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Topic: Summer's End 2014. Any news?
Posted By: anaesthetist
Subject: Summer's End 2014. Any news?
Date Posted: January 11 2014 at 06:19
I'm wondering if anyone's heard anything about this year's Summer's End(mainly which weekend it's on)? I missed the last one due to work commitments and I'm hoping that this year it coincides with my days offSmile

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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: January 11 2014 at 06:26
Not yet as far as I know, Steve doesnt tend to start giving out the information until February or March when they have the first couple of bands signed up.


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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: January 12 2014 at 05:18
^^ Have you been attending the 'Summer's End' festivals over the past few years, Andy?


Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: January 12 2014 at 06:08
Yes, this year would be my 9th straight festival. It's also Summers End's 10th running so I wonder if tey'll be able to come up with something special.

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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: January 12 2014 at 09:18
Originally posted by sleeper sleeper wrote:

Yes, this year would be my 9th straight festival. It's also Summers End's 10th running so I wonder if tey'll be able to come up with something special.



that's brilliant! can you pick any highlights from the sets you've seen over the past decade?


Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: January 12 2014 at 10:32
2006: White Willow, Strangefish and The Flower Kings all put on excellent performances.
2007: Pure Reason Revolution put on an excellent show, before Electro Pop  became their major influence, and Pain of Salvation were stunning.
2008: Threshold were very impressive, especially Johan Jame who was still knocking out the drum solos despite dislocating his shoulder the week before (I remember and Dean were there on the Friday night for Seasons End and Threshold), IQ and The Tangent/Beardfish combo were also very good.
2009: Steve Hackett, Pallas and Pendragon were exceptional.
2010: Haken were great (Tom MacLean is a great guy to chat with as well), The Watch were very good (never would have thought what amounted to a Genesis tribute band with a few of their own songs thrown in would have made an exceptional closer to the festival) and Phideaux was an amazing performance.
2011: Overall I think this is the best year they've had, Lazuli, Caravan, Arena, Headspace, The Tangent and Maschine (called Concrete Lake at the time) were all brilliant and the other bands were all pretty good as well.
2012: Knifeworld, Wobbler, Cyan, The Cryptic Clues (Twelfth Night by a different name) and The Enid were all excellent.
2013: Sylvan were very good (surprisingly since I'm not a fan of their albums and the last time they played here they were pretty lackluster), Focus were brilliant and Thumpermonkey were an excellent find but special mention goes to Lazuli, that was arguably the best set I've ever seen and really can't wait for their UK tour in November.

I'll also mention the sole running of the Fused Festival Huw put on in 2011.  Finally got to see Vanden Plas after the abortive attempt with Prog Power UK III. Threshold and Haken were as good as ever and Toxic Smile, Hookah the Fuzz and Day Six were good finds. A shame it's become clear that a Prog Metal festival in the UK is pretty unviable. 


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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: January 12 2014 at 11:19
^^ thanks Andy; that's a very detailed post! you must have a brilliant memory!


Posted By: anaesthetist
Date Posted: January 12 2014 at 14:13
Looking at Sleeper's list,it must've been 2011 when I went. I could've sworn it was only a year ago. I missed the Friday night that time due to work but I'm hoping to catch Lazuli when they tour with Moon Safari in November

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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: January 12 2014 at 16:46
Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

^^ thanks Andy; that's a very detailed post! you must have a brilliant memory!

Not quite, I could remember the performances but with half of them I had to run a google search to remember the year!LOL


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Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005



Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: January 13 2014 at 02:37
do you also go to that Prog festival they've started to hold in North Wales each March?


Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: January 13 2014 at 07:52
I can only really afford to go to the one festival each year so I've kept on support SE, on average it tends to have better lineups than other festivals as well.

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Posted By: tonyes
Date Posted: January 18 2014 at 05:23
Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

do you also go to that Prog festival they've started to hold in North Wales each March?


I'm fairly new to Summers End, having just been the last 2 years, and hoping to go again this year. I have to agree with the earlier post about Lazuli, they were exceptional. I'm hoping to see them again on their UK tour at the end of this year.

I'm presuming your comment above is referring to HRH prog. We went last year when it was held at the Magna in Rotherham. The line-up was very good, but the place was so cold that the bands were complaining, and it made enjoying the music difficult. Also the organisation is wholly commercially based, providing a very different experience from the fan orientated festivals such as Summers End, Danfest and Celebr8. Its each to their own, but I shan't be going to HRH again.


Posted By: tonyes
Date Posted: January 22 2014 at 10:52
Just found this on the Summers End Facebook page:

Advanced new of Summers End 2014. It'll be our tenth anniversary - so that's SE X. This year it will be on September 26 / 27 / 28. Location is still to be confirmed, so we recommend that you DO NOT book accomodation in the Forest of Dean just yet!


Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: January 22 2014 at 11:21
^^ thanks for the update Tony...

re your previous post, I've been out of the loop for some time and assumed that the HRH prog fest had also been held in North Wales last year; didn't realise it had moved venues. Interesting that it had been held in Rotherham... did it have anything to do with the Classic Rock Soc/ Martin Hudson, or was this a mere geographical coincidence?

Anyway, Flower Kings & Fish probably aren't big enough draws to make me travel to the North Wales coast for a weekend, so I think I'll give it a miss.

Best Wishes....


Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: January 22 2014 at 12:14
Location to be confirmed? Thats ominous, have the locals thrown them out of Lydney now?

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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: January 22 2014 at 12:16
^^ maybe they need a bigger venue? it's always been quite well subscribed to, hasn't it?


Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: January 22 2014 at 15:26
Certainly since around 2009/10 they've had very good crowd numbers, though I'm skeptical about how many more they could pull (maybe being closer to a big city will help with that, I don't know). However, it's been the sale of food, booze and t-shirts that has let them cover the costs (proggers sure can drink!).  

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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: January 22 2014 at 15:43
well, maybe the Hall got double booked, and the Lydney WI got in first?

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Posted By: tonyes
Date Posted: January 23 2014 at 03:21
[QUOTE=Jared]^^ thanks for the update Tony...

re your previous post, I've been out of the loop for some time and assumed that the HRH prog fest had also been held in North Wales last year; didn't realise it had moved venues. Interesting that it had been held in Rotherham... did it have anything to do with the Classic Rock Soc/ Martin Hudson, or was this a mere geographical coincidence?

/QUOTE]

Don't know why it was in Rotherham last year. Don't believe CRS had anything to do with it. Was just another of the HRH festivals. They ran 2 at the same time in Magna, HRH Prog had half the building, while HRH AOR used the rest. There was plenty of room, except in the food hall, which was mobbed as it was very small, and used by both festivals.

I can't comment on why Summer's End may be moving. It will be a shame as the hall at Lydney is perfect. I'd be surprised (but not disappointed) if it was because numbers were expected to exceed capacity. Only time will tell.


Posted By: tonyes
Date Posted: January 28 2014 at 02:41
A little more here from Steve Lamb (the festival organiser):

"I'm not making too much noise until we've confirmed the venue - Lydney as usual we hope. Strangely enough, even though it's not even the end of January, we have 75% of the line up sorted already. SE X (Summers End 10) is going to be - well - pretty sexy!"


Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: January 28 2014 at 05:52
Aha! Let the double entendres begin.

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Posted By: tonyes
Date Posted: March 21 2014 at 06:35
Latest on Summers End is that it WILL NOT be in Lydney, but at a new venue, somewhere not too far away (from Lydney that is). Line up almost finalised. More to come shortly


Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: March 25 2014 at 06:43
I hope so, I'd really like some official news on this.

The first year of SE was in Gloucester, I wonder if they're going back?


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Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005



Posted By: tonyes
Date Posted: April 07 2014 at 10:08
Still no news on the venue, but the first bands are named as United Progressive Fraternity (Offshoot from Unitopia), RPWL and possibly Unto Us.


Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: April 07 2014 at 11:35
Unto Us would hardly be a surprise given that it's Huw's band, RPWL is a disappointment given how rubbish they were last time and Unitopia went down very well when they came so UPF should find a responsive audience.

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Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005



Posted By: tonyes
Date Posted: April 08 2014 at 02:24
I didn't go last time RPWL played, surprised to hear that they were rubbish. As for Huw and Unto Us, maybe the album will have been released by then!


Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: April 08 2014 at 08:47
Well I think they're rubbish full stop, but there were quite a few people milling around paying no attention to the band whilst they played, not helped by their horrific cover of Shine On.... 

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Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005



Posted By: tonyes
Date Posted: May 14 2014 at 07:27
Minor Update - Still having problems finding a suitable venue. Hopefully something sorted soon


Posted By: stevetdunn
Date Posted: May 19 2014 at 00:42
Lots more news on the Facebook pages re SE-X  - https://www.facebook.com/groups/98170444873/

Venue:  Palmer Community Centre, Chepstow. September 26, 27 and 28th.
Lineup (so far):

Curved Air
RPWL
United Progressive Fraternity
Lifesigns
DeeExpus
Touchstone
Tin Spirits
Verbal Delirium
Argos
Colourflow
Kingbathmat

Am hoping that http://www.summersend.co.uk/ will be updated in due course!


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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 19 2014 at 01:09
Tempted to go but then I say this every year. Chepstow is slightly more accessible from a driving point of view as its very close to the second Severn bridge crossing. Probably no more than an hour for me by car. I'll probably decide closer to the date. Certainly would like to see Curved Air/Sonja Kristina and Lifesigns.


Posted By: tonyes
Date Posted: May 19 2014 at 04:43
Cheers Steve, you beat me to it. Accommodation already booked. Looking forward to it


Posted By: tonyes
Date Posted: May 21 2014 at 02:24
All the info now available here http://www.summersend.co.uk/index.html

Tickets on sale now


Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: May 21 2014 at 06:48
I am tempted looking that Verbal Delirium have been booked!! A great decision Clap


Posted By: tonyes
Date Posted: May 22 2014 at 07:21
Touchstone also added to the list above.


Posted By: anaesthetist
Date Posted: June 08 2014 at 04:14
I won't make it due to work

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