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Summer's End 2012 - September 28, 29 & 30 2012
Lydney Town Hall, High Street, Lydney, Gloucestershire GL15 5DY
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The festival virtually sold out last year, so early purchasing is recommended! Day tickets will go on sale in June.
The 2012 line-up so far
Our Saturday Night headliners will be THE CRYPTIC CLUES. Following the band's triumphant "debut" gig at the Peel a few months ago, we are thrilled to feature their second live appearance. The band comprises Twelfth Night founder members Brian Devoil, Clive Mitten and Andy Revell alongside long tern collaborator Mark Spencer and Galahad keyboard player Dean Baker. Their set will consist largely of early Twelfth Night material, culled from the Live at the Target, Fact and Fiction and Live at Let Live albums. The band are promising us that this will be their biggest gig of the year featuring a full multimedia extravaganza. With Anglagard in the Saturday special guest slot, this will make for a day not to be missed!
www.twelfthnight.infoOur Sunday headliners will be 70s legends The Enid. The band are currently going through a resurgence which culminated in a spectacular concert at Birmingham Symphony Hall in October 2011. While we won’t be able to fit the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra into Lydney Town Hall, we are promised something special to close the festival, and no doubt the band will deliver, as they have done for almost 40 years!
www.theenid.co.ukWe are very excited to welcome back to the UK, by popular demand, the spectacular Moon Safari. Having (arguably) stolen the show at Winters End in 2010, this young and exciting Swedish band has wowed audiences worldwide with their summery and supremely melodic prog, topped off by remarkable harmonies. Their latest album “The Gettysburg Address” was recorded during their headline performance at Rosfest in 2011.
www.moonsafari.seWe also feature the first ever UK appearance by legendary Swedish symphonic prog band Anglagard. The band were pioneers of the 90s prog revival, with a sound drenched in the 70s, and released two terrific albums, Hybris and Epilog. Their live shows are legendary, with three festival appearances in the USA particularly well remembered. After reuniting briefly in 2003, 2012 will mark the long awaited release of album three and a return to live activity. This may be the only opportunity to see the band live in the UK, so is not to be missed!
www.anglagard.netIn line with our mission to give our supporters something a little different each festival, we also announce Knifeworld. Led by guitarist / vocalist Kavus Torabi (The Cardiacs, North Sea Radio Orchestra, Guapo) the band meld superb pop hooks with dense arrangements which blend prog and psych into an unique recipe. Their appearance is not to be missed!
www.knifeworld.co.ukWe can also announce the happy return of Manning. Having played the Festival in acoustic form in 2006, the electric version of the band have gone from strength to strength and have recently released the critically acclaimed “Margarets Children”.
www.guymanning.comFollowing the hugely successful appearance of Phideaux in 2010, we are delighted to announce another US band, the terrific K2. The brainchild of bassist Ken Jaquess, the band also boasts the talents of Spock’s Beard’s much-loved Ryo Okumoto on keyboards plus new members Josh Gleason (vocals) and Karl Johnson (guitar), who all perform on the band’s excellent second album “Black Garden” released in 2010.
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