MICHAEL MONROE Checks In From "Festival Summer"

MICHAEL MONROE, former frontman for HANOI ROCKS, checks in with the following update:

"First of all, I want say a big thank you for all your lovely birthday wishes and greetings! It's ever so sweet and kind of you and it does mean a lot to me! So what am I now...48 years wiser? I'd like to think so. More experienced, actually just a day older than the day before. Well, 2 years away from being 50. Should I worry about that? Certainly not! In about 10 or 20 years I'll be looking back at this time, thinking how great it was being this young. Besides, these are, in a lot of ways, some of the best years of my life, so I'd be foolish not to savour them. I'll just try my best to make the most of every moment.

The Festival Summer has gotten off to a pretty good start. At least we have been lucky with the weather at our gigs so far (knock on wood)."

Read Monroe's lengthy update here

BraveWords.com recently caught up with Monroe in New York for a lengthy interview with him a his new band-mates, bassist Sami Yaffa (NEW YORK DOLLS, ex-Hanoi Rocks) and guitarist Ginger (THE WILDHEARTS). Check out the chat at this location.