King Crimson Announces 2019 Tour Dates In Celebration of 50 Years

In celebration of 50 years, King Crimson announces 50 Concerts for 2019. The current eight musician line-up will perform 50 concerts across three continents as part of their 2019 Celebration tour.

Dates confirmed so far, are as follows:

King Crimson 2019 Tour Dates:

JUN 10, 2019 - HAUS AUENSEE, Leipzig

JUN 12, 2019 - JAHRHUNDERTHALLE, Frankfurt

JUN 13, 2019 - JAHRHUNDERTHALLE, Frankfurt

JUN 15, 2019 - LIEDERHALLE, Stuttgart

JUN 16, 2019 - LIEDERHALLE, Stuttgart

JUN 18, 2019 - ROYAL ALBERT HALL, London

JUN 19, 2019 - ROYAL ALBERT HALL, London

JUN 20, 2019 - ROYAL ALBERT HALL, London

JUN 22, 2019 - DE VEREENIGING, Nijmegen

JUN 23, 2019 - DE VEREENIGING, Nijmegen

JUN 26, 2019 - TEATR ROMA, Warsaw

JUN 27, 2019 - TEATR ROMA, Warsaw

JUN 29, 2019 - ZITADELLE, Berlin

JUL 04, 2019 - ROMISCHES THEATER AUGUSTA RAURICA, Basel

JUL 08, 2019 - ARENA DI VERONA, Verona

JUL 10, 2019 - STUPINIGI SONIC PARK, Torino

JUL 12, 2019 - DOCTOR MUSIC FESTIVAL, Escalarre

JUL 13, 2019 - DOCTOR MUSIC FESTIVAL, Escalarre

JUL 14, 2019 - DOCTOR MUSIC FESTIVAL, Escalarre

JUL 18, 2019 - ARENA SANTA GIULIANA, Perugia

AUG 23, 2019 - TEATRO METROPOLITAN, Mexico City

AUG 24, 2019 - TEATRO METROPOLITAN, Mexico City

AUG 27, 2019 - TEATRO DIANA, Guadalajara

AUG 29, 2019 - TEATRO METROPOLITAN, Mexico City

SEP 03, 2019 - GREEK THEATRE, Los Angeles

SEP 05, 2019 - FOX THEATER, Oakland

SEP 06, 2019 - FOX THEATER, Oakland

SEP 08, 2019 - PARAMOUNT THEATER, Denver

SEP 10, 2019 - AUDITORIUM THEATRE OF ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY, Chicago

SEP 12, 2019 - WARNER THEATRE, Washington D.C.

SEP 14, 2019 - BUDWEISER STAGE, Toronto

SEP 17, 2019 - ST DENIS THEATRE, Montreal

SEP 19, 2019 - BOCH CENTER WANG THEATER, Boston

SEP 21, 2019 - RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, New York City

SEP 23, 2019 - THE MET, Philidelphia

SEP 25, 2019 - HARD ROCK ROCKSINO, Cleveland

SEP 27, 2019 - THE RYMAN AUDITORIUM, Nashville

SEP 29, 2019 - THE COBB CENTER, Atlanta

OCT 06, 2019 - SUNSET STAGE ROCK IN RIO - Rio de Janeiro

Since the band's return to live performance in 2014, with critically acclaimed sell-out shows all over the world including two defining shows at the Roman amphitheatre in Pompeii, the audience has been reinvented, as much as the band itself:

“In Pompeii, a large percentage of the audience was young couples; KC moved into the mainstream in Italy. I walked onstage knowing that this band's position in the world has changed level.” Robert Fripp

The band's packed three-hour shows regularly include material from twelve of their thirteen studio albums, including many of the songs from their seminal 1969 album In The Court of the Crimson King, described by Pete Townshend, as an “uncanny masterpiece”. The new 8-piece line-up plays many historic pieces which Crimson have never played live, as well as new arrangements of Crimson classics – “the music is new whenever it was written”. There are also new instrumentals and songs, as well as the compositions by the three drummers, Pat Mastelotto, Gavin Harrison and Jeremy Stacey, which are a regular highlight. A unique show, where eight of the best musicians in the world play music without distraction or adornment. 

Physical music releases include:

February: King Crimson 1972 – 74 – the second boxed set of 6LPs from Larks' Tongues in Aspic to the expanded USA in 200 gram vinyl.

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May: Heaven and Earth: Multi-disc CD/ DVD-a/Blu-Ray set covering the period from the late 1990s – 2008 – completing the availability of all King Crimson studio albums in 5.1 multi-channel audio.

October: Complete 1969 Recordings CD/DVD-a/Blu-Ray set – completing the availability of all King Crimson studio albums on Blu-Ray. A vinyl set of 1969 recordings is also being planned

Other planned music releases include: 200 gram vinyl editions of Beat and Three of a Perfect Pair, the 2CD 2019 King Crimson tour box – 6th in the series of releases issued to accompany each tour from 2014 onwards

50 Collectors' Club Releases:

2019 will see the release of CLUB48, CLUB49 and CLUB50 - the final three in the Collectors Club series, taking it 50 releases in the band's 50th year. CLUB48 will be a recently discovered board recording of the concert in Newcastle on 8th December 1972 by the complete Larks Tongues in Aspic line-up before Jamie Muir left the band.

October: In The Court of the Crimson King Companion & Boxed Set - Released to coincide and celebrate the original release date of King Crimson's debut album on 12th October 1969:

Limited edition expanded boxed set of In The Court of the King Crimson including all the live recordings, the expanded multitrack 1969 recording sessions, as well as a new 5.1 remix of the album. DGM Companion Vol 1, edited by Robert Fripp & David Singleton – Vinyl sized coffee table book covering the history of In The Court of Crimson King, with complete timeline, extensive photos, recollections and essays.

June: Sid Smith's long out-of-print acclaimed biography, In the Court of King Crimson will be published in a revised, updated and expanded edition.

50 special Digital music releases, KC 50:

50 tracks, 1 per week featuring a new, rare or alternate take from across the KC catalogue and available via all major download and streaming services. Each track will be accompanied by a special spoken word introduction by King Crimson manager/producer David Singleton.

Download the first of 50 tracks here: 

https://www.dgmlive.com/albums/kc-50-1-21st-century-schizoid-man

Documentary:

Cosmic F*Kc: The King Crimson documentary, directed by Toby Amies, who has been given unique access to the current band as well as interviews with past members and archive footage. To be released in late 2019. An accompanying soundtrack will also be issued.

Limited edition Silk Screen prints of Barry Godber's famous “Screaming Face” cover from In The Court of the Crimson King:

200 limited edition Silk Screen prints of the outer sleeve of In the Court of the Crimson King. 100 copies of the interior. Printed at actual size of the original art (46.5 inches x 27.5 inches including surround). All prints will be signed and numbered by Robert Fripp. Early purchasers will be given the option to buy matching numbered sets

Clothing:

12 special 50th anniversary T-shirts, complementing the artwork for the KC50 digital download series.

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For more information: www.dgmlive.com

paintings by Francesca Sundsten

photographs by Dean Stocking and David Singleton

ROBERT FRIPP, though best known for his work in King Crimson, has contributed to numerous albums by players as diverse as Brian Eno, David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, Blondie, Talking Heads, Daryl Hall, The Roches, Peter Hammill, Keith Tippett, David Sylvian, The Orb, and The Grid. His 1979 solo album, Exposure was described as “the Sergeant Pepper of avant punk.” He has appeared twice in Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Guitarist Of All Time poll, although Fripp claims these are likely to have been mistakes by the typesetter.

TONY LEVIN has been a member of King Crimson since 1981.  Internationally renowned and constantly in-demand for his distinctive bass work, he also tours with Peter Gabriel with whom he has worked since 1977. He has appeared on albums by Paul Simon, John Lennon, David Bowie and countless others and recently formed his own band, Stick Men alongside Crimson drummer, Pat Mastelotto.

JAKKO JAKSZYK was a member of Level 42, before working with Mel Collins as part of ex-KC alumni group, 21st Century Schizoid Band between 2002 - 2004. His solo album, The Bruised Romantic Glee Club (2006) was his first recorded collaboration with Fripp, followed by A Scarcity of Miracles in 2011. An acclaimed producer in his own right, Jakszyk has recently mixed Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson's UK Top 20 album, Homo Erraticus.

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MEL COLLINS was previously a member of King Crimson 1970 - 1972 appearing on In The Wake Of Poseidon (1970), Lizard (1970), Islands (1971), Earthbound (1972) as well as a guest appearance on Red (1974), the final King Crimson album of the 1970s. He subsequently worked with The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd's Roger Waters, Dire Straits, Eric Clapton and many others, before returning to King Crimson in 2014.

GAVIN HARRISON joined King Crimson in 2007, playing a series of dates in the USA the following year. A respected author and tutor, he has also recorded three albums with The Pineapple Thief, though Harrison is probably best-known for his work with Porcupine Tree. Modern Drummer magazine placed him in their Top 50 Drummers Of All Time.

PAT MASTELOTTO joined King Crimson in 1994 after working with Robert Fripp and David Sylvian. A member of the hugely successful American 1980s group and MTV favourites, Mr. Mister, he is at home in both experimental music working with KTU as well as pop and rock appearing on albums by The Rembrandts, Hall And Oates and XTC.

JEREMY STACEY is a British drummer. His early work included the 1990s band, The Lemon Trees (with twin brother Paul Stacey on guitars, Guy Chambers and others) and Denzil. He has also played with Sheryl Crow, the Finn Brothers, Nick Harper, Noel Gallagher, and many more. On March 7, 2016, it was announced that he would be taking the place of Bill Rieflin as the centre drummer on the 2016 King Crimson European tour, a position he retained even after Rieflin's return to the band.

BILL RIEFLIN is a multi-instrumentalist but is primarily known for his drumming with Ministry and industrial rock outfit KMFDM. From 2003 until their dissolution in 2011 he played drums with REM. He recorded with Robert Fripp on Birth Of A Giant and The Repercussions Of Angelic Behaviour (both 1999) and most recently in the ambient super-group, Slow Music in 2006 and 2014.

Press inquiries: Glass Onyon PR, PH: 828-350-8158 (USA), [email protected]

37? How exact/precise! It seems like you counted them all. 

The problem is, that's not a Prog Festival, actually I do not see how KC fit in the line-up, and the prices for the 3-day ticket are expensive at 170 euros, too much for just for 1 band I really dig.

Here in Australia we miss out on most of the "Underground" bands... and Prog fits into this

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This is a very interesting lineup indeed...very few connections to the KC world. Maybe that's their goal?

As for other bands...eth Frank Zappa hologram tour could be interesting...or a huge mess, depending on how you feel about such technology/how they use it. Tesseract is a prog-metal band, that although I'm not a huge fan of, could be of interest if that's your sort of thing (they certainly are mildly popular at the very least in the PM world)

Other than that though... 

I've seen live shows by The Prodigy and Chemical Brothers on TV and found them pretty entertaining, however this is not what the typical prog fan will like.