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Genesis, Foxtrot. 40th Anniversary Retrospective.

Genesis, especially the classic line up of Tony Banks, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Steve Hackett would become one of the U.K.’s favourite Progressive Rock bands on the strength of the 1972 album Foxtrot.

This eccentric band packed to the rafters with burgeoning talent had already broken parts of Europe with Trespass and the charming Nursery Cryme but as had up to that point failed to break the U.K top 20 album chart. Their first album From Genesis to Revelation had failed to convince the British public that their music was worth listening to, Trespass saw them make inroads and Nursery Cryme make friends, it was however the pastoral feel combined with an abundance of British eccentricity that would convince music listeners that these five performers had something worthwhile to say.

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Marillion, Sounds That Can’t Be Made. Album Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. September 17th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating ****

For 30 years Marillion have been proving their new album title wrong, they have surely made every musical note perspire, hum like an angel and make grown men quiver at the knees with ease of their performances. Now the band that some critics have spent their life rubbishing and others extolling the virtues of have released their new album; the exceptional Sounds That Can’t Be Made and like 2004’s Marbles it is an album of genius and sheer quality.

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Marillion, Gig Review. Corporation, Sheffield.

Steve Hogarth and Pete Trewavas in Sheffield. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Originally published by L.S. Media. September 15th 2012.

It might not go down as the best gig in the world but for the 800 souls who packed themselves into the Corporation Club in Sheffield it was a night where the latest Marillion tour rolled into town. It was one that would have been on many calendars for months on end, carefully crossed off with diligent care until the last few days where the excitement would have got too much and the diligent x became a hurried scrawl.

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Marillion, Gig Review. Civic Hall, Wolverhampton.

Originally published by The Birmingham Mail. December 2007.

With their fifteenth studio album not due till next year, Marillion might have felt they took a big gamble by touring so close to Christmas, they need not have worried.

By playing a set list that had something for everybody, from 1989 up to the present day, the band left a near-capacity crowd content and full of pre-Christmas cheer. A truly eclectic evening was kicked off by Bridge and Living With The Big Lie form their 1994 critically acclaimed album Brave.

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Marillion, Gig Review. Civic Hall, Wolverhampton.

Originally published by The Birmingham Mail. June 2007.

From the pulsating, atmospheric opening of Splintering Heart to the emotional, heart jerking ending of Easter, a near-capacity audience was treated to a heady mix of songs from Marillion’s new album Somewhere Else and a selection from their extensive back catalogue.

The band treated the audience to a sample of the new album with the tracks The Other Half, Somewhere Else and single Thank You Whoever You Are.

These were deftly intertwined with classic songs such as the sublime Afraid Of Sunlight, You’re Gone and the hauntingly beautiful Fantastic Place.

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Marillion, Gig Review. Civic Hall, Wolverhampton.

Originally published by The Birmingham Mail. November 2005.

For the past 18 months Marillion have been on the road touring with their critically acclaimed album Marbles.

With another set of dates announced, cunningly called The Not Quite Christmas tour, they were in the Midlands to entertain a capacity crowd once again.

With a set combining songs from Marbles and an eclectic mix of tracks from the past 15 years, the audience were treated to a thrilling performance by frontman Steve Hogarth whose energetic efforts on stage would have made younger acts green with envy.

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Marillion, Gig Review. Civic Hall, Wolverhampton.

Originally published by The Birmingham Mail. June 2004.

Marillion are one of the most under-rated bands of the past 20 years and they had the crowd at the almost sold out Civic Hall still with anticipation and longing.

During the first hour of the set, which revolved around the current album Marbles, they played the moody and atmospheric Invisible Man, their recent  top ten single You’re Gone and the next release Don’t Hurt Yourself.

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Marillion, Gig Review. The Assembly, Leamington Spa.

Steve Hogarth, Leamington Spa. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Originally published by L.S. Media. July 26th 2010.

There can’t have been too many bands that spent the night before the inaugural High Voltage Festival thrilling a packed out venue, there certainly won’t have been a band that produced, quite possibly, one of their best ever sets outside of a convention.

With everyone in their positions, the band and fans alike, Steve Hogarth came out on stage to rapturous applause from a crowd eager to cheer on a band that has never disappointed and always aimed to please.

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Pete Trewavas Of Marillion And Transatlantic Interview, High Voltage.

Originally published by L.S. Media. July 27th 2010.

It’s the afternoon after the two nights before and I find Pete Trewavas in an unexpected jovial mood. I shouldn’t be really surprised, sure he has spent the last two nights playing and rocking out with two of the three acts he is associated with, the night before High Voltage with Marillion in Leamington Spa and the Saturday night with super group Transatlantic, but there is something different about the genial bass player that sets him apart from others in his position.

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