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bucka001

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Topic: Peter Hammill U.S. tour in October
Posted: July 14 2008 at 10:10

From Hammill's website:

"The second leg of the North American tour is now shaping up and at the moment looks like this:

September 30 San Francisco CA
October 2 Phoenix AZ
4 Kansas City MO
5 Milwaukee WI
7 Chicago IL
9 Ferndale MI
10 Cleveland OH
11 Pittsburgh PA
15 Quebec City, CANADA

More details...and more dates...will follow very shortly."

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Posted: July 14 2008 at 10:49

Finally America will know the good word of Mr Peter Hammill

yet you still have time!

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Posted: July 14 2008 at 14:18

No more East Coast dates? Cry

bucka001

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Posted: July 14 2008 at 16:38

King of Loss wrote:

No more East Coast dates? Cry

He just did a bunch, it's everyone else's turn now!

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Posted: July 16 2008 at 02:46

Gah, Milwaukee is just a little too far away.

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Posted: July 16 2008 at 03:21

You have no idea how long I've wanted this to happen...

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Posted: July 16 2008 at 11:23

excellent. Looks like I'm gonna be in Pittsburgh...

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Posted: July 16 2008 at 13:01

More details, this time the actual venues... (apparently there are still some dates to be added as well):

September 30 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco CA
October 2 The Rhythm Room, Phoenix AZ
4 The Cashew. Kansas City MO
5 Shank Hall, Milwaukee WI
7 The Abbey, Chicago IL
9 The Magic Bag, Ferndale MI
10 The Winchester Tavern, Cleveland OH
11 Club Cafe, Pittsburgh PA
15 Palais Montcalm, Quebec City, CANADA

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Posted: July 18 2008 at 00:52

bucka001 wrote:

September 30 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco CA
October 2 The Rhythm Room, Phoenix AZ
4 The Cashew. Kansas City MO
5 Shank Hall, Milwaukee WI
7 The Abbey, Chicago IL
9 The Magic Bag, Ferndale MI
10 The Winchester Tavern, Cleveland OH
11 Club Cafe, Pittsburgh PA
15 Palais Montcalm, Quebec City, CANADA

JACKPOT!!!! Big%20smile

Thanks for the info, bucka!

Edited by ClassicRocker - July 18 2008 at 00:53

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Posted: July 21 2008 at 15:37

he was great in NY last month- totally mesmerizing. also, he's been changing 40% of the song on each date.

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Posted: August 24 2008 at 12:30

Just purchased two tickets for October 16th in Montreal. I cannot believe he's coming here. I discovered him about a year ago, this is awesome. I don't suppose he does a Meet & Greet like Fish before each concert?

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Posted: August 25 2008 at 15:53

This SUCKS! I only recently have discovered the greatness of Hammill and VdGG, and I miss his NYC shows by a few weeks...

Prog fan since 1974.

bucka001

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Posted: September 30 2008 at 16:46

Cifrocco wrote:

Just purchased two tickets for October 16th in Montreal. I cannot believe he's coming here. I discovered him about a year ago, this is awesome. I don't suppose he does a Meet & Greet like Fish before each concert?

Just thought I'd bump this up as tonight is the start of the tour. And Peter is very approachable and friendly. When I saw VdGG in '05 seven times there was no 'meet and greet' sort of thing because that was BIG ROCK mentality, where the band plays to a big auditorium in front of 2,000 fans and they have a big road crew, etc.

But Hammill playing live solo in N. America is totally different. Small clubs, very intimate, etc. In '90, when I saw him several times, he would often be around after the shows signing autographs, etc. Very friendly person, more than willing to sign stuff and take pictures with fans, etc.

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Posted: October 07 2008 at 16:28

Saw PH in Milwaukee the other night. Excellent show, and he did come out afterwards to meet with the fans, sign stuff, take pictures, etc.

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Posted: October 08 2008 at 11:08

Last night's set list.

Chicago, Abbey Pub:

My Room
Just Good Friends
Meanwhile my Mother
The Unconscious Life
Vision

Modern
Ophelia
Our Eyes give it Shape
(On Tuesdays she used to do) Yoga
Slender Threads
Sci-finance

Bubble
Easy to Slip Away
A Better Time
Still Life

Encore: Chicago

Just a phenomenal show. People were walking around stunned and emotional afterwards. I'd seen him in Milwaukee two nights before. That was good too (I realize I've already posted that it was 'excellent'), but last night's gig was unbelievable and much better (totally different set list too).

Chicago prog band Cheer Accident (stripped down to an acoustic duo for this gig) opened and were very well received.

Edited by bucka001 - October 08 2008 at 11:10