Live - News, Dates and Locations

The dates for the upcoming FISH-Tour as yet published:

  May 3rd - Glasgow, Garage
May 4th - Wolverhampton, Wulfrun Hall
May 6th - possible Cambridge, to be confirmed
May 7th - Luxembourg, Den Atelier
May 9th - Tilburg, 013
May 10th - Rotterdam, Nighttown
May 11th - Amsterdam, Paradiso
May 13th - Groningen, Oosterport
May 15th - Odense, Rytemposten
May 16th - Copenhagen, Pumpehuset
May 17th - Stockholm, Klubben
May 18th - Oslo, Rockefeller
May 20th - Hamburg, Schlachthof
May 21st - Aschaffenburg, Colo Saal
May 22nd - Koln, Kantine
May 24th - Karlsruhe, Tollhaus
May 25th - Kreuztal, Otto Flick Halle
May 26th - Geneva, The Feast of Hope (short festival set)
May 27th - to be confirmed, possible gig in Geneva
May 28th - Krakow, Kino Teatr
May 29th - Lodz, Klub Faraon
May 31st - Poznan, CK Zamek
May 2nd - Herisau, Casino
May 3rd - Padderborn, British Army Rhein Fest
May 5th - Verviers, Spirit of 66
May 6th - London, Mean Fiddler
 
     

Marillion - XMAS Tour 2000:
(orders at your respective Web.... Hurry up!!!)

  16.11.2000 Burton-on-Trent / UK (The Bass Museum)
17.11.2000 Burton-on-Trent (The Bass Museum)
20.11.2000 Dublin / IRL (The HQ)
24.11.2000 Mailand (Binario Zero)
28.11.2000 Oslo (Rockefeller)
01.12.2000 Leeds (The Cockpit)
02.12.2000 London (La Scala)
04.12.2000 Paris (Café de la Danse)
07.12.2000 Köln (Rhein-Rock-Hallen)
09.12.2000 Rotterdam (Night Town)
10.12.2000 Rotterdam (Night Town)
12.12.2000 Barcelona (Bikini)
 





YEEEZZZZ!!! The European Fish Tour is up and more and more dates are confirmed. I´ll try and keep 'em as up to date as possible, I promise... ;-D)

Date, Location, City & Country

Saturday 11th Oosterpoort: Groningen, Holland
Sunday 12th Muzikcentrum: Utrecht, Holland
Monday 13th 013: Tilburg, Holland
Tuesday 14th Paradiso: Amsterdam, Holland
Thursday 16th Train: Aarhus, Denmark
Saturday 18th KB: Malmo, Sweden
Sunday 19th Rockefellers: Oslo, Norway
Monday 20th Klubben: Fryshuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Tuesday 21st Tradgarden: Gothenberg, Sweden
Thursday 23rd Pumphuset: Copenhagen, Denmark
Friday 24th Tivoli: Bremen, Germany
Saturday 25th Grosse Freiheit: Hamburg, Germany
Monday 27th [TBC]  
Tuesday 28th [TBC]  
Wednesday 29th [TBC]  
October    
Friday 1st [TBC]  
Saturday 2nd [TBC]  
Monday 4th Columbiafritz: Berlin, Germany
Tuesday 5th Capitol: Offenbach, Germany
Wednesday 6th Longhorn: Stuttgart, Germany
Thursday 7th Altro Mondo: Hannover, Germany
Saturday 9th [TBC]  
Sunday 10th Live Music Hall: Koln, Germany
Tuesday 12th Bierhubelei: Bern, Switzerland
Wednesday 13th Planet Music: Vienna, Austria
Thursday 14th Schuur: Lucerne, Switzerland
Saturday 16th M.C.M.: Genova, Italy
Sunday 17th Binario Zero: Milan, Italy
Monday 18th Salzhaus: Winterthur, Switzerland
Tuesday 19th [TBC] Espace Jullien: Marseille, France
Thursday 21st Caracoal: Madrid, Spain
Friday 22nd Bikini: Barcelona, Spain
Sunday 24th [TBC] France  
Monday 25th [TBC] France  
Tuesday 26th Rail Theatre: Lyon, France
Wednesday 27th Lino Ventura: Torcy, France
Thursday 28th Le Splendid: Lille, France
Saturday 30th Ancienne Belgique: Brussels, Belgium
November    
Monday 1st Wulfren Hall: Wolverhampton, England
Tuesday 2nd Mean Fiddler: London, England
Wednesday 3rd Rock City: Nottingham, England
Friday 5th Albert Halls: Bolton, England
Saturday 6th Civic Halls: Guildford, England
Sunday 7th The Junction: Cambridge, England

Marillion will be performing at the Zodiac in Oxford. The dates at the Web UK Convention weekend and the additional date on Monday are confirmed, the date on Tuesday is an additional one if Monday sells out quickly.

Contact the Zodiac via phone on +44 1865 420042 Monday to Friday between 13:00 and 18:00.

Date

Location

24.7.1999

The Zodiac, Oxford SOLD OUT

25.7.1999

The Zodiac, Oxford SOLD OUT

26.7.1999

The Zodiac, Oxford

27.7.1999

The Zodiac, Oxford TBC!!!!!

The Fish US-Tour has been postponed due to the lack of will by Roadrunner Records to promote him in the States . NOTE! This is only RR USA, RR Europe are still doing a great job!!!!.

Read below Fish´s original mail:

Dear Fishheads, Freaks , Fans and the Company,

First of all I want to sincerely apologise to anybody who has lost out
financially on cancelled tickets and travel arrangements due to the
cancellation of these North American and Mexican dates.

The gigs were confirmed and I was struggling to make sense of the situation
right up to the last moment when I was within 12 hours of committing 25
thousand pounds to set up costs for the tour in the way of flights , visas,
freight and rehearsals.

The USA and Canada were always high on the agenda due to the overwhelming
positive reaction to the performances and material on the 97 tour which was
conducted with virtually zero record company support. I'd discussed the
potential of this territory when signing to Roadrunner Holland and one of
the main reasons for signing to the label was the reputation the company
had at breaking acts and supplying solid promotion and distribution over there.
Both Jim Pitulski and I had fought hard to get the simutaneous release and
did everything in our means to convince RR USA that we held the American
situation as a priority teritory in our touring plans.
The company were sluggish at responding to our calls and we didn't get the
feeling that they were convinced about the album. We pressed for reactions
and Larry Webman my agent had meetings and calls with the company together
with Jim Pituski. They were totally aware of the touring commitment at
least 3 months ago. RR Holland were also aware of the plans to tour and
they were posted on all the main developments.

Larry did a great job booking the tour and hacked away at the promoters,
raising offers and generally putting together something that was starting
to make sense. The promoters were all made aware that Roadrunner were a
committed label and that they would be backed up in every respect.
The vibe was good and the confidence inspired by the last tour was getting
results not only in the areas we played before but also in new cities and
states.
RR USA were surprised at the initial sales and we thought that they would
be further inspired to get fully behind the project.The promotion was
better than on previous releases and I genuinely thought that this was it!

Jim expressed concern that the radio promotion was lacking as the album was
only serviced to stations and not being worked .We had offered RR the track
that they thought suitable and a number of conversations led them to think
that Faithhealer would be a great opportunity. Weeks went by and nothing
happened. I had virtually zero contact with the company and both Jim and
Larry were getting a bad vibe.

The tour at this point was about to lock in and Yatta and myself had worked
for nearly a week together on the budgets.The figures, working only to
guarantees (In a show the promoter guarantees a fee plus a percentage of
the ticket income after costs are covered) and a merchandise projection
were not working out as we hoped.It was estimated that over the 33 gigs I
would lose somewhere to between 25 and 30 thousand pounds.

Yatta and I worked out that in order break even we would have to sell out
at least 75 per cent of the shows and sell more than the same percentage of
the tickets in the houses that didn't to provide us with the extra income
we required above the guarantees. These attendance figures also would
relate to the merchandise takings which I originally had planned to keep
separate from the gig fees as the merch income provides my salary.

( For those of you who may have a bug about t-shirt sales at gigs the house
takes on average about 25 per cent of the gross which includes tax ,
manufacturing is about 30 -35 per cent depending on the number of screens -
Kettle had about 8 - and the remainder pays the wages and hotels of the
merch guy, the freight of stock to venues and the taxes on the gross! I get
what's left.)

The tour with the merchandise thrown into the hat could have broken even on
these figures which as you'll agree were optimistic but still
feasible.Larry and Jim thought that we could make it happen and I felt that
if I toured straight on the album that there was a beautiful chance to
really get things rolling in the States and Canada with Roadrunner fully
behind my career. It was a huge gamble and one I had said I'd never take on
again after the debacle of 97. With solid record company backing it could
work and was a realistic proposition.I was fully aware that there was still
the chance that the tour would not break even but the prospect of losing 10
thousand pounds or so against the inroads that were being made was
acceptable considering the long term investment in my career over there .

I was genuinely excited as were all the band and crew.Wes' flight was
booked and even the loss of Elisabeth Antwi didn't phase me. Tracy La
Barberas flight was booked and Wes' full guitar rig was freighted over for
rehearsals due to start this week. Visas were applied for for both him in
the UK and ourselves in the USA and Canada. The flights were on hold for
Toronto , the bus was about to be booked and Mo Warden had the T-shirt
designs with the full dates sent to the US manufacturer. The first tickets
were going out and I had no response to our request for radio promotion
>from Roadrunner USA.

It stank! Jim was getting no response from the company and we both felt
that I was going to have to get the weight of the label's owner Cees
Wessels behind us if we were going convince the company in the States to
commit to a more dedicated radio promotion.

I eventually got a call from him on Tuesday of last week and to be honest I
was in shock when I put the phone down.I was told that the US company
didn't believe the album contained tracks that would hold any appeal for US
stations and that there was a great difficulty taking Prog rock to radio as
there were no formats available.
Needless to say I disagreed but Cees said that there would be no radio
campaign either independent or provided in house.I pushed the issue and to
cut a long story short he said that RR USA had no idea how to work the
project and had not been sure of the suitability of the album or the act
for the American label from the start. He then said that I couldn't expect
anything other than a standard promotion from here on in and he advised me
to cancel the tour as they couldn't provide the necessary support. The
chances of being prioritised were nil!
The conversation somehow remained calm and collected and when I asked why
the company had given no indication that they weren't into the project
whatsoever throughtout the entire set up and allowed me to continue with
the tour preparation he said it had been a terrible breakdown in
communication and that he could only apologise.

The American company in my opinion has been guilty to the extreme of badly
advising both myself, my agent and my manager as to their commitment to my
career and allowed us to become both financially and professionally
embarrassed by their actions.

It was never a matter of money as RR are a very well off company and are
currently having massive success in the US with Fear Factory and Cold
Chamber both of whom are moving to multi platinum levels. This may be a
part of the problem as the company is not a Major and has limited staff.
I do not however accept that as an excuse for allowing my career to be
adversely affected and damaged hopefully only in the short term in the
States. This was the best chance I have ever had there and I must admit to
having a very bitter taste in my mouth at present.

Cees admitted that the object of the release was to provide a good basic
promotion that was targeted at the fan base. They did that.They have not
examined the potential I still consider exists in my career and after
pointing this out I was told by Cees that he wouldn't stand in the way of
my career and would give me the catalogue back in the States and allow me
to move to a more sympathetic label. With the new album already in the
stores and selling through to the fan base and beyond it will be a tough
job for a new label to handle as the initial fan sales are the ones that
provide the capital to pay for the initial promotion.Both Jim Pitulski and
I are now working on this and I will be in discussion with RR Holland this
week as to the practicalities of the changeover.

It would have been financial suicide to attempt a tour under these
circumstances.The Internet and the Freaks List are a great method of
promotion and are accessed by highly motivated individuals but the fact is
that I needed to depend on a far greater awareness of this tour in other
mediums, principally radio if I was to get anywhere near the necessary
figures required to break even.
To go out and play to the converted with no coverage and losing financially
would have been a depressing scenario and with my house going on sale this
month as I negotiate for a new home the consequences of another loss making
tour so soon after the last one would be a prospect to horrible to contemplate.

The American tour was put in to excite the sales of the album , prepare the
ground for the catalogue release and build my profile to the extent that a
a follow up Autumn tour would establish my career over there and allow me
to put that territory firmly on my future tour plans.

The tour as scheduled would have provided none of the above and in fact
would have had directly the opposite effect. Promoters would lose
confidence , I would lose money, fans would be standing in half empty shows
and the future would be bleak indeed.

With the reaction I received from Cees even tour support from the company
was obviously out of the question and to be honest I would never have asked
for it. Some of you think that the record companies give this as a service.
In fact it's recoupable in the main meaning that the artist pays it back
>from sales.If I was playing to fan base alone then there would never have
been the extra sales to comensurate the expense of the exercise.I would
have been paying to play.

Nobody but nobody is more disappointed than me. I had to tell Wes when he
got off the plane in Edinburgh that the tour was cancelled and I had to
phone up all my crew and band to tell them the news.They had blocked their
schedules for me and had committed the next 3 months to my career.
Both Jim and Larry had done a phenomenal job for literally nothing and the
calls to them were particularly wrenching.
They both totally understood the realities of my situation and knew that a
half cocked tour may have exploded in our faces.
I couldn't take the risk and after this new information from Cees I decided
to cancel at the very last minute before I reached a point of no return.
I've already lost over 3 thousand pounds in cancelled flight and freight
charges but that is nothing compared to the disappointment and loss of the
musicians and crew who I feel deserved a lot more.

Perhaps if these people in record companies could remember that there a lot
of people on the other side of their air conditioned office windows that
depend on them doing their job.There are agents, managers, crew, bus
drivers, promoters and a sundry of other professionals who's living depends
on them getting it together.They don't have a guaranteed monthly pay check.
If there had been more openess, honesty and communication on this project
then this situation would never have happened.I am extremely annoyed and
feel very depressed by the outcome and I deliberately withheld from posting
until I came back from Switzerland to avoid rampaging emotionally in a
charged state of mind.

Not only have I suffered a direct financial loss from this fiasco I also
lost a chance of a role in a movie project I was asked to audition for.The
director wanted to send me the script for a London gangster movie filming
in July with Ben Kingsley.By this time the tour was booked and I was
therefore unable to consider the part.I now have no work until August.

I did consider taking my complaint further but in the end as I have found
to my near demise it's not worth it. RR Europe are doing a great job and
they have my catalogue for at least the next 7 years.
This issue is with RR USA. If the American catalogue is returned and I can
get the chance to at least salvage if not resurrect the best album that I
have made in years then that will be at least a small consolation to cover
the massive disappointment of recent weeks.

I was born a fighter and that I will continue to do.If I can organise a new
label in time then the tour will go ahead in the Autumn. I'll start in
Europe rather than the Americas and make sure that when I come back it's
with a label that genuinely cares and in a situation that's positive and
beneficial to all concerned.

I apologise to anyone who has been let down by my decision to postpone the
tour and you can trust me that I will do everything in my abilities to make
the Autumn tour happen.
Please don't e mail RR USA as I would like to walk from this event as
quietly as possible. This has happened and no matter how angry or
disappointed you are I feel infinitely worse and am attempting to make the
best out of a shite stuation.

It don't mean nothing!!

I have a cunning plan!!!!:-))

lots of love

Onkel Fish XXX

Ps The Mexican and South American dates will also be recheduled to run with
the intended North American tour!

Date

Location

postponed

Lee's Palace, Toronto ONT

postponed

Le Maquistart, Trois Riviere, Quebec QUE

postponed

The Cabaret, Montreal QUE

postponed

[TBC] Montreal or a day off

postponed

Albert Rousseau Theatre, Quebec City

postponed

Cafe Du Palais, Sherbrooke, Canada

postponed

O'Costigans, Edmonston NB

postponed

The Marquee, Halifax, Nova Scotia

postponed

Toad's Place, New Haven CT

postponed

Theatre Of The Living Arts, Philadelphia PA

postponed

The Paradise Rock Club, Boston MA

postponed

The Chance, Poughkeepsie NY

postponed

Irving Plaza, New York NY

postponed

9:30 Club, Washington DC

postponed

The State Theater, St. Petersburg FL

postponed

Variety Playhouse, Atlanta GA

postponed

The Odeon, Cleveland OH

postponed

Graffiti Showcase, Pittsburgh PA

postponed

The Tralf, Buffalo NY

postponed

Annie's, Cincinati OH

postponed

7th House, Pontiac MI

postponed

Park West, Chicago IL

postponed

Shank Hall, Milwuakee WI

postponed

Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis MN

postponed

The Bluebird Theater, Denver CO

postponed

[TBC] Salt Lake City UT

postponed

Brick by Brick, San Diego CA

postponed

[TBC]

postponed

House of Blues, West Hollywood, Los Angeles CA

postponed

Slim's, San Francisco CA

postponed

The Fenix, Seattle WA

postponed

Crystal Ballroom, Portland OR

postponed

Metropolitan Theatre, Mexico City MEX

postponed

Hard Rock Live, Guadalahara MEX