Fish Fall/Winter tour dates

OCTOBER

Thursday 7th October Luxembourg Dudelange The Singer & The Song Festival (Day 1) Centre Culturel Régional Opderschmelz Dudelange, Luxembourg Tickets 16.50€
Friday 22nd October Scotland Haddington St Mary's Church
Capacity 375. Tickets are available from the shop now. £17.50 including VAT, no booking fee plus minimal charge for postage. Doors 7pm, onstage around 7.45pm.
Saturday 23rd October Scotland Haddington St Mary's Church
Capacity 375. Tickets are available from the shop now. £17.50 including VAT, no booking fee plus minimal charge for postage. Doors 7pm, onstage around 7.45pm.
Both nights at the Church will be filmed and recorded for a future release involving the Fishheads project

NOVEMBER

Thursday 4th November Germany Hamburg Markthalle Klosterwall
Friday 5th November Germany Berlin-Hohen Neuendorf Hotel am Lunikpark Stolper Straße
Saturday 6th November Germany Ballsaal - Melle Honerkamp's Ballsaal Neuer Graben
Sunday 7th November Germany Rostock Ursprung Alter Markt
Tuesday 9th November Germany Jena Volkshaus Carl-Zeiß-Platz
Wednesday 10th November Germany Wernigerode KIK Kongresshotel Schlachthofstraße
Friday 12th November Germany Salzgitter Kulturscheune Thiestraße
Saturday 13th November Germany Affalter Zur Linde Hauptstraße
Sunday 14th November Germany Reichenbach Bergkeller Moritzstraße
Tuesday 16th November Germany Mannheim Capitol Waldhofstraße
Thursday 18th November Germany Bad Salzungen Pressenwerk Bahnhofstraße
Friday 19th November Germany Oberndorf Augustiner Klosterkirche Klosterstraße
Saturday 20th November Germany Alzey Kleinkunstbühne Oberhaus Spiessgasse
Monday 22nd November Germany Aschaffenburg Colos Saal
Tuesday 23rd November Germany Bonn Harmonie Frongasse
Wednesday 24th November Holland Weert Muziekcentrum de Bosuil Vrakkerveld
Tuesday 30th November Norway Drammen Union Scene

DECEMBER

Thursday 2nd December Norway Oslo John Dee
Saturday 4th December England Tavistock
Sunday 5th December England Gloucester Guildhall
Monday 6th December England Chester Telford’s Warehouse
Wednesday 8th December Wales Cardiff The Globe
Thursday 9th December England Sheffield The Boardwalk
Friday 10th December England Leicester The Donkey
Saturday 11th December England Worcester Marrsbar
Monday 13th December England Derby University of Derby Markeaton Campus
Doors 7pm, on-stage 8pm. This gig will be filmed as part of a future release involving the Fishheads project. Tickets are limited to 150 and details on how to apply will be announced soon.
Tuesday 14th December England Kingston Upon Thames The Peel
Wednesday 15th December England Kingston Upon Thames The Peel
Friday 17th December England Newcastle upon Tyne The Cluny
Saturday 18th December Scotland Dumfries The Venue
Sunday 19th December England Maryport The Wave
Wednesday 22nd December England Manchester Band on the Wall
Thursday 23rd December England Stratford upon Avon Cox's Yard Bridgefoot

Marillion 'official bootleg' boxed set details

I have been a Marillion fan since my misspent college days, having discovered a clutch of their albums at the old college radio station. For reasons that are not germane to this blog, I find it easier to listen to Hogarth era material than Fish era material, but it is the period from 1981 through 1987 that connects most viscerally with most progressive music fans.

The band is releasing a 6-CD boxed set of live recordings from the BBC and other radio station archives, and it's just the kind of thing that interests me...especially as I probably have a number of these performances from audience or off-air recordings. If you love early Marillion, this set is for you.

"The Early Stages" - Official Bootleg Box Set 1982-1987

6 CD box set, released by EMI Records Ltd., release date 17th November 2008, all previously unreleased.

Packaged in a cardboard fold around dedicated CD box.


CD 1: Live At The Mayfair, Glasgow 13/9/1982
01. Garden Party [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Pointer/Jelliman/Minnett] (8.18)
02. The Web [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Pointer/Jelliman/Minnett] (10.28)
03. He Knows You Know [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Pointer/Jelliman/Minnett] (5.22)
04. She Chameleon [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas] (5.38)
05. Three Boats Down From The Candy [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Pointer] (5.18)
06. Market Square Heroes [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Pointer/Minnett] (6.19)
07. Forgotten Sons [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Pointer/Jelliman/Minnett] (10.24)

All songs published by Charisma Music Publishing Co. Ltd. Recorded live at The Mayfair, Glasgow on September 13th, 1982 and broadcast by Radio Clyde.

(P) 2008 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Bauer Media Ltd.

Fish: vocals
Guitars: Steve Rothery
Bass and vocals: Pete Trewavas
Keyboards: Mark Kelly
Drums: Mick Pointer

CD 2: Live At The Marquee, 30/12/1982 (part 1)
01. Garden Party [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Pointer/Jelliman/Minnett] (8.28)
02. Three Boats Down From The Candy [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Pointer] (6.49)
03. Grendel [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Pointer/Jelliman/Minnett] (19.54)
04. Chelsea Monday [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Pointer/Jelliman/Minnett] (9.20)

CD 3: Live At The Marquee, 30/12/1982 (part 2)
05. He Knows You Know [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Pointer/Jelliman/Minnett] (8.22)
06. The Web [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Pointer/Jelliman/Minnett] (11.49)
07. Script For A Jester's Tear [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Pointer] (10.20)
08. Forgotten Sons [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Pointer/Jelliman/Minnett] (12.03)
09. Market Square Heroes [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Pointer/Minnett] (7.39)
10. Margaret [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas] (11.15)

All songs published by Charisma Music Publishing Co. Ltd. Recorded live at The Marquee Club, London, December 30th, 1982.
Produced by Nick Tauber
Engineered by Simon Hanhart
Mixed by Peter Mew at Abbey Road Studios, London mid 2007.

(P) 2008 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd.

Fish: vocals
Guitars: Steve Rothery
Bass and vocals: Pete Trewavas
Keyboards: Mark Kelly
Drums: Mick Pointer


CD 4: Live At The Reading Festival 27/8/1983
01. Grendel [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Pointer/Jelliman/Minnett] (18.07)
02. Garden Party [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Pointer/Jelliman/Minnett] (6.46)
03. Script For A Jester's Tear [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Pointer] (9.00)
04. Assassing [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas] (7.45)
05. Charting The Single [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Pointer] (5.21)
06. Forgotten Sons [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Pointer/Jelliman/Minnett] (11.41)
07. He Knows You Know [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Pointer/Jelliman/Minnett] (5.42)
08. Market Square Heroes [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Pointer/Minnett] (10.21) (incorporates - 0.13 of The Jean Genie [David Bowie] Publisher: North America - Tintoretto Music (BMI) administered by RZO Music, Inc., Screen Gems-EMI Music, Inc. (BMI) o/b/o EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Chrysalis Songs (BMI). Rest of World - Tintoretto Music/RZO Music Ltd., EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Chrysalis Music Ltd. And 1.07 of The Web [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Pointer/Jelliman/Minnett])

All songs published by Charisma Music Publishing Co. Ltd. except as stated on track 8.
Recorded live for BBC Radio 1's Friday Rock Show at the Reading Rock Festival, The Thames Side Arena, Reading, August 27th, 1983.
(P) 2008 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by BBC Released by arrangement with BBC Music.

Fish: vocals
Guitars: Steve Rothery
Bass and vocals: Pete Trewavas
Keyboards: Mark Kelly
Drums: John Martyr
Percussion: Andy Ward


CD 5: Live At Hammersmith Odeon 14/12/1984
01. Assassing [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas] (6.50)
02. Garden Party [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Pointer/Jelliman/Minnett] (6.52)
03. Cinderella Search [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Mosley] (6.16)
04. Punch & Judy [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Mover] (3.30)
05. Jigsaw [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas] (7.02)
06. Chelsea Monday [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Pointer/Jelliman/Minnett] (8.13)
Misplaced Childhood part 1:
07. Pseudo Silk Kimono [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Mosley] (2.53)
08. Kayleigh [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Mosley] (3.53)
09. Bitter Suite [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Mosley] (6.02)
10. Heart Of Lothian [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Mosley] (4.24)

11. Incubus [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas] (9.08)
12. Fugazi [Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Mosley] (10.32)

All songs published by The Charisma Music Publishing Co. Ltd. Recorded live for BBC Radio International at the Hammersmith Odeon on 14th December, 1984.
(P) 2008 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by BBC Released by arrangement with BBC Music.

Fish: vocals
Guitars: Steve Rothery
Bass and vocals: Pete Trewavas
Keyboards: Mark Kelly
Drums and percussion: Ian Mosley


CD 6: Live At Wembley Arena 5/11/1987
01. Slainte Mhath (5.03)
02. White Russian (6.01)
03. Incubus (8.56)
04. Sugar Mice (7.03)
05. Fugazi (8.15)
06. Hotel Hobbies (4.07)
07. Warm Wet Circles (4.30)
08. That Time Of The Night (The Short Straw) (5.53)
09. The Last Straw (6.13)
10. Kayleigh (4.28)
11. Lavender (2.23)
12. Bitter Suite (8.08)
13. Heart Of Lothian (3.56)

All songs written by Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Mosley except Incubus written by Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas All songs published by The Charisma Music Publishing Co. Ltd.
Recorded for BBC Radio 1's In Concert at Wembley Arena, London, November 5th, 1987. First transmitted 7th November 1987
(P) 2008 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by BBC Released by arrangement with BBC Music.

Fish: vocals
Guitars: Steve Rothery
Bass and vocals:
Pete Trewavas
Keyboards: Mark Kelly
Drums and percussion: Ian Mosley
Backing vocals by Corie Josias

Mastered by Peter Mew at Abbey Road Studios, London

Fish's "Clutching at Stars" at NEARfest

In the wake of NEARfest stepping up to sponsor him for his 2008 North American tour, Fish has offered to bring his critically-acclaimed "Clutching at Stars" performance to the NEARfest stage. This encore performance celebrating the 20th anniversary of Marillion's classic Clutching at Straws album, a fan-favorite and the last one featuring Fish, is a NEARfest-exclusive! The Clutching at Stars tour did not reach North American shores in 2007, so this is sure to be a very special show.

Tickets are still available for the show at https://ztickets.lehigh.edu, which is on Friday, June 20th starting at 7:00pm with Synergy as the opening act.

Fish tour saved by NF organisers

Posted by Fish, forwarded on here by yr. obd't blogger:

Dear FishHeads, fans, Freaks and The Company,

Sorry I've been a bit quiet lately but the arrangements for the US tour have been taking precedent and creating a lot of stress.

The tour was close to going down in the last two weeks as we couldn't find a petitioner.

The petitioner has to be a company involved with the tour and basically guarantees that I pay any taxes and stands as a kind of bail bond should anything go wrong. Without a petitioner we couldn't get work visas. As you are probably aware, the US has a great deal of "ambulance chasing" lawyers and to put it in perspective when the tragedy occurred in Rhode Island with a band foolishly letting off pyros inside a low ceiling, sold out club which had all the exit doors chained and resulted in close to a hundred people dying, even the radio station who advertised the show were successfully sued. It's a wee bit scary. Everyone was walking away.

My US agent couldn't sign as petitioner, the label distributing my catalogue over there wouldn't and EMI publishing was in a quandary. Luckily at the last moment the Nearfest promoters stepped up to the plate and signed off which means we can now go for the visas. Believe me Yatta and I were on the edge of cancelling the shows as we were fast approaching the deadline for visa applications.

The bureaucracy of setting up this tour is a nightmare but bit by bit the Yattmeister has whittled away at the mountain and we are moving apace.

FISH: Official tour dates

24 Hours later...

June 9th - The Fillmore: San Francisco, CA, USA. Tickets on sale March 16th
June 10th - House Of Blues: Los Angeles, CA, USA. Tickets on sale March 15th
June 12th - Fox Theatre: Boulder, CO, USA. Tickets on sale March 22nd
June 14th - Shank Hall: Milwaukee, WI, USA
June 15th - Park West: Chicago, IL, USA
June 16th - House Of Blues: Cleveland, OH, USA. Tickets on sale March 21st
June 18th - BB Kings: New York, NY, USA. Tickets on sale March 21st
June 20th - NEARfest X: Zoellner Arts Center, Bethlehem, PA, USA
June 21st - The Fillmore @ Tla: Philadelphia, PA, USA. Tickets on sale March 21st
June 22nd - 9:30 Club: Washington DC, USA
June 24th - Toads Place: New Haven, CT, USA
June 25th - Paradise Rock Club: Boston, MA, USA. Tickets on sale March 22nd
June 27th - Cabaret Du Capitole: Quebec City, PQ, Canada. Tickets on sale March 20th
June 28th - Le National: Montreal, PQ, Canada. Tickets on sale March 20th
June 29th - Mod Club: Toronto, ON, Canada. Tickets on sale March 27th

FISH: unofficial tour dates filtering in

Please note:

As mentioned, these are not officially announced dates. As always, the best information will be found on Fish's official website, The Company. However, the following dates have been bandied about/announced by the venues involved. All this is subject to change, and until such time as it is officially announced on Fish's website, should be taken with several grains of salt...preferably around a margarita glass...

2008 North American Tour (dates unofficial/TBC):
June 10 - Hollywood
June 14 - Milwaukee
June 15 - Chicago
June 20 - NearFest
June 25 - Boston

Fish's band for the 2008 tour is scheduled to be as follows:

Fish, lead vocals
Frank Usher, guitar
Chris Johnson, guitar
Steve Vantsis, bass guitar
Foss Paterson, keyboards
Gavin John Griffiths, drums and percussion

He is touring behind his newest release 13th Star, of which has been said:

Fish out of Marillion has finally made an album to eclipse the British rock stalwart's finer moments and easily the best of his solo career. 13th Star has the quality to be this year's less than guilty pleasure. Marvellous.
Colin Somerville, Scotland on Sunday, 10th Feb 2008

...a meditation on loss, the emotional resonance of songs such as 'Arc Of The Curve' making this his strongest work since his late '80s Marillion swansong Clutching At Straws.
Q magazine, April 2008 issue (Paul Elliott)

The record contains some of the musical highlights of 2007 - from the opening refrains of 'Circle Line' through the heavy riffage of 'Manchmal' all the way to the closing beauty of the title track.
Planet Rock, Feb 2008

EMI to release Fish-era Marillion boxed set

From the official forum:

NOT CONFIRMED STILL BEING JIGGLED SUBJECT TO CHANGE ETC PROPOSED TRACKLISTING:

A Live Anthology 1982 – 1988

CD 1/2: Live - At The Marquee, 30/12/1982
CD 3: Live - At The Reading Festival 27/8/83
CD 4: Live - tbc
CD 5: Live - At Hammersmith Odeon 14/12/84
CD 6: Live - At Wembley Arena 5/11/87
Bonus CD E.P.
DVD: Live & TV performances at the BBC (in CD size mini sleeve)

New Mark Wilkinson artwork

Replica of original an Marquee or similar early Tour Poster
Early replica tour T-shirt

Booklet to feature pictures, memorabilia and memories of each gig by band members and fans.