CRAZY NEWS;- WE'RE PLAYING FOR HRH THE QUEEN AT THE OPENING OF MK STADIUM ON 29TH NOV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ALL SOLSTICE STUDIO MATERIAL NOW AVAILABLE ON DIGITAL DOWNLOAD/OR BUY AT http://www.progrock.co.uk - including new 2-disc 'def edition' re-masters of Silent Dance, New Life and Circles........................................... So this is it, we've confirmed the first couple of shows with others on the way,here we go again and we really hope to see on the journey.To help us on our way we've just signed to Festival Music (www.progrock.co.uk), a great indie label who are releasing are music future and past. Please click to the left on our website address for more info plus loads of free downloads from Solstice and related projects. Thanks for looking and listening, I hope you enjoy the music,
love,
Andy.
-Formed in 1980, when Blondie, the Specials, Joe Jackson and the Police were heading the charts, a folk-tinged prog. rock outfit like Solstice should not have stood a chance. Soaring guitar, fiddle and Denny-esque vocals were not at the top of A&R's most wanted list, but audiences felt otherwise. Extensive university tours and sell out nights at London's Marquee club, a front page of Sounds(unheard of for an unsigned band) and the expectations of a prog. rock revival led to appearances at Reading Rock and Glastonbury festivals and sessions for Radio 1's Friday Night Rockshow. Solstice made many appearances at free festivals incuding Stonehenge, their anti- commercial stance and mistrust of the music industry making sure they remained unsigned.
One album later, guitarist Andy Glass was otherwise engaged-both as concert engineer for Jethro Tull and guitarist for Bill Withers. When the album "Silent Dance" was re-issued, Glass reformed the band with Jethro Tulls drummer Clive Bunker and went on to record two further albums," New Life" and "Circles". Promotional dates were a great success and included Cropredy Festival-which was recorded and filmed as a live CD and is now available as a DVD. Solstice are now recording again and setting up gigs for 2007. The current line-up incudes award winning producer and drummer for Page and Plant, Pete Hemsley. Pete played on "New Life" and has an ambient album on Sony, " The Lords Garden", which includes re-mixes of Solstice tracks that have been used on soundtracks worldwide. Check out www.solsticewebsite.com for more info and loads of free downloads.Sacred Run 2007
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