Marillion- North American tour 2016

[Progatron]

Here's Lucy's announcement from earlier today. Early goings right now, but I'll post any and all info whenever she updates it. I thought some of you might like to know that there is in fact going to be a 2016 N.A. tour! I'll be hitting the Toronto gig, and if my wife gets her way we'll also do the Montreal show.


Just to give you an update as I know you are all wondering. The places we are working with are listed below. As you will see, it's been hard to get proper interest from promoters outside of the 'normal' places that we play. So we are going to do this tour and hopefully it will be such a success in October 2016 that we can come straight back in Summer 2017 and get more interest in other cities! I know some of you will be disappointed that we won't be coming to your town - but hopefully with a years notice, you can book a road trip Come and have some fun with us. Dates and venues should be confirmed within the next two weeks.

In order....

Los Angeles
San Francisco (two nights)
Milwaukee
Chicago (two nights)
Toronto
Montreal
Quebec City
Boston
Philadelphia
Washington DC
New York

[SteveSly]

Wish they would come back to Grand Rapids MI which was at one time one of their biggest fan bases in the U.S., but looks like it ain't happening. Hopefully I can make one of the Chicago shows.

[Digital_Man]

I'll definitely have to see them this time. They are one of the few bands I really want to see but haven't.

[Jeremy Bender]

Looks like a Los Angeles > San Francisco run is in the cards. Can't wait to see them again, the second night at the West Hollywood House of Blues was a great show:

Splintering Heart
Cover My Eyes (Pain And Heaven)
Slainte Mhath
The Other Half
Afraid Of Sunlight
Cannibal Surf Babe
Lucky Man
Estonia
The Great Escape
Between You And Me
Neverland
This Strange Engine
Kayleigh (ZZZZZZZZ)
Easter
Three Minute Boy

I was born in nineteen sixty weird........

[Digital_Man]

^You might want to consider posting "spoiler alert" before listing the songs like that.

[GuitarGeek]

Actually, I hear Steve Rothery's solo band is doing some shows in Europe where they're playing Misplaced Childhood in it's entirety. Now, THAT I'd like to see come Stateside, though it's unlikely it'll ever happen.

[marblesmike]

^You might want to consider posting "spoiler alert" before listing the songs like that.

That's a setlist from almost 4 years ago. Not sure that is considered a spoiler. (unless you're joking and I didn't catch on!)

[Scott Bails]

Philadelphia

[Yves]

Is that Patton Oswalt as a child??

Marillion plays Montreal every year. I always say I'll consider seeing them then proceed to forget about it until after the show. I'll probably do the same in 2016.

[arise_shine]

Milwaukee? Two Chicago shows? Heck to the yeah! Another bucket list item to check off.

[Spiral]

So it's sort of like 2012 in reverse (so far). I'll just be happy to have another stop here in town, although I'd suggest they should really plan two nights in Philly in case of rig issues. Purely for their sake, of course.

[SteveSly]

I'll definitely have to see them this time. They are one of the few bands I really want to see but haven't.

According to Lucy's Facebook posts the plan is the above announced US tour in the fall of next year, and then another US swing the following summer hitting more cities. As usual finding promoters who know who Marillion is seems to be the problem. Sounds like they are hoping to gain some momentum in the fall to raise the profile for more gigs the next summer.

[JKL2000]

As I said in my reply to her post, I'll probably do Philly, DC, NYC, and try to enlist the family for the Philly and DC portion - make it a bit of a road trip. Of course, irritating things like my kids' school will get in the way, dammit!

[Digital_Man]

That's a setlist from almost 4 years ago. Not sure that is considered a spoiler. (unless you're joking and I didn't catch on!)

Sorry, I didn't realize that.

[Digital_Man]

Scott, do you think they will play at the TLA, the Keswick or some place else?

[Scott Bails]

Well, they played the TLA the last two times they played in Philly, but I'm really hoping that they play the Keswick.

[Digital_Man]

Yeah, me too. I can't imagine them not filling up at least half of the Keswick or close to it. I mean especially if the Hooters can sell out two shows there which I don't get other than the fact they are from Philly and Philly is suppose to be this big prog town(and no I'm not trying to imply the Hooters are prog ). I don't particularly like standing for an entire show so I hope they do play at the Keswick.

[Scott Bails]

The Hooters sell-out anytime they play in the area. Fantastic live band.

[Spiral]

Well, they played the TLA the last two times they played in Philly, but I'm really hoping that they play the Keswick.

I know the numbers are probably impossible, but I'd kill to see them at the Mann in summer.

[Scott Bails]

I know the numbers are probably impossible, but I'd kill to see them at the Mann in summer.

That would be a great place to see them, but no promoter would do that, unfortunately.

[Spiral]

no promoter would do that, unfortunately.

True (it was obvious as soon as I remembered the size of the place), but a man can dream.

I wonder if they've heard of the Perelman Theater inside the Kimmel. Finances might be tricky for something in the heart of the city, but it's another space with a great vibe that could offer both standing room and seating.

http://kimmelcenter.org/facilities/rent-perelman.php

(Photo #3 on that page is the setup I'm talking about.)

[Scott Bails]

THAT would be cool!

[marblesmike]

There's the new Fillmore venue in Fishtown that's been drawing a lot of attention lately, so hopefully they'll play there.

I'm pretty sure the TLA is the crappiest small venue in Philly. I'd even them rather play at the Troc.

[Scott Bails]

Good point, Mike. That Fillmore is getting a lot of shows.

[JKL2000]

I've only seen one show in Philly, and it was at the TLA (Fish -Sunsets...). Seemed like a good venue, for a standing only one, in that the floor had a good grade to it, so everyone could see well. A bit crappy aside from that. Also, that street was kind of insane at night. Amusing but insane.