{"id":11304,"date":"2019-06-11T17:39:31","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T17:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=11304"},"modified":"2019-06-11T17:39:35","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T17:39:35","slug":"additional-dates-added-as-keyboard-wizard-rick-wakeman-embarks-on-first-solo-u-s-tour-in-13-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2019\/06\/11\/additional-dates-added-as-keyboard-wizard-rick-wakeman-embarks-on-first-solo-u-s-tour-in-13-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Additional Dates Added as Keyboard Wizard RICK WAKEMAN Embarks on First Solo U.S. Tour in 13 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Keyboard wizard Rick Wakeman embarks on his first solo tour of America in 13 years.\u00a0 Wakeman\u2019s\u00a0The\u00a0Grumpy Old Rock Star Tour\u00a0will combine spellbinding piano music with sidesplitting jokes and revealing insights into his 50-plus-year career. Expect an evening of superb musicianship, featuring music from YES, Rick\u2019s own solo epics and early Bowie hits, plus fantastic arrangements of Beatles\u2019 tunes, and much, much more, interspersed with knockabout (and sometimes bawdy!) typically British humor.

Tickets for the newly added dates will be going on sale starting this week.\u00a0 The 25 city tour will kick-off Saturday, September 21st\u00a0in Annapolis, MD at the Maryland Hall For The Creative Arts and continue through November.\u00a0 Check Rick Wakeman\u2019s web site\u00a0www.RWCC.com\u00a0or the theatre\u2019s sites for specific on-sale information.\u00a0

Professional musician, keyboard player, songwriter, broadcaster and raconteur, Wakeman\u2019s career started as a much-in-demand session player, who performed on recordings by David Bowie, Elton John, Lou Reed, Al Stewart and hundreds more artists. His big break came in 1971 when he joined YES, who went on to become the most successful prog rock band in the world, but Wakeman has also always gone his own way outside the framework of that group.

In the Seventies, he achieved chart-topping success with solo albums such as\u00a0Journey To The Centre Of The Earth,\u00a0The Six Wives of Henry\u00a0VIII\u00a0and\u00a0The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round\u00a0Table, which cumulatively sold over 10,000,000 copies in North America alone.

He has written several film scores, amongst them two for director Ken Russell (Lisztomaniaand\u00a0Crimes of Passion) and two \u2018Harry Palmer\u2019 movies starring Michael Caine (Bullet To Beijing\u00a0and\u00a0Midnight in St\u00a0Petersburg), and in the UK, has built up an impressive reputation as a witty guest and host on shows like\u00a0Grumpy Old Men,\u00a0Countdown,\u00a0Watchdog\u00a0and the comedy cabaret show\u00a0Live at Jongleurs. His wickedly irreverent acceptance speech when YES was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 nearly brought the house down!

That same year, he made British chart history when his\u00a0Piano Portraits\u00a0record became the first solo piano instrumental album to enter the UK\u2019s Top 10 on release \u2013 a feat he then repeated with last year\u2019s\u00a0Piano Odyssey. Both records feature tunes that have a special connection with Rick\u2019s personal musical journey and his subsequent tours, in which he performs a selection of tracks accompanied by hilarious memories and anecdotes have been instant sell-outs in the UK.

RICK WAKEMAN<\/strong><\/em>
The Grumpy Old Rock Star Tour \u2013 North America 2019 [New shows added]<\/strong>

Sept. 21\u00a0 Annapolis, MD\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Maryland Hall For The Creative Arts
Sept. 22\u00a0 Derry, NH\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tupelo Music Hall
Sept. 23\u00a0 Boston, MA\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Wilbur
Sept. 24\u00a0 Huntington, NY\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 The Paramount\u00a0
Sept. 25\u00a0 Alexandria, VA\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Birchmere
Sept. 27\u00a0 Quebec City, PQ\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Palais Montcalm
Sept. 28\u00a0 Montreal, PQ\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Olympia Theatre
Sept. 29\u00a0 Toronto, ON\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Danforth Music Hall
Oct. 2\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Harrisburg, PA\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Whitaker Center
Oct. 4\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 St. Charles, IL\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Arcadia Theatre\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0
Oct. 8\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Allentown, PA \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Miller Symphony Hall
Oct. 10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Englewood, NJ \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bergen Performing Arts Center
Oct. 11\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Collingswood, NJ\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Scottish Rite Auditorium
Oct. 13\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ridgefield, CT\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Ridgefield Playhouse

New shows added:<\/strong>
Oct 16\u00a0 Seattle, WA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Triple Door
Oct 17\u00a0 Portland, OR\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Revolution Hall
Oct 19\u00a0 San Francisco, CA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Castro Theatre
Oct 20\u00a0 San Juan Capistrano, CA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Coach House
Oct 22\u00a0 Los Angeles, CA\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Theatre at Ace Hotel
Oct 25\u00a0 Atlanta, GA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0City Winery
Oct 26\u00a0 Clearwater, FL\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Capitol Theatre
Oct 27\u00a0 Orlando, FL\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Plaza Live

Reviews from Rick Wakeman\u2019s UK solo tours:<\/strong>

\u201cA hugely enjoyable night for fans and newcomers to Rick Wakeman. Genuine laughs and exquisite musicianship \u2013 what more can you ask for?\u201d \u2013\u00a0Lancashire Telegraph

\u201cThe audience\u2026 were thoroughly entertained with masterful piano playing and wonderous stories.\u201d \u2013\u00a0Global Entertainment and Media

\u201cNo other artist could entertain a theatre full of people, playing alone, and keep them riveted for the entirety of his set. Rick is one of the warmest, wittiest, most talented musicians around.\u201d \u2013\u00a0Wolverhampton Express & Star

\u201cProg lover or not, if you get the opportunity to see Rick Wakeman, go for it; he\u2019s a national treasure, and he\u2019ll make you laugh too.\u201d \u2013\u00a0Bucks Herald

\u201cAn inimitable mixture of dry humour and blinding talent\u201d \u2013\u00a0East Anglian Daily News

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