Hey guys. Don't know if you saw this but my band with Simon Collins (son of Phil) called "Sound of Contact" has joined two bearded bands on a European tour. It's the Spock's Beard tour for their latest album and we're tagging along for the ride in May! I'll post the press release below because I didn't see it posted anywhere and I think a lot of you would like this gig. So if you happen to live near any of these areas come to the show and say hello!
Before we go out in May on this Sound of Contact is also joining Marillion on March 24th in Montreal for their Marillion Weekend Event. We'll be doing pretty much the same set there even before the album is out so if you like Floyd, Genesis, Yes etc. I think you might like SOC. It brings back some of that 70's prog but in a new fresh context. Also if you liked my old swirly Wurly sounds with Kevin Gilbert and Thud then you'll enjoy some of that sort of edge in this. If it wasn't enough to have that with Phil Collins' son drumming and singing you ALSO have John Wesley of Porcupine Tree on guitar in our band and your other friendly neighborhood PE'er Jonathan Schang of District 97 joining us on drums when Simon's out front singing and on addition keys (helping a Squid out with some keyboard heavy music!). So, I hope to see you all at these shows! It's going to be killer.
I'll post the press release. One thing to note though is that the first gig at Spirit in Verviers will ONLY have the Bearded bands (no SOC for that one. We're joining up with them at Sheffield). Now, Jonathan is ALSO touring with John Wetton and D97 during part of this time and at the end we ALL meet up and play the same night! I'm looking forward to hearing them play some old King Crimson personally. Love that stuff. Anyway... here's the news:
InsideOut Music 20th Anniversary Presents Spock’s Beard on tour with support from Beardfish and Sound of Contact
InsideOut Music’s 20th Anniversary is extremely proud to present the European tour from progressive-rock legends Spock’s Beard, who recently announce the release of their brand new studio album ‘Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep’. Joining the band on this tour will be Swedish prog quartet Beardfish and Sound of Contact, the new band featuring Simon Collins and Dave Kerzner. Spock’s Beard had this to say about the tour package:
„We are really looking forward to coming back to Europe and playing our new music. The combination of Spock's Beard, Sound of Contact and Beardfish promises to be really strong and entertaining for our fans!”
The tour dates can be found below:
May 2013 European Tour Dates
Spock’s Beard
Beardfish, Sound of Contact
(G/S/A dates presented by: ROCK HARD, ECLIPSED & Dragon Productions
2.05.2013 Spirit of 66 – Verviers, Belgium
3.05.2013 Corporation – Sheffield, UK
4.05.2013 The Arches – Glasgow, UK
5.05.2013 Academy 2 – Newcastle, UK
6.05.2013 Robin 2 – Bilston, UK
7.05.2013 The Garage – London, UK
8.05.2013 La Scene Bastille – Paris, France
9.05.2013 Z7 – Pratteln, Czech Republic
10.05.2013 Hirsch – Nürnberg, Germany
11.05.2013 Majestic – Bratislava, Slovakia
12.05.2013 A38 – Budapest, Hungary
14.05.2013 Szene – Vienna, Switzerland
15.05.2013 Colos-Saal – Aschaffenburg, Germany
16.05.2013 Das Rind – Rüsselsheim, Germany
17.05.2013 Zeche – Bochum, Germany
18.05.2013 De Boerderij – Zoetermeer, Netherlands
19.05.2013 Markthalle – Hamburg, Germany
Spock’s Beard’s new studio album marks the recording debut of long-time live drummer Jimmy Keegan, and vocalist / guitarist Ted Leonard (Enchant, Thought Chamber). It also sees the return of one familiar name to the song-writing credits, that of Neal Morse who has co-written two tracks after having left the band way back in 2002.
Last year Beardfish released their most recent album The Void, an album which saw Prog Magazine describe them as ‘one of the very finest that modern progressive rock has to offer.’ It also saw the band go on a well-received European tour with supergroup Flying Colours, and play to some of their largest audiences. Principal song-writer Rikard Sjöblom had this to say about the upcoming dates:
We hadn't heard of Spock's Beard when we started in 2001 (and named our band Beardfish...), but I remember someone asking if they were a big influence and if that's where we got the name from(this question has been asked a million times since then) so I listened to "Beware of Darkness" and "V" and thought "wow, they must have listened to the same stuff we have!". Still, they had their own sound and fantastic musicianship (I mean: Ryo and Alan, come on!) and seeing some live clips I saw a band that had a lot of fun on stage which has always been what Beardfish is about too.
We're really excited to get back on the road and feel that this will be a great triple combo, or as our bass player Robert put it: "You'll have two Beards with Sound Of Contact in your ears"... See you in May!
Sound Of Contact is the new brainchild of Simon Collins and Dave Kerzner, who were both recently seen contributing to Steve Hackett’s Genesis Revisited 2 album. The band have finished work on their debut album, and this tour will see them debuting the material live to audiences in Europe for the first time.
The band comments:
"We're honored to be part of the upcoming Spock's Beard European InsideOutMusic tour, says Simon Collins, lead singer and drummer of the new progressive rock band "Sound of Contact". "It's an exciting and perfect opportunity for us to present the music off our debut album 'Dimensionaut" in Europe!”
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