Marshall Amps 50th Anniversary Event Compere Named

The Pub Landlord will be swapping his bar stool for a drum stool when he appears at the event as a compere. Al will join rock n roll's biggest stars to celebrate the life and work of revolutionary amp pioneer Jim Marshall OBE.

Following the sad news of Jim's death earlier this month the event, which was already planned to commemorate Marshall's 50th Anniversary, will now be held in honour of the legendary man and his remarkable life. To celebrate Jim's 50 legendary years of musical innovation, Marshall is taking over Wembley arena for a full on rock n roll riot. Murray will join global rock royalty from bands including Iron Maiden, Slipknot, Whitesnake, Chickenfoot, The Cult, Black Label Society, Deep Purple, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath and many more.

Al Murray is best known for his hilarious alter-ego, The Pub Landlord. But he is also the drummer for rock band T-34 and has performed at the Download Festival for two years in a row. Murray also owns a drum customising company called PimpCo.

The Marshall team approached Murray because of his passion and understanding of rock music and also because of his unique synergy with founder Jim Marshall OBE. Jim also started out as a drummer and drum shop owner. Al will join fellow drummer Iron Maiden's Nicko McBrain at the event alongside the world's most legendary guitarists, acclaimed musicians and Marshall enthusiasts. On the bill is multiple Grammy nominee and Chickenfoot super-group founder Joe Satriani, Ozzy Osbourne collaborator and founder of Black Label Society Zakk Wylde, technical wizard and one of GuitarOne magazine's "Top 10 Greatest Guitar Shredders of All Time" Paul Gilbert, Whitesnake's Doug Aldrich and Brian Tichy, Swedish virtuoso Yngwie Malmsteen, The Cult's Billy Duffy, Slipknot/ Stone Sour front man Corey Taylor, Judas Priest frontman Tim 'Ripper' Owens ,Trapeze and Deep Purple and Black Sabbath vocalist and bassist Glen Hughes.