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Topic: Greg Lake To Tour The United Kingdom
Posted By: glassonyonpr
Subject: Greg Lake To Tour The United Kingdom
Date Posted: April 11 2012 at 09:08
For Immediate Release

Greg Lake To Tour The United Kingdom In Songs Of A Lifetime

An intimate, interactive and autobiographical show - Coincides with special pre-release of Autobiography

London, UK - Greg Lake, songwriter, poet, vocalist and founding member of Emerson Lake and Palmer and King Crimson, tours the United Kingdom in “Songs of a Lifetime,” an intimate, interactive and autobiographical show which will make its way through the UK this November 2012. The tour began in North America in the April and May, starting in Canada and moving across America to great acclaim. The great success of the tour has led to worldwide demand..

Greg Lake has long been considered a legendary voice and musical powerhouse whose impact changed the landscape of rock and roll. The tour showcases Greg’s influence on music and those who influenced his music in an unusual, personal show consisting of songs, stories, and audience participation. The tour coincides with the pre-release of the artist’s autobiography, which will be made available first to those who attend the shows in audio book form, read by the author himself. The autobiography will be released in three parts, with the full print version available at the end of the year. Volume 1 will be available at the shows.
The tour gives fans the opportunity to hear songs from Emerson, Lake & Palmer, King Crimson, and others in a storyteller format with a question and answer session. The unique format allows for a different and personal show every night, featuring stories of Lake’s encounters with other musical greats who influenced him.
“The concept of performing an intimate and autobiographical show presents a huge challenge,” Lake said. “My experience of this format last tour (2010’s acclaimed collaboration with keyboard artist Keith Emerson) was so invigorating it still gives me a thrill every time I think about it.
“The audience and I have created an intimate and unusual experience together,” he added. “However, at the end of the night the most important [thing] of all is that the audience always feels they have been entertained and enriched by the whole live experience.”
More surprises are ahead for fans and each show promises to be both exciting and different. “This is not a boring show, with me strumming folk songs,” Greg promises. “There is drama and pathos,” he continues. “I hope theatre goers will feel that they have been part of an unusual and enlightening experience, as well as having been entertained.”
The autobiography is NOT an audio recording of the show, but a narrative of Mr. Lake’s experiences from childhood to the present, including never before revealed details, funny and poignant moments, and colorful facts of his extraordinary career as one of the world’s leading and influential musicians, songwriters, vocalists and poets. The autobiography will be released in three audio book volumes, read by the author. The first volume will be available at the show; the complete print edition is anticipated at the end of the year.
New editions of Greg Lake’s solo albums and DVDs are also expected to be made exclusively available to those fans in attendance.
Lake also made headlines when he and his former band mates Carl Palmer and Keith Emerson recently signed with Razor & Tie Records for a full re-issue campaign of Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s material. The campaign, which will begin later this year, will start with the release of newly expanded and re-mastered editions of the trio’s first six albums.
Greg Lake UK tour dates:
November 15:  http://www.thequeenshall.net/" rel="nofollow - The Queen's Hall , Edinburgh, Scotland
November 17:  http://www.secc.co.uk/" rel="nofollow - Lomond Auditorium , Glasgow, Scotland

November 18:  http://www.millvolvotynetheatre.co.uk/" rel="nofollow - Mill Volvo Tyne Theatre , Newcastle, England
November 19:  http://www.atgtickets.com/venue/New-Alexandra-Theatre-Birmingham/242/" rel="nofollow - Alexandra Theatre , Birmingham, England
November 20:  http://www.liverpoolphil.com/" rel="nofollow - Philharmonic , Liverpool, England
November 22:  http://www.cornex.co.uk/ccm/portal/" rel="nofollow - Corn Exchange , Cambridge, England
November 23:  https://glive.co.uk/online/default.asp" rel="nofollow - G Live , Guildford, England
November 24:  http://www.livenation.co.uk/venue/4054/southampton-guildhall-tickets" rel="nofollow - Guildhall , Southampton, England
November 25:  http://www.o2shepherdsbushempire.co.uk/" rel="nofollow - O2 Shepherds Bush Empire , London, England
UK Booking Agent: World Concert Artists, PH: 44 (0)20 3086 9993,  mailto:booking@worldconcertartists.org" rel="nofollow - [email protected] , http://www.worldconcertartists.org/" rel="nofollow - www.worldconcertartists.org   
European Press inquiries: Glass Onyon PR, Billy James, PH: 828-350-8158,  mailto:glassonyo[email protected]" rel="nofollow - [email protected]  




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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 11 2012 at 14:10
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Shepherds Bush Empire - I will be there to beg and borrow


Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 11 2012 at 14:19
Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

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Shepherds Bush Empire - I will be there to beg and borrow

I'll see you there!


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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: April 11 2012 at 16:26
I checked his site, and, alas, only two Canadian locations, both of which are out of my way. (He should have come to Ottawa, our capital, and where i am from, and i would have definitely gone)


Posted By: SMSM
Date Posted: April 11 2012 at 17:30
No fashion show, but I saw him on TV and he has become very obese, not very fat, very obese


Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: April 11 2012 at 20:40
Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

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Shepherds Bush Empire - I will be there to beg and borrow
I bet you will be there-with Bells on! No doubt you will be in your element, Richard.Thumbs Up


Posted By: SouthSideoftheSky
Date Posted: April 12 2012 at 08:26
 
His live DVD from 2006 is great as far as I'm concerned! If he could pull off something like that again I would be happy.
 


Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 12 2012 at 14:25
Originally posted by SouthSideoftheSky SouthSideoftheSky wrote:

 
His live DVD from 2006 is great as far as I'm concerned! If he could pull off something like that again I would be happy.
 
Yep went to one of the shows on that tour. Greg is ultra professional about what he does and you can bet this tour will be no different


Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 12 2012 at 14:26
Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

 Clap
Shepherds Bush Empire - I will be there to beg and borrow

I'll see you there!
 
excellent , look forward to it


Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 12 2012 at 14:28
Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

 Clap
Shepherds Bush Empire - I will be there to beg and borrow
I bet you will be there-with Bells on! No doubt you will be in your element, Richard.Thumbs Up
indeed . Great venue is Shepherds Bush Empire. I've seen Tangerine Dream ,Asia and Kansas there and all were superb gigsBig smile


Posted By: DomValela
Date Posted: April 13 2012 at 16:58
Going to see him in Montreal in 2 hours! I can't wait to meet him after the show. :)

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