LUCINDA WILLIAMS To Guest On MICHAEL MONROE Album

Three-time Grammy-winning country/folk singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams has recorded a guest appearance on the as-yet-untitled new album from Michael Monroe, the iconic rock and roll frontman and founding member of hugely influential Finnish outfit HANOI ROCKS. Due on February 21, 2011 via Universal Music subsidiary Spinefarm Records, the CD will also feature MOTÖRHEAD's Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister.

Monroe's new album is being recorded at a Los Angeles studio with legendary producer Jack Douglas (AEROSMITH, JOHN LENNON, CLUTCH, SLASH'S SNAKEPIT, NEW YORK DOLLS) and will be mixed by Jay Messina (THE ROLLING STONES, SLASH, PATTI SMITH).

Michael Monroe's brand new live album, "Another Night In The Sun/Live In Helsinki", is set for release on November 1 via Spinefarm. Mixed in Los Angeles by Niko Bolas (whose credits include NEIL YOUNG, FRANK SINATRA, KEITH RICHARDS, KISS, SPINAL TAP and more) and mastered by Grammy winner Richard Dodd (the man behind TOM PETTY and DIXIE CHICKS), the CD — recorded on July 6 at the Tavastia Club in Helsinki, Finland — features key tracks from Monroe's solo career spiced up with selected HANOI classics, some well-chosen covers, plus two brand new, previously unreleased songs — "You're Next" and "Motorheaded For A Fall".

In the wake of the album's release, Monroe (plus regular band: THE WILDHEARTS mainman Ginger on guitar, ex-HANOI member Sammy Yaffa on bass, Steve Conte of NEW YORK DOLLS and COMPANY OF WOLVES fame on guitar, and Karl "Rockfist" Rosqvist on drums, a Swedish/Finnish drummer who has played with both CHELSEA SMILES and DANZIG) will head out on tour in Finland and Sweden before heading over to the U.K. to support MOTÖRHEAD on their 35th-anniversary tour in November.

Pictured below are Monroe, Lucinda Williams and Jack Douglas.