Oh yes, we did! 'Rather' as you Brits say with a perfect feeling for understatement. So glad I am fan of this particular band. In my opinion the Sunday evening was not the best Sunday evening of all five weekends, guess they could better have reversed the set list order. But hey, this is only a minor remark. The first hour was nothing short of exstatic! And eniough goosebump moments for the rest of the evening too. Personal highlights: the whole of Anoraknophobia, because it exceeded my expectations by far. An encore with TSE and Gaza, which comes close to my personal top 2. And Invisible man and Ocean Cloud. It's hard to wait another two years.....

To throw in a rhetorical question: did you enjoy the weekend John?

Great! For me it is actually the second time I see them in a non-stadium show, but I have to go back to the Lovetown Tour in 1989. My first concert ever! Guess what my second concert ever was ;-) The 2015 show is advertised as an 'intimate setting'. A venue with a capacity of 17.000 can hardly be called 'intimate' but for U2 standards, it is pretty small indeed.

Yes John, going to see U2 indeed. Same goes for you?

Hi, how do You like new Fish's album?

Saw your listening to the new Riverside and thought I'd say Hi.

"I listen to music from when I get up until after I go to sleep." That's me inside out. Nice username and taste.

I feel free :D Hi! :) :)

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Hi John, had a good trip home? I won't ask whether you enjoyed the last evening of the convention, because answering 'no' is not an option ;-) It has been a tremendous weekend again. And it was very nice meeting you IRL!

Hallo. Long time no speak - hope you are well :).

Hi there, see you listening to marillion right now. I've got my new album and my whole catalogue up here on lastfm for free download. http://www.lastfm.de/music/starfish64/A+matter+of+gravity There some lossless stuff on bandcamp asweel: http://starfish64.bandcamp.com/ Check it out if you like. cheers starfish64

Morning, you are welcome, lots of new music is good!! :-)..... week so far busy and tiring... but good, hope yours is too! :-)

Hi John, thanks for the add, hope you are having a good week :-)

Hope you got your H&A copy today...think Play have really messed people who pre-ordered about, there's been loads of people without their copy. Still, if it's not arrived yet,you could always sneak a listen on Spotify in the meantime?

Hi John! Fantastic library! Greetings from Russia!

:-)

nice taste dude ;)

Must've been under a rock because I managed to miss PTs album "The Incident" and the Marillion album "Less is More". Listening to them now having just got through BT's new album "These Hopeful Machines" - which was great. Must pay more attention ;)

Hi John. Fantastic library and you have captured so many of your Marillion plays. I discovered them first in the 80s and then when Fish left I did not rediscover them until Marbles came out and I had 10 albums to catch up with! Hence most of my plays pre-date my joining last.fm. Cheers Chris

99999 tracks!

My initial reaction was not a good one. 2nd listen I was more drawn in, whilst still very much underwhelmed ...but something clicked after another few listens and I now thinks it's possibly the best thing they have ever done!

Hey :-) what do you think of 'The Incident' then?! :-)

Hi John, back from another week in the countryside, following the convention. YES, we had a marvelous time. It was kind of a magical weekend. By the way, I think I saw you standing about 10 meters to my right on Sunday evening. Regards, Floris

ready for the convention?

Listened to the new U2 album twice now, and it sure sounds promising. What's your opinion?

Currently it's Woke Up and Happiness is the Road for me :)

Hey John, what do you make of Marillions new album: Happiness is the Road? Got my copy yesterday and I'm enjoying what I've heard so far. Though seems to be pretty "quiet"; either that or my speakers are too low... or I am going deaf ;)

hello!!!.... greetings from México.... any recommendations of music? ... excellent song list

happy (belated) new year! :)

Tnx, and yes, I had a great gig! Another one tomorrow! How did they perform in London?

Hi John :) How was the london gig?

:-) I'm keen on the element of surprise this time around. On the xmas tour last year I remember thinking how exciting it would have been to have not known what was coming next, as the setlist was so varied. Luckily, I only have to hold out until tomorrow (Bristol) :) Is London your only gig?

Yep - having a Marillion Marathon in celebration of the tour and that i'll be seeing them 3 times this week! .. all studio albums including bonus discs :) started in work on my ipod the other night and continuing all the way to HITR! You don't know the setlists for the tour do you? Am desperately trying to avoid any spoilers ..to the extent that I tried to cover the screen when I came to your page incase there were any shouts or you are listening to any of the tour downloads! :D

Yep! Three tracks in, and a cautious thumbs-up already: "Asylum Satellite #1" is fab!

so - what do u think of hitr then? :)

Hi, how do you like Happiness is the Road? I listen to it for the first time, not ready to have any opinion yet. It sounds promising, though.

hi john I hope if you like marillion, PRR etc this may appeal....:-) John young here (ex Asia, Fish, Greenslade, Scorpions, John Wetton etc) ..just wondered if you'd like to listen to a tune or two..?? http://www.last.fm/music/John+Young+Band or here http://www.last.fm/music/John+Young plus free tracks also on www.we7.com ...happy listening best regards jy

methinks you have far more willpower than me!! :) I don't regret listening to it though. I won't say any more about it, and will wait to see what you think :)

Hey :) looking forward to the Marillion weekend? Have you been tempted into downloading the new album yet? ... I succumbed, but bunged them a few quid too :)

Deleted it from my stats now though!

Yes. Ad infibloodynitum. I can even name the little fuckers now.

Ah, go on, go on, go on... Actually I would say that the MP3s are a pretty high quality, so if you're not a total audiophile, and that was an issue, I wouldn't let it bother you.

Imagined Village - great album! Been playing it a lot myself of late. However, have you not got something a little more exciting to listen to right now...?

Hey, neat charts :D

Bellowhead!

Maybe "prog" is a square definition. Marillion's music is more than that. Saludos!

Yeah. The album is great. And I still have 5.1 mix and alternate versions to listen :) Cheers mate!

Hi...I'm targeting fans of Echo & The Bunnymen, specifically 'What Are You Going To Do With Your Life?' with my free album, as a subtle comparison has been made by some and may make it of interest to you.. It is available to download in full here: http://www.filesap.com/a/mitchell ...and it really would be greatly appreciated if you took the time to listen :)

btw - the only thing stopping me going to tomorrows PRR gig is getting married! ..it was a difficult decision!!! :D