InsideOut Music’s 20th Anniversary is extremely proud to present the European tour from progressive-rock legends Spock’s Beard, who recently announced the release of their brand new studio album ‘Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep’. Joining the band on this tour will be Swedish prog quartet Beardfish and Sound of Contact, the new band featuring Simon Collins and Dave Kerzner. Spock’s Beard had this to say about the tour package: „We are really looking forward to coming back to Europe and playing our new music. The combination of Spock's Beard, Sound of Contact and Beardfish promises to be really strong and entertaining for our fans!”
The tour dates can be found below:
May 2013 European Tour Dates
Spock’s Beard, Beardfish, Sound of Contact
(G/S/A dates presented by: ROCK HARD, ECLIPSED & Dragon Productions
| 02 May, 2013 - Spirit of 66 – Verviers, Belgium |
| 03 May, 2013 - Corporation – Sheffield, UK - tickets & info |
| 04 May, 2013 - The Arches – Glasgow, UK - tickets & info |
| 05 May, 2013 - Academy 2 – Newcastle, UK - tickets & info |
| 06 May, 2013 - Robin 2 – Bilston, UK - tickets & info |
| 07 May, 2013 - The Garage – London, UK - tickets & info |
| 08 May, 2013 - La Scene Bastille – Paris, France |
| 09 May, 2013 - Z7 – Pratteln, Switzerland - tickets & info |
| 10 May, 2013 - Hirsch – Nürnberg, Germany - tickets & info |
| 11 May, 2013 - Majestic – Bratislava, Slovakia - tickets & info |
| 12 May, 2013 - A38 – Budapest, Hungary - tickets & info |
| 14 May, 2013 - Szene – Vienna, Austria - tickets & info |
| 15 May, 2013 - Colos-Saal – Aschaffenburg, Germany - tickets & info |
| 16 May, 2013 - Das Rind – Rüsselsheim, Germany - tickets & info |
| 17 May, 2013 - Zeche – Bochum, Germany - tickets & info |
| 18 May, 2013 - De Boerderij – Zoetermeer, Netherlands - tickets & info |
| 19 May, 2013 - Markthalle – Hamburg, Germany - tickets & info |
Spock’s Beard’s new studio album marks the recording debut of long-time live drummer Jimmy Keegan, and vocalist / guitarist Ted Leonard (Enchant, Thought Chamber). It also sees the return of one familiar name to the song-writing credits, that of Neal Morse who has co-written two tracks after having left the band way back in 2002.
Last year Beardfish released their most recent album The Void, an album which saw Prog Magazine describe them as ‘one of the very finest that modern progressive rock has to offer.’ It also saw the band go on a well-received European tour with supergroup Flying Colours, and play to some of their largest audiences. Principal song-writer Rikard Sjöblom had this to say about the upcoming dates:
We hadn't heard of Spock's Beard when we started in 2001 (and named our band Beardfish...), but I remember someone asking if they were a big influence and if that's where we got the name from(this question has been asked a million times since then) so I listened to "Beware of Darkness" and "V" and thought "wow, they must have listened to the same stuff we have!". Still, they had their own sound and fantastic musicianship (I mean: Ryo and Alan, come on!) and seeing some live clips I saw a band that had a lot of fun on stage which has always been what Beardfish is about too.
We're really excited to get back on the road and feel that this will be a great triple combo, or as our bass player Robert put it: "You'll have two Beards with Sound Of Contact in your ears"... See you in May! www.beardfishband.com
Sound Of Contact is the new brainchild of Simon Collins and Dave Kerzner, who were both recently seen contributing to Steve Hackett’s Genesis Revisited 2 album. The band have finished work on their debut album, and this tour will see them debuting the material live to audiences in Europe for the first time.
The band comments: "We're honored to be part of the upcoming Spock's Beard European InsideOutMusic tour, says Simon Collins, lead singer and drummer of the new progressive rock band "Sound of Contact". "It's an exciting and perfect opportunity for us to present the music off our debut album 'Dimensionaut" in Europe!” http://www.soundofcontact.com/ |
