias, Derek Roddy, Sean Reinert, Danny Walker and Navene Koperweis! Additionally, Gus Rios of Malevolent Creation and Dirk Verbeuren of Soilwork will be there as guest instructors!
The event is open to those 18 and older and will be held the first week of October in Northern California, about an hour north of San Fransisco on a 5 acre private retreat. This retreat is amazing and offers seclusion, various class/performance spaces, lounge areas, hot tubs, an inground pool, billiards, hiking trails and much more. We will be close to nearby stores, shopping, restaurants, wineries, a casino and many other attractions.
Read The Full Details Here:
www.sickdrummermagazine.com
:: June 9th 2011
:: Pearl Reference Pure Tour
"Hello all,
We start the Pearl Reference Pure in a couple days and I hope to see you in some of the clinics! This is the first meeting with my new Pearl Reference Pure and I am super excited about that! Check out the dates and all the info on the CLINICS section and let the shred begin!!!"
George
Check out the info at:
Pearl website
:: May 10th 2011
:: New drum clinics dates
"Hello everyone,
There are a few drum clinics coming up for 2011 in Australia, UK, Greece, India, Turkey, Slovakia, Denmark, Sweden and there are a few coming up soon for Central Europe.
Please check out the confirmed dates so far and hope to see you all there!!!"
George
:: April 6th 2011
:: George Kollias Scandinavian Clinics
George is heading to Scandinavia on May 24-26 for 3 clinics in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. All clinics are supported from Pearl Drums.
"This is my first time doing clinics in Scandinavian although I played Sweden, Norway and Denmark many times, I am pretty excited about this and I can't wait to get there and play for you all! See you there!"
Dates and info:
May 24 Clinic 4Sound/Aage Copenhagen (t.b.a.)
Time: 19.00
May 25 Clinic Trumbutiken (Ärtslingan 1, Röke)
Time: 18.00
May 26 Clinic 4Sound/Slagverket (Södermannagatan 10, Stockholm)
Time: 18.30
:: March 24th 2011
:: Presenting the brand new PEARL REFERENCE PURE at Frankfurt's Musikmesse 2011!
Hi everyone,
I will be at the Frankfurt's Musikmesse this April presenting my new Pearl drum set!!!
Reference Pure is the newest line from Pearl Drums which came out a few months ago and it is my personal choice. Another proposal from Pearl based on the already successful Pearl Reference to cover even more styles and drummer's taste!!! Same special configuration but with thinner shells which allows more resonance, more tone and PURE EVILNESS!!! Come and check them out!!!
My performance will be at the AGORA Stage at Messe, Frankfurt, Thursday - April 7th, 05:30pm-06:00pm. I'm looking forward to get on stage and blast this kit out!!!
Also, meet me at the Pearl booth on my signing session on Saturday! Let's hang out there and talk some drums!
Don't miss it!!!
Check the new Reference Pure online here:
www.referencepure.com
www.pearldrum.com
:: March 1st 2011
:: BACK FROM THE TOUR...
Hello everyone! We have just finished our last European Tour for "Those Whom The Gods Detest" and I am back home working on my Solo Album, my new DVD and a new feature for Modern Music School.
There will be some news very soon concerning all the above as well as many Drum Clinics for this year!
Stay tuned for updates!
:: February 9th 2011
:: GEORGE KOLLIAS OFFICIAL FACEBOOK FANPAGE IS ON!
"Hello everyone,
Many of you were asking me about my official Facebook page which we just created for you.
I know there are a few fanpages out there under my name but this is the only Official Facebook Page where I will be posting band news/tour dates/clinic dates/events/drum lesson news etc. I will try to keep this up to date as much as possible like we do here on my official website. Thank you all for your support and hope to see you there!"
- George Kollias
Link to George's FB page:
HERE
:: January 20th 2011
:: MEET & GREET SESSION IN FINLAND!
Now you have the once in a lifetime opportunity to see up close and personally the "beast" George Kollias is trying to tame night after night. check out his drums and hardware and settings, get his signature on signing cards, on sticks, CD´s etc. and take a picture of yourself together with George in front of his drum set!
How to get this opportunity is really easy: Just send us your contact information (name and phone number) and mention which Meet & Greet session you would want to go to before 10 AM on February 21st. and 20 lucky ones per session will randomly be picked out through a lottery and will be contacted by SMI personally on Feb 21st.
Please send your e-mail to: smi@smi-music.com
Notice! Participating to these Meet & Greet sessions do not give you free entrance to the Nile shows. tickets are still required!
These Meet & Greet sessions are held at 4.30 PM, right away after Nile's soundcheck.
Good luck!
:: January 11th 2011
:: GEORGE KOLLIAS SIGNING SESSION IN COPENHAGEN!
George will be at the Musikhuset Aage Jensen 4Sound on February 17th for a signing session, courtesy of Pearl Drums. Come there to meet George, get pictures and of course talk some drums!!! See you all there!
Address:
Musikhuset Aage Jensen 4Sound
Landemærket 25
1119 Copenhagen K
Time: 16.00-18.00
:: January 11th 2011
:: NAMM Show 2011
George will attend at the NAMM show this year, right before the Nile Those Whom the Gods Detest European Tour. Whoever visits NAMM drop by where George is and say hello!
Scheduled signing sessions:
Friday, 14th
Vic Firth booth
Pearl booth
Saturday, 15th
Sabian booth, 2pm
Evans boot, 4pm
:: December 22nd 2010
:: I.M.D. AVAILABLE THROUGH HUDSON MUSIC!
George's DVD Intense Metal Drumming is now available in Hudson Music's catalog as an Instant Download!
Hudson Music, known as one of the pioneers of music education has just release a very cool feature where you can download any of Hudson's catalog dvds and enjoy it in your computer.
Follow the LINK and get Intense Metal Drumming quicker and cheaper!
:: December 16th 2010
:: ROCKSHOP DRUMFESTIVAL PICTURES
Some pictures from George's recent clinic tour for Pearl Drums have been posted on the Forum.
Click HERE to check them out.
:: December 1st 2010
:: PEARL DRUMS - GERMANY TOUR 2010
Pearl Drums and George are heading to Germany for a short clinic tour from 5th to 9th of December.
George will be performing 5 clinics around Germany as well as the Rock Shop Drum Festival.
Don't miss the chance to see and meet George on this tour!
Check out the dates in a CLINIC section.
:: November 10th 2010
:: THOSE WHOM THE GODS DETEST TOUR II - EUROPE
Tour dates of the upcoming European Tour are posted on the Tour Section. This time the band will cover Central and East Europe as well as Scandinavia and UK. Please check out the dates and we hope to see you all there!
In addition on this tour, George will be performing drum clinics in some of the countries Nile will visit. Stay tuned for more details!!!
:: August 24th 2010
:: NOTE ABOUT GERMANY DRUM CLINIC TOUR 2010
George and Modern Music School are ready to hit the road for a Drum Clinic tour in September 2010. Loud & Fast tour starts September 19th to September 28th and will include 10 cities in Germany where you can see George performing Nile songs and explaining in detail everything he does.
Please check in the CLINIC section to see all upcoming dates of George Kollias Germany Drum Clinic Tour 2010.
In addition,
George will be performing on the Dresden Drumfestival 2010 in Dresden/Germany on September 18th with drummers as Dom Famularo, Virgil Donati, Will Calhoun and more.
George’s performance is a courtesy of Pearl Drums, Sabian Cymbals and Vic Firth Drumsticks.
More details about Dresden Drumfestival here:
dresdner-drumfestival.de
Hope to see you all there!!!
:: May 25th 2010
:: NOTE ABOUT CLINIC IN PERTH
“Big thanks to Billy Hyde Music and Soundworks Promotion for organizing a great Drum Clinic for me in Perth/Australia. It was a great night and the clinic was sold out. Special thanks to all the fans who came to the clinic, was a lot of fun and I can't wait to get there again soon!"
:: February 21th 2010
:: NILE - ON TOUR IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
Please check in the TOUR section to see all upcoming dates of Nile's Those Whom The Gods Detest Tour 2010.
:: February 7th 2010
:: GEORGE’S INTERVIEW ON MODERN DRUMMER MAGAZINE!
Check out the latest Modern Drummer Magazine issue (March 2010) where George is featured with a full 5-page interview. George is talking in detail about his drumming, his bands, his career so far as well as about his future plans and music steps.
“I would like to thank Modern Drummer magazine and especially Ken Micallef for this great opportunity to be featured in the magazine I am reading since I was a kid, wish Modern Drummer the best!!!"
moderndrummer.com