Okay guys. This is more than just an announcement of what's on (but it is more definitely on!). This "Bring The Prog Back" is about an effort to get more prog music out to the forefront of popularity when it comes to live events in cities across the world - especially North America which doesn't get as many progrock shows as Europe (but if all goes well with this tour we'll do the same thing in Europe and other places around the world). Ryo of Spock's Beard and I came up with this one drunken night on the recent tour we did in Europe. This sort of thing is nothing new to YOU on PE because you're all keeping prog alive when you participate in a site like PE as well as your support of the many progressive rock artists. But, quite simply, if we all want to see more progressive rock tours happen then more people need to know about it and be lured in to come see shows like this when they happen. So, we've been putting together great evenings of music with a long list of talented bands to join Sound of Contact in a very aggressive first US tour (with Toronto). Then to kick it off with a big BANG we're alerting the media to what we're doing and making a big noise about it!
Read below for the details and check out the news from Prog Magazine. They're excited about it too.
http://www.progrockmag.com/news/soun...nvasion-of-us/
Here's the news which can also be found on the SOC site. Here are the dates with bands in each city: http://www.soundofcontact.com/tour-dates/
News from the site:
Sound of Contact are pleased to announce the “Bring The Prog Back” North American Tour in August and September of 2013 along with a host of hot progressive rock artists. On each date of the “Bring The Prog Back Tour”, Sound of Contact plays their entire 73 minute “Dimensionaut” concept album from beginning to end with Simon Collins on drums and vocals, Dave Kerzner on keys, Matt Dorsey on bass, Randy McStine on guitar and Ronen Gordon on drums. The line up of bands changes from city to city and includes such star progrock artists* as Spock’s Beard, Jolly, Edison’s Children and Francis Dunnery (founder of the band It Bites and former guitarist for Robert Plant) who will be doing a unique “iRig Gig” performance with music gadgets for the iPhone® and iPad® by IK Multimedia. At the end of the evening a variety of musicians from the show will come on stage for an all out “Bring The Prog Back” medley of timeless prog classics.
East and West Coast Dates in North America
The “Bring The Prog Back Tour” has select dates on the West Coast of the US in August and a long string of shows on the East Coast going all the way up to Toronto, Canada and ending in Chicago on September 19th.
“We’re doing this tour with a lot of modern progressive rock bands carrying the torch forward into the future.” Says Collins “It’s oddly poetic that we bookend the tour playing shows with some of the significant originators of the genre”.
Just before the tour Sound of Contact is opening the Yestival mainstage in early August with bands like Carl Palmer’s ELP legacy, Musical Box and Yes. Then just after the tour Simon Collins, Dave Kerzner and Francis Dunnery will perform as guests with Steve Hackett on his Genesis Revisited 2 show on September 20th and 21st at the Arcada theater in Chicago!!!!!!
The list of progressive rock artists on the “Bring The Prog Back Tour”
Sound of Contact
Spock’s Beard
Francis Dunnery’s iRig Gig with special guests (here's a taste: http://instagram.com/p/a9uwEtByEZ/ )
Jolly
Glass Hammer
Edison’s Children (featuring Pete Trewavas of Marillion)
Tom Brislin
Oblivion Sun (featuring former members of Happy The Man)
Dream The Electric Sleep
District 97
Little Atlas
Out of the Beardspace
Bolus
EGO
Kasim Sulton
Druckfarben
* Participating bands subject to confirmation.
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