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    Posted: November 29 2004 at 22:11
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Hugh Banton, Guy Evans, Peter Hammill and David Jackson will perform at the Royal Festival Hall in London on May 6th 2005. Tickets are available from the RFH ticket office (www.rfh.org.uk).

After the "classic" line-up got together and played "Still Life" at the end of Peter Hammill's solo gig at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in February 2003, the guys started thinking about playing and recording together again. In September, after a summer of email exchanges, they held a band meeting and planned a get-together for February 2004 at Pyworthy in Devon.

Peter Hammill's heart attack threatened to scupper these plans but having made a speedy recovery they went ahead. This wasn't an exercise in nostalgia and no old Van der Graaf material was played all week but instead a serious amount of jamming went on and work done on several new numbers.

During the summer of 2004, Hammill, with input from the other three, worked to put together a double CD for release in the early part of 2005. Whilst the Royal Festival Hall gig is a one-off, there is talk of further gigs as long as the vibe remains favourable, and more recording in the Autumn.

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YAY FOR VDGG!!! TOO BAD I LIVE IN CLEVELAND  AND NOT LONDON !!!
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Points: 3013 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2004 at 00:14
Nice!  Hopefully they do indeed play more gigs (gigs which will include venturing to Canada...)
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Originally posted by Useful_Idiot Useful_Idiot wrote:

Nice!  Hopefully they do indeed play more gigs (gigs which will include venturing to Canada...)
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Ticket ordered. Anyone else going? Meet-up?

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Originally posted by M@X M@X wrote:

<SPAN =bold>M@X</SPAN><SPAN =bold>Location: Canada </SPAN>


<SPAN =bold>Do you pay for the plane ticket Man-Erg ? </SPAN>



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Great that they're coming back together!



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Originally posted by Useful_Idiot Useful_Idiot wrote:

Nice!  Hopefully they do indeed play more gigs (gigs which will include venturing to Canada...)

and the Netherlands... Please?

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I heard the news from my daughter the other night this is just great news only ever saw them once in Glasgow.I do hope there will be other dates if not London awaits.
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But the nearness and the smell of you La rossa from head to toe; gees what a line from my favourite VDGG album 'Still Life' this will be awesome. Expectation will build until the day arrives.Anybody who thinks prog is dead or we who follow don't care should read this forum. Prog lives!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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WOOOOOO-HOOOOOOO!!!
VdGG Ticket Has Arrived

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Apologies for my lack of dignity & decorum (See above post)
I have just had a count-up of my ticket stubs 1975-present,and it works-out that I will have seen (after May-6-05) VdGG,VdG & Peter Hammill Solo 48 times! VdGG = 10 VdG = 6 PH = 31




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Originally posted by Man Erg Man Erg wrote:

WOOOOOO-HOOOOOOO!!!
VdGG Ticket Has Arrived

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Points: 1125 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 03 2004 at 18:17
Good on you Man Erg I'm waiting to see if more dates will be announced only ever saw them  once during the 'Still Life'  tour in the mid seventies, but this is exactly what We VDGG/Hammill fans have been waiting for
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I've got my tickets!!!!!!!!!!!
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all I can say about this is that I am very, very excited
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