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This is a pretty good interview with Hackett from 2015 where he discusses GTR quite a bit:
https://www.classicrockrevisited.com/show_interview.php?id=1139

These are a couple interesting quotes...

Hidria Spacefolk are back with a new song:


https://youtu.be/ZxhjlLDQdqs?si=FEJx_KS73dLoRSPI

John Wetton’s widow shared this statement today:


"When my beloved husband John Wetton realised that he was coming to the end of his life, he revealed in earnest, the wish for his musical legacy...

Rolling Stone Italia, that is ;-) Still an interesting read, and a few choice quotes, though I had to use Google Translate:
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Looks like Payne is touring as well - happy to see he seems to be embracing his era of Asia now.

https://i.imgur.com/kF4qy4k.jpg

I wasn't either - just came across this from 21 (!) years ago.

John Wetton - Bass
John Mitchell - Guitar
Martin Orford - Keyboard
Steve Christey - Drums

...

Last date of this tour is July 31st. First date of the Yes tour is August 14th. My guess is this is it for Asia dates this go-round anyway.

I believe he was the singer on the Asia material at the Wetton Memorial concert

Well, the Downes part was right! :)

https://www.progressiveears.org/forum/showthread.php/31029-ASIA-FOCUS-MARTIN-TURNER-amp-CURVED-AIR-tour

Jul 3: CT Ridgefield Playhouse
Jul 4: NY Niagara Falls Fallsview Casino
Jul 6: OR Medford Chevalier Theatre
Jul 7: PN Huntingdon The Paramount
Jul 9: NJ Englewood Bergen Performing Arts Center...

https://i.imgur.com/P1q8cpx_d.webp?maxwidth=760&fidelity=grand

Driving to the train station this morning with WXPN on the radio and they played this one:


https://youtu.be/aH66nEeM40w?si=Oux97YwbBZXWvM1_

Definitely caught my ear and eager to check out...

New Billy Sherwood interview:

Lots of chat about the upcoming European tour
How the setlist comes about
What they are playing from the latest album
His view on Tales v. Rick W's view on Tales...

This was announced today:

CARL PALMER’S STATEMENT
ON THE FORTHCOMING ASIA TOUR

“ I recently became aware that my friend and bandmate Geoff Downes will be touring the US this summer in a new...

And Rolling Stone weighs in on this “nuclear option”
...

I'm going to guess that this might be intentional? After so many of these in a row, the current Guess Who guys might have to make a decision about carrying on and keep paying for a bus, fuel, crew...

I do wonder how much time each of these bands are going to perform. Factor in set changes, I can't imagine anyone getting more than 45 minutes. That being said, I would go to this if they play near...

Their last four shows have been cancelled. And all cancellations happened day before or day of the show. It appears that the venues are presented with legal proceedings shortly before each show.

Things have taken a turn with the Guess Who/Burton Cummings clash. The Guess Who shows are being cancelled due to "music licensing" issues. Word is that Cummings pulled the licensing for the Guess...

In the USA, neither band plays arenas. Makes sense to do a co-headline tour like this I suppose for the sheds. In the recent past, Yes have had other bands on the bill as well for their summer...

Danger Money is in my Top 10 of all time favorite albums (as is the afore mentioned Green Album!). I was too young to have caught them live when the album was released, but seeing one of the UK...

Its been a while (since 2010 I think?) since their last album. Didn't realize they were still carrying on, but I like this alot. From what I can tell, the band lineup has changed a bit, and I am...

Despite the record label criticism, I rather like this rendition:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiNruU4n_aQ

Updated with venues on most dates:

DAVID CROSS BAND
David Cross - electric violin
John Mitchell - guitar, lead vocals
Sheila Maloney - keyboards
Mick Paul - bass guitar
Jack Summerfield -...

The unboxing video for the new box:


https://youtu.be/KaJUhsbvAr8?si=NJ-7s2vIqYSoeKTE

And preorders are up:

CD Box: https://www.lasercd.com/cd/talk-4cd-box-set-preorder
Vinyl: https://www.lasercd.com/vinyl/talk-2lp-white-vinyl-preorder

List price from the record label is $59.98.

I will chime in and say a Thank you also to making Dance of the Age of Enlightenment happen! Ordered it from Laser's Edge when it came out and enjoying the heck out of it. Exciting on the Dregs -...

Looks like the live portion of this box are missing this:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IkCZKiVyTM

4-CD box set coming of Talk:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv0IGtwqeiY

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE: Talk

1 The Calling

According to the press release, Forbidden was remixed by Iommi and the other three have been remastered.

And yeah would’ve been cool to have Eternal Idol in this to make the Martin years complete,...

A box set of the IRS/Tony Martin years is finally being released:

"The ANNO DOMINI 1989-1995 4LP and 4CD sets contain newly remastered versions of HEADLESS CROSS (1989), TYR (1990), and CROSS...

I'm looking forward to this as well. Looking at the track listing, the last song is entitled "His Final Bow". I wonder if that means anything in regards to Ant wrapping up the series?



I LOVE...

Thanks! Yeah, I am a fan of ELO (own almost all of their output) and most-things-Jeff-Lynne, so genuinely excited about this.

I grabbed a $229 ticket 25th row center for Philly in the presale today. What a mess though - I ran into multiple "Bad Gateway" pages (and perusing the Jeff Lynne facebook group, it appears I wasn't...

I'd like to see this, but cautious on ticket prices. We'll see when the presales start tomorrow what it looks like.

Luckily they were pretty reasonable for the New Brunswick show....got a 12th row ticket for $79. Plenty of $59 tickets further back.

And now the 2nd song from this collection has come out:

Todd Rundgren, Arthur Brown, Mel Collins, Chris Poland & Ian Paice


https://youtu.be/-cOOwF391HE

I grabbed a ticket for the New Brunswick, NJ show today. $79 for Row 12 - not bad, all things considering.

Roger posted some new work-in-progress artwork today on his Facebook that looks rather Yessish....haven't the Yesmen been mentioning that there is another new Yes album in the works?

Thanks! I hadn't checked out any of his music in some time, and this thread got me to investigate and I definitely need to grab some of these!

Anyone know the best place to order Schmoelling CDs? His website still links to Viktoria Park Records, but looks like their website is gone.

I grabbed a ticket also (for Collingswood, NJ). Considered the VIP option, but passed and bought a $99 ticket, which happens to be right next to one of the VIP seats. One of the earliest records I...

3/23 - Rick Wakeman/Annie Haslam
5/10 - Al DiMeola
5/21 - Dixie Dregs
5/30 - Jon Anderson/Band Geeks
6/29 - ProgJect w/ Bill Bruford
7/13 - Lachey Doley Band
9/1 - Dweezil Zappa
10/4 - Burton...

There is a nice set of Baumann’s 70s albums about to come out:

https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/peter-baumann-phase-by-phase-the-virgin-albums-3cd-box-set/

Dean is selling a ltd ed print of Octopus here: https://www.rogerdean.com/product-page/octopus-gentle-giant-artists-proof

He also recently featured it on his Facebook page:...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5CAzcKZXvA

Looks like this one is all Andy, but sounds good to my ears. New album is To Follow Polaris. Laser's Edge taking preorders.
...

Pretty interesting new tribute to the King Crimson classic.

First "single" is this 12:30 version of Moonchild from Chester Thompson, Marty Friedman, Joe Lynn Turner, Jah Wobble

...

Absolutely....I chuckled when the artwork for the Heaven and Earth album was used.

I was at both of the NJ shows and they were just fantastic. I had never seen them live and did not own anything live from the band, so except for all of the comments on here about Foster being left...

I used to go see the Moody Blues on the tours with Moraz, and felt the same way when they added the backing female vocalists with the dancing in unison thing - Ugh!. But then I also go see TSO every...

Yeah, I (and Laser's Edge) are both in NJ, so most shipments get to me pretty quickly. Just to be sure, I chose the USPS First Class option, which was like 15 cents more than Media Mail, to make...

Lasers Edge is showing them in-stock, so I got my order in just now - should have it in time for the shows this weekend! Will definitely be listening on my drive up the turnpike.

Announced today by Kansas:

KANSAS original drummer and band manager, Phil Ehart, is taking time away from touring as drummer for KANSAS while he recovers after recently surviving a major heart...

Announced today:

Yes have announced that they will release a new limited 2CD and Blu-ray Digipak edition of latest album Mirror To The Sky through InsideOut Music on April 5.

The new version of...

He had a heart attack.

R.I.P. Vitalij Kuprij

Ukrainian keyboardist - known for his solo albums, as well as bands Artension and Ring of Fire. He has also been a touring member of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra since 2009....

Looks like the band has added a trumpet player for the USA dates, per this morning's announcement:

"We are pleased to announce that Cade Gotthardt will be performing with us at all of our shows in...

Back in the '80's, Ian guested on a Men Without Hats song (off of the "Pop Goes the World" album - a fun pop classic album imho).

In a 2021 interview, Ian had this to say about playing on that...