THE FRANCESCO MARRAS' BAND
Thursday 27 March – Quattro Cultura – Köln – Bahnstr.4 (Am Rodenkirchener Bahnhof), 50996 - Doors: 18:00
TICKETS & BOOKINGS :
Email - quattrocultura@gmx.de

For the first time ever, the Italian musician will bring his solo project live, playing the songs from the albums “It’s Me!” and “Out of the Fire” (soon to be released by the Hell Tour Productions label).
His melodic, engaging and powerful Hard’n’Heavy style will not disappoint all rockers and lovers of real music played live.

Line-up :
Francesco Marras – vocals, guitar (Tygers of Pan Tang)
Marco Cossu – Keyboards
Dirk Sengotta – drums
Daniele Bucco – guitar
Martin Engelien – bass (Klaus Lage band)

German Tour 2025 :
Tuesday 25 March – Jazzkeller, Krefeld
Wednesday 26th March - Rockin’ Rooster – Haan
Thursday 27th March - Quattro Cultura
Friday 28th March – Schänke, Haltern am See
Saturday 29th March - Alt Werdohl – Werdohl
Sunday 30th March – SOL Kulturbar - Mülheim an der Ruhr

FRANCESCO MARRAS' Biography:
Francesco Marras is an Italian musician, known for being, since 2020, the guitarist of the English cult band of the NWOBHM Tygers of Pan Tang, with whom he has played live more than 70 concerts around Europe and the world and he released, for Mighty Music, the EP “A new Heartbeat” in 2022, the studio album “Bloodlines” in 2023 and the live album “Live Blood” in 2024.
With his Italian metal band Screaming Shadows he has made 5 albums, the latest of which in 2021 entitled “Legacy of Stone”, published by the label “From the Vaults”.
As a solo artist he has released 2 instrumental albums: “Black Sheep” in 2011 and “Time Flies” in 2018 (with guests such as John Macaluso (Yngwie Malmsteen, Ark, etc.), Jason Rullo (Symphony X), Nicola Mazzucconi (Labyrinth), Anna Portalupi (Hardline), etc.) and 2 albums sung by Marras himself: “It’s Me!” in 2022 and “Out of the Fire” which is scheduled for release in February 2025.
As a session musician he appears in about 35 records released by labels such as Frontiers Music Srl, Avenue of Allies Records, Escape Music Ltd, A1 Records, etc., working with producers such as Alessandro Del Vecchio, Daniel Flores, etc.
As a session musician he has played live for bands and artists such as Terry Brock (Strangeways) Angelica (solo project of the Norwegian singer of the band The murder of my sweet Angelica Rylin), Toby Hitchcock (Pride of Lions), the European Deep Purple tribute band Purpendicular, and as a replacement for guitarist Frank Pané for 3 concerts in the German band Bonfire.
Together with Martin Engelien and his Go Music project he has played live, from 2020 to today, about 50 concerts, with musicians such as David Readman (Pink Cream 69), Steven Mageney (Crystal Ball), Jeannette JM Marchewka (Almanac), Sylvia Gonzàlez Bolivar, Vanja Sky, Mel Geynor (Simple Minds), Dirk Brandt (Axxis), etc.
Francesco Marras website : http://www.francescomarras.com/
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/FrancescoMarrasOfficial
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/francesco_marras_guitarist
YouTube channel : https://www.youtube.com/FMGuitarChannel