• 1st - "Kossoff... The Band Plays On" (featuring Rhino) gig at International Arts Centre, Leicester
• 2nd - "Kossoff... The Band Plays On" (featuring Rhino) gig at The Stables, Milton Keynes
• 3rd - "Kossoff... The Band Plays On" (featuring Rhino) gig at Wokingham Music Club, Wokingham
• 4th - "Kossoff... The Band Plays On" (featuring Rhino) gig at The Hot Box, Chelmsford
• 5th - "Kossoff... The Band Plays On" (featuring Rhino) gig at The Half Moon, Putney (2 gigs, 2pm and 7.30pm)
• 19th - Rhino with Zak Starkey "Supergroup" at the Raising Spirit Festival, Holnest, Dorset
• undated - Francis interview in "On: Yorkshire" magazine (UK)

1st - "Kossoff... The Band Plays On" (featuring Rhino) gig at International Arts Centre, Leicester

Rhino played another six gigs with Kossoff... The Band Plays On, starting in Leicester on 1st July.

The short tour wrapped up with two gigs on the same day at the famous Half Moon in Putney on 5th July.

19th - Rhino with Zak Starkey "Supergroup" at the Raising Spirit Festival, Holnest, Dorset

Rhino played the first public gig of a new supergroup with Zak Starkey on 19th July.

The band's incredible line-up at the Raising Spirit Festival in Dorset consisted of Zak on drums along with Rhino on bass, Dennis Greaves (of Nine Below Zero on guitar, Tom Waters (of the Jools Holland Band and Ronnie Wood's Wild Five) on sax and Ben Waters (of The Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry and Jeff Beck) on piano.

Some great photos and video footage from the new band can be seen here.

undated - Francis interview in "On: Yorkshire" magazine (UK)

Francis gave a long and very interesting interview for "On: Yorkshire" magazine in July. The full interview can be read here.