Okay, with the first band announcements coming in, I'll update this thread with any new addition.
Line Up:
Friday 08. July 2011 Get In 16 h
MARTIGAN 16.30 h
tba 17.45 h
tba 19.00 h
ELOY 20.45 h
RIVERSIDE 23.00 h
End 01 h
Saturday 09. July 2011 Get In 12 h
MOON SAFARI 12.30 h
HAKEN 14.00 h
tba 15.30 h
IQ 17.45 h
DREAM THEATER 20.15 h
ANATHEMA 23.00 h
End 01 h
http://www.wiventertainment.com/projekt ... daten.html (http://www.wiventertainment.com/projekte/21-tourdaten.html)
TBA are going to be a bit stretched filling in all those slots
Nah, they're lightweights. I bet they drop out long before the event....again. :roll:
Or they'll get dropped in favour of bigger names
TBA - Isn't that the new project from Nolan, Portnoy, Mitchell and Jowitt, if so they're all used to being in 10 bands at once, not a problem. :mrgreen:
Newly added: Riverside
Seems they are still working on when IQ and Riverside will play.
Anathema is in (playing on Saturday). :D
Waht about David Hasselhoff?! Word is he's performing his 80's hits again! :shock:
Saturday night headliners? How about Dream Theater :shock:
//http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/news/New-Dream-Theater-Tour-Dates-Announced-22711.aspx
That's starting to look like quite a weekend!
Anathema & David Hasselhoff......connection?
Hits? Is that plural ?
Quote from: "RWA"Waht about David Hasselhoff?! Word is he's performing his 80's hits again! :shock:
Ooeh... damn just his 80s hits... and I was so curious about his 70s and 90s hits and had hoped these would get an outing finally. :mrgreen:
New band announcements:
Line Up:
Friday 08. July 2011 Get In 16 h
MARTIGAN 16.30 h
tba 17.45 h
tba 19.00 h
ELOY 20.45 h
RIVERSIDE 23.00 h
End 01 h
Saturday 09. July 2011 Get In 12 h
MOON SAFARI 12.30 h
HAKEN 14.00 h
tba 15.30 h
IQ 17.45 h
DREAM THEATER 20.15 h
ANATHEMA 23.00 h
End 01 h
Jeepers - Saturday looks like an absolute storm - all we need is for Frost* to be that last TBA and I'm making travel arrangements
The lineup is complete!
Friday:
MARTIGAN 16.30 h
SKY ARCHITECT 17.45 h
THRESHOLD 19.00 h
ELOY 20.45 h
RIVERSIDE 23.00 h
End 01 h
Saturday:
MOON SAFARI 12.30 h
HAKEN 14.00 h
RPWL 15.45 h
IQ 17.45 h
DREAM THEATER 20.15 h
ANATHEMA 23.00 h
8-) 8-)
Oooo - so close...
That is one SOLID line-up on Saturday...even with Haken appearing to be better than they are - they're good but not "bigger" than Moon Safari. I don't know the festival - is it more prestigious to open?
Nope. Always a tough thing to start the second day.
Ok, the running order is wrong then, in my view. Haken should be opening.
Quote from: "ich_bin_besser"Nope. Always a tough thing to start the second day.
Maybe from the perspective of probably not having a big crowd in front of you but from the viewpoint of logistics you can't have a better spot. At least, if the headlining act doesn't screw up their allotted soundcheck time in the morning you have plenty of time to set up and get a very good sound. I thought Moongarden did really well last year although I found their brand of prog a bit too heavyhanded for that spot. What you certainly don't want on that spot is a band that either kicks in very agressively or provides a lacklustre performance. Moon Safari however with their sunshine-prog will be excellent I think. Their reputation of being able to really nail all of those vocal harmonies is preceding them and I am looking forward to seeing them but .... Have been to a few NEARfest's in the US and the Sunday Morning spot (opening of day 2) has the reputation of yielding some really good surprises.
However, I am having really serious doubts wether I should go to this years NOTP. There are just 2 bands that I really want to see: Moon Safari and Eloy. Threshold, Riverside, Martigan and Anathema leave me pretty much cold. Haken could be interesting and IQ are always great to see and they are a nice added bonus to that weekend. But I will see them later in the year @ their Anniversary Celebration Weekend in Holland. I have seen RPWL live a few times but all of their albums since the brilliant World Through My Eyes have left me underwhelmed.
The only other option to see Eloy is to go the Burg Herzberg festival which I have never been to and has the reputation of being a sort off nu-hippy festival. But that is also like a 3 / 4 day festival with probably a lot of bands that I have never heard off... a complete line-up of that festival sure isn't up on their website yet.... Ah well, it's not summer yet ... first we have the Marillion Weekend in March :D
Moon Safari won't play the festival... :(
"Bad news, people. Due to work related issues, Moon Safari has to cancel the gig at Night Of The Prog Festival in july. But we hope to see you guys there another year. We'll make sure to play somewhere in the area soon!" (from their Facebook page)
Quote from: "ich_bin_besser"Moon Safari won't play the festival... :(
"Bad news, people. Due to work related issues, Moon Safari has to cancel the gig at Night Of The Prog Festival in july. But we hope to see you guys there another year. We'll make sure to play somewhere in the area soon!" (from their Facebook page)
The Night Of The Prog festival have confirmed that Vanden Plas will perform at this year's festival as a replacement for Moon Safari who sadly had to cancel.
Bags are packed, ready for a great time this weekend!! 8-)
Pics and report to follow.
enjoy!!
Have a great time! Hope the rain holds off. Remember to keep an eye out for one JamesA... ;)
Quote from: "ich_bin_besser"Pics and report to follow.
No pics or report & it didn't happen
What can I say?
Weather. It was awesome, no rain, very warm on Saturday. Great sunsets.
People. Met dozens of familiar faces and met many new ones (James, for example). Again, only nice peeps there. Just like on big family. Always great to meet some musicians on the festival area after or before their gigs. Even most members of Sylvan were there, even though they didn't play.
Beer. Oh well, had much, on Friday even a bit too much. :lol: This and the chatting with people made me not follow every band's gig with full attention. But I had a great time!
Music. Haken were very impressive. RPWL was very nice and self-deprecating (hopefully someone did record the prog medley!). Not too fond of DT's setlist, but still a very good show. Riverside still getting better every time. Threshold has a stage hawk who ran into the crowd. Only watched a few songs from Anathema, went to the camping bus after that (tired!). Didn't follow IQ's and Eloy's gigs very closely. Sound for Vanden Plas was not too good.
All in all another fantastic event in probably the best venue I know. There are always some minor complaints (mostly regarding some pricing), but the festival will always be a year's highlight for me.
Pics here (I think I took more of friends than of the bands ;) ): http://community.webshots.com/user/ich_bin_besser (http://community.webshots.com/user/ich_bin_besser)