Tour insurance. A novel approach

Great idea! These guys have been at the forefront of crowdfunding for a while, so no surprise there. I do have to hand it to them for how innovative this idea is. I hope it works out for them.

They definitely have a dedicated hard-core following. They've been able to run Marillion weekends for a number of years with good attendance. I have friends who've seen them dozens of times and travel abroad to see them.

Logan wrote: ^ They'll never really make it, though, until they play a RIO event. ;) Unless they have (I couldn't imagine them signing on to the original manifesto, but I know little about their politics -- I would expect the following to be more on the Conservative side). Sadly, that ended, didn't it? At least the one in Carmaux. It may be time for a RIO meets Neo event. Univers Zero playing with Marillion would be something to behold.

Yeah, RIO is finished following government funding cuts (I think)

There's still Freakshow in Wurzburg Germany which is actually on this weekend. I'm hoping to get there next year.

Edited by Nogbad_The_Bad - October 09 2021 at 08:58

Thanks Ian and Steve. I had known that Fish leaned left. And indeed, a small c conservative and a big C Conservative are two different things (even if there is ideological overlap). I should have said, on the more Conservative side, or should that be conservative side (it was in my my mind). I often identify as liberal-minded but not a Liberal. This is more in a traditional liberal sense which includes some people who identify as Conservatives. I find those easy left-right divides people make often rather silly. I have been called a Communist and a Neo-Con. Without upending this topic, and that is an interesting strategy, I'm quite conservative in many ways. I might have said more orthodox. My dad was very conservative when it came to music -- very much stuck in the classical music tradition, and very old school in many ways.

I have little time for the nonsense of politicians of all stripes, and as with many, have a general distrust of politicians. I appreciate those of different stripes who have a rational scepticism / value critical thinking.

Edited by Logan - October 09 2021 at 10:37

lazland wrote: Logan wrote: Thanks Ian and Steve. I had known that Fish leaned left. And indeed, a small c conservative and a big C Conservative are two different things (even if there is ideological overlap). I should have said, on the more Conservative side, or should that be conservative side (it was in my my mind). I often identify as liberal-minded but not a Liberal. This is more in a traditional liberal sense which includes some people who identify as Conservatives. I find those easy left-right divides people make often rather silly. I have been called a Communist and a Neo-Con. Without upending this topic, and that is an interesting strategy, I'm quite conservative in many ways. I might have said more orthodox. My dad was very conservative when it came to music -- very much stuck in the classical music tradition, and very old school in many ways. I have little time for the nonsense of politicians of all stripes, and as with many, have a general distrust of politicians. I appreciate those of different stripes who have a rational scepticism / value critical thinking. I could have written this in the first person, Greg. We have a very similar outlook.

I think a big problem is that there is far too much idealism and not enough realism. But a lot of people don't want to hear realism, and that often won't get votes. Politicians commonly spin things for their own agenda.

Btw, there is a new album pre order campaign going on by the boys for "Hour Before It's Dark", which is in the mixing stage as we speak. Preorder at Marillion.com. 

Edited by SteveG - October 13 2021 at 07:52

^Thanks. Fixed.