by Blake | Apr 3, 2017 | Prog Report
In actual Yes news, the band have announced a special event with SiriusXM to celebrate the band’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Class of 2017, this Friday, April 7 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. The exclusive in-studio audience event “SiriusXM Volume Presents an Artist Confidential with YES” will be hosted by David Fricke and broadcast live this Wednesday, April 5 on the VOLUME channel (106), the first 24/7 talk radio channel dedicated to the discussion of music, starting at 8pm ET.
The hour-long event will feature an interview with the YES line-up of Rock Hall inductees Steve Howe (guitar) and Alan White (drums), Geoff Downes (keyboards; first joined Yes in 1980), Jon Davison (vocals since 2011) and Billy Sherwood (guitar/keyboards in the 1990s and the late Chris Squire’s choice to take over bass/vocals in 2015), plus a few acoustic performances.
Photo credit: Glenn Gottlieb
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by Blake | Apr 1, 2017 | Prog Report
In somewhat surprising news, the members of the current lineup of Yes and the newly formed ARW have announced a joint tour. This comes following Yes’ overdue induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The ceremony, which will feature a reunion of sorts with Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, and Rick Wakeman, with Steve Howe and the remaining current lineup of Yes of Jon Davison, Geoff Downes, Billy Sherwood, and Alan White, is taking place on April 7th.
It was the rehearsals for the performance at the ceremony that prompted the core to decide to tour together. They are planning to tour under the new name of YARWES with tour dates to be announced following the induction ceremony.
Stay tuned for more details to come.
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by Blake | Mar 31, 2017 | Prog Report
Big Big Train are getting ready for the release of their new album entitled Grimspound on April 28th, 2017. The collection which was originally meant as a companion EP to their 2016 release Folklore evolved into a full album. Now comes the first song to be released for the track “As the Crow Flies”, the video made by Johan Reitsma.
“As the Crow Flies” is a song about the succession of moments of letting go, as children grow to adults and prepare to set their own course in life.
Check it out below.
Pre-orders of the album are now available at our official stores at:
Burning Shed (for vinyl and CD’s)
https://www.burningshed.com/store/bigbigtrain/
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by Blake | Mar 30, 2017 | Prog Report
Mike Portnoy is gearing for a run of shows with Mike Portnoy’s Shattered Fortress in Europe. Now comes the announcement of the ONLY US headlining show at Irving Plaza in NEW YORK CITY on Sept 24th with Special Guests Next To None.
The other US show will be at Prog Power Festival in Atlanta and that is sold out.
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The Shattered Fortress premiered on Cruise to the Edge and features Eric Gillette and member of Haken playing Portnoy’s 12-step suite he composed with Dream Theater.
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by Blake | Mar 30, 2017 | Prog Report
Anathema are premiering the first track from their forthcoming new studio album The Optimist entitled “Springfield”.
Daniel Cavanagh explains the song choice “Here we present the song ‘Springfield’, it’s actually the song that closed our unforgettable Wembley gig with Opeth and it seemed to be a track that just fell into place without much effort. It seemed to do itself. The song forms part of a narrative that runs through The Optimist album, it’s a narrative that begins where A Fine Day To Exit left off. The album is a journey. The songs are ambiguous. There is no right or wrong way to take them. Make of them what you will.”
Anathema’s eleventh full-length The Optimist is due for release on 9th June through Kscope, where the ambient rockers will reveal some of the darkest, most challenging and unexpected music the sextet have put their name to.
Anathema, led by brothers Daniel and Vincent Cavanagh, along with drummer John Douglas, singer Lee Douglas, bassist Jamie Cavanagh and drummer/keyboardist Daniel Cardoso began recording The Optimist in the winter of 2016 at Attica Audio in Donegal, Ireland and then finished at Castle Of Doom studios in Glasgow with producer Tony Doogan [Mogwai, Belle & Sebastian, Super Furry Animals] at the helm and was mastered at the legendary Abbey Road Studios.
1. 32.63N 117.14W
2. Leaving It Behind
3. Endless Ways
4. The Optimist
5. San Francisco
6. Springfield
7. Ghosts
8. Can’t Let Go
9. Close Your Eyes
10. Wildfires
11. Back To The Start
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by Blake | Mar 29, 2017 | Prog Report
Aviv Geffen, the Israeli singer/songwriter as one half of the rock duo Blackfield with British musician and producer Steven Wilson, is taking the band’s newest studio album V on an anticipated 10-date European tour in May 2017. Having recently performed with and hosted British Indie artist Jake Bugg in Tel Aviv and with fan requests for more live dates following his support for Biffy Clyro in February, Aviv will be heading on his first headline tour since the release of V.
Sat May 20 – FR – Paris La Boule Noire
Sun May 21 – BE – Brussels La Madeleine
Tue May 23 – UK – Birmingham Institute 2
Wed May 24 – UK – Glasgow Oran Mor
Thu May 25 – UK – Manchester O2 Ritz
Fri May 26 – UK – London Islington Assembly Hall
Sun May 28 – DE – Hamburg Knust
Mon May 29 – DE – Colgone Luxor
Tue May 30 – DE – Berlin Musik and Frieden
Tickets on general sale from Wednesday March 29th – for details www.facebook.com/blackfieldhq
Blackfield recently announced two new music videos, created by long time collaborator Lasse Hoile (www.lassehoile.com), for the Wilson-penned “From 44 to 48” and for “Lonely Soul”.
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