Summers End, Lydney UK, news (Tangent,Magenta)

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We are delighted to confirm The Tangent and Magenta as the latest major additions to the Festival.

The Tangent have just released their fourth album “Not as Good as the Book”, which is being hailed as their finest yet.  This Summers End appearance will feature a five-piece line up of Andy Tillison (keyboards, vocals), Jakko M. Jakszyk (guitar, vocals), Jonas Reingold (bass), Jaime Salazaar (drums) and Theo Travis (flute, sax).  The band will headline the Sunday night of the Festival, September 28^th.
http://thetangent.org

Magenta have released 3 albums to wide critical acclaim since forming in 2001, and their latest, the remarkable “Metamorphosis”, will be released on April 21^st.  Well known for their high energy live performances, the band have thrilled audiences all over the world, including appearances at Baja Prog, Rosfest and Nearfest. The band will occupy the Special Guest slot on Saturday 27^th September just prior to IQs headline appearance.
www.magenta-web.com

The current festival line up now looks like this, with 7 bands still to be announced:

Friday 26^th September  - Threshold (headliner)  www.thresh.net
Saturday 27^th  - IQ (headliner) www.gep.co.uk/iq
Saturday 27^th – Magenta (special guests) www.magenta-web.com
Sunday 28^th – The Tangent (headliner) http://tangent.org
Sunday 28^th – Frost* (special guests) http://thenewcube.blogspot.com/

The 2008 festival will take place on the evening of Friday 26th, Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th of September, at the Hall, Lydney, with 1, 2 or 3 day tickets available. There are no age restrictions. 

More details of the festival, including further bands, ticket sales, accommodation, and sponsorship packages will be released very soon. 

Visit us online at www.summersend.co.uk 
www.myspace.com/summersendfestival 
Join the yahoo group at: http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/summersendfestival/

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Lambsie Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 29 2005 Status: Offline Points: 241	Topic: Summers End, Lydney UK, news (Tangent,Magenta) Posted: March 13 2008 at 10:14
	We are delighted to confirm The Tangent and Magenta as the latest major additions to the Festival. The Tangent have just released their fourth album “Not as Good as the Book”, which is being hailed as their finest yet. This Summers End appearance will feature a five-piece line up of Andy Tillison (keyboards, vocals), Jakko M. Jakszyk (guitar, vocals), Jonas Reingold (bass), Jaime Salazaar (drums) and Theo Travis (flute, sax). The band will headline the Sunday night of the Festival, September 28^th. http://thetangent.org Magenta have released 3 albums to wide critical acclaim since forming in 2001, and their latest, the remarkable “Metamorphosis”, will be released on April 21^st. Well known for their high energy live performances, the band have thrilled audiences all over the world, including appearances at Baja Prog, Rosfest and Nearfest. The band will occupy the Special Guest slot on Saturday 27^th September just prior to IQs headline appearance. www.magenta-web.com The current festival line up now looks like this, with 7 bands still to be announced: Friday 26^th September - Threshold (headliner) www.thresh.net Saturday 27^th - IQ (headliner) www.gep.co.uk/iq Saturday 27^th – Magenta (special guests) www.magenta-web.com Sunday 28^th – The Tangent (headliner) http://tangent.org Sunday 28^th – Frost* (special guests) http://thenewcube.blogspot.com/ The 2008 festival will take place on the evening of Friday 26th, Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th of September, at the Hall, Lydney, with 1, 2 or 3 day tickets available. There are no age restrictions. More details of the festival, including further bands, ticket sales, accommodation, and sponsorship packages will be released very soon. Visit us online at www.summersend.co.uk www.myspace.com/summersendfestival Join the yahoo group at: http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/summersendfestival/

sleeper Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: October 09 2005 Location: Entropia Status: Offline Points: 16449	Posted: March 13 2008 at 10:24
	Wow, this is shaping up to be the best line up I've seen at Summers End, cant wait.
	Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005

Lambsie Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 29 2005 Status: Offline Points: 241	Posted: March 13 2008 at 10:45
	Ta...we're "quietly chuffed" so far...

Jared Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 06 2005 Location: Hereford, UK Status: Offline Points: 17530	Posted: March 13 2008 at 11:09
	^^blimey Andy, we'd better get in there quick with the ticket purchasing...
	Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson

sleeper Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: October 09 2005 Location: Entropia Status: Offline Points: 16449	Posted: March 13 2008 at 12:12
	It might have to wait a little, I'm spending rather a lot on tickets at the moment
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Lambsie Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 29 2005 Status: Offline Points: 241	Posted: March 13 2008 at 13:23
	..and news just in that Guy Manning will also be joining the Tangent at the festival

sleeper Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: October 09 2005 Location: Entropia Status: Offline Points: 16449	Posted: March 13 2008 at 16:20
	^Will he be getting a solo spot as well? I was mightily impressed with his performance in '06.
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Lambsie Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 29 2005 Status: Offline Points: 241	Posted: March 14 2008 at 08:13
	I doubt it - we're trying not to duplicate as far as we can (except for Threshold, who are a special case) - but I know he'd love to do it given the chance...

Lambsie Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 29 2005 Status: Offline Points: 241	Posted: March 17 2008 at 19:41
	We are delighted to confirm Quidam and Abarax as the latest additions to the Festival. Quidam were one of the first Polish progressive bands to gain international prominence in the mid 90s. Their music has always been highly melodic, with flute a major part of their sound, but their recent material has introduced a strong contemporary feel, with great song writing accompanying epic instrumental passages. Their latest album, “Alone Together”, released in 2007, has been hailed as their finest yet. The band will take the third Saturday slot, just prior to Magenta’s appearance. Having had to postpone their appearance at the festival for a year Abarax, from Germany, will finally take their place in the line up. The band play symphonic progressive rock with its feet in Pink Floyd territory, typified by the fabulous, fluid guitar of Dennis Grasekamp. Their album, the concept piece “The Crying of the Whales” is highly recommended. The band will play in the second slot on Saturday afternoon. We also have exciting news about the headline appearance of the Tangent. Guy Manning will now take his place in the line up for the festival, meaning that Summers End is likely to be the only live appearance by the full band anywhere in 2008! The current festival line up now looks like this, with 5 bands still to be announced: Friday 26^th September - Threshold ( UK - headliner) www.thresh.net Support band TBC Saturday 27^th IQ (UK - headliner) www.gep.co.uk/iq Magenta (UK - special guests) www.magenta-web.com Quidam (Poland ) www.quidam.pl Abarax (Germany) www.abarax.de Opening band TBC Sunday 28^th The Tangent (UK / Sweden - headliner) http://tangent.org Frost* (UK - special guests) http://thenewcube.blogspot.com/ Other bands TBC The 2008 festival will take place on the evening of Friday 26th, Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th of September, at the Hall, Lydney, with 1, 2 or 3 day tickets available. There are no age restrictions. More details of the festival, including further bands, ticket sales, accommodation, and sponsorship packages will be released very soon. Visit us online at www.summersend.co.uk www.myspace.com/summersendfestival Join the yahoo group at: http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/summersendfestival/

Jared Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 06 2005 Location: Hereford, UK Status: Offline Points: 17530	Posted: March 18 2008 at 18:10
	^^why Lambsie, you are spoiling us.... I'm quite convinced you'll have no problems shifting 400 tickets for that lot...and mine will be one of them....
	Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson

Lambsie Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 29 2005 Status: Offline Points: 241	Posted: March 18 2008 at 18:25
	Yes, we remain "quietly chuffed" about the line up so far...with one or two surprises still to come, I think! Oh, and capacity for the main festival is likely to be 300, rather than 400, to make room for other bands, crew etc, and to make sure we can put in a bit of seating for those of us with less robust knees!

sleeper Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: October 09 2005 Location: Entropia Status: Offline Points: 16449	Posted: March 19 2008 at 09:49
	Fewer bands per day this time, will the acts be getting longer on stage or are you starting later in the day?
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Lambsie Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 29 2005 Status: Offline Points: 241	Posted: March 20 2008 at 20:22
	All we're doing is cutting out the acoustic acts that started the evening session previously. The idea is to increase the profile of the "Special Guest" bands - give them longer sets and a better sound check. The long dinner break will now be between the Special Guests and the Headliner.