Marillion – Less Is More “You can’t live without making mistakes” After the release of Happiness Is The Road the band embarked on another short tour of 34 dates in support of the album, beginning in Inverness Scotland on November 8 2008 and ending February 16 2009 in Paris France. On the heels of the …
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Marillion – Happiness Is The Road Essence –“Happiness ain’t at the end of the road. Happiness IS the road.”The Hard Shoulder – “We can see the madness perfectly from here.” Five days following the release of Marillion’s 14th album Somewhere Else the band set back out on a 44 date tour to support it. The …
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Marillion – Somewhere Else “Such a thin line between love and hate” With Marbles firmly in hand the boys (and girl) set out on their biggest tour since 1997, in support of their successful new album. A total of 65 shows were performed. The band had stated their intention to hit as many countries as …
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Marillion – Marbles “The open road is infinitely hopeful” Armed with a new sense of freedom and a DIY approach, the band embarked on a 39-date tour in support of their first album as free agents. The tour included Europe and the UK and was comprised of two legs, one from May 4 – June …
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Marillion – Anoraknophobia (and Lucy) “This is the 21st century, Can’t you get it through your head This ain’t the way it was meant to be, Magic isn’t dead” With the TSE Tour fund success, the creation of Racket Records and the band’s personal studio for recording, the email list campaign organized around the dot …
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Marillion – Radiation and Marillion.com “Here I am globally altered and disheveled” – Radiation“Wide awake on the edge of the world” – Marillion.com Now we arrive at record number 10 and 11 for the band. I’m going to look at them together as for me they are almost like a double album separated by a …
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Marillion – This Strange Engine “Carrying a message, a message of hope” Marillion are often discussed as the originators of the concept of crowdfunding which is sort of true. It was actually two fans of theirs named Jeff Pelletier and Jeff Woods that should be credited for it (possible a few others as well). The …
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Marillion – This Strange Engine “And the sun on the equator, Setting like an ember thrown to deep water, From crimson to black, But coming back, Tomorrow” 1993 was a rare year for Marillion in that they didn’t play a single live gig as a band. Pete and h did perform at a fanclub convention …
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Marillion – Afraid Of Sunlight “I hope for your sake, you’ve got what it takes, to be spoilt to death” 1993 was a rare year for Marillion in that they didn’t play a single live gig as a band. Pete and h did perform at a fanclub convention in Utrecht, Netherlands on June 19 1993 …
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Marillion – Brave “It all began with the bright light, The bright light and the noise The chaos of the senses and the scream of desire” The Holidays In Eden tour took place between July 10 1991 and April 16 1992 beginning in England and ending in San Francisco California. The Toronto show was at …
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