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June 29, 2004
Marillion
Extra European Tour
New Single
The new single
"Don't Hurt Yourself" is released in the UK, Holland, and Germany on
July 12th; we're hoping we can match the success of "You're Gone."
Hopefully you'll be hearing it on the radio over the next few weeks,
and also watching the new video - which has been sent out to all the
TV channels. Please help by pre-ordering your singles from your local
retailer or for by pre-ordering it online at
www.hmv.co.uk
Info:
www.marillion.com/single
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1. Don't
Hurt Yourself [Single Edit]
2. Fantastic Place [Live]
3. The Damage [Live]
4. Don't Hurt Yourself [Video] |

1. Don't
Hurt Yourself [Single Edit]
2. Angelina [Steven Wilson Mix] |
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Neal Morse
Mike Portnoy working on new prog
album with Neal Morse
Mike Portnoy
joined Neal Morse on June 3rd, 2004, to record a new progressive rock
album. Please visit NealMorse.com for Neal Morse's indepth studio
diary and exclusive photos from the studio.

From that site :
We've ended up with a tracklisting that looks something like this
(with very rough timings shown) :
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Long song #1 |
17 minutes |
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The Man's Gone |
3 minutes |
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Author Of Confusion |
10 minutes |
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Long Song #2 |
17 minutes |
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Cradle To The Grave |
5 minutes |
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Spirit And The Flesh |
10 minutes |
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Father Of Forgiveness |
5 minutes |
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One Voice |
10 minutes |
It all comes out
at about 79 minutes – just short enough to fit on one CD –
praise God !
http://www.nealmorse.com/diary.asp
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Porcupine Tree
Porcupine Tree are still in the studio working on their new album. 14
tracks are in various states of progress, from which the final running
order of 9 or 10 will be selected:
Deadwing
Revenant
So Called Friend
Christenings
Open Car
Shallow
The Start of Something Beautiful
Halo
Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Glass Arm Shattering
Mother and Child Divided
Lazarus
Mellotron Scratch
Half-light
They hope to have some audio clips available later in the Summer as
the album nears completion.
Contrary to rumours the album remains untitled at present, and no
release date is confirmed.
www.porcupinetree.com
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Galahad
Message from Stuart
(from the Galahad Mailing list)
Room 801 is
after YOUR opinion. As you will have read on the site, work on the
next GALAHAD studio album is well under way; it's more than just a
twinkle in the band's collective eye. But even at this stage, there's
still an opportunity to influence how the recording will work out.
There's a thread
running on this very subject on our new forum right now. As Dean Baker
puts it, "Should we try and keep our progressive roots or break away
into a much more commercial sound?" Whatdyathink? Views of all
persuasions are warmly welcomed.
Just visit
http://pub48.bravenet.com/forum/4041020050/fetch/314639/
to put your oar in.
All the best,
Stu Cormie
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Saens

The newest album by Saens (France)
Prophet In A statistical World
... freely inspired
by famous anticipation novels and dystopian stories :
1984 -
George Orwell
Brave New
World - Aldous Huxley
Time Machine
- H. G. Wells
This perfect
Day - Ira Levin
It’s the
occasion to rediscover these masterpieces that may reveal themselves
as terrible prophecies of our our so civilized world...
Don't be afraid ! Come over
here
and take a look at their...
STATISTICAL WORLD !!!!
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Hubi Meisel
+++STUDIO NEWS+++
The
production of Hubi Meisel's 3rd album is in progress and Hubi has just
entered the studio again. Likewise
EmOcean (Lion Music,
2004), the next album will become a complex concept album with
international top-class musicians.
The
new line up is:
Hubi Meisel -
vocals
Vivien Lalu -
keys
(Shadrane)
Marcel Coenen -
guitars
(Sun
Caged)
Jorge Salán -
guitars
(José
Andrea, Mago de Oz)
Daniel Flores -
drums
(Mind's
Eye)
Johan Niemann -
bass
(Therion)
The
release is scheduled for spring/summer 2005.
+++BOOK OF REFLECTIONS+++
On
June 25, the debut album of Lion Music's the new international Power
Metal project BOOK OF REFLECTIONS will be released. Hubi has recorded
vocals for 3 tracks of this album, which features
Vitalij Kuprij
(Artension),
Andy Engberg
(Ex-Lion's Share),
Lars Eric Mattson
and more! The album will also be available in Japan via King Records.

Further information & MP3s on www.HubiMeisel.com
This album can also be ordered at a fair price in Hubi's online shop!
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Short News
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Steve Hackett
The
audio visual department of the Steve Hackett site has been burning
the midnight oil to bring you exclusive live GTR footage, and it's
now available for streamin' from the Hackett website. Go here ...
http://www.stevehackett.com/vidstreams.html
For those of you who don't know (if any!), GTR was a group formed in
the '80's by Steve Howe from Yes and Steve Hackett, recording just
one studio album before disbanding - therefore live footage is
pretty scarce!
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Blackfield
If
you want to see a clip of the Blackfield album by Steven Wilson and
his friend Aviv Geffen go to
http://www.lassehoile.com/blackfield/blackfield_small.mov
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John Wesley
Those of you in the US will have a chance to catch our favourite
'tour guitarist' again soon - John Wesley is supporting Marillion on
their upcoming US tour!
Tour
dates are here:
www.marillion.com/tour
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Dead Soul Tribe

The new Dead Soul Tribe album “The January Tree” will be released on
August 30th by
www.insideout.de
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Ayreon

By
the end of July, Inside Out Music will release a special edition of
the Ayreon albums, “Universal Migrator”. Both albums will be packed
as a double CD.
www.insideout.de
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June 11, 2004
Threshold
Here's
an exclusive preview of the cover of Threshold's forthcoming studio
album Subsurface. The album is due for release on August 3rd.

Track List
1.
Mission Profile (8.15)
2. Ground Control (7.10)
3. Opium (6.47)
4. Stop Dead (4.18)
5. The Art Of Reason (10.17)
6. Pressure (5.13)
7. Flags And Footprints (4.57)
8. Static (5.06)
9. The Destruction Of Words (6.10)
Musicians
Mac:
vocals
Karl Groom: guitars
Nick Midson: guitars
Richard West:
keyboards
Steve Anderson: bass
Johanne James: drums
www.thresh.net
www.insideout.de
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Asia
The
release of Asia's new studio album "Silent Nation" has been delayed
for about a month. The release dates are now:
- August 30 in Europe
- August 31 in North America

In addition, their label, InsideOut, has posted the following on their
US web site:
"Asia will offer their fans a choice when their new album Silent
Nation comes out August 31. It will be available in both a standard,
music-only version, and as a special edition that comes with a DVD
called 'The Making Of Silent Nation.' The DVD will have new interviews
with the band members and footage of them working on 'Silent Nation.'
Asia is planning a summer tour of North America. The first announced
show is June 16th at the DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston,
Michigan, on a bill with Kansas."
www.asiaworld.org
www.insideout.de
www.insideoutmusic.com
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Ayreon
***Next single announced!
Due to the huge chart success of Ayreon - The Human Equation,
we are happy to announce the next single to be released is an
alternative version of 'Day Sixteen: Loser' called 'Loser'. It
will be the so-called 'Star One version'. Joost van den Broek (Star
One, After Forever) and Arjen Lucassen battle it out in a
true-to-form keyboard versus guitar battle, with electric
violin by Robert Baba thrown in for good measure. Also
Peter Vink
(Star One) recorded new bass guitar especially for the single.
And Ed Warby added some extra 'zing' to his performance also.
Track list:
Loser
(Star One Version)
How You Gonna See Me Now
(Alice Cooper cover by
Mike Baker and Arjen Lucassen)
Into the Black Hole
(recorded live at 'Stairway to
Heaven' Pre-release party April 18, 2004)
Castle Hall
(special acoustic version feat.
Ewa Albering on flute and Dewi Kerstens on cello, vocals by Irene
Jansen)
Release date: 19 july 2004.

www.arjenlucassen.com
www.insideout.de
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Lorian
Message from Lorian (Holland)
On
May 22nd, Lorian had a gig in Antwerp with the Belgian band Mindgames.
You can see some nice pictures of that show on the Prog-Nose site
(thanks to Jany)
Lorian closed the gig with the track “The Last Chord”, and it turned
out to have a symbolic value...
After 3 years of coöperation, there are some changes in the line-up of
Lorian.
Marc Besselink (vocals/piano/composer) has decided to get on with the
Life Cycle project on his own. He’s forming a new band with bass
player Jeroen Vriend.
It’s still unkown which name they will use. If you have questions,
mail them to
Marc.Besselink@hotmail.com
The
remaining members of Lorian, Pepijn (synthesizer/composer), Eric
(drums) and Rene (guitar) continue with Lorian and will search for new
members on a short notice. They are working on some new symphonic
material. More about this in the usual Lorian Newsletter. For
questions about this, mail to
lorian@lorian.nl
You
can find more information on
www.lorian.nl
Lorian wishes to thank you for the enthousiasm during the last years.
We hope to meet you soon, in front of one of the stages in Holland
and/or Belgium.
Greetings,
Eric, Marc, Pepijn, Jeroen and Rene
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Day Six
Day
Six wins the national band contest “Metalbattle 2004”.
End of May, we’ve played in the final rounds of Metalbattle,
Atak,
Enschede.(Holland)
The results of the evening:
1. Day Six
- 2.
See my Solution
– 3.
Stronghold–
4.
Another Messiah
We’ve won 14 our of recordings at the
“Harrow studio”,
Losser, where we also recorded our debut album “Eternal Dignity”. And
next year we’ll be playing at the final rounds of Metalbattle 2005
during the jury-considerations.
Because of the high quality of the bands and the very good atmosphere
between them, the idea grow to set up a “Metalbattle final bands
package”. Hopefully you’ll hear more about that later on.
For more info, check the
"Metalbattle website”.
www.day-six.com
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Alan Parsons
The new Alan Parsons album "A Valid
Path" will be released August 2004 by:
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US: 5.1 Entertainment
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Europe: Eagle Rock
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Japan: TBA
This will be the first record without
his long-time bandmates Ian Bairnson, and Stuart Elliott. The new
album will take Alan in a new direction and into the world of
electronica.
Artists appearing on this record
include: Nortec Collective, The Crystal Method, Shpongle, PJ Olsson,
and Pink Floyd's David Gilmour.
The cover artwork for "A Valid Path"
(left) was created by Storm Thorgerson. (Pink Floyd artwork)

www.theavenueonline.info
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