Thanks - but I see you are also arriving from outside of Quebec, did you already call the venue?
No, if I was going, it would be to one of the two Toronto shows.
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My 2 doses were applied in Nova Scotia, how do I obtain a Quebec covid passport or am I good to enter the venue by only showing my vaccine record? My record has a QR code.
According to the Gouvernement du Québec website:
Individuals who do not live in Québec and are travelling in Québec may enter places and participate in activities requiring a vaccine passport if they present the following two documents at the door:
• Valid photo ID with an address outside Québec
• A vaccine passport with a QR code or official proof of vaccination against COVID-19 issued by their country or province in Canada
Even though you shouldn't have any problems based on the above, it may not be a bad idea to check with the venue.
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For those who want to read more about John‘s involvement with Brand X, read our website special about the band here
A good read. Detailed and interesting. Thank you for posting the link.
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Graeme Edge, drummer, poet and composer for the Moody Blues, aged 80, appears to have been cancer, diagnosed in July. Longest serving member of the band, having appeared on their first single in 1964, 1st album in 1965, and stayed until the last album in 2003 and last band gig's in 2018. RIP
Graeme was certainly one of the key contributors that made the Moodies so unique. I'm sorry to hear of his passing.
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May have imagined this...but did i read somewhere that some of the crowd shots were from a Yes gig?..as i say this may have happened in a parallel universe of my mind!
I had read the same thing - that the footage was actually from a Yes concert.
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Great news for Porcupine Tree fans.
PT will be releasing its first album together in 13 years — Closure/Continuation.
Scheduled release date is 24th June 2022.
Steven Wilson is joined by Gavin Harrison and Richard Barbieri.
Edit: They've also announced a tour that will begin in the UK and Europe late next year, with the Americas and Canada to follow.
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I've got most of Ant's output but not the two Archive volumes, oddly enough, so here's a great opportunity handed to me on a silver platter to rectify that early in the new year.
Very nice.
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First off, my condolences.
As someone who has an estranged older sibling, I understand it’s so easy while barrelling through life to focus on the negative while forgetting moments where that person may have contributed something good in your formative years.
I think you’re in a very healthy place wanting to focus on the positive.
Thank you for sharing that personal and touching story.
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I liked Up well enough but one small change would have made a big difference for me.
If they had kept the upbeat "Burn You Up, Burn You Down" as part of the track list as was originally planned, and dropped "The Barry Williams Show," which I find plodding and dull, I would have embraced Up as being up to the same high standard as its predecessors.
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Personally I would like Genesis to close the doors...
I would never wish for a musician to stop touring or recording because time has caught up to them and they no longer perform up to a certain standard.
Everyone's entitled to make a living, doing what they enjoy doing, including 70-year-old musicians.
Of course the common retort is, "They're ruining their legacy!"
I never know what that means to the average fan.
Does that mean they suddenly can't enjoy the old albums anymore? Are their fond memories of seeing the band perform in the past being erased?
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... At this point it's fair to ask how many people would show up for Hackett shows if he was just doing his solo material in concert....
Invariably, he would have to return to playing smaller clubs and theatres again - which is fine with me, but probably less satisfying for Steve and those who take care of his business affairs.
It would be nice if Steve could try to have his cake and eat it too - continuing to play these Genesis Revisited shows if he has to, but maybe book the odd small theatre where he could satisfy an itch to play just his solo stuff, perhaps performing some deep cuts from various albums over the years.
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I feel really bad for fans who were so looking forward to seeing these shows - especially those who had made travel arrangements and booked hotels.
Devastating news.
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Reelin' In The Years - Steely Dan
Until I had the album in my collection, I thought the line was
"Are you gathering up the teas?"
(As a tea lover, I quite liked the idea of cups of tea being gathered and served).
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Hm also interesting in that article Mike (or maybe Tony, couldn't really tell from the writing who was talking) that the concert film from the 76 tour was "bad, terrible." Sounds like we could've got more films from some of the later tours if they didn't feel that way.
They certainly took issue with Tony Maylam exercising artistic licence, adding non-concert footage as a couple of songs are playing.
That is certainly a view shared by many fans.
I don't know if they were too happy about several songs being edited to cut down the film's running time or the fact the audience footage was shot at a Yes concert.
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Really? I had no idea. I'm only aware of his big 70s albums I suppose.
He went through a prolific stretch in the '90s where he was releasing multiple albums a year.
By the way, if you like those "big 70s albums," I highly recommend Red Planet which came out last year. A real return to form; fully instrumental, very much in the style of Criminal Record and Six Wives.
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I'm a big fan, I have all their albums and most of Gord's solo output and Road Apples is my favourite Hip album.
But I'm never keen on repurchasing albums I already have.
I picked up Saskadelphia - a collection of unreleased tracks recorded during the Road Apples sessions - upon release this past summer.
It wasn't reported at the time, but if I had known it was going to be part of a box set coming out later in the year, I would have waited to get the whole set.
Instead, I think I'll stick with what I've got and give it a pass.
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To the band's credit, they've always allowed their touring guitarists some room to put their own stamp on the solo and have never directed them to precisely replicate the original.
I like Anthony Drennan's version.
Yes, it strays from the original - just as Daryl's does - but it remains within the musical boundaries of the song. At no point does he drift completely into uncharted territory.
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I’d like to see Steve make a more simpler album actually ... a little bit stripped down.
This hits the nail on the head for me.
It wasn’t a “no holds barred … unleashing of demons” that made Steve’s music unique to me.
It was subtle pastel shades, occasional soaring guitar solos and simple but beautiful instrumental passages with a lot of breathing room (think of Hammer In The Sand, Kim, Hands Of The Priestess Part II).
I think Steve's desire to break new ground has led him to produce music that is more complex and fuller sounding, but lacking the variety of elements that to me made those earlier albums more captivating.
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Chester and Daryl - don't think I've ever heard anything solo. But would like to hear some of the music Daryl was involved in prior to Genesis
I really like the three albums he did with Jean Luc Ponty (Aurora, Imaginary Voyage and Enigmatic Ocean).
He is the lone guitarist on the first two albums I listed.
On Enigmatic Ocean, my favourite of the three, he shares lead guitar duties with another superbly talented guitarist, Allan Holdsworth.
He certainly seems to be much more in his element here and utilizing a greater depth of his skills playing fusion, than IMO anything he has done while touring with Phil or Genesis.
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At the time of its release, I thought it was a horrible misstep by Steve.
There was so much I didn’t like about it: the tinny production, the vocals, the artificial drums — and the fact he was no longer touring with the same cast of musicians that I had seen him tour with the previous year.
In hindsight, I don’t think it’s as bad or weak of an album as I felt it was at the time.
I’ve gained some appreciation for it but it's certainly not one my favourites.
