Greg Lake Apologizes For Recent Cancellations

From the Emerson/Lake website:

To all my friends and fans: It is with great sadness that we were forced to cancel our shows in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Connecticut.

I am pleased Keith has admitted the reasons behind the cancellation, and I trust we can leave it at that. The performance was ready; many of you heard or saw the soundcheck. Keith and I are both perfectionists. You will see that Keith has released a statement on his site explaining he felt the need to cancel because of his worry that he couldn't perform up to standard. Keith is not the first performer to have experienced stage fright, and my heart goes out to him.

This has been a difficult time and we are now moving forward with a show we both believe is technically and musically wonderful. The crew and performers rehearsed non stop through February and March. I have dedicated my life to trying to make you happy through my music and nothing saddens me more than to see that you have been disappointed by anything I was involved in. Please accept that these cancellations were entirely beyond my control and know that I am doing everything possible to ensure that these shows are rescheduled as soon as possible.

I am looking forward to seeing each of you again. I take my fans, music, and personal and professional reputation very seriously.

Thank you for all your kindness and support. Greg Lake

News Bytes For November 2009

• Roger Waters has decided, at least as of now, to do The Wall and bring it on tour in 2010-2011 . Word is as of now, that 8 cities may host it, but per the source, it could change.

• On November 10th, Greg Lake will launch is new website at the link of http://www.greglake.com Greg will also have a live chat SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15th AT 5PM Eastern Time.
• Umphrey's McGee has released "Cover It!", a double disc set of Umphrey's McGee covers from the last few years, featuring music from Pink Floyd, Genesis, Steely Dan and many others.

• The band Quarkspace has just released a FREE download documenting a Quarkspace live show from the Summer of 2000 in Worcester MA. You can download it at http://quarkspace.com/Worcester.aspx
• Univers Zero is due to release a new album titled "Clivages"
• Florida progressive band Cynic is currently working on a new EP that will include reinterpretations of 4 songs off Traced in Air (The Space for This, Evolutionary Sleeper, Integral Birth, King of Those Who Know), and 1 totally new song.
• Seattle band Moraine were announced to kick off day 2 of NEARfest 2010 on the Gagliarchives 11/7/09
• Progressive Ears celebrates its 10th year as a mecca for progressive rock lovers online around the world.
• Pendragon have been confirmed for Rosfest 2010
• Pim Koopman, drummer of Kayak unexpectedly passed Monday morning, November 23, 2009, at the age of 56. GPRN sends it condolences. For more information, their site is at http://www.kayakonline.nl/e_news.html
• Michelle Moog was recently featured on the Matrix Synth blog to spotlight her father's creation, the Moog Voyager: http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/2009/11/image-of-michelle-moog-koussa-of-bob.html
• Australian band Unitopia is to perform at ROSFest 2010