concert tours
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The Las Vegas Sun reports that Rick Wakeman’s son, Oliver Wakeman, is donning his father’s cape – or at least walking in his footsteps – and rocking with progressive rock band Yes.
“(Yes) asked Dad if he had anybody he recommended, and he recommended me, which is very nice,” says Oliver Wakeman, 37, who was born the same year one of the most popular Yes albums, “Close to the Edge,” was released.
“I’ve always been a fan of that style of music,” says Wakeman.
“I do distinctly remember being 9 or 10 and having a record player in my room,” Wakeman says. “And the records I had were records that Dad had left behind when he moved out. I remember to this day, there were ‘Six Wives of Henry VIII,’ ‘Tales of Topographic Oceans’ and Styx’s ‘The Grand Illusion,’ and I thought they were great.”
Wakeman didn’t look to his father for advice on re-creating his classic sounds and Minimoog solos.
“He wouldn’t tell me and I wouldn’t ask,” he says. “We never really talk about music, to be honest with you. I just went to the job as if I was any other keyboard player that had gotten the job.”
Wakeman is touring with a rig of about seven or eight keyboards. “We’re very close with a lot of the sounds; they’re pretty authentic. I have a Mellotron sampler, and I use a new Moog (synthesizer) rather than one of the old ones, because the new ones have auto-tuners and things like that that keep them a lot more stable.”
Yes is on a 26-city US tour.
Jean Michel Jarre kicks off his world tour, via a vlog post on his way to Debrecen, Hungary.
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Jean Michel Jarre has announced dates for his 2009-2010 world tour.
Here’s the official tour info:
With his forthcoming “IN-DOORS” World Arena Tour, Jean Michel Jarre invites the audience to journey into his singular universe; to immerse themselves totally in his world of timeless music and vision, in place and time. He promises with this unique and brand new super production to share the energy of his macro concerts with the emotions of an arena experience.
With the fusion of analogue synthesisers, cutting-edge digital technology, oversize HD video projections, spectacular lasers design and lighting choreography, Jarre has conceived a show that encapsulates his signature expression and talent for creating milestone events.
Jean Michel Jarre is an innovative artist who has entertained and thrilled millions of people live and has broken several world records with attendance figures. His electronic music and singular performances have travelled the globe and left their imprint on major landmarks from Houston’s Skyline, to China, to London’s Docklands to the Pyramids of Egypt, to Moscow and…
He has just concluded a sell-out tour of Europe celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the release of his break-through multi-million selling album, Oxygene.
For his upcoming “IN-DOORS”, World Arena Tour, he has conceived a spectacular high-tech production especially tailor made for arenas where he will perform music from all of his best selling albums.
Jarre revolutionised the out-door concert format with his city-scale events. For this “IN-DOORS”, World Arena Tour he aims to break new ground and deliver yet again a unique concert experience.
Jean Michel Jarre tour dates below. Read more…
Prodigy Tour Dates
The Prodigy are prepping a full arena tour in April in the UK and May in the US.
Here are the dates that have been announced:
04/05 – Cardiff International Arena
04/06 – Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
04/07 – Glasgow SECC
04/09 – Birmingham NIA
04/10 – Manchester MEN Arena
04/11 – Nottingham Trent FM Arena
04/13 – Sheffield Arena
04/14 Brighton Centre
04/16 London Wembley Arena
04/17 London Wembley Arena
05/18 – 9:30 Club – Washington, DC
05/19 – Electric City – Philadelphia, PA
05/20 – House of Blues – Boston, MA
05/22 – The Filmore – Detroit, MI
05/23 – Congress Theater – Chicago, IL
05/26 – The Grove – Anaheim, CA
05/27 – Hollywood Paladium – Los Angeles, CA
05/28 – Warfield Theatre – San Francisco, CA
05/30 – WAMU Theatre – Seattle, WA
