Sonicbond’s series of books by amateur music enthusiasts continues with these two volumes, and before I go any further, I would simply say that the many and mostly, if not all, amateur enthusiasts, are all far more disciplined than me.…
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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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Symphony Hall, Birmingham Tuesday, 6th November 2018 This will only be a short piece, as my esteemed colleague Jez Rowden has already said all there is to say on the emotional and musical impact of this revered combo in his…
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St. David’s Hall, Cardiff Wednesday, 31st October 2018 “Welcome back my friends to the show that sporadically ends…” There are loads of great bands out there, and then there is King Crimson; from their earliest incarnation a method of approaching…
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Former King Crimson member Trey Gunn has partnered with Gabriel Riccio to create a set of full-band transcriptions of the band’s 1995 release THRAK. They do a good job not only of transferring those recorded performances into written form (working…
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Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury Monday 5th September 2016 The second of only two dates in their home country on the latest outing for King Crimson (Mk8.1) sees the band that forced what became known as progressive rock, pink of face and…
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Birmingham Symphony Hall 14th September 2015 “King Crimson” is not so much a band, but more of an idea or even an ideology, the tenets of which are intermittently given form by its guardian Robert Fripp. Legend has it that…
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High on my list of things to do at the recent KC live shows was “Pick up a copy of the 2015 Tour Box”. After much post-gig queueing – with not a little consternation that it might in fact sell…
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Thirty-three years ago, King Crimson played in Oxford, Guildford, Cromer, Dunstable and Poole. You would have to go back to 1972 to find the band performing in cities such as Cardiff, Brighton and Birmingham. Almost unbelievably, King Crimson have now…
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OK, before we start, cards on the table – whenever a negative review is published, no matter how constructive the criticism, it doesn’t take long before the fanboys and girls start to accuse the writer of having “an agenda”, whatever…
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