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A TECHNICOLOUR DREAM: And in other Pink Floyd related news, reported by Brain Damage, Eagle Rock Entertainment will be releasing "A Technicolour Dream" DVD which features the band along with others which was filmed in April 1967 ...

In October, Eagle Rock Entertainment release a new DVD which is said to feature "amazing footage of Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd and some incredible concert footage from a watershed piece of musical history; an incredible London show boasting a host of luminaries including [John] Lennon".

“A Technicolor Dream” is the story of the Underground movement in the UK during the sixties and leads up to its culmination at The 14 Hour Technicolor Dream, an all night “musical happening” that was held at Alexandra Palace on the 29th April 1967. With rare footage of Pink Floyd included on the DVD, we're sure that this will be a popular release with fans of the early days of the band. The story takes in CND marches in the early sixties, the foundation of the London Free School and from that the International Times, the UFO Club and the Notting Hill Carnival. There are brand new interviews with Roger Waters and Nick Mason from Pink Floyd, John "Hoppy" Hopkins, Joe Boyd, Kevin Ayers, Barry Miles, Arthur Brown, Phil May from The Pretty Things and many more. All of this is set in a musical context with the music of Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd.

The bonus features on the DVD, which has a running time of 125 minutes, include three full Pink Floyd performances with Syd Barrett on guitar and vocals from 1967 and additional interviews with Roger Waters, Nick Mason and others, which won't be included in the version which is intended for television broadcast on a date yet to be confirmed.

The bonus Pink Floyd performances are:

1) Astronomy Domine – Queen Elizabeth Hall, 14 May 1967
2) Scarecrow – Pathe News, 8 July 1967
3) Arnold Layne – Peter Whitehead promo, 10 March 1967

The DVD will be released in the UK/Europe on 13th October, and will be followed by an NTSC version in the USA on 28th October.

STEVE HOGARTH: H Naked In The Chapel is the title of the new solo DVD of Steve Hogarth, recorded at the Union Chapel in Islington, London in September 2007. The PAL version will be released in standard DVD packaging and ready for the upcoming European tour. The NTSC version will be released in special 'bible' packaging, and released at a later stage.

At last! The long-anticipated DVD of my Union Chapel h Natural show in September last year. It was a magical night, a great vibe and I think this captures it beautifully! It sounds great (I mixed it myself) and - all in all - it's a good-humoured romp! To relive the full horror of my life, there's bonus material of some classic diary monologues too. If you were there (at the gig, I mean), you can relive the experience. If you weren't and you'd like to hear some stripped-bare, intimate performances of my favourite songs, then this is for you.
We have rush-manufactured PAL format versions with standard packaging in time for my current European dates, also now available from www.marillion.com/shop (NTSC format and special packaging are already under manufacture and will be available soon)
C'mon - get Naked now!
h

The tracklisting is as follows:

The Hollow Man
Three Minute Boy
House
Life on Mars
Beyond You
Afraid of Sunlight
A Collection
Cage
The Party
When I Meet God
No One Can
War Baby
Man of the World
Maybe I'm Amazed
In the Ghetto
Famous Blue Raincoat
Cover My Eyes
Fantastic Place

Bonus Features:
God Bless America
Air Rage
One Hot Ohio Night
The Prisoner of Poznan

THE WISHING TREE: Marillion guitarist Steve Rothery also has some news about his solo escapades.

Well things are at last moving forward again with the Wishing Tree album. I finally feel like we might finish this recording before CD's becomes obsolete! It's always a juggling act finding the time to work on this project amongst all my other commitments but I am hoping to finish the album before the beginning of the Marillion tour in November.

If you'd like to be kept informed on how things are progressing with the album and to hear news of any possible special editions or future live appearances of the Wishing Tree then please join the mailing list I've set up on www.reverbnation.com/thewishingtree
(And, if anybody's interested, you could put the Wishing Tree ReverbNation Tune Widget on your website/MySpace/Facebook page so other people can listen to and discover the Wishing Tree!)

Steve Rothery

MARILLION: And finally some news on Marillion themselves; their video competition for the new single Whatever Is Wrong With You has been extended with an additional £ 5000.- cash prize. Read all the info on whateveriswrongwithyou.com.

STRAWBS: have announced live dates for September...

Wed 10 Sep - The Lowry, Salford Quays
Mon 15 Sep - Minster WMC, Isle of Sheppey
Wed 24 Sep - The Musician, Leicester
Sat 27 Sep - Cramphorn Theatre, Chelmsford
Sun 28 Sep - Madame Guitar Fest, Tricesimo, Italy
Thu 02 Oct - Quay Theatre, Sudbury
Fri 03 Oct - Unicorn Theatre, Abingdon

Following this are some Acoustic Strawbs dates for Norway and Denmark (though not all yet confirmed):

NORWAY
Fri, 31 October, TBA, Hammar, Norway
Sat, 01 November, TBA, Oslo, Norway
Sun, 02 November, TBA, Norway
Tue, 04 November, TBA, Norway

DENMARK
Thu, 6 November, Sonderborgus, Sonderborg
Fri, 7 November, Vise Vers Klub, Haslev
Sat, 8 November, Fyn, Svendborg
Sun, 9 November, Bruunske, Frederica

Strawbs (and related projects) have a clutch of CD/DVD releases set for release starting from September onwards, so a visit to the band's website is a must.

PENDRAGON: are to finish off their 30th Anniversary tour by appearing at two special concerts ...

PENDRAGON
Friday, 7th November 2008
Saturday, 8th November 2008
House of Progression
The Peel

According to our friends at Silhobbit.com, the band will be playing a different set list each night with shows which span the 30 year history of Pendragon. For the Friday gig, former IQ keyboarderist Martin "Widge" Orford will be playing songs from his new album - which should be on sale at the show - and some old favourites. On top of that, each night has special support acts. On Saturday, Rob Reed, Chris "Faceache" Fry and Xtina Booth will be playing a set as Magenta Unplugged.

In other tour news: Martin Orford is to open for Pendragon on Friday, 3rd October 2008 at Spirit of 66, Verviers, Belgium and again on Saturday, 4th October 2008 at De Boerderij, Zoetermeet, Netherlands.

Pendragon were to appear at The Moonfest (Marlborough, UK on 30th August 2008) but this was cancelled by the organisers due to concerns about public disorder.

GEOFF TATE: news on Geoff's website reveal a few solo US tour dates in September ...

18.09.2008 - Depot, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
19.09.2008 - Knitting Factory, Boise, ID, USA
20.09.2008 - 3 Rivers Winery, Walla Walla, WA, USA
21.09.2008 - Knitting Factory, Spokane, WA, USA
28.09.2008 - House of Blues, Las Vegas, NV, USA

In other news 'Fires at Midnight' Films has officially announced the start of preproduction on the supernatural thriller House of Eternity.

The story revolves around the mysterious disappearance of Danielle Sykes and the desperate search that ensues amid the deep North Carolina woods. The search party, led by her husband, Jeremy, quickly discovers they are in no ordinary woods, but a terrifying haunting ground. And even as Jeremy desperately fights his way against impossible odds towards her, Danielle is locked in a mortal struggle to save her own soul.

Queensrÿche frontman Geoff Tate makes his long-awaited acting debut as Alder Grayson, the film’s antagonist, husband to Emily Grayson, portrayed by Candice Night, lead vocalist of Blackmore’s Night.

The movie will feature new music by Candice Night and Blackmore’s Night. Additional artists TBA. The official movie website can be found HERE. Fires at Midnight Films, LLC is a New York based independent production company formed in 2007 by J. Andrew Colletti and Jonathan Williams. House of Eternity marks the company’s first feature film production.

LACUNA COIL: Italian Goth Metallers Lacuna Coil have announced tour dates this November, (supporting Bullet For My Valentine), kicking off in the UK before moving onto The Netherlands and other European venues.

This follows early news that the band are set to release their first DVD along with an invitation to be part of the DVD.

Click this LINK to find out more, or visit the band's MySpace website.

SHADOW CIRCUS: have announced bassist Jason Croft as the latest addition to the band. Multi-instrumentalist Jason Croft taking on keyboard and vocal duties. The band have also announced a new album set for release this December and although no track listing is available as yet, this along with sample audio clips from the new release will be posted shortly to the band's website.

PAIN OF SALVATION: Several DPRP readers have noted that the Pain of Salvation website isn't working properly. Having just checked - the home page says "the end?" and has no click through into the website. Cynics might suggest a publicity stunt, however, with no other official information available we will just have to wait and see.

FLAMBOROUGH HEAD & LEAP DAY: Dutch bands Flamborough Head and Leap Day in concert ...

On the 11th of October well known band Flamborough Head and newcomer Leap day will play Dundelle, Bakkeveen, The Netherlands. Flamborough Head have released five studio albums since the nineties and have played their music around Europe and at Baja 2006. Leap Day is a new band with lots of '80s and '90s inspired prog. This will be their debut performance.

REDEMPTION: issue a newsletter with an update ...

Hello friends, It has been a long several months of negotiating with our label but we finally have news. Redemption's live DVD will be released early next year. It was filmed in 5-camera hi-definition at the Progpower Festival in Atlanta. It will be released as a DVD with a bonus live CD of the performance.

The performance includes: Threads, Bleed Me Dry, Nocturnal, Memory, The Suffocating Silence, Fall On You, Release, Sapphire, The Death of Faith & Reason.

Runtime for the concert will be approximately 67 minutes. In addition, the DVD will contain a bonus tour diary / slideshow of our tour with Dream Theater, with our unreleased instrumental based on Dream Theater's Stream of Consciousness that we recorded before Ray joined the band. It was this instrumental that caught the attention of Dream Theater, so we thought it would be fun to include it on a DVD that commemorates our first tour with them. Additional bonus materials will be included as well.

Lastly, we are hard at work writing material for Redemption's fourth CD and should have new music out before next summer. There will be between 8 and 10 tracks, and they range from heavy to epic, with the signature Redemption sense of musical urgency to them. We're very excited to start recording in the next several weeks.

Thank you very much for your continued interest and support through this extended period of silence...it's been frustrating for us as well, but we look forward to putting this delay behind us and getting back to making music for you.

All the best, Redemption

BEYOND THE LABYRINTH: On Sunday 30th November 2008, Beyond The Labyrinth will play a unique and exclusive show in the Spirit of 66, Verviers, presenting their new album "Castles In The Sand" as well as the renewed line-up.

SPACED OUT: In news received from Unicorn Digital Spaced Out will be launching their fifth studio album EVOLUTION at FMPM08 (Montreal Progressive Rock Festival!

It is with a great deal of enthusiasm that the band Spaced Out offers its most recent album entitled 'Evolution'. This, their fifth studio recording, is the result of a collective effort with the goal to achieve a style of music as original and innovative as possible.

The music that the band offers keeps evolving. During the creative process, the concept of the band not repeating itself and bringing it's musical ideas to another level are constants. One thing that doesn't change is the presence of each member's personality expressed through his instrument without any compromise. Improvisation is sill an important part of the music performed by the band, while the continuous exploration with unconventional rhythm, highly expressive harmonic colours and intricate interplay is an element that is still present.

The band Spaced Out has been producing its music since 2000 and will continue to do so as long as the creative ideas keep flowing. The band has performed at international festivals such as Nearfest (USA) and Crescendo (France).

FMPM2008: The third edition of FMPM2008: Montreal Progressive Rock Festival takes place in a couple of weeks ...

FMPM2008
Montreal Progressive Rock Festival

Friday, 12th September 2008
Premier Ciel plays Harmonium

Saturday, 13th September 2008
Spaced Out
Knight Area
Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso

Sunday, 14th September 2008
Interference Sardines
Charles Kaczynski
Riverside
Univers Zéro

SUMMERS END FESTIVAL: Ticket sales for the Summer's End Festival have been going well and tickets for the Saturday have now all sold. Tickets are left for the Friday evening and for the Sunday.

The 2008 festival will take place on the evening of Friday 26th, Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th of September, at the Hall, Lydney. There are no age restrictions.

With under 6 weeks to go, we are delighted to announce that Saturday day tickets for Summers End - the day headlined by IQ and Magenta - have now sold out! We still have a very limited supply of 2 and 3 day tickets for the Festival, and it's likely that Sunday day tickets - The Tangent and Frost - will also sell out sometime before the Festival. Sales for the Friday - Threshold - have also been very strong but remain in good supply due to the higher capacity at Lydney Town Hall on that night. We have been completely overwhelmed with the demand for the Festival, and are thrilled that our first sell out is looking more and more likely!

See you in September!
Huw and Stephen
Summers End Festival

GLACIER: have announced that session vocalist Linzi Hunter is to join the band...

Linzi has worked for many years as a professional singer, vocal coach and session vocalist. Although these are early days, we are really pleased with the way rehearsals are progressing. Glacier have worked with Linzi in the past, however commitments on both parts have always made it difficult for us form any lasting partnership. The change in the vocal department comes as a result of Dave Birdsall's on-going health problems and although we are pleased to say that Dave is in good spirits and doing well, he has chosen to move to warmer climes and now lives permanently in Spain.

The band are set to release their second album, Ashes For The Monarch, in the next couple of months, although the exact date has not yet been set. Work is completed on the album, however there a few vocal parts still to be completed.

The band are are currently working with new drummer Jenni King and Linzi Hunter on tracks for the band's third album, working title, Island In The Sky. For more information visit Glacier's MySpace site.

JACK HUTTON: Australian born journalist and musician passe away in London 24 August 2008, at the age 80. Hutton was the Editor for musical tabloid Meloday Maker from 1962 until 1970 when he left to co-found the popular weekly - Sounds.

As the MM prospered it achieved a weekly circulation figure that would peak at over 300,000 during the Seventies. Hutton was also responsible for other successful weekly music titles including Disc & Music Echo. In 1970 Hutton and Wilkinson left Melody Maker in a surprise move to launch Sounds, a new weekly music paper with Hutton as editorial director.

Their company began to acquire other publications, including the trade journal Music Week. Hutton became managing director of Spotlight Publications and launched the highly successful heavy metal magazine Kerrang! Another success was Popswap, a concept inspired by Hutton's daughter Mandy, who suggested a magazine aimed at teenagers. Launched in 1972, it rapidly achieved a circulation of 650,000.

Hutton became seriously ill in 2003 with tubercular meningitis which meant he could no longer play trumpet. He was working on a book of memoirs when he was taken to hospital again with a chest infection in 2008. Wilkinson describes him as: "a lovely, humorous guy who had lifelong friends. He was also a wonderful Scot. He could drop into incomprehensible dialect at any time and then explain: 'You see sir, I'm a Scotsman.'

Chris Welch's complete article for the Independent can be found HERE.

YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: is set to release his first album in three years. Perpetual Flame will hit the streets this October and coincides with US dates for the six stringed maestro. Further information and Tour dates can be found at the Yngwie Malmsteen website.

MAGNUM: to appear at The Robin in September ...

Wednesday, 17th September 2008
The Robin 2
Bilston, Wolverhampton, UK
10th Anniversary 1998 - 2008 Celebration
8.10 pm : Nikki Murray (Support)
8.50 pm : Tia McGraff (Support)
9.45 pm : Magnum (Headline)

MOSTLY AUTUMN: Following on from Uriah Heep, Jethro Tull and Bryan Adams , the latest in the long list of established celebrities who have discovered Mostly Autumn and invited the band to join them on tour is none other than Adrian Edmondson (also known from TV series Bottom and The Young Ones) to support his new band Bad Shepherds.

"Following the kind invitation from Adrian Edmondson, we are extremely pleased to announce that we will be joining the Bad Shepherds for a number of dates from this autumn. This will be a chance for you to see a different slant on Mostly Autumn.

On this tour we will be performing a number of songs with Olivia Sparnenn standing in for Heather, (who will obviously be indisposed at this time, but getting ready to join us for the full line up concerts) and various other members of the band in a more semi acoustic setting.

We are very much looking forward to this tour, and the chance to perform songs in a different light to many new faces and hopefully some of you as well.

Hope to see you out there, let's have some fun!
Bryan Josh"

For more info visit Bad Shepherds or Mostly Autumn.

GRATEFUL DEAD: rejoin to Play Obama Benefit on October 13th

Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart announced today that they will join together again on October 13th to perform a benefit concert for the Presidential campaign of Senator Barack Obama, with the city, venue, special guests and other details to be determined pending further discussions with the Obama campaign. Last February, Weir, Lesh and Hart performed together for the first time since 2004 at the hugely successful “Deadheads for Obama” show at The Warfield in San Francisco. Now founding Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann joins his musical brethren in service of this historic cause.

Stay tuned to dead.net for further details, ticket information, etc.

PROG.FM: some of you may remember, PROG.FM started out as Starstream Progressive Rock Universe back in 2001 but went down in early 2006. The station's been back up as PROG.FM for a little less than a year now and worth checking out at www.prog.fm.

MYSPACE: Why not become one of DPRP's friends on our MySpace page?

Special Thanks to: Helder, Rene, Eddie, Bob, Annie, Luc, Geert, Edwin, Nick
Flamborough Head, Leap Day, Glacier, Magnum, Unicorn Digital, Brain Damage, Polar Music, Independent, Marillion
who have supplied us with News Items this week!

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