Grey Lady Down News

From the folks at Grey Lady Down:

Hi all

Just a quick line to let you know that Grey Lady Down will be hitting the road again in March for our first gig of the year... we're playing a double header with our good mates Crimson Sky at South Street Arts Centre in Reading on Saturday March 31st. Also on the bill is special guest John Mitchell who plays with just about every prog band ever!

South Street

Crimson Sky + Grey Lady Down + John Mitchell

Saturday 31 March, doors 7pm

Prognitive Development presents Crimson Sky and Grey Lady Down, who bring their own distinctive brands of progressive rock to South Street Arts Centre.

Formed in 2002, Crimson Sky launch their 10th anniversary stage show in Reading with a new line-up ahead of the release of the much-anticipated "New Horizons" EP, a follow-up to 2009’s popular "Misunderstood" album. Having previously shared the bill with such prog luminaries as Touchstone, Darwin’s Radio and Magenta at the Cambridge Rock Festival and the Peel at Kingston, the band is back in full force with its signature sound, and will be presenting new material as well as old favourites.

Seminal 90s prog band Grey Lady Down have reformed after a ten year hiatus. Regulars at London's Marquee and Astoria theatres, they were the first independent prog band to undertake a full scale tour of the USA in the 90s and their second album "Forces" was voted Classic Rock Society’s runner-up album of 1995. They celebrate their 20th anniversary in 2012 with a number of high profile shows throughout the UK. A new album, the band’s fifth studio release, will be released later in the year.

They are delighted to be joined by very special guest John Mitchell and MC Rob Ramsay from Tinyfish.

Tickets are just £10 and are available from www.readingarts.com/southstreet or on 0118 960 6060. The post code is RG1 7LA.

We expect to be playing a significant amount of new material at the show. Three new songs together adding up to nearly 30 minutes in length are now virtually complete - '24', 'Cold Black Heart' and one as yet as untitled. Rehearsals next month should certainly get them into a gig worthy shape! This also means that the new album which we hope to record later in the year is just about half written now...

We also have another show lined up for Sunday July 15th at the Robin 2 in Bilston with Solstice and Credo - more on that nearer the time.

You can find more information on our activities either at www.greyladydown.net or on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/greyladydown - please sign up!

Most of our albums are now sold out, although we do still have copies of 'The Crime' and 'Star-Crossed'. We are however hoping to reissue many if not all of them to coincide with the release of the new album. In the meantime, all of them are available to download either at www.cdbaby.com or on iTunes.

Looking forward to seeing a good many of you in Reading on Saturday March 31st. Thanks for listening!

Best Wishes

Jules, Mark, Martin, Piers, Sean & Steve.

Grey Lady Down Reforms

Seminal 90s prog band Grey Lady Down have reformed after a ten year hiatus. The band, whose members have gone on to grace such prominent prog outfits as IQ, Darwin’s Radio, Thieves’ Kitchen and Sphere3, will be playing a number of high profile shows throughout the UK during 2011. Ideas for a new album, which would be the band’s 5th studio release, are being explored for release in due course.
The line-up is a 6 piece featuring both former guitarists Julian Hunt and Steve Anderson, along with the addition of new recruit Piers de Lavison on keyboards. The band is completed by ever-presents Martin Wilson on vocals and Sean Spear on bass along with original drummer Mark Robotham.
Further details are available on the band's new website at www.greyladydown.net, and also at www.facebook.com/greyladydown
The first gig will be on Saturday June 4th at Mattfest, which takes place at famed prog venue The Peel at 160 Cambridge Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, KT1 3HH. Doors are at 1pm, GLD will be on stage at around 6pm, and the line up is completed by From Great Height, Unto Us, Nerve Toy Trio, Alan Reed (ex Pallas) and Touchstone. Advance tickets are now available on 0208 546 3516 at £20. Full details can be found on Facebook at Mattfest

There has been some questions about availability of the GLD back catalogue. CDs remain in very short supply (with the exception of 'Star-Crossed' which is freely available) the band is considering the possibility of reissuing these in due course. However, the good news is that all of the studio albums have now been submitted via CD Baby which means they should appear on all the major download sites such as iTunes for the first time.
In other news, Martin and Steve are involved in another project called TheRoom. Full details are available at www.theroom.eu, and you can add yourself to their mailing list by contacting them at info@theroom.eu
Piers, meanwhile, continues to tour with well known Genesis tribute act G2. Further information can be obtained from www.g2online.co.uk or at www.facebook.com/g2definitivegenesis