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    Posted: January 02 2011 at 12:57
I got really excited about this announcement... but then I realized that I misread the band's name.   

I really love Magnum's debut album but everything else I've heard has left me in the cold. The two concerts I've seen have been pretty avarage... sorry Magnum fans but it takes a non-believer to speak the truth!
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I remember that Magnum were very keen to break into the US market in the 80s, and their more commercial songs from that time like "Rocking Chair" were written specifically with that market in mind, but they just couldn't crack it. What they should have realised was that the US audience would probably be more interested in their original idiosyncratic British sound. Or maybe the time just wasn't right: this was the 80s (big hair, power ballads, synth drums. . .) after all. 
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Wish they would come over to North America. Bob Catley is one of the best singers in the business and Tony Clarkin is a terrific songwriter. Critically underrated in North America because they aren't prog enough, and aren't metal enough, but a great combination of the two
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Listen to their excellent debut album "Kingdom Of Madness". If that's not Prog, I don't know what is. . .
Their new albums (from "Brand New Morning" onwards) are really good, and a return to the form they had in the late 70s and early 80s.
Always excellent live too. . .
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Originally posted by Rivertree Rivertree wrote:

they are not the typical prog band .. however, I like them Approve
I'm looking for Hannover or Osnabrück
indeed - early albums such as Chase the Dragon are worth investigating
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Are these those guys who are famous on PA because of Clem's reviews? 
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they are not the typical prog band .. however, I like them Approve
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From the official website

Date Venue City Country Tickets
9/3/11 Debaser Medis Stockholm Sweden Tickets
10/3/11 Brew House Gothenburg Sweden Tickets

11/3/11 Postbahnhof Berlin Germany Tickets
12/3/11 Hellraiser Leipzig Germany Tickets
13/3/11 Exit Chmelnice Prague Czech R Tickets
15/3/11 Ampere Munich Germany Tickets
16/3/11 Hirsch Nurnberg Germany Tickets
18/3/11 Capitol Mannheim Germany Tickets
19/3/11 Kaminwerk Memmingen Germany Tickets
21/3/11 Z7 Pratteln Switzerland Tickets
22/3/11 Jazzhaus Freiberg Germany Tickets
23/3/11 Matrix Bochum Germany Tickets
25/3/11 Colos-Saal Aschaffenburg Germany Tickets
26/3/11 Rock E.V. Winterbach Germany Tickets
27/3/11 Kantine Koln Germany Tickets
29/3/11 Posthalle Wurzburg Germany Tickets
31/3/11 Fabrik Hamburg Germany Tickets
1/4/11 Rosenhof Osnabruck Germany Tickets
2/4/11 Music Hall Worpswede Germany Tickets
3/4/11 Musikzentrum Hannover Germany Tickets
4/4/11 Garage Saarbrucken Germany Tickets
 
13/4/11 The Garage Glasgow UK Tickets
14/4/11 Academy 1 Newcastle UK Tickets
16/4/11 Stanley Theatre Liverpool UK Tickets
17/4/11 Assembly Leamington UK Tickets
18/4/11 Academy Oxford UK Tickets
19/4/11 The Waterfront Norwich UK Tickets
20/4/11 The Corporation Sheffield UK Tickets
22/4/11 Picturedrome Holmfirth UK Tickets
23/4/11 Wulfrun Hall Wolverhampton UK Tickets
24/4/11 The Brook Southampton UK Tickets
27/4/11 Rock City Nottingham UK Tickets
28/4/11 Academy 2 Manchester UK Tickets
29/4/11 The Park & Dare Theatre Treorchy UK Tickets
30/4/11 Shepherd's Bush Empire London UK Tickets
1/5/11 Academy Bristol UK Tickets

(More dates and information to be announced)
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