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    Posted: June 04 2006 at 21:54
taken from the site http://www.vandergraafgenerator.co.uk/ , which is usually well informed:
From July's Mojo: Has The Graaf Sunk?
"As a longstanding Van der Graaf Generator fan, last year's album Present and the live reunion gigs were pure manna. Since then Peter Hammill's written that, 'At present there are no plans for any further shows or recordings for this incarnation of Van der Graaf Generator', but stopped short of saying never. Will this great group ever play together again?" - Russell Goff, Liverpool
Fred says: "Good news. We asked a Van der Graaf spokesman, who revealed, 'VdGG are continuing - they're reconvening [in July] with the intention of future live dates and recording.' He added that a live CD from the Royal Festival Hall show of May 6 2005 is being readied for release, as is a live DVD, possibly from a performance in Germany. Release dates to be confirmed!"
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the DVD mentioned here is probably from the Leverkusen gig, which was broadcasted on TV in Germany


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Points: 11746 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 04 2006 at 21:57
Great news! Thumbs Up

I can't wait as a VdGG big fan!

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Excellent news Smile Im a big VDGG fan too, so I must check that DVD out!
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 04 2006 at 22:39
Wow, thanks for letting us know!

What do you think the lineup will be then?

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VDGGDVD!
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Points: 9008 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 04 2006 at 23:34
Originally posted by Teaflax Teaflax wrote:

VDGGDVD!


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Can't wait!  Great news!
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Points: 582 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 05 2006 at 07:00
     I videotaped the German show from TV, and it was quite impressive...none of that embarassment one gets from watching certain later ELP or Yes shows, these guys were in good form, fresh, and kicking out some serious music.
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Yay!
 
Could anyone else issue a description of the German TV concert? Enthusiastic audience? Enthusiastic performers? Good camerawork? Any antics? etc etc
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Originally posted by Trouserpress Trouserpress wrote:

Yay!
 
Could anyone else issue a description of the German TV concert? Enthusiastic audience? Enthusiastic performers? Good camerawork? Any antics? etc etc

The Leverkusen concert is the one which is supposed to be released in the WDR Rockpalast series.

Enthusiastic? Yes! And it was Peter's birthday. Nov. 5th. Though Peter looked tired to me. But I can have a closer look on the DVD. The show was filmed by 3 or 4 cameramen simultaneously with a professional equipment! For instance they used a big kinda lift which culd be moved vertically and horizontally. One cameraman was close at Hugh hands all the time.
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Points: 166183 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 05 2006 at 20:14
Awesome!
 
I've always wanted to see VDGG peform more then the Godbluff album live Tongue
 
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Originally posted by Trouserpress Trouserpress wrote:

Yay!
 
Could anyone else issue a description of the German TV concert? Enthusiastic audience? Enthusiastic performers? Good camerawork? Any antics? etc etc
 
Great camerawork, big enthusiastic audience (concert-sized, not club), cool lights, pretty good performance (although there were shows I saw in '05 that were better; still, VdGG at 90% is better than most bands at 100%!!).
 
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