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New releases

It is thought at the moment that the new new Pendragon studio album will be recorded and released some time in 2004. Nick is currently still writing and arranging songs for the new album.

The 2 most recent releases, currently available from Pendragon are:

Live At Last And More live concert DVD
Acoustically Challenged acoustic CD

Both CD and DVD came out on 1st May 2002. The DVD is multi format (which means that it is in NTSC format, but is also playable on any modern PAL machine). Both items are available from the Pendragon items' page by mail order. The CD features an extended multi media section. And the DVD features include an interview with Nick Barrett, and the rare promotional video for 'Saved By You'. up


Compilation album

The Pendragon compilation CD album, The History - 1984-2000 is still available from us (see the Pendragon items' page), by mail order. For anyone just discovering Pendragon, it is the best album to get into start with - and for collectors too, it is a must! It contains 10 tracks and the best material from all the studio albums, including 2 specially recorded acoustic songs and 1 video clip of "The Last Waltz". up


Live shows

Thanks to all those people who came along to support Nick and Peter on their Pendragon Unplugged Tour in March and April 2003 with Arena. As Clive was touring with Arena and promoting their new album, and Fudge was busy with runinng his own business, Nick and Peter felt that it would be a good opportunity to further promote the "Acoustically Challenged" cd. As it turned out, the guys got a very full sound for just 2 acoustic guitars. But for those of you interested in those sort of things, the unplugged set list was:

And we'll Go Hunting Deer
Paintbox
Dark Summer's Day
King of the Castle
A Man of Nomadic Traits
The Voyager

plus an occasional medley version of parts of Black Knight and Alaska, and the first cover version Pendragon have done since their rendition of Slade's "Merry Christmas Everyone" back in the old Marquee days - a version of the Beatles' "All You Need Is Love" to finish their set with each night. For more details on the Pendragon Unplugged Tour, please see Peter Gee's Tour Diary.

There is no tour planned now until mid 2004, depending on how the new studio album is progressing. But there is currently talk of a one off London show in November 2003 at the London Astoria 1, which would be part of a 2 day "progressive" festival to be held there. We will bring you more news on this, as soon as we have it, and as soon as everything is finally confirmed. up


The new studio album

Nick Barrett is currently writing and arranging songs for the new Pendragon studio album, which is likely to be recorded sometime in early 2004. There is no working title as yet for the album. However Nick believes that the next album will see Pendragon break new ground, and take the band onto a whole new level. There is no confirmation as yet on where the album will be recorded. But it is likely that once again, much of it will be recorded at Nick's own studio, with the drums probably being recorded at Clive's Thin Ice Studios. Nick now has his new Pro Tools Computer system and is using it to write and to arrange the new songs. What he has played us so far sounds great! It sounds as if it is going to be a very uplifting album, after the introspection and Pink Floyd style moodiness of much of the last album, NOTW. We believe that probably between one third to a half of the album has so far been written or has ideas mapped out for. We are hoping to get Nick to write a bit of a studio diary once the album has more of an overall shape to it. up


Band members' movements

NICK BARRETT - is currently writing and arranging new songs for the as yet untitled new Pendragon studio album. The new album is set to be very dynamic and uplifting in style, and something of a change from the pattern of the last 3 studio albums. As usual, Nick prefers to make sure that he is completely happy with the material before anything is released and place the emphasis on quality, rather than quantity. But we think that the album will definitely be worth waiting for!

CLIVE NOLAN - is currently finishing off work on the first Arena DVD, which was filmed live in Poland during their March/April 2003 Contagion Tour. The DVD will have lots of extra features and will be visually very impressive. It is set to be released sometime in the autumn of 2003.

FUDGE SMITH - has been involved in a potential La Host reunion album and tour. As yet we don't have any more details on this, but Fudge has been back in touch with members of his original band about a reformation of some kind. Fudge has also just moved back to East Anglia, his original home area, which is where the other ex-La Host guys are, so this could be a real possibility. See Fudge's website for further details

PETER GEE - is currently recording his third solo album, (as yet untitled) due for release some time in 2004. He was originally hoping to rerelease his first album, "Heart Of David", at the end of 2002. However financial constraints have meant that currently Toff Records cannot afford to put out this re-release. Peter hopes that it still might go ahead at some stage - but it is unclear now when HOD will come out. On the new solo album Peter has so far recorded the drums with Steve Christey (Jadis), and is currently working on putting bass parts down on tape. He is also hoping to get Simon Clew (A Million Blues) back to do the vocals on this third album. Work on the album has now been put on hold for a few months as Peter has just moved house and is busy working on that! He also needs to upgrade his recording software to Pro Tools before much more work on the album can be completed. But he promises that he will get there in the end!


Spring tour diary 2003 by Peter Gee

See live reviews in the TOUR section.



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