No-Man live
05-11-2008
To tie-in with the release of "Schoolyard Ghosts", the first new No-Man album in 5 years, No-Man will be performing their first live concert since 1993 at the Bush Hall, London, on August 29th (Doors open, 7.30-8pm). The gig will be filmed for possible DVD release.
Tickets are available directly from the band at the No-Man store. The Bush Hall is only 350 capacity and the show is expected to sell out very quickly, so if you do plan on coming please get your tickets fast!
PT in Spain
05-07-2008
Porcupine Tree have confirmed their first dates in Spain for over 3 years, as part of their European mini tour in October:
10th October - Madrid, Sala Heineken
11th October - Barcelona, Apolo
12th October - Bilbao, Rockstar Live
Tickets available from 8th May at www.ticktackticket.com (phone : 00 34 902 15 00 25)
Dates in Portugal are also expected to be confirmed shortly.
Pinkpop vinyl and Japanese paper sleeve CDs
05-05-2008
To coincide with PT's performance at the Pinkpop festival in Holland, ToneFloat have pressed a special pink vinyl edition of the Fear of a Blank Planet double LP in a limited run of 500 copies. This is already sold out on the ToneFloat website, but the PT store will be making a small number of copies available following the festival. At the same time a deluxe vinyl version of the new No-Man album "Schoolyard Ghosts" (packaged in a slipcase with 16 page 12x12 booklet and a bonus 7 inch) will also be available to order. For more information please check the Tonefloat website.
In the meantime, paper sleeve CD editions of the early PT albums have now been released in Japan on WHD Entertainment. There are 7 titles - On the Sunday of Life..., Up the Downstair (2CD), Voyage 34, The Sky Moves Sideways (2CD), Signify (2CD), Coma Divine (2CD), and Stars Die - the Delerium Years (2CD). The audio content is the same as the Snapper remasters, but the packaging is really special, with each album housed in a miniature thick card vinyl-style gatefold sleeve. Disk Union Japan have also produced a box set based on the Coma Divine artwork. Please note that due to export restrictions we cannot get copies of the box set or the mini LPs to sell from the PT store - however there are several reputable Japanese dealers that sell them on eBay at standard local Japanese prices (search for "porcupine mini lp" making sure to search worldwide), though the box set was only produced in very limited quantities and is already quite scarce. Later in the year there will be a second series of paper sleeves covering the albums from Stupid Dream to Fear of a Blank Planet.
Russia On Ice
04-30-2008
PT will play their first ever show in Russia on 6th July at B1 club in Moscow. Tickets available starting 2nd May from www.concert.ru.
London show announced
04-22-2008
In October Porcupine Tree will undertake a short European tour in order to shoot their second live DVD - this will be the final time that the Fear of a Blank Planet tour repertoire will be performed, but there may also be some surprises! The first show to be announced is at the Indigo2 venue in London. This is situated within the same building (formerly the Millenium Dome) as the O2 Arena, and is a wonderful new venue. Tickets will shortly be on sale from ticketmaster.
LBS special edition sold out
04-10-2008
The limited 3 disc mail order edition of Lightbulb Sun has now sold out, and these have started shipping. There are still a few left of the 3 disc pre-order edition of No-Man's forthcoming album "Schoolyard Ghosts" from the No-Man online store, but these are limited to only 2,000 copies and going fast!
No-Man album pre-ordering
04-04-2008
The new No-Man album Schoolyard Ghosts is now available to pre-order from the No-Man online store. The CD/DVDA 2 disc set comes in a lavish digi-pack with booklet, the DVDA featuring a 5.1 mix of the album, a photo gallery and videos for 3 songs. In addition the first 2,000 copies sold from the store will come with an exclusive limited edition 6 track bonus CD of alternate versions of tracks from the album.
Schoolyard Ghosts is officially released on May 12th, but the 3 disc pre-order No-Man store edition will ship in late April/early May.
There is a microsite dedicated to the album which includes a video for an edit of the song "Truenorth". The No-Man MySpace page also includes extracts from the album.
Gavin update
03-31-2008
Following PT's shows in Australia, Gavin will be staying on for 2 drum clinics at The Geelong Drum Festival "Drumania" (close to Melbourne) on 29th April, and in Green Room in Canberra on 30th April.
He will also appear at the Drummer Live Event in London on 15th June.
Gavin is currently rehearsing with King Crimson and will be part of the line up for the band's shows in America in August.
PT in Australia
03-25-2008
Porcupine Tree have confirmed their first ever live concerts in Australia in April:
FRIDAY 25 APRIL - MELBOURNE, THE METRO
SATURDAY 26 APRIL - SYDNEY, THE ENMORE
SUNDAY 27 APRIL - BRISBANE, THE TIVOLI
Tickets are available here.
We Lost the Skyline vinyl edition
03-20-2008
The deluxe vinyl edition of We Lost the Skyline is now available from the PT Store in 2 different coloured vinyls - regular black, and a limited edition marbled vinyl. Both editions are pressed on 180 gram vinyl, housed in a beautiful heavy duty gatefold sleeve - the usual quality that ToneFloat vinyl releases are rightly acclaimed for.
Also a reminder to pre-order your copy of the Lightbulb Sun CD/DVDA reissue, as the first 5,000 pre-orders will receive the bonus CD EP containing "Novak" and "Buying New Soul (instrumental backing track)".
UPDATE (26/3) : Less than 500 copies of the special edition Lightbulb Sun with bonus disc left!
Saarbrucken broadcast
03-14-2008
An edited TV special of Porcupine Tree's show at Saarbrucken, Germany on 23rd September 2006, is currently being broadcast on IM1.TV in Germany - it can be picked up on digital astra satellite in Europe and in most German states on cable. The next broadcast of the one hour program will take place on Tuesday, 18th March at 8.00 p.m. The special was filmed during the Arriving Somewhere tour when the band were premiering their new (as then unrecorded) Fear of a Blank Planet album - however the broadcast only includes the second half of the show, not the FOABP material (sorry!)
Bonus Lightbulb Sun CD
03-12-2008
For a limited time all copies of the new Lightbulb Sun reissue that are ordered from the PT Store will receive a bonus CD containing 2 rarities from the Lightbulb Sun era. "Novak" is an instrumental which was originally issued on the B-side of the 7 inch single of Shesmovedon, but which has never been released on CD before. "Buying New Soul (original instrumental track)" is the backing track as it was cut live in the studio by the band - at 14.27 it runs almost 4 minutes longer than the finished version since a whole section was removed before being overdubbed with vocals for release on the Recordings CD. Note that all orders already placed will automatically have this CD added to their order. The CD is not available to purchase separately and is only included with orders including the pre-order of the 2 disc reissue of Lightbulb Sun.
Lightbulb Sun is also in preparation for release as a 2LP vinyl edition.
Lightbulb Sun reissue
03-06-2008
A brand new edition of the long out of print 2000 Porcupine Tree studio album "Lightbulb Sun" will be issued next month.
Along with "Recordings" (also due for reissue later this year) the album is the missing part of the PT discography. It contains the original studio versions of PT favorites such as Shesmovedon, Russia On Ice, Hatesong, and Feel So Low, and has been lavishly revamped into a definitive 2 disc set. Disc one is a CD containing a pristine remix / remaster of the album, while disc two is a DVDA (playable on any DVD player) containing the album remixed into 5.1 surround sound (in DVDA and DTS versions), as well as a 24 bit high resolution version of the stereo mix, and the original 2000 mix/master. Also included are 5.1 mixes of bonus tracks Disappear, Buying New Soul, and Cure for Optimism, which were recorded during the same sessions. This is the definitive version of one of the essential albums in the PT catalogue.
The album is officially released on 21st April through KScope / Snapper, but is available to pre-order now from the PT Store - these pre-orders will ship 2 weeks earlier. Please note that due to the very weak dollar we are unable to compete with prices at US retail outlets like Amazon, so to make savings on both the price and the shipping costs we do suggest that US customers wait until the album is officially released.
Rocksound Festival
03-06-2008
PT have confirmed another festival appearance, at Rocksound in Swizterland. The band will appear on 7th June. More information on the full line up can be found on the Rocksound website, or go here to purchase tickets for the festival.
More festival dates
03-04-2008
PT have confirmed 2 more Summer festival appearances. They will play on 13th June at Novarock, Nickelsdorf, Austria (also appearing at the festival are Rage Against the Machine, The Verve, Incubus, Motorhead..etc..), and on the 4th July Ruisrock, Turku, Finland (alongside Interpol, Bullet for My Valentine, Him, and many others). More information on the full line up and ticket purchasing can be found on these websites:
Novarock
Ruisrock
