Christmad! [posted 03/5/09 - updated 20/10/09]
Our
Christmas Show will be at the fabulous
Assembly venue in Leamington Spa for
Sat Dec 12th, and it really promises to be a truly great night.
And the great news is? YOU WON'T GET KICKED OUT RIGHT AFTER THE GIG.......you can stick around till at least 1am. The band will come out to chat to everyone and have a drink, so a bit of an apres gig knees up to boot!
Support will be legendary German proggers Sylvan
Organised by the guy who used to book the bands for the LA2 in London, the Assembly is the Midlands up and coming new venue, and it's absolutely gorgeous! Check out the virtual tour.
Tickets are available now from the Box Office 01926-523001 or at:
www.leamingtonassembly.com.
We also have them available from this website, go to
the store (£12.50 adv... £15 on the door).
Pendragon are promising to do one of their now legendary marathon 3 hour sets for this show, probably in two halves with a 15 minute tea break in the middle!
The first half will be all of Pure and more, and the second half will be classic 'Dragon plus a few surprises!
The Boerderij, Zoetermeer Holland Fri Dec 4th [posted 06/5/09 - updated 22/10/09]
To celebrate Pendragon sweeping the board in this years DPRP Polls, the band have added a new show for
the Boerderij in Zoetermeer Holland, they are expected to do a marathon set with a break in the middle, so expect some oldies + rarities etc.
This gig is
SOLD OUT!
Summer's End Sun Oct 11th [posted 06/5/09]
Pendragon are excited to announce headline position on
Sun 11th October at
Summer's End Festival this year.
The festival is at Lydney Town Hall, same as last year.
This year also sees Steve Hackett playing on the Friday night and Pallas on Saturday.
Tickets and more info available from
www.summersend.co.uk.
Spain "audio Denia Rock & Pop Festival" Sept 5th CANCELLED [posted 13/12/08 - updated 25/7/09]
We have just heard that Spain Audio Denia festival has been cancelled, we are hoping another venue in Barcelona can be found for the same date.
Email us at
info@pendragonuk.net or watch the forum and website for further news.
Pendragon invited to play Fish convention Leamington Spa Sat Aug 8th [posted 26/2/09]
Pendragon have been asked to guest at the
Fish convention at the Leamington Assembly on
Sat Aug 8th.
This is going to be a great opportunity to play in front of some familiar faces plus hopefully make some new friends all smack bang in the middle of the UK again! Really looking forward to this... Thanks for the people who rallied around to get us on the bill!
Tickets on sale from April, details from
www.the-company.com.
Memories of Woodstock festival [updated 4/8/09]
It seems that after some weeks of tribulation, the Memoreis Of Woodstock has now been cancelled.
Last Friday we were still trying to get our payment from the promoter of the show after a week of false starts, the fee never appeared. We had heard that many other bands had pulled out due to the same thing, deposits had not been paid and bands were generally getting restless.
We tried to keep negotiations going for as long as possible, as we knew people were travelling down for this and we didn't want them to be disappointed, but on Friday afternoon , after giving the promoters a further three deadlines, it became clear that we were not going to get paid.
We are massively sorry about this, but it has been utterly out of our hands.
To anyone who has tickets, we seriously suggest you contact the promoter right away to get a refund
Brian Davies: www.new-dawn-events.co.uk, brian.davies82@btinternet.com.
As some of you know we are playing at the Fish Convention the following night , and if any of you do still have tickets for Woodstock, Fish has very kindly offered the following deal, [extract from the Fish blog].
"Any Pendragon fans who weren't planning on coming to Leamington but who were some of the very few who got tickets for Shrewsbury will be able to attend the Saturday night gig and catch the band.
All they have to do is contact the Pendragon web site [email info@pendragonuk.net] and let them know you are coming so we have the names on the door and then show their relevant Woodstock ticket at the gig to gain entry.
The only deal is that when they get the refund on their ticket that they send it to Nick and the band to help them out."
Loreley pictures (2009)
Pendragon to play Loreley July 11th [posted 13/12/08 - updated 18/1/09]
We have been asked back to the Loreley Festival Night Of The Progs 4 this year, Pendragon's show there in 2007 was incredible. The day visibly lifted when Pendragon hit the stage and their performance goes down as one of the best the festival has seen, if you can, get along for this, it will be incredible...
Also confirmed on the bill is Steve Hackett.
Pendragon - Lisbon - 2009 (as guest as Dream Theater)
Pendragon - Ittervoort - 2009
Pendragon to guest for Dream Theater in Lisbon Portugal June 18th [posted 22/05/09]
We are very very very excited to announce that
Pendragon are to open for Dream Theater at their
Lisbon show in
Portugal at
Coliseum de Lisboa on
June 18th.
Nick said - "The band are massively looking forward to this as it will be a good big crowd and a chance to really get our teeth into a slightly different type of audience, which should be enourmous fun... The Portuguese fans are an awesome bunch so it is going to be a night to remember !".
The set will be about 40 mins long [standard support slot!].
Pendragon clean up at the DPRP Polls for 2008 [posted 06/5/09]
http://www.dprp.net/dprpoll/2008/dprpoll2008result.php?type=guitaristaz
Wow, there is such a lot to take in there.
In a nutshell, Pendragon's results are as follows......
PURE - Album of the year 2008.
INDIGO - Track of the Year 2008 (with Comatose #6 and Eraserhead also in top 20).
PURE/KILLUSTRATIONS - 4th place - Artwork of the year 2008.
CONCERT - 2nd place - Pendragon Zoetermeer (with 15 of last years shows being individually voted for. The Porc's scooped #1 for the second year running, last year we were #24................watch out PT for next year!).
Individual performances:
Guitarist of the Year 2008 - Nick Barrett.
Drummer of the Year was Zoltan, with Mike Portnoy #2 and SCOTTY at #3 (Neil Peart #4).
Bass Player of the Year was Jonas Reingold-Karmakanic #2 PeteTrewavas with PETER & Geddy Lee sharing a joint 3rd place.
Classic Rock goes Prog [posted 16/3/09]
Classic Rock Magazine are bringing out what hopes to be the first of a quarterly prog rock magazine. The first issue contains an interview/feature with Nick and hopefully a new Pure review as well.
We also placed our own full page advert in to promote our new album to squillions of new people, spot the swipe at the "we wanna give our music away for free " brigade ! hee hee....laughed? We nearly downloaded In Rainbows!
Verona Prog Fest Italy June 6th [posted 26/2/09]
Pendragon are
back in Italy for the Festival Prog Verona, near Club Il Giardino.
Tickets info etc call 0393485358957.
This is the fourth edition of Festival Prog the web site
www.clubilgiardino.org will have more details soon, check back regularly for more news!
The festival bill consists of:
* 3rd June Wednesday three local band for the start Festival. Free entrance.
* 4th June Thuesday 21:00 La Torre dell'alchimista from Bergamo (Italy), 22:15 Mauro Aimetti E.L.P Tribute Band from Milan (Italy). Tickets approx 10 €.
* 5th June Friday 21:00 Alex Carpani Band from Bologna (Italy), 22:15 Strawbs (England). Tickets approx 15 €.
* and
6th June Saturday 21:00 The Watch from Milan. 22:15 Pendragon (England) to closed Festival. Tickets approx 15 €.
Pendragon confirmed for Rotherham Rocks May 9th [posted 13/12/08 - updated 18/1/09]
Pendragon are now confirmed as headliners for Rotherham Rocks on May 9th and the band are preparing to alter the set...again, it is being mooted that ALL of Pure will be played.
Tickets and more info from
www.theclassicrocksociety.blogspot.com.
Glasgow UK show added for May [posted 26/2/09]
At long flamin' last...a gig in Scotland, we are very very very excited to be getting
back to Glasgow, as the last time we played there has got to be around 20 years ago....so here are the details:
Date is
Sunday 10th May.
Tickets on sale from The Ferry office 01698 360085, Secxtra & Tickets Scotland at £12.
Address is The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, Glasgow, G3 8BX.
Also more details at
www.the-ferry.co.uk.
The Peel UK show added for May [posted 26/02/09]
Pendragon are back at
The Peel in Kingston Sun May 3rd, tickets are on sale now, it's a bank holiday the Monday after so no need to worry about getting up for work the following day. Pure is expected to be played in its entirety, for the first time in the UK plus we're thinking about digging out another rarity that hasn't been played for a while to add to the set list.
More details from
www.houseofprogression.webeden.co.uk.
New t.shirt [posted 26/2/09]
The new t.shirt will be available at the gigs, which we will NOT be selling through the website for a while, the design is a very "new school" killustrations rock yer head off thing........it's very NOW!
Picture of the band (2009)
Pure best album of 2008 so far in Prog Archives [posted 13/12/08]
Prog Archives most popular album of 2008, well it was, for 6 weeks, and [was!] 3rd most popular Neo Prog album of ALL TIME...geez it's only been out 2 months!........
http://www.progarchives.com/top-prog-albums.asp?syears=2008#list.
It would be fantastic if you can add your own Pure review yourself and get it back up to the No 1 spot where it should be!
See fans reviews here:
http://www.progarchives.com/album-reviews.asp?id=19251.
Pendragon scoop Best album of 2008 at Classic Rock Society Awards [posted 18/1/09]
Ex Genesis guitarist, Steve Hackett handed over the award for Best Album of 2008 to a delighted Nick and Scott at the Classic Rock Society Awards Night at the weekend.
Nick says "This is a phenomenal acheivement for the band as it's the first time we have won best album, which I REALLY wanted to bag for Pure. Thanks to everyone who voted for us. If someone had said to me 30 years ago, Steve Hackett will be handing you an award for best album of the year one day, I would have thought....little liars......but it's all come true, like some massive prog dream. To be honest I was a bit nervous, to meet Hackett was really quite a thing for me, in fact I was so jittery I accidentally shut his finger in the box the award came in...imagine that, squashing the finger that played Firth Of Fifth...ain't that a thing????"
Other nominations for Pendragon also included Indigo - Best Song, Nick - Best Guitarist and Scott - Best drummer.
Also Pure is coming out on top in many polls across the world for best album of 2008 and getting many 5 star reviews too.
Classic Rock Mag [posted 13/12/08]
Pendragon's Pure just got this review in Classic Rock this month, the album has been getting brilliant reviews from all over the world and the reaction from the fans has been incredbile, most people cannot believe that a band that have been going for 30 years can make an album that sounds so fresh.
Here is what Classic Rock said:
Happy Birthday To You.
Leading lights of the early 80's Neo Prog movement, Gloucestershire quartet Pendragon celebrate their 30th anniversary in some style with Pure, the band's 10th studio album.
Housed in a hardback book and including an additional DVD [a 'progumentary'], it's not just on the packaging that leader Nick Barrett and the band have a excelled themselves, but also on the musical front. Their 2005 album Believe showed them in fine fettle. Here Pendragon create - from a sound that owed more to the likes of Camel - a full on symphonic delight that suggests Passion, Pink Floyd at their most grandiose.
Epic, sweeping yet accessible and grittily metallic, Pure straddles the line between English eccentricity and today's progressively inclined metal bands. Pendragon's finest hour, without a doubt
Pendragon live shows for 2009 [posted 13/12/08 - updated 18/1/09]
March
19th March - Le Splendid - Lille - France
20th March - CC De Mortel - Ittervoort - Holland
Please note: Mar. 20th CC Mortel Ittervoort Holland SOLD OUT
More dates for Script For A Jesters Tour have been announced [posted 13/12/08]
Info at
www.wiventertainment.de
See them here........
16/01/09 - UK Kingston The Peel
17/01/09 - UK Kingston The Peel
18/01/09 - UK Dudley JB's
19/01/09 - UK Manchester Academy
20/01/09 - UK York The Duchess
21/01/09 - UK Frome Cheese & Grain
23/01/09 - NED Zoetermeer De Boerderij
24/01/09 - NED Uden De Pul
25/01/09 - BEL Verviers Spirit of 66
26/01/09 - GER Aschaffenburg Colos-Saal
27/01/09 - GER Stuttgart LKA Longhorn
28/01/09 - GER Lorsch Musiktheater Rex
29/01/09 - SUI Pratteln Z 7
30/01/09 - GER Dinslaken Kulturkantine
31/01/09 - GER Cologne Live Music Hall
01/02/09 - GER Bielefeld Movie
02/02/09 - GER Berlin Frannz Club
03/02/09 - POL Bielsko Biala Club Pomarancza
04/02/09 - POL Krakow Club Studio
05/02/09 - POL Warszawa Club Progresja
07/02/09 - ITA Milano Rolling Stone
08/02/09 - ITA Roma Staziona Birra
10/02/09 - FRA Paris Scene Bastille
Pendragon Pure Tour, Autumn 2008 [posted 21/7/08 - updated 01/11/08]
September
20+21 Sept - Pendragon Mega Daze - Riffs - Swindon - UK -
SOLD OUT!!!
October
3 Oct - Spirit Of 66 - Verviers - Belgium
4 Oct - Boerderij - Zoetermeer - Holland -
SOLD OUT!!!
5 Oct - Movie - Bielefeld - Germany
6 Oct - Bergkeller - Reichenbach - Germany
7 Oct - Piwnica - Poznan - Poland
8 Oct - Parlament - Gdansk - Poland
9 Oct - Filharmonia - Bydogoscz - Poland
10 Oct - Progresja - Warsaw - Poland
11 Oct - Rotunda - Krakow - Poland
12 Oct - BCK - Bielsko Biala - Poland
13 Oct - Teatr Slaski - Katowice - Poland
14 Oct - Rock Cafe - Prague - Czech Republic
15 Oct - Metropolis - Munich - Germany
16 Oct - Thunder Rd - Milan - Italy
17 Oct - Stazzione Birra - Rome - Italy
19 Oct - Ninkasi Kao - Lyon - France
20 Oct - Z7 - Pratteln - Switzerland
21 Oct - Colossal - Aschaffenburg - Germany
23 Oct - Zentrum Altenburg - Oberhausen - Germany
24 Oct - Nouveau Casino - Paris - France -
SOLD OUT!!!
25 Oct - Espace Tatry - Bordeaux - France
26 Oct - Luz De Gas - Barcelona - Spain
27 Oct - Ritmo y Compás - Madrid - Spain
28 Oct - Santiago Alquimista - Lisbon - Portugal
30 Oct - Strasbourg - France -
SOLD OUT!!!
November
1 Nov - Montgomery Hall - Wath-upon-Dearne (CRS) - UK
2 Nov - The Robin - Bilston - UK
7 Nov - The Peel - Kingston - UK
8 Nov - The Peel - Kingston - UK
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We're planning a Pendragon weekender thing at Riffs near Swindon to celebrate the release of the new album Pure.
We're offering an amazing all in one deal and this is what you get:
• a Pendragon cotton bag containing:
- Special edition Pure cd album with a new progumentary DVD
- Pure t.shirt
• Saturday night full band Pendragon concert
• Sunday Prog-roast [lunchtime hog roast]
• Sunday lunchtime/afternoon set with Pendragon playing rarities [different material from Sat night] plus Nick, Clive and Peter doing a few specials, solo projects etc. Also a good chance to get the new album signed and generally mingle with the band. [Sunday will aim to finish around 5pm, so people are not too late travelling home].
The copies of Pure that will be available at Riffs will be the very first to the public, which is 2 weeks before any other human being gets their hands on one! [goodie bags to be collected at Riffs on the night but tickets will be posted].
There will be limited space so early booking is advised as we have had to turn people away at ALL the recent Riffs shows as they sell out fast.
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Pendragon at Moonfest, Marlborough, UK [posted 21/7/08]
On Sat 30th August Pendragon will be playing Moonfest, Marlborough, Wilts!
All info here (Pendragon appear on "Riffstock" stage between Ozric Tentacles and Australian Passion, Pink Floyd on main stage).
Pendragon on stage approx 9pm for a 1 hour set....don't miss it! We hope to wheel out some new stuff!
PLEASE NOTE THIS FESTIVAL HAS BEEN CANCELLED by the organisers due to concerns about public disorder.
Here it is! [posted 21/7/08]
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Welcome to the new look website! Keep checking in as we continue to update all your favourite pages, but don't be shy, post your thoughts and comments on the Pendragon forum.
Here is your very first glimpse of the artwork from the new studio album PURE the artwork is based on a contortionist which reflects the difficulties and restrictions that we have growing up as adolescents. A desktop wallpaper is available on this page.
The new studio album PURE is due out Oct 1st.
The special edition with progumentary DVD and case bound book will ONLY be available through our website and at the concerts. We will be taking pre-orders from the Pendragon web-store in the middle of August.
Hang onto your horses, this album is going to blow your mind!
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Pendragon Mega Daze, Riffs, Swindon, UK [posted 21/7/08]
We're planning a Pendragon weekender thing at Riffs near Swindon to celebrate the release of the new album Pure: the
Pendragon Mega Daze Sept 20th and 21st.
We're offering an amazing all in one deal and this is what you get:
• a Pendragon cotton bag containing:
- Special edition Pure cd album with a new progumentary DVD
- Pure t.shirt
• Saturday night full band Pendragon concert
• Sunday Prog-roast [lunchtime hog roast]
• Sunday lunchtime/afternoon set with Pendragon playing rarities [different material from Sat night] plus Nick, Clive and Peter doing a few specials, solo projects etc. Also a good chance to get the new album signed and generally mingle with the band. [Sunday will aim to finish around 5pm, so people are not too late travelling home].
The copies of Pure that will be available at Riffs will be the very first to the public, which is 2 weeks before any other human being gets their hands on one! [goodie bags to be collected at Riffs on the night but tickets will be posted].
There will be limited space so early booking is advised as we have had to turn people away at ALL the recent Riffs shows as they sell out fast.
There is local accomodation available, a good range of B+B's etc, and we're also looking into camping as well.
Price:
• £45 per person
• £80 per special couple deal [same things each but only 1 CD/1 bag]
Please note the Pendragon Mega Daze is now SOLD OUT!
Nick/Clive acoustic set, Nr Vilnius, Lithuania [posted 21/7/08]
Nick and Clive will play an acoustic set at The Baltic Prog Fest in Lithuania on 25th July, consisting of material from Pendragon and Clive's solo projects.
Friday, 25th of July
17:00 – 18:30 Appleseed (PL)
18:30 – 20:00 Mouches à l‘Orange (BY)
20:00 – 21:30 Panzerballett (GER)
21:30 – 23:00 The Red Masque (USA)
23:00 – 00:30 Clive Nolan & Nick Barrett (UK)
Saturday, 26th of July
12:30 – 14:00 Olive Mess (LV)
14:00 – 15:30 In Front (RU)
15:30 – 17:00 Zombie Zoo (BY)
17:00 – 18:30 Knyaz Myshkin (BY)
18:30 – 20:00 Flamborough Head (NL)
20:00 – 21:30 Indukti (PL)
21:30 – 23:00 Final Conflict (UK)
23:00 – 00:30 Delirium (IT)
This year is the 30th Anniversary of Pendragon [posted 12/1/08]
Pendragon's first gig was 30 years ago this June at the Marshall Rooms in Stroud, Glos, which makes the Peel show more or less the 30th Anniversary show. It is astonishing to think the band have managed to keep going this long through some pretty turbulent up and downs and all with no major record deal!
The set list for that first show consisted pretty much of cover versions which included, Jonny B Goode, Led Zepellin Rock N Roll and Stairway [of course!], Bad Comapny Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Jimi Hendrix Voodoo Chile, Purple Haze, Hey Joe, The Sex Pistols Pretty Vacant, Santana Sama Pa Ti, Oye Como Va, Free Alright Now amongst others.
Here's to another 30 years!
