by progrock.com | Feb 1, 2018 | News, Prog Report
This weekend sees the beginning of Steve Hackett’s North American tour, beginning with Cruise To The Edge on the 3rd February. To celebrate, Steve has rerecorded GTR’s US hit single ‘When The Heart Rules The Mind’, and you can listen to the new track below.
“I always loved the track ‘When the Heart Rules the Mind’. I think it is the strongest thing Steve Howe and I wrote together and I always wanted to do a version where I would sing it myself with the use of today’s production techniques. I’m also very pleased to have my friend Steve Rothery on board doing additional guitar.
I’m looking forward to taking my band on tour. It’ll be great to play both North and South America again celebrating Genesis, solo and GTR!”
Steve Hackett
‘When The Heart Rules The Mind’ will be available on Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Amazon & all other digital services February 2nd.
A full list of Steve’s upcoming tour dates can be found here, including 5 special UK shows set to take place in October alongside a 41-piece orchestra: http://www.hackettsongs.com/tour.html
by progrock.com | Jan 31, 2018 | News, Prog Report
Earlier today, on Facebook, Devin Townsend announced that he was stepping down from his hugely successful Devin Townsend Project to pursue other musical ventures. In the statement he mentions 4 new albums he is working on and later goes on to vouch for his band and crew, even providing their contact info so they can be reached for other proejcts. You can read the full statement below:
“Hey guys, Devin here.
So after 8 years of touring with DTP, I’ve decided to take a break from this band and focus on a number of other projects I’ve been really wanting to do for some time now. The band have been there with me through thick and thin and we’ve shared some pretty great moments – I can’t say enough good things about them – And in the future, I’m sure we’ll work again.
I have 4 new albums I am currently working on. I am currently in the finishing stages one of the grandest and most overwhelming projects that I have been fortunate to do. It’s certainly my favourite DVD release of them all and is a powerful moment, if I can say so myself. Ocean Machine Live In Plovdiv (tentative name) Mixing the orchestras, choirs, the ‘by-request’ set and the full Ocean Machine album in that magnificent setting has been hugely rewarding. Seeing this spectacle come to life is a testament to this period of work and I can’t wait for you to see and hear it.
Life is short and I have a lot I need to say in some new and different avenues. I will certainly continue to play live in several new ways (starting next year) and I’m excited about some collaborative things that have also come up as well.
I salute the band, the team, and the audience for allowing us to do what we have done and the patience to accommodate my persistent morphing. As someone who’s music is connected to his personal growth, I feel an obligation to follow this muse wherever it leads. To not do so would be in direct opposition to what it is I have fundamentally done for all these years.
Peace and respect,
Devin Townsend”
by progrock.com | Jan 31, 2018 | News, Prog Report
LA progressive rock outfit Perfect Beings have just released their latest album and debut for InsideOut/Sony Music, Vier. The album finds the band at their experimental best with a diverse collection of tracks including the first two singles, “Anunnaki – Patterns of Light” and “Vibrational – Mysteries, Not Answers.”
In a new video, members Ryan Hurtgen and Jesse Nason, along with Sean Reinert (Formerly of Cynic),
(Johannes Luley does not appear in the video) talk about the new album, how Reinert joined the band and upcoming shows.
Read our review of their fantastic new album Vier.
You can see the video here:
by progrock.com | Jan 30, 2018 | News, Prog Report
After creating rock operas in the studio for more than 20 years, prog mastermind Arjen Lucassen, aka Ayreon, finally took his Universe to the stage in September 2017. Three shows sold out within hours after annoucing. 9000+ Fans from all corners of the world flocked to the 013 venue in Tilburg, the Netherlands to see this long-awaited show live. The filmed shows will be released on March 30 as a 2 and a half hour concert on various formats.
See the video for “Everybody Dies” here:
ITEMS AND FEATURES
Here’s a list of all the items:
Earbook – 2CD/2DVD/Blu-ray (album + full show + bonus material on DVD and blu-ray)
Blu-ray
2DVD
2CD
Black Vinyl – 3LP + download card
Gold Vinyl – 3LP + download card – Limited to 500 copies worldwide
The DVD and blu-ray will have an extensive making of documentary, including interviews with the entire cast, and highlights from the try-out show performed a few weeks earlier.
Per-orders are available here.
by progrock.com | Jan 30, 2018 | News, Prog Report
German instrumental rock powerhouse Long Distance Calling are set to release their sixth studio album ‘Boundless’ this Friday 2nd February 2018. To celebrate its imminent arrival, the band have launched an album player featuring snippets from all the albums tracks.
The album will be released as a special edition digipak CD, Gatefold 2LP + CD (incl. etching on side D) & as digital download. Pre-order now here:
https://longdistancecalling.lnk.to/Boundless
Following the release of two albums that saw the band exploring the addition of vocals to their sound, the band have gone back to basics and created a purely instrumental record.
The band comments: “We are happy to announce our new album ‘BOUNDLESS’ which will see the light of day on February 2nd 2018. This time around the four of us locked ourselves in a room over a couple of months and pretty much got back to where we started as a band to catch this “go with the flow” feeling. This is probably the purest LDC album ever, no guests, no vocals, all instrumental. We´re stoked how it turned out and this album got a lot of energy, heaviness, melodies and twists, we hope you will enjoy it as much as we do.”
by progrock.com | Jan 29, 2018 | Prog Report
Def Leppard have always had a spot here on The Prog Report, largely because of the shred ability of lead guitarist Phil Collen. The band have also been in the news of late with their announcement of a tour with Journey and releasing their catalog on streaming services.
Here Phil Collen of Def Leppard returns to talk about his tour with Joe Satriani and John Petrucci for G3, the new live Delta Deep album, the tour with Journey, Def Leppard, and more. The new album with Collen’s blues outfit Delta Deep, East Coast Live is out now and can be found here: http://radi.al/DeltaDeepEastCoastLive
For the full audio interview click the link below or download the podcast on iTunes.
Photo credit: Ross Halfin
