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Real World was so enjoyable. For sure this will be as good. Plus it's less then an hour away for me.

I saw them while I was on holiday in New Orleans in March last year. They were playing in Jackson Square and they managed to get a small crowd to listen. I was impressed enough to buy a CD.

They...

The opening act was entertaining. They did 80s pop covers, like "Down Under" (Men at Work) & "Don't You Want Me (Barry)" (Human League). There were unheeded calls for Supper's Ready and Grendel. ...

Presumably they either thought they'd hit the target or they hadn't thought it through.

I'm only surprised that they got to 85%; it didn't look very promising to me after the first week.

I couldn't possibly miss this. One thing that I admire about Rob is that he is always looking for something special in these projects.

By the way Chris - I remember you saying you dragged a...

I think that's a bit harsh, and unlikely to happen. I get the feeling that Rob needed to do something different to get refreshed for the next Magenta album. Rob's next solo album (another in the...

They have a lot of very loyal fans in UK, but then there are a lot of people who consider them Mostly Awful. It would help, in my opinion, if Bryan Josh reduced the amount of singing he did. I'm...

This is a live recording made from various shows. RPWL do Pink Floyd very well, and here they have, presumably, picked the best live version. The track listing is:

Arnold Layne (5:14)
The...

Agreed.

The charts is a popularity contest, and I would have been more surprised if RTL did not get to #1. As for other albums, Dark Side of the Moon is lurking around #90.

Not too long now. I'm sure it'll be fun.

I'm a bit worried about getting there as there is a big Rugby match in Cardiff on Friday evening.

I was at the Borderline for the Magenta gig as well, and Peter Jones is a real entertainer and well as being a very accomplished keyboard and guitar player.

Based on the concert, I bought a copy...

Christina Booth sings lead on the two covers on this album, which are Long Distance and Two Of Us. At least I pretty sure it's Tina - I've heard her enough times - but the previous response makes me...

Progressive Metal????? I would have no difficulty in telling Karnataka from Threshold or Haken.

I saw them a couple of weeks back and Hayley seems to be developing as a front person. The new...

Christina said on facebook that they've been delivered, and that she'll be signing the pre-orders and sending them out.

Yes, it's sad. I know that Kim has been battling for a while and I can understand why she wants to stand back to fully recover.

These are the nicest, friendliest bunch of people who you'll ever...

I had to deliver something to Clive Nolan's house a few weeks back, and he kindly played me the first two songs - so, this one and the next one. The second one is completely different; much slower...

Oh, very nice.;)

Their bridges weren't as much burned as dynamited.

Matt had previously announced that he's in a new band plus doing a solo album - and someone has to sing on this. I guess that the end of The...

Just because John Mitchell is not a member of PE, doesn't mean that he doesn't read this stuff.

Anyway, right now he's feeling rather chuffed as the album is #14 in the Official UK Rock Charts.

I have ordered it; I like well constructed songs with intelligent lyrics.

Yes - that's about right. I heard that JM couldn't release this using the Kino name.

The new Arena album is open for pre-orders at http://verglas.com/index.php.

I had to take drop something to Clive Nolan in the week, and he was kind enough to play me the opening two tracks. The...

I got my copy last week and I've been playing it a lot. It's not massively prog; just full of tunes and some really good singing by JM's guests.

At least two. There was one that DC called "The Speedy-Uppy Song".


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs-V5sn-q0M

This was the first time they did the song. When they played their last one,...

I saw them play it live about 2 weeks ago at a little pub just outside Swindon. They are unlikely to do many live shows as David Clifford is a busy man. He has "retired" from Clive Nolan's musicals...

I saw the show in London on Saturday at the Hammersmith Apollo. An excellent crowd and not all 50+. There is obviously an appetite for this, and I'd rather that Steve Hackett was playing that a...

Yes - I like them. I really must get the latest CD.

I think that there's a lot of good music coming out of Poland.

Owain Roberts, guitarist, has not been found; he disappeared in March 2012.

Matt Cohen has always played bass in the band.

I believe that UPF only met up for the first time in person yesterday. Summer's End will be their first ever show.

I'm looking forward to seeing Frequency Drift - their last couple of albums have...

I'll be there, and I'm looking forward to it. I agree that the line up looks really strong. I just hope I manage to get some time to sit down.

When I buy a CD, I often awalk up to the merchandise desk at a concert and exchange my money for a CD. Other times, I buy from the band's online shop. I don't know, but many of these bands probably...

I should &*"^$ well hope not.

Anyway, Pendragon are one of those bands from whom I buy on trust.

This is about bringing old music to new fans and not new music to old fans. It's aimed at the Genesis curious.

I doubt if a petition would do any good. I suppose that you could write to the...

Of course it's boring. But this release is not aimed at us.

It's still my favourite album from Guy Manning.

My feeling with Guy is that he does his best work when he keeps his songs shorter and simpler.

Returning to the original point - Paul Manzi's singing...

I've done three fundraising events for Clive Nolan's Alchemy theatre production. The last one was a couple of months ago and featured...

Most of the bands that I get to see get paid, and on that basis are professional. Very few are full time. Almost none get their main income from playing in a prog band. At least not in newish...

Bah!! It's not accessible from the UK. I pay for this and I can't read it.

Yes, that's a fair review.

And I don't think anyone has it easy Matt. There are many reasons why you get to support many bands - you're friendly, talented, interesting and easy to accommodate. ...

Yes - it was recorded as a one-off show separate from the tour. By then I would imagine that they would have sorted out all of the crinkles. The stage wass reasonably big - certainly bigger that...

That's a shame, but I'm not surprised. There are a lot of festivals and not so many fans to go around - at least, not so many fans for the bands that would be prepared to play this sort of festival....

Yes Summers End looks really good for me. I'm really pleased to see Lifesigns and Tin Spirits play. Stephen Lambe said that there may be room for an acoustic stage, and if so, one would hope that...

Well the first of these has come and gone - Trinity. It started as a showcase for Magenta, The Reasoning and Touchstone, but Magenta had to pull out because of Tina's ongoing fight against cancer. ...

I'll be at Trinity - Simon left me some things to hand over to you Matt.

I have not even heard of Resonance Festival so someone is not doing a good job in promotion.

Celebr8 doesn't work for me...

I got to see the new show on Friday (4 Apr), and it really is a show. Hopefully they'll record this one as well as the show deserves a wider audience than it would likely get otherwise.

I'll try to make it tonight - but I don't know if I have enough bandwidth.

This is the version of Anger on the Live at Real World CD/DVD. IMO the oboe playing the end solo is sooooo good.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Apv7p18d0

There was another thread about this not so long ago. The only reason why it is discussed on PE is because Clive is in a few progressive or progressive-like bands. These shows are in no way...

Masquerade Overture is my favourite Pendie album as well. I like them all really.

It'll be interesting to see where he goes next. The new album should be out towards the end of next year. What...

I read it that they are making 1000 copies, and they've pre-sold 800 of these. Mick, Clive and John are signing any copy that is sold by Dec7.

And I have no idea how I managed to get on the...

E-mail received over the weekend.

That is all very reasonable. When it comes down to it, Clive has written a musical and it's not really aimed at the prog audience. It works for me because I'm not really prog fan. What Clive is...

I've been a supporter of this project since the beginning. My view is that Alchemy is much better than She. I think that Clive Nolan learnt a lot about how to make a musical work with She and...

From the e-mails that I've received, no new tracks. It's putting the songs on the two EPs into the right order.

He's supposed to be in the UK this weekend. Hopefully I'll be along to see him on Sunday evening.

The album is certainly one of my favourites of the year. Pearl is one of those songs that they do so well, with Tina's singing imploring you to understand the emotions of the character (Janis Joplin...

I've listened to the album a few times, and it appeals to me. But I expected to like it.

I do wonder why people make such negative comments. I suppose I could go to every thread for every band...

It's my favourite album of the year - full of beautifully crafted songs with neat arrangements.

I saw him in Poland earlier this year where he and his band did a DVD recording, largely of...

It arrived whilst I was away for the weekend. I'll listen tonight.

The t-shirt looks great. I could have used that for halloween.