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Monday, 19 September 2005 |
"Notes From The Edge" has posted an interview with Geoff and Alan White. From the site:
When it was clear that the More Drama tour was in jeopardy it was apparent that this conversation's posting on NFTE would be too. Prior to that Alan and Geoff consented to discuss their involvement in the band White and its participation in that tour--which included Chris Squire with Syn and Steve Howe performing solo--and both were eager to get that tour started. However as we all know the tour was cancelled due to visa problems for the the members and crew who were trying to get out of the UK.
Whether the More Drama tour will reemerge still remains to be seen. Nevertheless Alan and Geoff's discussion about that tour was interesting from a historical perspective. Furthermore the discussion of White and the DRAMA days were compelling enough to warrant posting this interview, and Alan advised he also would like to see it appear, so here it is.
Read the entire interview at the Notes From The Edge site.
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Solo Piece "The Bridge" Scheduled For Release |
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Saturday, 17 September 2005 |
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The long-awaited studio version of Geoff's extended solo piece, "The Bridge", has been scheduled for release on Voiceprint in December. The release will be accompanied with the binaural live recording of the same from St. Cyprian's Church in London from 2003. |
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"Virgin" #1 At UK Box Office |
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Saturday, 17 September 2005 |
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"The 40 Year Old Virgin" remains #1 at the UK box office! |
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"More Drama" Tour cancelled |
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Monday, 01 August 2005 |
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The "More Drama" tour featuring White, The Syn, and Steve Howe has been cancelled. For more information, please visit Yesworld (http://yesworld.com/) and click on the relevant link. |
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Sunday, 29 May 2005 |
A couple of nice ICON articles have appeared in the press. First is a review from Classic Rock magazine (UK), written by Nick Shilton followed by an article on ICON in the latest issue of Billboard Magazine.
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Read more...
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Geoff's Track By Track ICON Comments |
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Friday, 13 May 2005 |
Geoff has sent along his comments on each track off of the ICON album.
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Read more...
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Geoff To Team Up With White And YES Members |
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Tuesday, 26 April 2005 |
After the dates with Asia are completed over the coming months, Geoff
is proud to announce that he will be teaming up with Yes drummer Alan
White in his new band, "White", for both touring and recording. "I've
already been up to Seattle and put some keyboards down on White's debut
album, and what they're doing sounds really fantastic. They're a great
bunch of guys, too." Rounding out the band are Steve Boyce, Karl Haug
and Kevin Curry.
Previously, Downes and White had worked together twenty-five years ago
on the Yes album "Drama", which also featured Steve Howe, Chris Squire
and Geoff's former Buggles bandmate Trevor Horn. This Drama line-up, as
Geoff recalls, was briefly re-united together with Trevor Rabin at the
Wembley Prince's Trust show back in November 2004. " This was a great
event, and thoroughly enjoyed by all who participated. A magnificent
tribute to my old buddy, Trevor Horn."
"White" will kick off with The Syn (featuring Chris Squire), and Steve
Howe (acoustic) for a series of shows starting in the summer in the US,
and moving onto Europe later in the year. As a special feature in these
unique events, Geoff indicates that it is planned for the Yesmen past
and present to join forces at the end of each show, and perform a
number of Yes songs together. "The exciting prospect will be playing
some of the Drama album again live. I'm sure Yes fans everywhere will
appreciate the opportunity to hear and see this. I'm really looking
forward to it, particularly working with Alan, Steve & Chris again.
It's going to be a blast!"
More details on this special announcement as and when things develop... |
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ICON Soundbytes Available |
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Thursday, 10 February 2005 |
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It is with great pleasure that we are now able to share two teasers from the upcoming "Wetton/Downes: ICON" project.
- "God
Walks With Us" (912K)
- "I Stand Alone" (948K)
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Wednesday, 19 January 2005 |
Writer, keyboardist, producer, icon.
Since first hitting the spotlight in 1979 with the Buggles as co-writer
of their worldwide smash hit "Video Killed The Radio Star", Geoff
Downes has been at the forefront of keyboard and production technology.
Over twenty-five plus years he has sold well in excess of fifteen
million records, recorded numerous solo albums, worked with the giants
of the music business and continues to this day as the backbone of rock
veterans ASIA.
The opening of geoffdownes.com marks a new era for the man and his
followers. Think of it as a personal diary of sorts into his historic
past, present and future. As time (and the new site) unfold, Geoff will
continually update these pages with his current happenings, past
events, and attempt to answer all of your questions in due time.
We also have an announcement email list that you may join to keep up on Geoff's activities.
So bookmark the site and visit often. The maestro will be happy to see you...
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