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Archive 2007
27 Jan Somewhere Else Pre-Order
Feb Somewhere Else
16 Feb New Album News
28 Feb New Racket Records Store
2 Mar Live Music Petition
15 Mar Somewhere Not Too Far
16 Mar See It Like A Baby
23 Mar See It Like A Podcast
23 Mar Single Out Monday
27 Mar New Single Out Now
30 Mar The Final Push
2 Apr Final Chart Position
10 Apr Somewhere Else Out Now
13 Apr First Day On Tour
16 Apr Tour Venue Changes
20 Apr One Week Down...
27 Apr The New eWeb
3 May New Single Available
14 May New Email Newsletter
14 May Back on the Road
21 May h Natural in 2007
22 May A Little Favour
30 May Racket Records Updates
31 May Single-Minded
12 Jun New Single Out Now
14 Jun One Last Push
19 Jun Thankyou Whoever You Are
Jul Merchandise Concessions
17 Jul Summer, Naturally
31 Jul Friends and Family
20 Aug Getting Close to Summer's End
13 Sept Back to Work
26 Sept In The Studio
5 Oct Getting Ready for Winter
19 Oct Clips from Somewhere in London
29 Oct Steve Rothery Appearances
31 Oct Album 15: Calling the Faithful
8 Nov Amazed as Ever
13 Nov Racket Records Christmas Sale
16 Nov Another Busy Week
30 Nov Christmas Tour Early Stage Times
3 Dec Pre-Order Deadline Extended
18 Dec Making Merry
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13 September 2007 - Back To Work
Hello! Pete here...
Am I glad the kids are back to school! I get the house back to myself in the morning - which is when I do lots of writing.
If anyone saw the Royal Artist Club website recently then you will know that Steve Rothery and I went up to visit Laney on Monday. A very impressive array of new amps were placed at our disposal, so we got to do that music shop thing where you bring out your most impressive finger work or play some old favourite riffs that would otherwise be too embarrassing to air in public.
Talking of writing, I'm just off to the studio to do some work with Mr. Rothery and I hear that Mike has been trawling through a whole bunch of jams he recorded while we were rehearsing for the tour earlier in the year. (I popped in to the Racket Club yesterday and heard something very far out and wobbly which excited me to no end!)
I also had a great time over in Lyon a couple of weekends ago with The Web France. I got to eat loads - and played a few songs for my supper - so thanks to Laurent and Wibke for their hospitality, and to everyone else for such a good time.
Bye now!
New Arrival
We have a new arrival in the Marillion family! Mark and his partner Angie are now the proud parents of baby boy (no name yet) weighing in at exactly 8 pounds after a 1hr and 10 minute labour. He was born at home at 08.40am 07/09/07 and the midwife arrived with 5 minutes to spare. Phew! Both Angie and baby are doing great. Congratulations!
Some News from Mr. Rothery...
Since coming back from the festival in Colmar, I've been working on the Wishing Tree album. It's a slow process as I'm pretty much doing everything (writing, engineering and playing all the instruments apart from the drums). It's slowly progressing. I'm going to California for a couple of weeks in October to record some vocals with Hannah. I'm really trying to get the album finished.
I gave a talk at the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford in June of this year about the band and how we've survived so long in the music industry and my experiences of being a professional musician for the last twenty five years.
I've also been in talks with a music store in LA about doing a two hour guitar class there. If there's sufficient interest in the UK for such an event (or in any other country) I'll look into arranging them. You can register your interest by emailing me at info@postcardsfromtheroad.co.uk