“I’ve been listening to this amazing band called Mostly Autumn” Rick Wright (Pink Floyd), Radio 2

“I’m very impressed with their music” Jon Lord (Deep Purple)

Since forming back in 1996, British Progressive rock outfit Mostly Autumn have garnered themselves a name for their relentless touring schedule and outstanding live shows throughout the UK and Europe. And this summer, the York based outfit are set to hammer this home with an upcoming tour of the UK that will see them touching base at the High Voltage festival in Victoria Park.

Having released the astounding “Go Well, Diamond Heart” late last year, the band are now heading out on their second leg in support of the gregarious and beautiful new opus. Aiming to warm fans up for the summer months by playing both highly respected and a few out of the way venues, the band will once again prove why their name carries such acclaim.

Mostly Autumn’s tour schedule is as follows:

06.05.2011 - The Cathouse, Glasgow
07.05.2011 - Robin 2, Bilston, Wolverhampton
13.05.2011 - Manchester Academy 3, Manchester
14.05.2011 - Leicester Y, Leicester
21.05.2011 - The Met, Bury
27.05.2011 - The Wharf, Tavistock
28.05.2011 - The Globe, Cardiff
25.06.2011 - Durham Blues Festival, Durham
26.06.2011 - Cleethorpes Blues Festival, Cleethorpes
01.07.2011 - The Fleece, Bristol
03.07.2011 - The Brook, Southampton
16.07.2011 – The Sage, Gateshead
24.07.2011 - High Voltage Festival, London
30.07.2011 - The Guildhall, Gloucester
07.08.2011 - Cambridge Rock Festival
27.08.2011 – Forest Of Galtres Festival, York
28.08.2011 – Solfest Festival, Cumbria

New album “Go Well, Diamond Heart” is available now to purchase from all good record stores, online outlets and the band’s official website www.mostly-autumn.com.

SYMPHONY X guitarist & founding member Michael Romeo checks in about the tour: “Some of you may be disappointed that Soilwork, and just recently Nevermore, left the tour; we share your frustration. We were looking forward to taking such a great line-up out on the road, but shit happens; best of luck to those bands in the future. That being said, we’re still psyched about getting back on the road and giving the fans a full-on, killer show every night. We plan on doing some tracks from our upcoming CD, Iconoclast, and are really excited to be playing them for our North American fans for the first time ever. It’s going to be awesome!”

Confirmed tour dates for SYMPHONY X, Powerglove, and Blackguard are:

04/21/11 The Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA
04/22/11 Best Buy Theatre – New York, NY
04/23/11 The Palladium – Worcester, MA
04/25/11 Metropolis – Montreal, QC – CANADA
04/26/11 Salle Albert Rosseau – Quebec City, QC – CANADA
04/27/11 The Opera House – Toronto, ON – CANADA
04/29/11 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH
04/30/11 Blondie’s – Detroit, MI
05/01/11 Bottom Lounge – Chicago, IL
05/02/11 Station 4 – St. Paul, MN
05/04/11 Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO
05/06/11 Showbox – Seattle, WA
05/07/11 Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR
05/08/11 The Grand Ballroom – San Francisco, CA
05/10/11 House of Blues – West Hollywood, CA
05/11/11 Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ
05/13/11 Trees – Dallas, TX
05/14/11 Scout Bar – Houston, TX
05/15/11 Backstage Live – San Antonio, TX
05/17/11 The Club at Firestone – Orlando, FL
05/18/11 Culture Room – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
05/19/11 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
05/20/11 Volume 11 – Raleigh, NC
05/21/11 Tremont Music Hall – Charlotte, NC
05/22/11 Jaxx – W. Springfield, VA

SYMPHONY X’s eighth studio album Iconoclast will be available in Europe on June 17th and in North America on June 21st. Illustrator and film concept artist Warren Flanagan (Watchmen, The Incredible Hulk, 2012) is the talent behind the album artwork. Iconoclast is the band’s Nuclear Blast debut and the follow-up to 2007’s Paradise Lost, which has sold over 60,000 copies in North America.

The January 21, 2012 date at The Gibson Theatre is kicking off the Imaginarium World Tour. This will be the biggest and baddest Nightwish show you’ve ever seen, as the band is bringing the full European production setup to the US for the first and only time. The tour will promote the upcoming album of the same name.

Tickets are now on sale.

DGM/Inner Knot Records announce the upcoming release of A Scarcity of
Miracles, a new release in the King Crimson ProjeKct series. The
ProjeKct features Robert Fripp, Jakko Jakszyk and Mel Collins with a
rhythm section of Tony Levin and Gavin Harrison.

A Scarcity of Miracles will be released on May 30, 2011. Information
and merchandise for the release can be found at www.dgmlive.com.

When Fripp (King Crimson founder and guitarist) and Jakszyk (Level 42)
got together in February 2009 neither expected that their initial
sessions of guitar-only improvisations would result in a full-blown
album, or that it would ultimately be deemed to be a King Crimson
ProjeKct. As the material from those first sessions developed, it was
obviously becoming much wider in scope and scale. The arrival of sax
player and former King Crimson member, Collins, added further colour
and texture to the emerging songs. The line-up was completed with the
addition of bassist Levin and Porcupine Tree’s drummer, Harrison (both
members of the 2008 incarnation of King Crimson), adding their parts to
the material in their respective studios.

What had begun as an exchange of ideas grew into an album of heartfelt
songs, an album that is immediately accessible on first hearing but
reveals fresh detail and depth with each subsequent play, as one might
expect from musicians of this calibre.

A Scarcity of Miracles (A King Crimson ProjeKct) features artwork by PJ
Crook and will be released simultaneously as a CD/DVD-A package, a
200gm limited edition vinyl album with a gatefold sleeve and a standard
CD. The CD/DVD-A pack features the album mixed in 5.1 surround sound,
the album in high definition 24/96 stereo, an album’s worth of
alternate mixes, improvisations from the original sessions and the
video for the title track, along with the CD album in a slipcase.

Many fans have read about the evolution of this King Crimson ProjeKct
through Fripp’s widely read online diary at www.dgmlive.com - where he
has updated progress on the recording, mixing and mastering of the
album at regular intervals.

“JFC [Jaksyk, Fripp, Collin] is a superb album. I have not heard stereo
quite like this since the early 1970s, and much of that was not of this
quality, ” writes Fripp in his December 15th entry to his online diary.
“JFC is one of my favouritist albums, of those where I am a determining
element. It has the Crimson gene, but is not quite KC [King Crimson].”

Artwork for the new album was created by Colombian artist Felipe Machado Franco (Iced Earth, At Vance, Axel Rudi Pell).

The track listing for At The Edge Of Time is as follows:

01. Sacred Worlds (9:17)
02. Tanelorn (5:58)
03. Road Of No Release (6:30)
04. Ride Into Obsession (4:46)
05. Curse My Name (5:52)
06. Valkyries (6:38)
07. Control The Divine (5:26)
08. War Of The Thrones (4:55)
09. A Voice In The Dark (5:41)
10. Wheel Of Time (8:55)

A single, “A Voice In The Dark,” will be released in Europe on June 25th. The track listing is:

01. A Voice In The Dark (5:45)
02. You’re The Voice (4:43)
03. War Of The Thrones (5:20)

Photos from the recording sessions for At The Edge Of Time can be found at Metal-Hammer.de.

A 30-second trailer to the song “A Voice In The Dark” is available on the band’s homepage. Visit BLIND GUARDIAN online at www.BLIND-GUARDIAN.com & www.myspace.com/BLINDGUARDIAN.

Fans in Europe, your wait is over: Roger Waters announced today that he will bring The Wall Live to Europe for a 28-date tour in the Spring of 2011. Kicking off in Lisbon on March 27, the tour will cross the continent before wrapping up in Dusseldorf on June 18. The complete list of confirmed dates can be seen below.

As with the North American tour, RogerWaters.com will offer fans the chance to get premium tickets to the tour with our members-only presales, starting very soon. Members can log in to their accounts now to indicate interest in up to five cities on the upcoming tour. Not yet a member? Create an account now.

DATE VENUE LOCATION
Mar 21, 2011 Atlantico Pavilion Lisbon, PT
Mar 25, 2011 Palacio de Deportes Madrid, ES
Mar 29, 2011 Palau Sant Jordi Barcelona, ES
Apr 1, 2011 Mediolanumforum Milan, IT
Apr 2, 2011 Mediolanumforum Milan, IT
Apr 8, 2011 Gelredome Arnhem, NL
Apr 12, 2011 Sports Arena Budapest, HU
Apr 15, 2011 O2 Arena Prague, CZ
Apr 18, 2011 Atlas Arena Łódź, PL
Apr 23, 2011 Olympiski Moscow, RU
Apr 25, 2011 SKK Arena St. Petersburg, RU
Apr 27, 2011 Hartwall Arena Helsinki, FI
Apr 30, 2011 Telenor Oslo, NO
May 4, 2011 Ericsson Globe Stockholm, SE
May 7, 2011 Parken Copenhagen, DK
May 15, 2011 O2 Arena London, UK
May 17, 2011 O2 Arena London, UK
May 18, 2011 O2 Arena London, UK
May 20, 2011 Manchester Evening News Arena Manchester, UK
May 21, 2011 Manchester Evening News Arena Manchester, UK
May 23, 2011 O2 Arena Dublin, IE
May 27, 2011 Sportspaleis Antwerp, BE
May 30, 2011 Bercy Paris, FR
Jun 3, 2011 SAP Arena Mannheim, DE
Jun 6, 2011 Hallenstadion Zurich, CH
Jun 10, 2011 Colorline Arena Hamburg, DE
Jun 15, 2011 O2 Arena Berlin, DE
Jun 18, 2011 Esprit Arena Düsseldorf, DE

**2 CD-Set Features 14 Live Recordings of Frank Zappa Classics by the Zappa Plays Zappa Band**

**Acclaimed Zappa Plays Zappa Tour to continue through Summer and Fall**

ROTSO Cover Dweezil Zappa continues to keep the amazing music of his father alive with the June 22nd release of Return Of The Son Of…, a sprawling two-disc live collection of 14 Frank Zappa classics performed lovingly by the Zappa Plays Zappa band. The album was produced by Dweezil and recorded over the last 2 years with a majority of the songs captured at a three-night residency at The Morse Theatre in Chichago in October 2008.

Return Of The Son Of… follows up the 2008 album Zappa Plays Zappawhich won a Grammy Award that year for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.

Over the past five years, Dweezil has been on a grass roots campaign to expose his father’s music to a wider audience with the Zappa Plays Zappa project, and in the process educate the audiences to the musical depth beyond the humorous songs that may have accidentally been broadcast on radio. Too often, he says, people’s opinions of Frank’s work are based on casual exposure to his “novelty” crossover songs. “If the only thing you’ve ever heard is ‘Dancin’ Fool’ or ‘Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow’ or ‘Valley Girl’,” says Dweezil, “then you really haven’t even scratched the surface of Frank’s music. In our shows we make a concerted effort to give people a broader perspective of his music and it really speaks for itself.”

In support of Return Of The Son Of…, Dweezil and the band are gearing up for a continuation of the acclaimed Zappa Plays Zappa tour that kicks off on June 3rd in Mexico City. The dates will run through the end of July, with a schedule of fall dates soon to be announced. Dweezil is also in the midst of producing an as-yet-untitled DVD for a fall release.

TOUR DATES
June 3 - Mexico City, Mexico - Teatro de la Ciudad
June 5 - Ozark, AK - Wakarusa Festival
June 6 - Kansas City, MO - Crossroads
June 7 - Denver, CO - Paramount
June 8 - Salt Lake City, UT - Depot
June 10 - Ventura, CA - Majestic Theater
June 11 - Santa Rosa, CA - Harmony Fest
June 12 - Eugene, OR - McDonald Theater
June 13 - Portland, OR - Roseland
June 14 - Seattle, WA - Moore Theater
June 15 - Vancouver, BC - Orpheum
June 17 - Richmond, VA - Botanical Garden
June 18 - Pittsburgh, PA - Palace Theater
June 19 - Tarrytown, NY - Music Hall
June 24 - Woodstock, NY - Bearsville Theater
June 25 - Providence, RI - Lupo’s
June 26 - Westbury, NY - Westbury Music Theater
June 27 - Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues
June 28 - Verona, NY - Turning Stone
June 29 - Niagara Falls, NY - Rapids Theater
July 1 - Bridgeport, CT - Klein
July 2 - Hampton Beach, NH - Hampton Beach Casino
July 3 - Great Barrington, MA - Mahaiwe
July 4 - Oxford, ME - Nateva Festival
July 5 - Moncton, NS - Capitol Theater
July 6 - Halifax, NS - Rebecca Cohn Auditorium
July 9 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
July 11 - Weert, Netherlands - Bospop Festival
July 12 - Antwerp, Belgium - Openluchttheater
July 14 - Tel Aviv, Israel - Hangar 11
July 19 - Nice, France - Nice Jazz Festival
July 21 - Cambridge, UK - Corn Exchange
July 22 - Brighton, UK - Brighton Centre
July 23 - Wolverhampton, UK - Civic Hall
July 24 - London, UK - Classic Rock Festival
July 25 - Liverpool, UK - Summer Pops Festival
July 26 - Glasgow, UK - Royal Concert Hall
July 27 - Gateshead, UK - Sage
July 30 - Tokyo, Japan - Fuji Rock Festival

Featuring:

The Lighthouse Kids percussion group
Marc Wagnon’s jazz ensembles
Jazz vocalist Sarah Pillow
Guitarists Jake Hertzog & Van Manakas
and music from Marc Wagnon’s
latest release: “Earth is a Cruel Master”

Venue:
The Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery St (one block north of Houston St)
New York, NY 10012 Phone: 212 334 6415
Saturday, May 22nd, 7 pm to 9:30 pm
Suggested Donation: $15

If you cannot attend the event, but would like to make a donation ($5, $10, $15, or more- any amount would help)
you can send a check to Buckyball Music, Inc., P.O. Box 2034, NYC 10101
with “Bazilo School” written in the memo line. We thank you, and the kids thank you!

When the earthquake shattered the town of Port-au-Prince, it rendered many people who were of modest means even closer to disaster.

Buckyball Music learned about the Bazilo School through one of Marc Wagnon’s drum students, Francois DesRavines, who lost family members and houses in Port-au-Prince. Although he is blind, he went to Haiti and brought help in the form of free meals to the students at the school. Upon returning, he brought back some pictures and short videos of his trip. After seeing them, we were inspired to help the school.

The school was founded by singer/percussionist Zao Jakata, and part of his mission is to teach music alongside standard curriculum. But now, in this state of continuing emergency, the first necessity is to feed the needy kids who attend the school. This also serves as a way to attract kids to the school so they can continue to be educated as their country rebuilds itself.

ALL profits from the benefit will go directly to the school, which includes the door donation as well as half of all proceeds from the sale of merchandise.

Marc Wagnon’s new album “Earth is a Cruel Master” was scheduled for release on the day the earthquake occurred, and while the title is eerily relevant, it is meant to draw attention more to human made disasters than those coming from nature. The evening presents an opportunity to demonstrate that we should think of the Earth as a spaceship with limited resources that need to be managed (Buckminster Fuller first said), and this kind of natural disaster is a reminder of its might.

The Luminaire in Kilburn is a dedicated music venue, with a great atmosphere. As it is a smaller venue, with a small stage, limited lighting, etc, the emphasis here will be firmly on the music. The venue reminds us a bit of the Target in Reading, which of course holds such special memories for us, and we anticipate a more relaxed, less formal, show. Just seeing us fit all our gear in there will be a treat… And finally if that wasn’t enough incentive – the bar stays open until 1am! 28 May 2010, The Luminaire, Kilburn, London

Tickets from the venue, the Classic Rock Society or We Got Tickets, or ring the CRS on 01327 310088.

The following night TN return the home of the CRS – and are excited to tell you about a very special offer that they are offering everyone who comes along to this particular show.

Twelfth Night are planning to record and film this performance and have engaged the services of a professional company to do this. Providing they get a decent recording of the show, Twelfth Night are offering all ticket holders the opportunity to buy the subsequent DVD at a very special price when it is released.

29 May 2010, Montgomery Hall, Wath-upon-Dearne, Yorkshire

Tickets from the Classic Rock Society, or ring the CRS on 01327 310088.

Oh and by the way, Clive has told the TN press office that a “very old” piece of music will be performed for the first time since 1983, at both London and Wath… now what could that be?

Future Plans

Night of the Prog, 2010

As you may know Galahad and Twelfth Night have been invited to play at what is probably the largest and most prestigious European Progressive Rock festival this Summer, at the beautiful setting of Loreley on the banks of the Rhein in Germany. The final line-up has now been confirmed. Roy and Dean will play with both bands on the same evening!

Friday 3 September 2010

16:30-17:30 Galahad (UK)

17:45-18:45 Ars Nova (Japan)

19:00-20:30 Three Friends (UK)

20:45-22:45 Twelfth Night (UK)

23:00-01:00 Pallas (UK)

Saturday 4 September 2010

12:45-14:00 Moongarden (Italy)

14:15-15:45 Solstice (UK)

16:00-17:30 Sylvan (Germany)

17:45-19:45 Gazpacho (Norway)

20:30-22:30 Marillion (UK)

23:00-01:00 The Enid (UK)

All timings are approximate and subject to change.