Concert Reviews
Loreley Amphitheatre, St. Goarshausen, Germany 19th to 21st July 2019 Once again TPA’s Dave Baird share’s his “as it happens” account of this year’s Night Of The Prog Festival. It’s July, we’re all aboard the electric prog-mobile in Germany, yes,…
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Aula Magna, Lisbon, Portugal Friday, 31st May – Sunday, 2nd June 2019 Around 2 years before this event Marillion’s go getting manager Lucy Jordache visited Lisbon to gauge whether it was an appropriate City for one of the band’s bi…
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De Boerderij, Zoetermeer (NL) Friday 21st June 2019 They hadn’t been around for many years and then all of a sudden they appear two (or possibly even three) times within twelve months. I am talking, of course, about the Swedish…
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Royal Albert Hall, London Tuesday 18th June 2019 (first of a three-night run) So hands up who thought back in, say, 2012 that Robert Fripp would resuscitate King Crimson and that the new improved beast would be around to celebrate…
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Dingwalls, Camden, London Friday, 7th June 2019 Over fifteen quid for fish’n’chips, with a small pot each of tartare sauce and mushy peas? That’s a typical Camden pub for you. And it came pre-salted! What’s that all about then? Aside…
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The Junction, Cambridge, Thursday 6th June 2019 & O2 Ritz, Manchester, Friday 7th June 2019 Manchester by Leo Trimming Nine and a half hours… Nine and a Half BLOODY Hours to get there! Yep, such is my dedication to reviewing…
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EartH, Hackney, London Monday, 27th May 2019 After an afternoon spent within the highly interesting confines of London Docklands Museum for the Lost Rivers of London exhibition, we arrive at the faded glamour of EartH (Evolutionary arts Hackney, in case…
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Arlington Arts Centre, Newbury, Berkshire Sunday, 19th May, 2019 On a fine late Spring evening, a familiar band of fans gathered in the idyllic West Berkshire countryside to celebrate the 20th anniversary of one of the best progressive rock bands…
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The Palladium, London Tuesday, 14th May 2019 As I enjoyed a pre-gig pint in the handily placed Argyll Arms, I pondered the likelihood that this venture would turn out to be worthwhile. I mean, as a long-standing Zappa junky, there…
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St. Pancras Old Church, London Wednesday, 22nd May 2019 St. Pancras Old Church sits in an island of arboreal consecrated ground, sitting there as if a visitor from another time, surrounded as it is by the hubbub of modern living.…
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