1984’s Fugazi, Marillion’s second album, is the latest of the band’s ‘EMI era’ albums to be re-released as an impressive deluxe edition. There are albums which stand the test of time, some ‘deluxe’ editions seeming little more than cosmetic marketing…
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Marillion’s latest live release follows on from their 2019 With Friends from the Orchestra album, in which they adapted a range of their material, augmented by classical orchestra players. They are not the first artists to collaborate with orchestras and…
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Mark Kelly, keyboardist with Marillion, is releasing his first – and long-awaited – solo project Mark Kelly’s Marathon with his new band, Marathon, at the end of November. He recently spoke with TPA’s Leo Trimming about the development of the…
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“So here we are once more…” Marillion’s debut album from 1983, Script for a Jester’s Tear, is the latest EMI-era album to get the deluxe edition re-reissue treatment. Many will look back very fondly at this album, which introduced a…
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Marillion’s debut album from 1983, Script for a Jester’s Tear, is the latest album from the band to get the deluxe edition reissue treatment (to be released in April 2020), and Mark Kelly recently spoke with TPA’s Leo Trimming about…
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Happy New Year! It’s that time again where we look ahead to the audible delights that might give us a quick peck on the cheek, a full-blown snog or have us running screaming from the singles bar in 2010. It’s…
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Firstly let me say this has been a much harder than expected exercise, partly because so much good music has passed through these hands in ten years. My final selections focus on more mainstream progressive acts, as that is my…
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Arena The Seventh Degree of Separation – 2011 A period of hiatus and the introduction of a new singer may have helped breathe life into Arena. The first album of the ‘Manzi-era’ hinted at the more theatrical elements of Nolan’s…
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St. David’s Hall, Cardiff Saturday, 16th November, 2019 ‘WHY IS NOTHING EVER TRUE?’ Climate Change… Humanitarian Crisis… Fake News… Super-Rich oligarchs running society… When did Marillion start to reflect the important issues of our time – the Zeitgeist? When did…
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One of the things I most admire about Marillion is their ability to take risks and try new things, both in terms of their sound and their approach to marketing the band itself. To the former, Marillion have continued to…
View More Marillion – Afraid of Sunlight: Deluxe Edition