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July 31, 2002

Spock’s Beard

The tracklist of the third CD of the limited edition of “Snow” is no longer a secret.
The Limited Edition contains the 2 CD digibook version of SNOW with a 28 page four color booklet. It comes in a special box plus an extra BONUS disc with a cover song, live acoustic versions, and some outtakes and dialogue. Also a 4 page booklet with the story of SNOW and 3 stickers with the album cover of Snow, V, and Day For Night (all color).

www.spocksbeard.com



BONUS DISC:

1.     Southside of the Sky (9:11)

2.     Good Don't Last/Open Wide the Flood gates (Live Acoustic) (11:26)

3.     Working on Devil/Fiddly/Disco (4:41)

4.     Looking For Answers (Live Acoustic) (4:59)

5.     Stranger Demo (2:34)

6.     4 O'Clock (:24)

7.     Working on Ryo's Solo (7:42)

8.     Lost Bass solo (2:01)

9.     The Light (Live Acoustic) (6:08)

10. Working on I will Go (2:10)

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Pallas.

DVD RECORDING ZOETERMEER SATURDAY 7th SEPTEMBER

The DVD: the date for the recording of a gig for DVD release has been confirmed for Sat 7th Sept at Zoetermeer in the Netherlands. As we discovered in January, the venue's ideal for the purpose with a decent stage, a responsive audience, and a handy on-site bar for coping with post-gig adrenalin depletion!!! I'm sure those of you who make it along will help make it as special a night as possible. We hope to have one or two surprises, but if I told you what they were I'd have to kill you afterwards.

Putting a DVD together is a new experience for us, but we're excited by the possiblities the format offers. We're hoping to do it justice with a few extra features, the details of which again (I'm sad to say) are only available on a need to know basis (and you don't need to know - yet!)

The new album (working title "Not another F***ing concept album about orcs and hobbits?!"): This is also gradually looming on the horizon. The individual members of the band have been hunched over their guitars/keyboards/computers/digeridus accumulating the various ingredients that will make up our next opus. In my case this has been made a whole lot easier by the completion of the loft conversion that houses my home studio set-up. The result has been a steady flow of computer files and mini-discs between London and Aberdeen, the fruits of which you may one day get to hear. All I can say is that I'm wondering how we're going to fit a symphony orchestra into the Mill!!!”

www.pallas-uk.com

Alan Reed

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Following on from the hugely successful "Magician's Birthday Party 2001", this year's event has been upgraded to a full festival with a sensational line up of great bands and exciting fringe events!!  This is the ideal opportunity to join Uriah Heep and friends and experience some of the greatest names in the history of British Rock live in concert over four amazing nights of great music!  The main festival is staged in the legendary surroundings of the Shepherd's Bush Empire, with fringe events on Thursday and Sunday in the Mean Fiddler!  Over the four days of Classic Rock mania these are the bands you can experience live

DAY ONE: NOVEMBER 29th (Friday) Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, UK
Nektar** 7:15pm
Uriah Heep (electric set)* 9:00pm
* Special guest: Manfred Mann on synthesizer, and probably more...
** The original lineup just reformed, plus Larry Fast on keyboards, and the original 70's liquid light show by Mick Brockett!

DAY TWO: NOVEMBER 30th (Saturday) Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, UK
Uriah Heep (acoustic set)* 6:00pm
Asia** 8:00pm (curfew at 10:00pm)
* Special guest: Joe Elliott (Def Leppard), to be confirmed, and more...
** 20th Anniversary Show, including surprise guests and, to be Heep-related, Chris Slade on drums!

The already traditional Heep Festival Club will be happening during the same days as above (Friday and Saturday), and features a varied programme of Heep related events including a book launch, question and answer sessions, rarities auction, informal performances by past and present Heep members and the hilarious search to see if anyone is knowledgeable enough to replace Louis Rentrop as the world's biggest Heep fan!

But, there is even more... Fringe Events as follows!!!
DAY "ZERO": NOVEMBER 28th (Thursday) Mean Fiddler, London UK
Karnataka
The Lawton Dunning Project

DAY THREE: DECEMBER 1st (Sunday) Mean Fiddler, London UK
Mostly Autumn
Caravan*
* The current line up of Caravan includes founder members Pye Hastings, Richard Coughlan and David Sinclair, along with viola player Geoff Richardson from the "Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night" era.  Also featured are bassist Jim Leverton and former Robert Plant sideman Doug Boyle.
Details and tickets ordering soon up at http://www.uriah-heep.com
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DAY ONE: OCTOBER 5th (Saturday) Patriots Theater at The War Memorial, Trenton, NJ, USA
Mostly Autumn 2:00pm
Asia* 5pm
Uriah Heep (electric set) 8:00pm
* 20th Anniversary Show, including Chris Slade on drums

DAY TWO: OCTOBER 6th (Sunday) Patriots Theater at The War Memorial, Trenton, NJ, USA
Karnataka 2:00pm
Nektar* 5:00pm
Uriah Heep (acoustic set) 8:00pm
* The original lineup just reformed, and the original 70's liquid lightshow by Mick Brockett!

Details and tickets ordering soon up at http://www.uriah-heep.com !! Meanwhile, some info on the venue can be found here:
http://www.nearfest.com/nearfest/concertvenue.asp
(this is the same venue used for the NEARfest this year)
http://www.state.nj.us/state/warmemorial/theatre.html

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More info about Heep's concert at the Colmar Festival can be found at
http://www.foire-colmar.com/concerts-fr.htm?jour= .
 

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Avantasia

"The long-awaited second part of the chart breaker "Avantasia" by mastermind TOBIAS SAMMET will be released in August 2002!"
After the celebrated release and the top chart positions of Tobias Sammet's "AVANTASIA - The Metal Opera Pt. 1" the second part of the All-Star-Project of EDGUY main man Tobias Sammet will be released in the second week of August this year. Let's see, if "Avantasia Pt.2" can de-throne "Avantasia Pt.1" as AFM Record's bestseller. The pre-album will continue at the point where "Avantasia Pt.1" finished. The final second part is characterized by atmospheric density and a stronger musical aspect without losing the typical Sammet trademarks.
www.afm-records.de
www.tobiassammet.com

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Zak Stevens

US Star signs new deal with AFM records. The first album is coming in the winter of 2003.
After two years of silence around the former Savatage singer Zak Stevens – he’s now back with his own band “Circle II Circle”. The first class quality of the new material lies somewhere between Savatage highlights like “Hall Of The Mountain King”, “Edge Of Thorns” and “Dead Winter Dead”. As a special bonus, the debut album will be produced by no one else than Savatage mastermind Jon Oliva who is also contributing some background vocals.
www.afm-records.de

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July 28, 2002

Marillion.

A special introduction to Marillion CD features 8 band-picked album tracks spanning the past 10 years of their career You can get if for free.
Tracklist: Between You And Me (Live) – This Is The 21st Century – Rick – Man Of A 1000 Faces – Out Of This World – Afraid Of Sunlight – The Great Escape – Easter.
Just make sure, you never bought anything from Racket Records and you didn’t order the extra CD that went with “Marillion.com”. As long as Marillion doesn’t have your name in their database. But I bet your mother-in-law never ordered anything from Marillion?
http://www.marillion.com/discog/crash/form.html

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Spock’s Beard.

If you can’t wait any longer to hear anything from the new CD “Snow”, then you can listen to the first five minutes of the opening track “Made Alive/Overture”.
http://www.metalblade.com/bands/Spocks_Beard/SpocksBeard-MadeAlive-Overture.mp3

Porcupine Tree

The band is touring the USA at the moment. This week they had a gig in Boston. This is their setlist of the evening. (as a taster for the tour of Europe later this year)

New Song (not introduced)
Waiting - phase one only
Shesmovedon
Buying New Soul
Even Less
Slave Called Shiver
The Sound of Muzak
Wedding Nails
Stop Swimming
Pure Narcotic
Last Chance to Evacuate...
Hatesong
Strip the Soul
Encore #1:  Dark Matter!
Encore #2:  Tinto Brass

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July 24, 2002

Heaven’s Cry.

DVS Records:

“We are proud to send you the latest news about our upcoming album, the long awaited second album by Canadian progmetal act Heaven's Cry. Do you remember "Food For Thought Substitute" released back in 1996?? This album was voted as album of the month in several European metal magazines and ended on the 13th place in the annual album poll off Burrn! magazine in Japan. You probably forgot the band, but they will strike back this year!!

The new album, entitled "Primal Power Addiction", will see daylight in Europe in September, right before the Progpower festival where the band will have their first European gig ever. The new album will contain 10 brand new songs, in the same vein as the debut album "Food For Thought Substitute" but with a much more modern sound. If you liked the debut album you definitely will like this one. For those who do not know the band, let us surprise you in a very pleasant way.

For all American and Canadian people, the album will be officially released by MetalHertz in October, with distribution in Canada to the award winning distributor D.E.P. and in the USA through Sindrome / Warner. We are now negotiating details for official releases in other parts of the world for this album, we will keep you informed.

For more info and other excellent news check out the DVS website, like:

• DVS licensed both Into Eternity albums to Century Media for release in Canada and USA
• MetalHertz will also release Sonic Debris' debut album "Velvet Thorns" this fall in the USA and Canada
• "Cardinal VII" by Ashes To Ashes licensed to The Art Records for Mexican release in October

(www.dvsrecords.com )

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Porcupine Tree

"Gravity Eyelids" virtual listening party

On the site of PT, you can download a visual presentation of the son “Gravity Eyelids” from their upcoming album “In Absentia”

The album will be released on September 24, 2002.

www.porcupinetree.com

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Galahad.

The long awaited “Year Zero” has its official release on Monday, September 23, 2002.

But you'll be able to get hold of a copy before then via Room 801. Pre-orders are being taken now, see www.galahadonline.com , which has a whole new look. (Also some mp3’s of the album)
John Wetton does some vocals on “Year Zero”.

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Focus.

From October 28 until November 19, Focus will tour through Chile (Santiago & Valparaiso),

Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Sao Paolo, Macae, Porto Alegre), Argentina (Buenos Aires), Peru (Lima), Mexico (Mexico City), Venezuela (Caracas)

In August and the first 3 weeks of September, they want to perform a part of the new repertoire. Also because their recent recorded CD "FOCUS 8" will appear shortly. The exact date depends on the result of negotiations with different labels. You can book Focus for a fair prize during this august/September period. After their tour of South America, they will adapt their fee accordingly. They have a request for a tour in Japan during May/June of next year. (contact Hubers International)

After The Silence

After The Silence, a metal band from Utrecht in Holland was searching for a new keyboard player. They have now found Joop de Rooij from Amersfoort.
The new musician is rehearsing the material from the band. The first gig will be on September 7^th on Glaspop in Leerdam, Holland.
If you want to have more information on the band, surf to www.afterthesilence.nl

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Xinema

UNICORN RECORDS is proud to announce the release of Swedish AOR-PROG band XINEMA with their first CD “Different Ways".  Xinema is a three piece prog/melodic rock band from Sweden, and has existed in its present form since March 99. Their music can be described as melodic emotional, well played and with a profound intention of making each song a working entity.  The band's motto is: “A good song is always a good song, regardless of genre."  Xinema takes great pride in their strong musical integrity, and has always done things their own way.  This gives at hand that there's no obvious choice when it comes to placing them a specific genre.  The guys themselves feel that they are standing with one leg in the melodic / AOR field and with the other in the progressive realm.   This release will please fans of SAGA, ASIA and the likes.
MP3 samples are available at: http://www.unicornrecords.com/Mp3/mp3.html

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July 19, 2002

OSI

The highly anticipated project featuring guitarist Jim Matheos (Fates Warning), keyboardist Kevin Moore (Chroma Key, formerly of Dream Theater) and drummer Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, Transatlantic) now has an official name OSI.
OSI will release its debut album, 'Orchestra of Strategic Influence,' in fall 2002 on InsideOut Music America. IOMA Managing Director Jim Pitulski expects this album to be one the label's biggest sellers to date.
Matheos, Moore and Portnoy are the core of the band, and Moore does most of the lead vocals, but 'Orchestra of Strategic Influence' will also feature special guest vocalists to be announced, and guest bass guitarist Sean Malone (Gordian Knot).
Recording of 'Orchestra of Strategic Influence' is taking place at Carriage House Studios in Connecticut with Grammy Award-winning engineer Phil Magnotti.
Jim finished recording guitars in his studio in New Hampshire, and Kevin started recording his keys, programming and vocals there on Tuesday, July 16th, 2002. Mixing and mastering should be completed by August 20th.
Listeners can expect to be surprised. According to Portnoy, musically speaking the album is "not Fates Warning, not Dream Theater and not Chroma Key."
A limited edition, multimedia version of 'Orchestra of Strategic Influence' will also be available and include concept videos from Moore as well as documentary footage.
For future updates, visit IOMA's web site: www.insideoutmusic.com 
 

Explorers Club

“Raising The Mammoth” MA-9046-2  (August 20, 2002)

Explorers Club is an all star progressive rock tour de force. When great players are provided with great songwriting, a project such as Explorers Club results. World class artists perform together again on the second Explorers Club album, "Raising The Mammoth".
Featuring: Terry Bozzio – Drums (Zappa, UK); John Myung – Bass (Dream Theater); Kerry Livgren – Guitar (Kansas); Marty Friedman – Guitar (Megadeth); Gary Wehrkamp – Guitar (Shadow Gallery); Trent Gardner – Keyboards (Magellan); Mark Robertson – Keyboards (Cairo); Steve Walsh – Vocals (Kansas); James LaBrie – Vocals (Dream Theater)

For fans of ELP, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Van Der Graaf Generator, King Crimson

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Progpower

The line-up for Progpower Europe is complete. On october 5 and 6 in Baarlo Holland, you can see following bands:
After Forever (Hol)
Treshold (UK)
Theory In Practice (Swe)
Heavens Cry (Can)
Ashes To Ashes (Nor)
Everon (Ger)
A.C.T (Swe)
Dead Soul Tribe (Aut)
Sun Caged (Hol)
Arabesque (Hol)
Stonehenge (Hun)

Divide Multitude (Nor)
(Rene Jansen: “we don’t know yet who’s going to play on Saturday and Sunday, but we plan to give Saturday a more progressive style, and Sunday a more metalsound. But both days will be worth a visit”)
http://www.progpower.com/pp_europe/index.htm

Adrenaline/Steelheart Records

AZTEC JADE "Concrete Eden"
After countless of fantastic reviews from worldwide press for their latest release "Paradise Lost", and for its versions on Adrenaline Record's Tribute albums "Voices - A Tribute To Dream Theater" and "The Attack Of The Dragons - A Tribute To Queen", the band is now ready to deliver its fourth Cd "Concrete Eden".
Aztec Jade's new musical direction is more bombastic, symphonic and melodic than ever, courtesy of top-notch singer Leon Ozug, but still keeping the complex and progressive sound that made Aztec Jade one of the new driving forces in the next era of Rock!
PALACE OF BLACK "Palace of Black"
Debut-Album for the new band of  MICHAEL VESCERA (singer of Yngwie Malmsteen, Reign Of Terror, MVP, Loudness, Obsession) and PAUL MARKO (November 67 e projects with Rick Wake/Bad Circus, Joe Franco/Twisted Sister). Classic Heavy Doomy Metal, a mix of BLACK SABBATH and the more recent NEVERMORE in addition to great vocal performances!  THE NEW ALBUM is now AVAILABLE at http://cdbaby.com/palaceofblack where you can also listen to some of their mp3s.
ASKA "Avenger"
The band has been described as a winning mix between early Iron Maiden and Judas Priest ("Screaming For Vengeance" and "Defenders Of The Faith"), undoubtably two of the main influences on Aska's music. The new album "Avenger" features the band at the top of its career, with a fantastic songwriting, a wonderful singer and an excellent production. So, be prepared for the REAL METAL ATTACK from USA!
MOON OF STEEL "Insignificant Details"
The new album of one of the most relevant Italian metal bands. The "new"  Moon Of Steel sound original, powerful, melodic and dark at the same time, sometimes recalling Nevermore,  earlier Queensryche and Metallica of  "Black Album". A new, intelligent and cheeky way of interpreting classic Heavy Metal! Check it out at
http://www.moonofsteel.com There you'll find mp3s from the new album as well as from the previous one.
EVIL WINGS "Kite"
Amazing fourth album o fthe Italian most original Prog/Groovy Metal band. Evil Wings' new album is more in the vein of King's X, Soundgarden and Black Sabbath. "Kite" is an incredible mix of melody, musical tecnique and strong songwriting that features a fresh and innovative band who will surprise many people!

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Tony Kaye sues Yes.

Tony Kaye, the original keyboardist and a founding member of Yes, filed a lawsuit Tuesday (July 16) in a Los Angeles Superior Court, over unpaid royalties and music rights stemming from a band DVD and the forthcoming boxed set In A Word: Yes (1969- ), a five-CD collection scheduled for release on July 30.

Kaye, whose real name is Anthony Selvidge, accuses Warner Music Group, Warner Strategic Marketing, and the Warner Tamerlane and Warner Chapell music publishing companies with intentional and negligent misrepresentation, tortious interference with written contract, and breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

In the lawsuit, Kaye states he left Yes in 1972 due to internal band issues and improper payment of royalties. In 1982, Kaye and other members of the band signed an exclusive artists recording agreement with Atlantic, a division of Warner Music Group.

Kaye charges that proper royalties were never paid over the years, despite a letter in 1999 to Warner Chappell requesting an adjustment. In addition, he states he was not properly consulted over a new boxed set of Yes material, though he claims 25 percent ownership of the band name, as well as publishing entitlements with regards to certain songs.

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15/07/2002

Mostly Autumn.

While the rest of the band (except Jon) played at a charity evening in aid of Ant Glynne, Rick Wakeman's guitarist, Bryan was in the States to visit the North East Art Rock Festival (or NEARfest for short) 2002, according to their own website, "the most prestigious progressive music festival in the world."
The annual festival took place at The War Memorial Theater in Trenton, New Jersey, just outside of Philadelphia. He was working as a photographer with the guys from Classic Rock Productions, who were taping Nektar and Caravan for a possible DVD release.
Recently there were rumours around, that Mostly Autumn will play NEARfest 2003, so please note that this is still a rumour...
Plans for next year are a new album in April and a tour to promote it in Late April/May !!! The probable title for the album is "Passengers". According to Bryan 6 songs are already finished, more in the works. Rumours are of a well known producer to be involved....

Guy Manning.

Mixing and production for the new CD "The Ragged Curtain" (featuring Angela from Mostly Autumn on Flutes & Recorders again) is in the final stages now and Guy Manning aims to have it in the can by the end of July.
Photos from the Fairview sessions and the lyrics etc are up at the web site.
The CD will be released October 2002 on CYCLOPS, cataloge number is CYCL115.

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Uriah Heep

- Next Friday, July 19th, The Heep Squad attacks Portugal!  Details about this and other coming gigs can be found at
http://www.uriah-heep.com/livedates/ !

- Next Saturday, July 20th, at 21:50 (9:50pm), Uriah Heep will be featured on Swiss Television (SF2), with a one-hour Concert Special "The Legend Continues..."! (thanks to Robert Merckling for the info)

- A "new" Uriah Heep collectors item has popped up. A replica of the Roger Dean painting for the Magician's Birthday woven (not printed) into a tapestry or throw (some refer to them as afghans).  This thing is really cool and good size, 72" X 51". It's an official item, ©2001 Roger Dean. Take a look: http://www.tavellers-in-time.com/MBPTapestry.html (thanks to
Ron Mann of the Carolina Heepsters Association)

Daryl Stuermer

For some time now Daryl Stuermer fans have inquired, requested (in some cases, demanded) information on Daryls earlier group, Sweetbottom. We are pleased to announce that the group has reformed with its original members: Daryl Stuermer (guitar), Warren Wiegratz (sax and synthesizer), Duane Stuermer (Bass and vocals), Michael Murphy (drums and percusssion) and a special guest addition, Kostia (keyboards).

http://www.darylstuermer.com/sweetbottom/index.html prepared this special area of the website for information on what to expect from Sweetbottom in the future.

Sweetbottom will perform at various festival and concert venues throughout the summer 2002. It all started this summer when the band kicked off a stream of concerts Sunday, June 16th at Racine "Harbor Fest" in Racine, WI.

1975 From left to right: Mike Murphy, Duane Stuermer, Daryl Stuermer,
Mark Torroll, Warren Wiegratz

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The Gathering.

You can find a hidden track on the “Black Light District” EP. And this time it’s really a hidden track. You start the EP and then immediately rewind. You have to rewind it up to -2’39. The song is placed before the others and can’t be reached if you don’t know it. It’s called “Over You”.

The Gathering: We are very happy with the first reactions on the new The Gathering mini CD Black Light District! After two weeks a first amount of 1.500 copies have found their way to our dedicated fans.

*** order your copy of Black Light District ***
http://www.4tune-shop.nl/index.php?categorie=gathering
and for the usa: http://www.theendrecords.com/omega/omega.htm
Summer tour dates:
august 2002
     3 Eurorock Festival, Lommel (bel)
     5 Sziget Festival, Budapest (hun)
    11 M'era Luna Festival, Hildesheim (ger)
    17 National Stadium, Chania, Crete (gre)
    23 Summer Breeze Festival, Abtsgmund (ger)
    24 Long live Rock & Roll, Moscow (rus)
september 2002
    12-15 Rock Festival, Vicenza (ita)
october 2002
     4 Lantaarn, Hellendoorn (nl)
    11 Patronaat, Haarlem (nl)
    18 W2, Den Bosch (nl)
    19 Capitale Rock Fest, Waremme (bel)
    24 Speakers, Delft (nl)
    25 Burgerweeshuis, Deventer (nl)
november 2002
     1 Podium, Hardenberg (nl)
     8 Willem Een, Arnhem (nl)
    16 Kade, Zaandam (nl)
    22 Biebob, Vosselaar (bel)
    30 Fenix, Sittard (nl)

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STARCASTLE

We are pleased to announce Starcastle's appearance at Progday 2002!!!

From Progday: American progressive rock masters STARCASTLE will be appearing at the ProgDay festival this Labor Day weekend, August 31st and September 1st, 2002. This performance is a culmination of a series of serendipitous events for all involved, as ProgDay found out that Starcastle might be available only after initial band commitments were made, but fate smiled kindly and the band was both available to play, and eager to get on stage in front of their fans after all these years.

Originating in Champaign Illinois, Starcastle was one of the popular and well-respected of the American prog bands of the 70s. Their first two albums for Epic, "Starcastle" and "Fountains of Light", are archetypes of the symphonic sound; utopian, grand, sweeping, intricate, complex and melodic, a marriage of accessibility and compositional rigor that holds up well to much of the contemporary music and what has come since.

After many years of inactivity, Starcastle is back. Gary Strater's Sunsinger Records has released the Starcastle archive "Chronos I", featuring material from the band's early days, and work is also underway for a new studio album. The long-awaited reunion of the band will be realized on the stage for the first time this Labor Day weekend. It is a privilege for ProgDay that this world-class band has accepted an invitation to perform.

For more info: http://www.starcastlemusic.com

Tickets are already on sale for ProgDay, a two-day festival taking place on the Labor Day weekend, August 31-September 1 2002, at Storybook Farm in Chapel Hill, NC. Already confirmed for the event are Happy the Man, The Muffins, Avant Garden (all US), Kraan (Germany), Tempano (Venezuela) and Thieves' Kitchen (UK).

www.progday.com

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H Band

Live Spirit : Live Body

Scheduled for Release June/July 2002
Live Album
Recorded 8 and 9 August, 2001, at Dingwalls in London during the 'Body and Spirit' evenings, this live offering from the H Band features a stunning collection of both music and musicians

Steve Hogarth (Vocals, Keyboards), Richard Barbieri (Synthesizers), Andy Gangadeen (Drums), Dave Gregory (Guitar), Aziz Ibrahim (Guitar), Jingles (Bass), Dablir Singh (Tablas), Stephanie Sobey-Jones (Cello)

You can find tracklist and samples of the songs at http://www.marillion.com/discog/hlive/

SLOTTSSKOGEN GOES PROGRESSIVE 2002
Saturday 17 aug 16-22

Free festival with world class acts in symphonic and progressive rock!

This is what the program looks like including starting times:
16.00 SKYRON
Psykedelic á la 60:ies. Tremologuitars, Farfisa Organ and
cosmic freeflights.
 
16.45 CARIZMA RAIN
http://www.geocities.com/carizmarain/mainpage.htm
Great poprock with an artrock vibe! Winners of band battle "Partillerocken 2000".

17.30 GROVJOBB
http://www.listen.to/grovjobb
Instrumental progressive folk rock á la Kebnekajse and Made In Sweden.

18.45 ANDROMEDA
http://www.andromeda.space2u.com/
Progmetal from Skåne (southern sweden) with energy! Heavy and complex!

20.00 THE FLOWER KINGS
http://www.users.wineasy.se/flowerkings/
Swedish world class act in symphonic rock!

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Pendragon
Go check out their site and listen to some MP3 bits from Pendragon's brand new and magical "Acoustically Challenged" CD.
www.toffrecords.com

Treshold.

New CD: “Critical Mass”
Release date: September 2002
Track List: 1. Phenomenon (5.30) 2. Choices (8.19) 3. Falling Away (6.52)
4. Fragmentation (6.34) 5. Echoes Of Life (8.55) 6. Round And Round (5.26)
7. Avalon (4.45) 8. Critical Mass [part 1-3] (13.35)

Musicians
Mac: vocals - Karl Groom: guitars - Nick Midson: guitars - Jon Jeary: bass
Richard West: keyboards - Johanne James: drums

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Phil Collins.

Phil Collins has put the finishing touches to a new solo album. "Testify" should be available by 12th November and has taken almost six years in the making. It is the first new material by the 51-year-old ex-drummer and singer of Genesis since the soundtrack for the Disney vehicle "Tarzan" (1999). Following the immense success of the single "You'll Be in My Heart", Collins not only scored an Oscar, but also a Golden Globe and a Grammy award for his contribution to the soundtrack. Collins remarried in 1999 and has become a father again last year, two feats which obviously stimulated his creativity. "The songs for this album have been written over a period of two years. Thanks to new games and tools, the songs practically wrote themselves. It led to some of my best songs ever", Collins proudly announces. Last month, Phil Collins took up the drumsticks for a rare performance on the grounds of Buckingham Palace for the Queen's Golden Jubilee.

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Cirrha Niva.

CIRRHA NIVA's "Liaison de la Morte Rock Opera"  Soon to haunt a theater near you! 

PROGMAN COMETH FESTIVAL

Two Monkey Finger & MoonJune proudly announce

Prog rock music festival in the USA featuring the best of Canterbury England’s distinguished musicians, along with their counterparts in the US, "Progressive". When most had given up on this dream, others have made it a reality"Progman Cometh" music festival.
August 16th, 17th, & 18th 2002 in Seattle Washington USA, in a historic 1500 seat venue, The Moore Theatre will continue the legend of Progressive Music. Performers scheduled include: SoftWare - Allan Holdsworth, Hugh Hopper, Elton Dean, and John Marshall (the New Software for the Classic Machine), Pip Pyle’s Bash, Phil Millers In Cahoots, Kevin Ayers, Daevid Allen's University of Errors, Richard Sinclair, Gordon Beck and the list goes on.
Former bands these gentle men have encompassed include Soft Machine, Hatfield and the North, National Health, Gong, Caravan, need we say more?  Over 60 previous bands will be represented through members, with more than 700 recordings released amongst the lot. Canterbury isn’t the only part of the progressive continuum that will be at Progman Cometh, Glass will delight long time NorthWest fans and Kopecky, Azigza, Phreeworld, Hampster Theatre and others bring to life the many aspects of "Prog Music"
Please visit: http://twomonkeyfinger.com for all of the concert details.

SOFTWARE

New album "ABRAKADABRA"
Coming on Universal Records Japan in October 2002 and in January 2003 in the rest of the world
An exclusive MoonJune production
We are the New Software for the Classic Machine!
ALLAN HOLDSWORTH electric guitar
ELTON DEAN alto sax, saxello, Fender Rhodes
HUGH HOPPER electric bass
JOHN MARSHALL drums

In September of 1999, Software debuted at a festival in Augustusburg, Germany. The band ‹ Hugh Hopper (bass), John Marshall (drums), Elton Dean (alto sax and saxello),  Keith Tippett (piano) ‹ presented a mosaic of glittering Soft riffs, fuzzy hues and blues and a percussive lyricism that crackled like a snapping whip. They blew life into the still smouldering members of early 70's progressive music. They rocked, they grooved, but mostly they made a glorious noise.
This one-off performance continued to resonate. Along the Canterbury trail interest was on the rise. And thus 2002 heralds the arrival of a brand new Software for a classic machine. Hugh, Elton, and John are now joined by the equally iconoclastic Allan Holdsworth on guitar.

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09/07/2002

David Gilmour
David Gilmour appears on the soundtrack of the Italian motion picture, "Il Trionfo Dell'Amore" (Triumph Of Love) that had it's premiere at the 58th Venice Film Festival. He performs on tracks 7,9,10,12, and 15 of composer Jason Osborn's score

White Willow
It seems that at last the live performance of the Norwegian band at NEARFest last year will be released. The album will be mixed this summer in the same studios where "Sacrament" was recorded and it will be out through The Laser's Edge as soon as possible. Also the band will be on tour through Europe this summer. They will play in Norway, France, Belgium, Germany and Spain. At those concerts the band will perform besides songs from their 3 studio albums, also new material from the next album. For the first time ever they will perform their song "A Dance of Shadows" from the second album "Ex Tenebris".
For more information: http://www.whitewillow.net

Las Orejas y la Lengua
"La eminencia inobjetable" is the title of the first album of this progressive quintet from Argentina that will be released by Viajero Inmovil Records. The band makes complex instrumental and elaborated music with constant rhythm changes and cute melodies with an attitude close to Frank Zappa, Dün and Miriodor.

ASIA - 'QUADRA'
4 CD box set containing officially sanctioned bootleg recordings from three important phases in the history of the ultimate Prog / AOR supergroup. Deluxe packaging contains rare or unseen photos and an exclusive interview with Carl Palmer.
 Release date 29th July!!  £19.99 + postage (£2.50 UK, £3.50 Rest Of The World)
www.zoomclub.com
Track listing as follows:
CD1 (Pittsburgh, PA. 25/4/82): Without You / The Clap / Midnight Sun / Only Time Will Tell / The Smile Has Left Your Eyes / Cutting It Fine / Wildest Dreams / Here Comes The Feeling / Sole Survivor / The Man With The Golden Arm / Heat Of The Moment
CD2 (Worcester, MA. 22/8/83): Wildest Dreams / Time Again / The Heat
Goes On / Eye To Eye / Only Time Will Tell / Beginnings / Valley Of Rocks / The Clap / Midnight Sun
CD3 (Worcester, MA. 22/8/83): Don't Cry / The Last To Know / Open Your Eyes The Smile Has Left Your Eyes / Here Comes The Feeling / Sole Survivor / Heat Of The Moment
CD4 (Frankfurt 13/12/90): Wildest Dreams / Sole Survivor / Only Time Will Tell / Rendezvous / The Smile Has Left Your Eyes / The Heat Goes On / Heat Of The Moment.

Yes
In celebration of the start of their world tour and the release of the box set In a Word: Yes (1969 - ) Yes will be performing a one-hour set at Experience Music Project's Sky Church in Seattle on July 14 at 7:30 PM. This free performance will be followed by a presentation of Yes artifacts.

Rhino/Atco Records will be releasing “In a Word: Yes (1969 - )”, the most definitive Yes retrospective ever produced, featuring more than three decades of music, ranging from 1969’s Yes on Atlantic Records to 2001’s Magnification on Beyond Records.

The package was produced by Steve Howe and the band (along with Rhino’s VP of A&R David McLees), while each of the 55 tracks spanning the band’s exceptional career has been remastered for sterling sound quality.

The box set will be available on July 30 at all retail outlets and at Rhino.com for a suggested retail price of $69.98; Rhino will be offering it with a 20% discount.
Also included is an 80-page booklet, featuring liner notes from rock journalist and author Chris Welch, an insightful essay from author and Yes expert Bill Martin, as well as tribute quotes from Academy Award®-winning writer/director Cameron Crowe, Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard, Geddy Lee of Rush, and Jon Fishman from Phish, among others. In addition to numerous rare photos from the group’s personal archives, the box itself features new cover artwork from Roger Dean.

Along with full-length album versions of classic Yes tunes such as “Roundabout,” “Long Distance Runaround,” “I’ve Seen All Good People,” and “Owner Of A Lonely Heart,” this deluxe five-CD package also includes six previously unreleased tracks—“Tango,” “Never Done Before,” and “Richard”; “Crossfire” (recorded in 1979 in London by Steve Howe, Chris Squire and Alan White); “Fist Of Fire” (alternate take from the 1989 Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe sessions); and “Last Train” (outtake from the 2001 Magnification sessions).

Also included is a version of "The Revealing Science of God" which contains a short introduction of instrumental/atmospheric music.

CD1.
1.Every Little Thing 2. Sweetness 3. Survival 4. Then 5. Sweet Dreams 6. Astral Traveller 7. Time And A Word 8. Dear Father 9. Yours Is No Disgrace 10. Clap
11. Perpetual Change 12. Starship Trooper 13. I've Seen All Good People: Your Move / All Good People
CD2.
1. Roundabout 2. South Side Of The Sky 3. Heart Of The Sunrise 4. America 5. Close To The Edge 6. The Revealing Science Of God (with extended intro)
CD3.
1. Siberian Khatru 2. Long Distance Runaround 3. The Gates Of Delirium 4. To Be Over 5. Going For The One 6. Turn Of The Century 7. Wondrous Stories 8. Don't Kill The Whale 9. Release, Release 10. Arriving U.F.O. 11. Richard (previously unreleased)
CD4.
1. Tango (previously unreleased) 2. Never Done Before (previously unreleased) 3. Crossfire (previously unreleased) 4. Machine Messiah 5. Tempus Fugit 6. Owner Of A Lonely Heart 7. It Can Happen 8. Leave It 9. Hold On 10. Rhythm Of Love 11. Love Will Find A Way 12. Holy Lamb (Song For Harmonic Convergence) 13. Brother Of Mine (ABWH) 14. Fist Of Fire (ABWH - alternate take) 15. I Would Have Waited Forever
CD5.
1. Lift Me Up 2. The Calling 3. I Am Waiting 4. Mind Drive 5. Open Your Eyes 6. Universal Garden 7. Homeworld (The Ladder) 8. The Messenger 9. Last Train (previously unreleased) 10. In The Presence Of

Jordan Rudess
The reissue and CD debut of the 1980 Epic Records release Speedway Boulevard, Jordan Rudess' first major album, is NOW on sale at the online store on JordanRudess.com.

The Silk
The Silk, the band that played at the Progresiste convention in Verviers on June 15, will play live at the Festival of Dour. They play on the stage that’s called “La petite maison dans la prairie”.
www.thesilk.net
www.dourfestival.be
Timing : 11h25-11h55 : The Silk - 12h15-13h00 : François Spillaert
13h45-14h30 : Al Dente - 15h15-16h10 : Do make say think
17h15-18h10 : Dionysos - 19h15-20h00 : Tarmac
21h00-22h00 : An Pierlé - 23h45-00h45 : Jeronimo

Uriah Heep

• The Heep will be soon performing live in Austria, Germany and France, so keep checking out the Live Dates page so you won't miss the opportunity to see them:  http://www.uriah-heep.com/livedates

• New uploaded pictures of the "Heep In" and the Helmond gig of last May's tour: http://www.geocities.com/wizard6nl/helmondfb.htm .  Loads of pictures
  of the Borstrock festival can be found at http://www.borstrock.nl/gallery.htm

• Ken Hensley & Free Spirit have been invited to perform in Togliatti, Russia as part of a major festival that is being held there on September 23rd & 24th, partly to celebrate the production of the first car, the Chevrolet Niva, in the joint venture between General Motors and AVTOVAZ, the largest car manufacturer in Russia.  Among the very special guests is Russian President Vladimir Putin!  All the details are now at the "News" section of http://www.ken-hensley.com !

• You can find there "The Windmill & Waffle Chronicles", the last instalment of this tour diary. (That’s his diary about his tour in Belgium and Holland)

John Young
John Young is about to release his newest album. John Young may not ring a bell, but the groups he played with will: Greenslade, Fish, Scorpions, Ken Hensley,…
More information: www.youngjohn.co.uk
SIGNIFICANCE
The artwork and CD's have gone to the printers and pressing plants respectively and hopefully the new CD complete with 16-page booklet will be available for purchase in 2 weeks time. The tracks have been re-mastered by Michael Woolf and myself and as long as things go well in production I'm hoping we will all be happy with the results.
Orders are now being taken for the CD. Those who have purchased the original demo CD and wish to swap can do so by sending the CD back to the PO Box address. New orders can be taken either by sending cheques to the PO Box or by credit card via e-mail. The price is the princely sum of £12 which for 54 minutes of music and a small book isn't bad:-)

The John Young Band will feature John Mitchell (Arena) guitar and vox, John Jowitt (IQ) bass and vox and Steve Christey (Jadis) drums. We hope to book gigs from September onwards and the set will be a mixture of my solo stuff and progressive tunes from my new prog CD which has the working title of 'Unknown Soldier'. It will feature a collection of mini epics including the much loved 'Childhood's End and Kings' and will be a band based CD.

John Young

Marillion.
The Marillion weekend jaunt next year will be on Friday March 14th to Monday March 17th at Butlins, Minehead.

Marillion will be running the Weekend themselves - including all bookings - and they will have extra staff and a dedicated phone line for questions.  Tickets are expected to go on sale from 12th August with Official Web Members getting first choice.

Further details of the weekend (ticket prices, ordering details, travel information etc.) will be posted to the Marillion Weekend website.

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01/07/2002

Star One/Ayreon

Big Stage
I feel that the Space Metal album screams out to be played live, which was the reason to do this tour in the first place, so we will play more than half this album. Of course I will also 'cover' many Ayreon songs (at least one song from every album) and adapt them for a live-setting. The emphasis will be on the heavier material, although there will also be some acoustic, folky, proggy and electronic passages. So the band will be called "Star One featuring Ayreon". The motto of the tour will be "Intergalactic Space Crusaders". And although my original plan was not to do a big stage set-up, we are busy setting up a great spaceship-like stage with some additional special effects!
No supportband
We also decided to play without a supportband. We were talking with Vanden Plas, but we both agreed that the technical facilities and their freedom of movement on our stage would be too limited to properly present themselves and their excellent latest album Beyond Daylight to the audience. It's a shame, because I'm really impressed with this album, great production, brilliant musicianship and good songs.

A big loss for the music world. John Entwistle, the bass-player of The Who passed away. Tthis is a text I found on the Sonus Umbra website. I couldn’t have said it better.
A tribute by Luis Nasser of Sonus Umbra to John Entwistle
Love is a heart attack...
By now almost anyone who has an interest in rock music will have heard that John Entwistle has passed away. I cannot exaggerate how important his style and bass playing have been to me as a musician; at least 90% of everything I have ever played on bass has been the result of me asking myself "what would Entwistle do here?", and then playing something much lesser.
I can't hope to express my feelings about his passing. All I can say is that I can't stop wishing he died with a smile on his face, during the fuck of a lifetime, and that whoever was servicing him at the time will have enough intelligence and compassion to tattoo this simple eulogy over her snatch:
"It Wasn't A Trick Of The Light".
Of all the so called "stars" I have met in person, he was the only one who wasn't a linear combination of flake, poser, asshole & primadonna.
He was a blue collar virtuoso of wry wit and lethal fretboard hocus pocus, who brought the cacophony of the Who sharply into focus.
He was what many call a "rock star", as big as they come, who indulged himself with the voracious gluttony of the "rock star", yet never forgot what it was like to be a fan.
Personally, I refuse to call him a star, for no other reason that to me, rock "stars" are self-indulgent buffoons who do little more than cast the light of their own inadequacy and greed on their fans.
He was a balls-to-the-wall musical innovator, and his sonic legacy will continue to inspire loud, tasteful fretboard wanderlust. After all, guitarists need to be reminded of their real place along the food chain.
Raise a glass, crank Quadrophenia to 11, and if the tears must flow, let them flow inwards!
We owe him at least that much...
Luis

Thieves’ Kitchen

A statement by the band:
Due to the somewhat more eclectic and open-minded approach to progressive rock in foreign climes, most notably the USA, it is clear that a great deal of the band's efforts will continue to focus on promotion and live work abroad. This will unfortunately prove impossible for our vocalist Simon Boys, who already has a young family with a third baby on the way this Autumn. It is thus with regret that we have mutually agreed to part company.
This second change of personnel in the band also entails a change of gender, as we welcome on board the remarkable Amy Darby Amy.
The transition has been seamless, and the band will appear as planned at Prog Day '02 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on August 31st 2002. We very much look forward to seeing you there to welcome our new member to the Thieves' Kitchen fold!

Enchant

Though the official U.S. release is on July 24th, Enchant will be selling their limited edition version of "Blink of an Eye" at NEARfest 2002. They will also be selling the new Special Edition version of "Blueprint of the World" at NEARfest. This Special Edition features extended liner notes and rare demo recordings. This is an import only and will otherwise not be available through Inside Out in the U.S. (IOMA 2040-2)
Tracklist: 1.Under Fire  2.Monday 3.Seeds of Hate 4.Flatline
5.Follow the Sun 6.Ultimate Gift 7. My Everafter 8. Invisible 9. Despicable
Prognosis (Special Edition only)
Personnel
Ted Leonard - Vocals
Douglas A. Ott - Guitars, keyboards
Ed Platt - Bass
Sean Flanegan – Drums
Producer  Douglas A. Ott
Released: July 24, 2002

Henry Fool

Tim, Stephen and Peter have been in the studio working on two new tracks, one of which should appear on a forthcoming Cyclops sampler (no details as yet.) The band have also begun rehearsing for an appearance at the Whitchurch Festival, UK on Sunday August 4th, where they will be playing an hour long set before headline act Focus. They have been joined for rehearsals by drummer Richard Osbourne, who is standing in for Fudge. Myke Clifford will also be unavailable due to his compering duties at the Cambridge Folk Festival.
Formed in the Spring of 2000, Henry Fool is an eclectic new band including amongst its ranks, the unlikely pairing of Pendragon drummer Fudge Smith and Tim Bowness from No-Man (guitar and vocals). Also comprising Stephen Bennett (LaHost) on keyboards and Samuel Smiles alumni, Peter Chilvers (bass), Michael Bearpark (additional guitar) and Myke Clifford (woodwind), the band released its debut album (the eponymously titled 'Henry Fool') through UK Progressive label Cyclops in October 2001. Creating a distinctive combination of 60's/70's Progressive influences (Gabriel era Genesis/Pink Floyd/Soft Machine), contemporary textural experiments (Rain Tree Crow/Labradford) and hard-hitting group improvisations (King Crimson/Radiohead), Henry Fool have created one of t he most original and emotive Progressive sounds of the last decade.
Fudge (Pendragon)

Flower Kings

The recording of the new DOUBLE CD is going VERY well. Jonas describes it as the symphonic side of Stardust We Are X 3!!! Also very 'organic' which has been helped by all the band meeting and recording it together in a new studio (before the albums were usually made by the band exchanging master tapes between their own 'home' studios.
Jonas new Karma Kanic' album still on for a September release

Focus

Published in July by rock and pop book specialist SAF Publishing, "In And Out Of Focus - the music of Jan Akkerman and Focus" charts the rise and demise of the classic Focus line-up as well as an in-depth appraisal of the band's enigmatic guitarist...Jan Akkerman

Camel

The artwork for the new CD and the new DVD.
 
CD “A Nod And A Wink”             DVD “Coming Of Age”
www.camelproductions.com

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