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Topic: Wishbone Ash on Tour 2013 / 2014

Below are the tour dates for Wishbone Ash still on the road after 44 years....
The line up is:
Andy Powell
Muddy Manninen
Bob Skeat
Joe Crabtree

Oct 04 Tivoli Theatre Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Oct 05 The Cheese & Grain Frome, United Kingdom
Oct 06 The Robin 2 Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
Oct 07 Swindon Arts Centre Swindon, United Kingdom
Oct 08 O2 Academy, Islington London, United Kingdom
Oct 10 The Globe Cardiff, United Kingdom
Oct 12 Wilbarston Village Hall Wilbarston, United Kingdom
Oct 13 Tavistock Wharf Tavistock, United Kingdom
Oct 15 The Stables Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Oct 16 King Edward VII Memorial Hall Newmarket, United Kingdom
Oct 17 Dorking Halls Dorking, United Kingdom
Oct 18 The Picturedrome Holmfirth, United Kingdom
Oct 19 Floral Pavilion Theatre Wallasey, United Kingdom
Oct 20 The Box Crewe, United Kingdom (+ The Mentulls)
Oct 22 The Flowerpot Derby, United Kingdom
Oct 23 The Cluny Newcastle, United Kingdom
Oct 24 Bootleggers Music Bar Kendal, United Kingdom
Oct 25 The Jam House Edinburgh, United Kingdom (+ The Mentulls)
Oct 26 The Ironworks Inverness, United Kingdom
Oct 27 The Ferry Glasgow, United Kingdom
Oct 30 The Artrix Bromsgrove, United Kingdom
Oct 31 The Brook Southampton, United Kingdom
Nov 02 The Winding Wheel (ASHCON) Chesterfield, United Kingdom
Nov 16 Bluesonalia Festival Konin, Poland

Jan 15 Rockfabrik Übach, Germany
Jan 16 Patronaat Haarlem, Netherlands
Jan 17 Boerderij Zoetermeer, Netherlands
Jan 18 De Pul Uden, Netherlands
Jan 19 Burgerweeshuis Deventer, Netherlands   
Jan 20 SPIRIT OF 66 Verviers, Belgium
Jan 22 Twist Lingen, Germany
Jan 23 Die Kantine Cologne, Germany
Jan 24 Die Scheuer Idstein, Germany
Jan 25 Café Hahn Koblenz, Germany
Jan 26 Zeche Bochum, Germany
Jan 28 Reigen Vienna, Austria
Jan 29 Ampère Munich, Germany
Jan 30 Hirsch Nurnberg, Germany
Jan 31 Gasthof zum Rautenkranz Barby, Germany
Feb 01 Gasthof Zur Linde Affalter, Germany
Feb 02 Alte Piesel Fulda, Germany
Feb 04 Rosenhof Osnabrück, Germany
Feb 05 Fabrik Hamburg, Germany
Feb 06 Quasimodo Berlin, Germany
Feb 07 Blues Garage Hannover, Germany
Feb 08 Music Hall Worpswede, Germany
Feb 09 Zentrum Altenberg Oberhausen, Germany
Feb 11 Colos Saal Aschaffenburg, Germany
Feb 12 Kulturladen Konstanz, Germany
Feb 13 Spectrum Augsburg, Germany
Feb 14 Ducsaal Freudenburg, Germany
Feb 15 Die Halle Reichenbach, Germany
Feb 18 Alte Seilerei Mannheim, Germany
Feb 19 Burghof Lörrach, Germany
Feb 20 Casino Theater Burgdorf, Switzerland
Feb 21 Choller Halle Zug, Switzerland
Feb 22 Mühle Hunziken Rubigen, Switzerland
Apr 05 ARC EN CIEL     Lievin, France            

Check out this great band and fantastic live act
www.wishboneash.com

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Re: Wishbone Ash on Tour 2013 / 2014

So glad Muddy is still with them playing. He has great tone and his playing is masterful. Superb foil and brings out the best in Andy Powell. Muddy's slide playing is sublime.

Hopefully get a chance to have some banter with Bob Skeat who always comes out front afterwards in Hamburg.

No Hits, No Hype.......................Classic Rock Jan 2012

3 Reply by BansheeUK (edited by BansheeUK 2018-09-19 03:58:43)

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Re: Wishbone Ash on Tour 2013 / 2014

Yikes! Loads of mentions o the forum, but very few threads for (the real) Wishbone Ash.

Back on tour again this October & November in the UK (49 years and still burning....)

October 2018
Oct 12 Whitby Whitby Pavilion
Oct 13 Leicester The Y Theatre
Oct 14 Stamford Stamford Corn Exchange
Oct 16 Hunstanton Princess Theatre
Oct 17 Basingstoke The Haymarket
Oct 18 London O2 Academy Islington
Oct 19 Bury The Met
Oct 20 Preston 53 Degrees at University of Central Lancashire
Oct 21 New Brighton Floral Pavilion Theatre & Blue Lounge
Oct 23 Kendal  Bootleggers Bar
Oct 24 Carlisle The Old Fire Station
Oct 25 Glasgow The Ferry
Oct 26 Lochgelly Lochgelly Centre
Oct 27 Edinburgh La Belle Angele
Oct 28 Inverness The Ironworks
Oct 30 Stockton-on-Tees ARC 

November 2018
Nov 01 Stoke On Trent Eleven
Nov 02 Leamington Spa The Assembly
Nov 03 Buckley The Tivoli
Nov 04 Pontardawe Pontardawe Arts Centre
Nov 06 Swindon Swindon Arts Centre
Nov 07 Shoreham-by-Sea Ropetackle Arts Centre
Nov 08 Southampton The Brook
Nov 09  Wimborne Tivoli Theatre
Nov 10 Frome Cheese And Grain
Nov 13 Milton Keynes The Stables
Nov 14 Harpenden Harpenden Public Halls
Nov 15 Derby Flower Pot
Nov 16 Holmfirth Picturedrome

If you're heading along, get there a bit early and check out the support, another young band that's caught my ear, this time the Swiss-based French guitar slinger Felix Rabin. If you like what you hear, go say Hi (or Bonjour) and tell him I sent you.

When life gives you lemons; don't make lemonade.
Give back the lemons.  Why were the lemons free?  What's wrong with the lemons?
Do Not trust the lemons...

4 Reply by BansheeUK (edited by BansheeUK 2018-10-15 07:26:45)

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Re: Wishbone Ash on Tour 2013 / 2014

October 12th - Whitby Pavillion

So at the week-end, I had my first exposure to “proper” Wishbone Ash, not the Martin Turner project which I’ve encountered twice previously. Straight away, this one knocks the latter several weeks past last Sunday for my money; a much sharper, gutsier sound; helped no doubt by the wall of brand new Orange amps & heads at the back of the stage.

Your band for the evening was, the indomitable Andy Powell, Bob Skeat on bass, Joe Crabtree behind the drums, and relative freshman Mark Abrahams on 2nd guitar. That said, it’s no use chasing me for the set-list as this is one of those bands I didn’t quite get, despite owning several albums back in the day; probably the "wrong” albums; however, it didn’t stop me from enjoying almost 100 minutes of superb guitar-team work from Messers Powell & Abrahams - all except The King Will Come which for some reason always makes my teeth itch…? The set also included a respite of a couple of acoustic numbers before they switched up and powered through the remainder of the set and had me pinned to the back wall of the Pavillion.

Impressed enough to say that @ll be catching them again later in the tour, but maybe not so that I can say I’m a newly converted fan; too many years have passed. Maybe I need a hand in cherry-picking their finest moments but I looked hard on their merch stand but couldn’t find the album Xlix.......

When life gives you lemons; don't make lemonade.
Give back the lemons.  Why were the lemons free?  What's wrong with the lemons?
Do Not trust the lemons...
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Re: Wishbone Ash on Tour 2013 / 2014

Can't have the headliners outdone by the support - here's Wishbone Ash from Leicester Y Theatre 13-10-18:-

Leaf & Stream - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHKNm-1IRJM
Deep Blue - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq61Q4Jh5nM
Sometime World - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Or_yPmcC8
Living Proof - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymCJ_ARsY_A

Why Don't We (Stamford 14/10) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75KcPKgA3W8
Lifeline (Stamford 14/10) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnLfJ1RHjxY

When life gives you lemons; don't make lemonade.
Give back the lemons.  Why were the lemons free?  What's wrong with the lemons?
Do Not trust the lemons...

6 Reply by BansheeUK (edited by BansheeUK 2018-10-31 03:49:34)

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Re: Wishbone Ash on Tour 2013 / 2014

Oct 30th Stockton ARC

Well, that's been a leap - from an "Ash virgin" to 2 shows in the same tour, let alone 2 in the same year. I even came away with a CD & DVD. (Woah! Steady on!!) Guess it’s fair to say I’m really getting a handle on them, even though it’s taken XLIX years….

Just another great show from Andy, Bob, Joe & Mark; relaxed banter between the songs and then into some of the tightest twin-guitar work you could dream to see, and hear….

Very well-balanced set, but I feel I was the only one in the room that couldn’t get excited about the Argus segment… Not to worry though, came out well-entertained, and that’s what it’s all about.

Set list:-
Bona Fide
Eyes Wide Open
Deep Blues
Way Down South
Lifeline
The King Will Come
Warrior
Throw Down the Sword
Leaf and Stream
F.U.B.B. 
Standing in the Rain
Jail Bait
Phoenix
Encore: Blowin’ Free

Nice to catch up with a lot of friends, especially 66% of The Mentulls or 100% of Pipe Brothers Project, depending how the wind blows, out and about. Long overdue getting back on stage, lads...

When life gives you lemons; don't make lemonade.
Give back the lemons.  Why were the lemons free?  What's wrong with the lemons?
Do Not trust the lemons...