King Crimson to Tour North America with Zappa Band
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Topic: King Crimson to Tour North America with Zappa Band
Posted By: glassonyonpr
Subject: King Crimson to Tour North America with Zappa Band
Date Posted: March 09 2020 at 15:14
 King Crimson to Tour North America with The Zappa Band Summer 2020 King Crimson will be playing one tour this year in USA and Canada during June and July 2020. Except for shows such as the Ottawa Blues Festival, all the dates will be double bills with the Zappa Band. “The Summer tour will be a throwback one for us in a few ways; great to be going back to outdoor venues, some of them the ‘sheds’ we played in the 1980’s. And we’ll be travelling by tour bus, old school! As for what pieces we’ll play, that hasn’t been decided yet, but will likely be a wide selection from the 50 years of Crimson repertoire. With 7 players on stage we can cover it all.” - Tony Levin Since King Crimson's return to live performance in 2014, with critically acclaimed sell-out shows all over the world their 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 7-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 seven of the best musicians in the world play music without distraction or adornment.  King Crimson is: Robert Fripp Tony Levin Jakko Jakszyk Mel Collins Jeremy Stacey Gavin Harrison Pat Mastelotto Tour dates: June 4 - Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall June 5 - St. Augustine, FL - St Augustine Amphitheatre June 6 - Miami, FL - Mizner Park Amphitheatre June 8 - Orlando, FL - Dr. Phillips Walt Disney June 9 - New Orleans, LA - Saenger Theatre June 10 - Memphis, TN - Graceland Soundstage June 12 - Cary, NC - Koka Booth Amphitheatre June 13 - Portsmouth, VA - Union Bank Pavilion June 14 - Philadelphia, PA - The Mann Center June 16 - Glens Falls, NY - Cool Insuring Arena June 18 - Boston, MA - Rockland Trust Pavilion June 19 - New York, NY - Forest Hills Stadium June 20 - New Haven, CT - Westville Music Bowl June 22 - New Brunswick, NJ - State Theatre June 24 - Huber Heights, OH - Rose Music Center @ The Heights June 25 - Louisville, KY - Palace Theatre June 26 - Detroit, MI - Meadowbrook Amp June 28 - Baltimore, MD - MECU Pavillion June 30 - Vienna, VA - Wolf Trap July 1 - Lewiston, NY - Artpark July 5 - Chicago, IL - Ravinia July 7 - Montreal, QC - Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier - Palace des Arts July 9 - Quebec City, QC - Festival d'ete July 11 - Ottawa, ON - Bluesfest July 12 - Rama, ON - Casino Rama For more information: www.dgmlive.com painting by Francesca Sundsten  “The Zappa Band” is composed primarily of former ZAPPA alumni. The touring unit is: Ray White (lead vocals, guitar), Mike Keneally (guitar, keys, vocals), Scott Thunes (bassist) and Robert Martin (keyboards, sax, vocals). Also joining are ZPZ alums Jamie Kime (guitar) and ZAPPA archivist Joe “Vaultmeister” Travers (drums, vocals). The band will be performing a strong mix of Zappa classics along with new and rare Zappa compositions. This is the ultimate Zappa alumni band in partnership the Zappa Trust. Don't miss your chance to see these virtuosos perform live!   King Crimson Press inquiries: Glass Onyon PR, PH: 828-350-8158 (USA), [email protected]
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: March 09 2020 at 16:55
| What a show! Killer Zappa lineup, I guess KC is the opening band? |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: March 10 2020 at 09:09
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Hi, Wow ... no West Coast? Seattle sold out last time, so did SF and LA ... but bus from one to the other? I can make PDX/SF in about 8 hours, but from Seattle it would be 11 or 12. And then to LA is 6 more via 101 (with little traffic 40 years ago!. Via I-5 from Portland? Prohibitive ... the traffic as you get near the area will be so bad ... the bus won't be enjoyable at all! The Z band? Saw Dweezil do ZpZ ... and that was enough for me ... sadly he disrespected Jean-Luc Ponty that did far more albums with dad, than Chick Corea who was asked to do the solo in King Kong. JLP was not too happy about it ... but that's old news ... maybe Dweezil never heard "The Music of Frank Zappa" that came out in France ... that album needs to be remastered and let out of the shed! PS: RTF made ZpZ sound like a garage band ...
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Posted By: ForestFriend
Date Posted: March 10 2020 at 09:44
Now you know what it's like to live in Canada! I'm just fortunate that I'll be across the country (36 hours if I drive!) this summer so I might be able to catch them in Ottawa. ------------- https://borealkinship.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - My prog band - Boreal Kinship |
moshkito wrote:Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: March 10 2020 at 11:13
To both moshkito and ForestFriend: Very disappointed that there won't be any West Coast stops, too.  I was really hoping they'd do a Portland stop this time, since they skipped it for the 50th Year tour. ------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp |