More Mitchell and Jowitt
IAN SALMON LEAVES, JOHN JOWITT RETURNS
Arena has issued the following statement:
"We will now be parting ways with bassist Ian Salmon. Many thanks for the last ten years Ian, and good luck for the future.
Returning to the band - we are happy to welcome back Mr John Jowitt on bass. Good luck mate!"
The new studio album, The Seventh Degree Of Separation, will be released November 1st and the band will be on tour the rest of November
THE SEVENTH DEGREE OF SEPARATION TOUR NOVEMBER 2011
4th Belgium - Verviers - Spirit Of 66
5th Holland - Uden - De Pul
6th Germany - Reichenbach - Bergkeller
7th Poland - Wroclaw - Firlej
8th Poland - Warsaw - Progresja
9th Poland - Bydgoszcz - Kuznia
10th Poland - Katowice - Teatr Slaski
11th Germany - Aschaffenburg - Colos-Saal
12th Switzerland - Pratteln - Z7 Konzertfabrik
14th Germany - Stuttgart - LKA-Longhorn
15th France - Paris - La Scene
16th France - Strasbourg - La Laiterie Club
17th Germany - Lorsch - Musiktheater-Rex
18th Germany - Essen - Zeche Carl
No Norwegian dates :cry:
Or English yet :cry: :cry:
Quote from: "Mikey"Or English yet :cry: :cry:
If you don't count headlining Summer's End Saturday night October 8th :) ;)
Good point. Forgot about that one, though it looks like Arena have as well, its not on the web site
Arena the cage also has this;
27th England-Leamington Spa-The Assembly
but Arenaworld doesn't
And for those of us in sunny South Holland, I believe that Arena are also playing at De Boerderij on November 19th (at least, I noted that down when I was there for Pallas recently). Yup, the venue website confirms it.
Also of note (Jowitt in, Jowitt out :-)) at De Boerderij this autumn is the "Official IQ30 European Weekend Celebration", on October 22-23. Seems a little akin to the Marillion weekends: have they done one of these before? If so, has anyone been and can give a report on the likely format? I mean, I'm sure it be best to go to both days, but failing that, which would be best? First or second?
I hope they announce some UK dates. Would be amazing to see these guys live!
PROGRESS NEW ARENA ALBUM AND LIVE DATES
Things are hotting up nicely with the new Arena album (?The Seventh Degree of Separation?). The drums have been recorded, and John Jowitt is currently in ?Nomad Studio? working on Bass. Clive, John Mitchell and Paul Manzi will soon be back at ?Thin Ice Studio? laying down vocal tracks. The album will contain 13 tracks.
Clive: ?I?ve finally just about finished writing the lyrics for ?7th Degree?, so it?s time to integrate them into the music of the album. This is always one of the most stimulating parts of making an album.?
Don?t forget to book for tickets for the Arena tour in November. This will also be your chance to buy the initial copies of the new album. A list of live dates for Arena, Mick's Script For A Jester's tour and Caamora
MICK POINTER "SCRIPT FOR A JESTERS TOUR"
2nd September Musikens Hus, Gothenburg, Sweden 2011
http://www.musikenshus.se (http://www.musikenshus.se)
3rd September John Dee, Oslo, Norway 2011
http://www.rockefeller.no (http://www.rockefeller.no)
Tickets: http://www.billettservice.no/MICK+POINT ... t/OJD03091 (http://www.billettservice.no/MICK+POINTER+-+SCRIPT-billetter/event/OJD03091)
CLIVE NOLAN / CAAMORA 'SHE IN CONCERT'
3rd September Holland-Zoetermeer-Boerderij http://www.cultuurpodiumboerderij.nl/ (http://www.cultuurpodiumboerderij.nl/)
ARENA headlining Summers End Festival
8th October 2011 UK http://www.summersend.co.uk (http://www.summersend.co.uk)
ARENA Tour November 2011
4th Belgium-Verviers http://www.spiritof66.com/ (http://www.spiritof66.com/)
5th Holland-Uden http://www.depul-uden.nl/ (http://www.depul-uden.nl/)
6th Germany-Reichenbach http://www.bergkeller-reichenbach.de/ (http://www.bergkeller-reichenbach.de/)
7th Poland-Wroclaw-Firlej http://www.firlej.wroc.pl/ (http://www.firlej.wroc.pl/)
8th Poland-Warsaw-Progresja http://www.progresja.com/ (http://www.progresja.com/)
9th Poland-Poznan-Blue Note http://www.bluenote.poznan.pl/ (http://www.bluenote.poznan.pl/)
10th Poland-Katowice-Teatr Slaski http://www.teatrslaski.art.pl/ (http://www.teatrslaski.art.pl/)
11th Germany-Aschaffenburg http://www.colos-saal.de/ (http://www.colos-saal.de/)
12th Switzerland-Pratteln http://www.z-7.ch/ (http://www.z-7.ch/)
14th Germany-Stuttgart-LKA-Longhorn http://www.lka-longhorn.de/ (http://www.lka-longhorn.de/)
15th France-Paris-La Scene http://www.la-scene.com/ (http://www.la-scene.com/)
16th France-Strasbourg-La laiterie Club http://www.laiterie.artefact.org/ (http://www.laiterie.artefact.org/)
17th Germany-Lorsch-Musiktheater-Rex http://www.musiktheater-rex.de/ (http://www.musiktheater-rex.de/)
18th Germany-Essen-Zeche Carl http://www.zechecarl.de/ (http://www.zechecarl.de/)
19th Holland-Zoetermeer-Boerderij http://www.cultuurpodiumboerderij.nl/ (http://www.cultuurpodiumboerderij.nl/)
27th England-Leamington Spa-The Assembly http://www.leamingtonassembly.com/ (http://www.leamingtonassembly.com/)
All Polish tickets will be available at:
http://www.metalopolis.pl (http://www.metalopolis.pl), http://www.ticketpro.pl (http://www.ticketpro.pl), http://www.ebilet.pl (http://www.ebilet.pl), http://www.ticketonline.pl (http://www.ticketonline.pl),
http://www.ticketportal.pl (http://www.ticketportal.pl), http://www.kupbilet.pl (http://www.kupbilet.pl), http://www.eventim.pl (http://www.eventim.pl)
French tickets: http://www.fnac.com (http://www.fnac.com) / http://www.digitick.com (http://www.digitick.com) / http://www.ticketnet.fr (http://www.ticketnet.fr)
ARENA To Headline The CLASSIC ROCK SOCIETY's Awards Night Next Year
ARENA have been booked to perform at the CLASSIC ROCK SOCIETY's awards night due to take place on March 3rd next year.
They will be supported by ALAN REED at the Mongomery Hall in Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham.
Yee-ha :D
New album cover
//http://www.verglas.com/arenaworld/
"It is the first of many images featured in the concept album about the journey from the last hour of life into the first hour of death."
..cheerful subject matter then....
Trailer for the new album
//http://www.arenaband.com/
01. The Great Escape
02. Rapture
03. One Last Au Revoir
04. The Ghost Walks
05. Thief Of Souls
06. Close Your Eyes
07. Echoes Of The Fall
08. Bed Of Nails
09. What If?
10. Trebuchet
11. Burning Down
12. Catching The Bullet
13. The Tinder Box
Gotta say I thought they played a cracking set at Summers End good to see JM & JJ together again and I thought the new(ish) singer Paul Manzi was excellent.
When did Timothy Spall sign up with Arena?
(//http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg258/Mikewhitehead75/0arena.jpg)
He's probably a better drummer...
THE SEVENTH DEGREE OF SEPARATION
PRE-ORDER NOW AT WWW.VERGLAS.COM (http://www.verglas.com)!
Hello Arena Fans!
At last the new Arena album is finished and will be released on the 28th November 2011. Our seventh album is a concept album, which explores the last hour of life and the first hour beyond. It's truly dark in the way that only Arena can do! It's available now for pre-order exclusively at Verglas.
The Seventh Degree Of Separation special edition package is a 56 minute long, 13 track cd in a 3 leafed digibook with a 28 page pullout booklet packed with original artwork + a bonus 50 minute DVD - The making of The Seventh Degree Of Separation, where each member of the band gives you some insight into the process they go through to make the music. The tracklist is as follows:
01. The Great Escape
02. Rapture
03. One Last Au Revoir
04. The Ghost Walks
05. Thief Of Souls
06. Close Your Eyes
07. Echoes Of The Fall
08. Bed Of Nails
09. What If?
10. Trebuchet
11. Burning Down
12. Catching The Bullet
13. The Tinder Box
Clive: I must say the album is sounding great; very powerful and atmospheric. The music to me is another part of the Arena evolution, although there is still that intrinsic Arena-sound pervading the album.
This special edition package is now available to buy only at www.verglas.com (http://www.verglas.com) and you will receive your special edition package before the official release date. Or you can come and buy it at one of the tour dates below.
Please note that you will not be able to buy this in any shop or any online outlet except www.verglas.com (http://www.verglas.com) before 28th November, or get it at one of the gigs. Come to the Arena tour and see a fantastic stage show with our new vocalist and music! You can also hear a sample of the album at www.arenaband.com (http://www.arenaband.com)
We invite you to spread the word about the album and tour on any social media and forum you can think of. Much appreciated!
We hope you enjoy the new music and see you at one of the gigs!
Mick, John, Paul, Clive and John
PRE-ORDER NOW AT WWW.VERGLAS.COM (http://www.verglas.com)!
Quote from: "Mikey"When did Timothy Spall sign up with Arena?
(//http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg258/Mikewhitehead75/0arena.jpg)
And what's with the seance? ;)
Ordered, despite excellent competition from Touchstone & Dec Burke I'm expecting this to be my album of the year, be very surprised if it isn't.
Quote from: "sawtooth"Quote from: "Mikey"When did Timothy Spall sign up with Arena?
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And what's with the seance? ;)
which explores the last hour of life and the first hour beyond
This is a shipping confirmation from Verglas Music. Your order below was despatched on 14/11/2011. :D
Quote from: "Mikey"This is a shipping confirmation from Verglas Music. Your order below was despatched on 14/11/2011. :D
Yay! do that mean mine will be arriving soon?
Quote from: "Mikey"Quote from: "sawtooth"Quote from: "Mikey"When did Timothy Spall sign up with Arena?
(//http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg258/Mikewhitehead75/0arena.jpg)
And what's with the seance? ;)
which explores the last hour of life and the first hour beyond
That'll teach me to do a more thorough flick back through the thread before I post another inane comment! :D :D
Quote from: "johninblack"Quote from: "Mikey"This is a shipping confirmation from Verglas Music. Your order below was despatched on 14/11/2011. :D
Yay! do that mean mine will be arriving soon?
Soonish. Mine hasn't turned up today :cry:
Last Thursday, on the 10th of November, Silesian Theatre in Katowice, Poland, for once more became the most important place for prog-rock fans, which was owing to special concerts played by three bands representing this particular kind of rock. The concerts were special because Arena, Believe and Osada Vida were recording their own live DVDs. Their release is planned for the Spring/Summer of 2012 on Metal Mind Productions.
The British band Arena visited Poland as part of the tour promoting their brand new album "The Seventh Degree of Separation". The album's official release date is set for the 28th of November and it opens a new chapter in the history of the band led since 1995 by two acclaimed musicians: Clive Nolan (Pendragon, Caamora, Shadowland) and Mick Pointer (ex-Marillion). The new material was recorded with a new singer, Paul Manzi (Oliver Wakeman Band), the bassist John Jowitt, who returned to the band's line-up after a several year break, and the guitarist John Mitchell. The show at the theatre in Katowice was enthusiastically received by Arena's fans. The band performed their brand new songs (The Great Escape, The Seventh Degree Of Separation, Rapture, One Last Au Renoir, The Ghost Walks, What If?, Burning Down) as well as a selection of songs from their previous albums (including The Visitor, Solomon, Crying For Help VII, Ascension).
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Quote from: "Churchill"Oh Yesssssss !!!!!
:D :D :D
Ah, timely reminder: they're on tomorrow night at De Boerderij, down the road. Just might have to toddle over ... ;)
It arrived yesterday - That top albums of 2011 thread now needs updating :) It's rather excellent!
Quote from: "johninblack"It arrived yesterday - That top albums of 2011 thread now needs updating :) It's rather excellent!
Been there, done that :D
Quote from: "Mikey"Quote from: "johninblack"It arrived yesterday - That top albums of 2011 thread now needs updating :) It's rather excellent!
Been there, done that :D
Me too!
Well, given a perfectly legitimate reason to leave the house last night (namely that my wife and daughter didn't want me glowering at the back of the living room as they watched the execrable Strictly), I did indeed venture out into the foggy night to see Arena at De Boerderij in Zoetermeer.
'Twas veritably stowed out and I wasn't even sure I'd get a ticket at the door. But, I did, in time to see the second half of PBII's support set. Not much to say there, I'm afraid; nice blokes, but a bit generic ...
But Arena played an excellent gig and even though I don't know much of their stuff, I enjoyed it thoroughly. Messrs Jowitt and Mitchell, fellows of whom we are acquainted in these parts, were on good form, as were their compatriots Messrs Pointer, Nolan, and Manzi, the latter seeming to be a good fit to the music at hand. The audience were on form too; all in all, another demonstration of quite how much my Dutch friends like their prog.
I also had a rather bewildering long conversation with JM at the bar; well, bewildering to me, perhaps, but presumably eminently sensible to him. Needless to say, if he offers to sell you tickets on the maiden voyage of his latest project, due for launch in 2012, then do be sure to ask him whether he'll be endeavouring to avoid the icier reaches of the North Atlantic en-route. A "titan" of the prog rock scene, he may be, but rebuilding a famous ship with the related name may be taking things a little too far.
While I presume he was taking the piss at the end of a long tour, with JM you can never be too sure ... ;)
Anyway, I also took the opportunity to take a few piccies from the either side of the stage. If you're interested, you can take a butcher's at my wife's MobileMe gallery page:
//http://gallery.me.com/sybille.mccaughrean#100068
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Nice pics, TA!
the man is a talker!! and a monster guitar musician as well. and a damn nice guy!
Quote from: "The Northern England Art Rock Society"News from the world of Progressive Rock
Album of the week
........................& the rest :D
Quote from: "CRS website"ARENA will play at The Musician Pub in Leicester on Friday, March 2nd 2012 at 8.00pm.
Support comes from Lime Shark.
This is the night before ARENA headline the CLASSIC ROCK SOCIETY's BOTY Awards in Wath-upon-Dearne (supported by Alan Reed).
Details
here (//http://thenears.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2011-01-01T00%3A00%3A00Z&updated-max=2012-01-01T00%3A00%3A00Z&max-results=50)
Quote from: "Trapezium Arrtist"I've also uploaded my Arena @ Zoetermeer pictures from last month there,
You lucky, lucky bar steward. ;)
Did you tell us that last Friday?
Quote from: "Mikey"Quote from: "Trapezium Arrtist"I've also uploaded my Arena @ Zoetermeer pictures from last month there,
You lucky, lucky bar steward. ;)
Did you tell us that last Friday?
Err, no ... but I did make several separate posts on the topic earlier in this thread about it ;)
That said, having looked back over the thread, it's clear you're a big fan of Arena, Mikey: indeed I should have mentioned it to you in person.
TA another one for you :D
ROCK ITtervoort 2012 have announced that ARENA will replace headline act Threshold at this year's festival.
We're proud to announce that ARENA will replace THRESHOLD as headliner of ROCK ITtervoort 2012.After the announcement that Threshold cancelled all their april gigs, including Rock Ittervoort, we started searching for a good replacement.We're convinced that Arena is even more than that. Arena returns after 4 years to Ittervoort for an exclusive gig in Europe.
Arena is a very populair progressive rockband, founded in 1995 by Clive Nolan (Pendragon) and Mick Pointer (ex-Marillion).Musically the band's style ranges from symphonic to hard rock. At the end of last year, they released their latest CD "The Seventh Degree of Separation".With this album they are still one of the best bands on the English scene.
That'll be another date that JM is unavailable for the Tw*ats in Hats House Gig then...
He really does need to master the art of bilocation - fast!
Only 15th on this list
MLWZ is Polish Radio's (Alfa Krakow 102,40 FM) progressive rock show which started in 1994, on air every Wednesday between 8:00 and 10:30 pm CET.
The shows producer is Artur Chachlowski, who is also a well known Polish Metal Hammer journalist. A week ago the 17th edition of MLWZ Best of the 2011 Year Albums Poll results were announced (526 people voted for 398 albums).
The top thirty albums were as follows...
01. Steven WILSON Grace For Drowning
02. AIRBAG All Rights Removed
03. PENDRAGON Passion
04. OPETH Heritage
05. DREAM THEATER A Dramatic Turn Of Events
06. Neal MORSE Testimony Two
07. MEMORIES OF MACHINES Warm Winter
08. BLACKFIELD Welcome To My DNA
09. YES Fly From Here
10. Steve HACKETT Beyond The Shrouded Horizon
11. MILLENIUM Puzzles
12. RIVERSIDE Memories In My Head
13. A KING CRIMSON PROJEKCT (JAKSZYK, FRIPP AND COLLINS) A Scarcity Of Miracles
14. BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION 2
15. ARENA The Seventh Degree Of Separation
16. ANATHEMA Falling Deeper
17. HIPGNOSIS Relusion
18. COSMOGRAF When Age Has Done Its Duty
19. LUNATIC SOUL Impressions
20. Kate BUSH 50 Words For Snow
21. IONA Another Realm
22. HAKEN Visions
23. COMEDY OF ERRORS Disobey
24. DISCIPLINE To Shatter All Accord
25. Ray WILSON & STILTSKIN Unfulfillment
26. MAGENTA Chameleon
27. Peter GABRIEL New Blood
28.-29. PAIN OF SALVATION Road Salt Two
Liam DAVISON A Treasure Of Well-Set Jewels
30. NIGHTWISH Imaginaerum
ARENA have announced a 9-date European Tour plus a one off show in Quebec City, Canada on November 10th. Support for the Canadian show will be MYSTERY featuring ex-Yes singer, Benoit David.
Arena will also be performing, on the Saturday night, at the Loreley festival on July 7th in Germany.
The European Tour starts in England at the Assembly Rooms, Leamington Spa on the 16th November before moving on to Germany, Belgium, France, Italy, Switzerland and the Netherlands.
The Full list of dates is as follows...
07th July - Germany - Night Of The Prog VII - Loreley
10th November – Canada – Quebec City – Imperial de Quebec
16th November – England – Leamington Spa – Assembl
17th November – Germany – Essen – Zeche Carl – Tickets
18th November – Belgium – Verviers – Spirit Of 66
19th November – France – Paris – La Scene – Tickets
20th November – Germany – Reichenbach – Bergkeller
21st November – Germany – Aschaffenburg – Colos Saal
22nd November – Italy – Club Il Giardino
23rd November – Switzerland – Pratteln – Z7
24th November – Netherlands – Zoetermeer – De Boerderij
Quote from: "Mikey"07th July - Germany - Night Of The Prog VII - Loreley
That's we're I'll be this weekend. One of the nicest venues in Europe it is! :)
Quote from: "RWA"Quote from: "Mikey"07th July - Germany - Night Of The Prog VII - Loreley
That's we're I'll be this weekend. One of the nicest venues in Europe it is! :)
Enjoy :D
If there's no pics, it didn't happen.
Which reminds me............
ARENA Tour November 2012
10th Canada, Quebec City, Imperial de Quebec http://www.imperialdequebec.com (http://www.imperialdequebec.com)
16th England, Leamington Spa, Assembly http://www.leamingtonassembly.com (http://www.leamingtonassembly.com)
17th Germany, Essen, Zeche Carl http://www.zechecarl.de (http://www.zechecarl.de)
18th Belgium, Verviers, Spirit of 66 http://www.spiritof66.be (http://www.spiritof66.be)
19th France, Paris, La Scene http://www.la-scene.com (http://www.la-scene.com)
20th Germany, Reichenbach, Bergkeller http://www.bergkeller-reichenbach.de (http://www.bergkeller-reichenbach.de)
21st Germany, Aschaffenburg, Colos-Saal http://www.colos-saal.de (http://www.colos-saal.de)
22nd Italy, Lugagnano di Sona, Club il Giardino http://www.clubilgiardino.org (http://www.clubilgiardino.org)
23rd Switzerland, Pratteln, z7 http://www.z-7.ch (http://www.z-7.ch)
24th Netherlands, Zoetermeer, Boerderij http://www.cultuurpodiumboerderij.nl (http://www.cultuurpodiumboerderij.nl)