How old is joey tempest

In Joakim went to see a concert with another local band, WC. He was particularly impressed by their guitarist. They have become soon good friends thanks to their shared interest for music. Joey was inspired by a nick name he got when he was on vacation in the USA some years earlier.

He spent many school lessons writing song lyrics and practicing on signing autographs. Needless to say, the teachers weren't too happy about that. He wrote the song "One of a Kind" and sent it to them, but he never heard from them again. Joey produced the album in , as well as writing the songs and playing most of the instruments. John Norum, Mic Michaeli and Ian Haugland also played on the album, which was the first album that Joey produced all by himself. Thanks to the album "Out of this World", Joey and Europe became increasingly popular in the United States with the tour of Def Leppard which attracted an audience of over people.

In Joey got together with John Norum to collaborate on John's second solo album, Face the Truth, which was released the following year. In , Joey met Lisa Worthington in London.

Shortly after, she became his girlfriend. John Norum made a guest appearance on the song "Right to Respect". I guess you could say that I had a reaction against the whole thing. I wanted to prove myself as a singer-songwriter for sure, but for me it was more of a journey to learn about making music.

I went to see a lot of new young artists, got into stuff like Van Morrison and Bob Dylan, so I went completely the other way. The album was a success in Sweden, peaking at number 7 on the Swedish album chart.

Joey's second solo album, Azalea Place , was released on April 25, , and it also peaked at number 7 on the Swedish album chart.

But it was something that I needed to do, I had to get it out of my system. The first prize was a record deal with Hot Records. Europe released five albums between and , with Joey Tempest as the lead singer, frontman, and songwriter.

During the years with Europe, Tempest wrote numerous international big hits. After Countdown , Europe released two more albums, Out of this World , and Prisoners in Paradise , before their final concert in March Europe ended their final tour in Portsmouth and did not perform together again until New Year's Eve to Tempest currently lives in London , England with his wife Lisa Worthington and sons.

He does not have any social media pages apart from the official ones for Europe listed on their website. Asked in , by the BBC's Liam Allen, "Are you ever embarrassed by some of the hairstyles and clothes you wore back in the day?

Tempest's second solo album, Azalea Place, was released in The album, which was produced by Dan Sundquist , was recorded in Stockholm and London using Swedish musicians. Europe bandmate John Norum guest-starred on one of the tracks. Tempest also played guitar on the album. A Place to Call Home sold platinum in Sweden, and it was a big success internationally.

After Europe went on hiatus in , Tempest released three solo albums. Several songs on the third album, Joey Tempest, were co-written by Mic Michaeli. During the years with Europe, Tempest wrote numerous international big hits. Europe ended their final tour in Portsmouth and did not perform together again until New Year's Eve, to Tempest played the keyboards on the first two Europe albums before the band decided to recruit keyboardist Mic Michaeli in April A couple of years earlier, Tempest had borrowed a keyboard from Michaeli and used it to compose the main keyboard hook of the song "The Final Countdown".

After a jam session in , Michaeli and Tempest co-wrote the ballad "Carrie". The song was produced by future Europe bandmate Kee Marcello. Force immediately began building a reputation and a fanbase in the suburbs of Stockholm. In , they changed their name to Europe and won the music competition Rock-SM. The first prize was a record deal with Hot Records. With Tempest at the frontman, Europe released its self-titled debut album in and Wings of Tomorrow in