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Carl Palmer announces Return Of ELP US live dates for July

Carl Palmer resurrects prog supergroup Emerson, Lake and Palmer with modern technology for US live dates

Carl Palmer has announced July live dates for the US for the Return Of Emerson, Lake & Palmer summer tour. The tour continues the run of shows which began in November and December 2022 and reunited Palmer with his deceased former band mates. You can watch a promotional video for the tour below.

After exploring the idea of a hologram tour in detail, Palmer, along with the Estates of Keith Emerson and Greg Lake , opted for what they felt was a more honest approach using live footage of Keith and Greg from the band's 1992 performance at London's Royal Albert Hall on massive video walls alongside Palmer ad his ELP Legacy band (Paul Bielatowicz on guitars and Simon Fitzpatrick on bass).

Although Emerson and Lake passed away nine months apart in 2016, leaving Palmer to carry on the band’s enormous musical legacy, the voice and instrumentation of Greg Lake and the unmistakable keyboard mastery of Keith Emerson will be mixed with Palmer’s onstage live drumming to magically reunite ELP once again. “The film ELP made of its sold out run at London’s Royal Albert Hall in 1992 had everything we needed to make these tours happen," Palmer explains. "We were able to use just the camera shots of Keith and Greg, with the sterling audio tracks of their performances resulting in a combination of film and onstage performance of my band that brings back the magic of ELP.”

You can view the US dates below.

The Return Of Emerson, Lake & Palmer 2023 tour dates

Jul 08: West Jefferson Saloon Studios Live, NC Jul 11: Green Bay Epic Centre, WI Jul 13: Fort Wayne Foellinger Theater, IN Jul 14: Erie Warner Theater, PA Jul 15: Lorain Lorain Theater, OH Jul 21: Warren Robins Theater, OH Jul 23: Columbus Southern Theater, OH Jul 28: Glenside Keswick Theater, PA Jul 29: Westbury L.I. The Space At Westbury, NY

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How Carl Palmer Is Honoring His Late ELP Bandmates on New Tour

Carl Palmer is preparing to hit the road soon with one of his all-star bands. And he has his other popular group on the runway.

The drummer begins his 10-date Welcome Back My Friends - The Return of Emerson, Lake & Palmer Tour — during which he'll be playing live with video and audio recordings of his late bandmates — on Nov. 18 in Philadelphia. (You can view a complete list of those tour dates down below.) Then he'll return to Asia for a 20-show tour in mid-February to belatedly celebrate the 40th anniversary of that band's four-times-platinum self-titled debut album . Alan Parsons is slated to be Asia's partner on the tour.

"To me, it's all just part of my career, and if there's an anniversary, let's do it," Palmer tells UCR. "It doesn't seem like that long ago; nothing ever does when you're our age [72]. It all seems like it was yesterday. Some of it is very clear, some of it isn't very clear."

The Asia 2023 tour lineup will feature Palmer and co-founder Geoff Downes, with Yes bassist Billy Sherwood, who's been part of Asia since 2017. The newcomer will be southpaw singer and guitarist Marc Bonilla, who was part of the Keith Emerson Band and has also played with Glenn Hughes, Ronnie Montrose, California Transit Authority and others. "[Bonilla] was an idea of mine," Palmer says. "I thought he'd be good to bring in."

Steve Howe , another Asia co-founder who served as a kind of special guest on the band's last trek during the 2019 Royal Affair Tour , opted out of this run. "He needs to reserve his energy for Yes at the moment. That's what I'm hearing," Palmer says. "He might join later." Bonilla is the 17th musician to log time as an Asia member, a group Palmer says has become facile with the changes. "It's about being professional, that's all I can say," Palmer notes. "There's a job to do and everybody gets down and does it. We enjoy doing it — I think that's what's very important."

Palmer has also been having a good time putting together the Welcome Back My Friends show, celebrating ELP's 50th anniversary, which was delayed due to the pandemic. He first investigated using hologram images of Emerson and Greg Lake , but after looking at prototypes he decided that "that didn't work for me. It was a bit spooky for me. It just didn't seem to be a fit." Instead, he opted for footage taken from the trio's 1992 performances at London's Royal Albert Hall, which was released as a live album and a now out-of-print home video. "It was a five-camera shoot," Palmer recalls. "And the recording of the music was done individually, so there were all individual tracks of absolutely everything. And it's absolutely fantastic.

"It was obviously good enough because we released it on a DVD, but the label sold out the following week, two weeks, and this DVD got lost in the wash. At the time it was upsetting, but right now it's pretty good for me because the footage on this DVD is absolutely superb. So I thought this is the most honest way to do it because this is not some actor dressed up as Keith Emerson. This is actually Keith Emerson playing the keyboards, likewise with Greg Lake."

Watch ELP Perform 'Lucky Man' at London's Royal Albert Hall in 1992

The video of Emerson and Lake will be featured on six songs (including "Lucky Man," "From the Beginning," "Knife-Edge" and "Paper Blood") during the shows on video screens flanking the stage, with Palmer playing along live in the center. His current trio, Carl Palmer's ELP Legacy, will also perform, as well as enhance some of the ELP songs — most notably a portion of the "Karn Evil 9" suite from 1973's Brain Salad Surgery album. "On that particular night at the Royal Albert Hall we only played a section of ['1st Impression, Pt. 2'], the front section up to the first verse, and then at the point of the keyboard solo, we stopped and went into something else," he explains. "So now, where the keyboard section was meant to start but didn't, that's where my band will take over. It'll be almost 50-50 between the two."

Palmer says that putting the show together was emotional at first. Both Emerson and Lake died in 2016 — Emerson by suicide on March 11 at the age of 71, and Lake on Dec. 7 of pancreatic cancer at 69. "Seeing them on film, playing their very best and looking great, yeah, sure it was emotional," Palmer acknowledges. "It touched me, that's for sure. But after spending all this time [on the show], I'm kind of through with the emotional bit, if you see what I mean. I'm down to the practicalities of getting it right for those two guys. That's the most important thing for me." Palmer has the backing of both men's estates, and he's also confident that Emerson and Lake "would have loved this because they were big technology freaks."

Palmer is viewing the upcoming tour as a trial run for the concept and is holding off on scheduling more at the moment. "We're getting offers," he says. "There was an offer from Switzerland a few weeks back, and we had one from Israel come in. But I'm accepting nothing else at the moment. I want to play the 10 dates, iron out any gremlins that might be there, make sure it's all as good as what I want and also see what the American public thinks about it. It's taken a bit of time to get to this, so we'll see how it goes, and if it goes well, then I'm sure there will be more."

The Welcome Back My Friends - The Return of Emerson Lake & Palmer Tour 2022 Nov. 18 - Philadelphia, PA @ 2300 Arena Nov. 20 - Jim Thorpe, PA @ Penn's Peak Nov. 22 - Wayne, NJ @ Shea Center Nov. 23 - Patchogue, NY @ Patchogue Theater Nov. 25 - New York, NY @ Town Hall Nov. 26 - New Haven CT @ College St. Music Hall Nov. 27 - Boston MA @ Wilbur Theatre Dec. 1 - St. Charles. IL @ Arcada Theatre Dec. 2 - Des Plaines IL @ Des Plaines Theatre Dec. 3 - Akron, OH @ The Goodyear Theatre

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Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy, Featuring Simon Fitzpatrick, Announce US Tour

After wrapping up a fall outing, Carl Palmer is bringing his ELP Legacy trio out for a second leg of their US tour. The band will be performing a multi-media show that consists of ELP’s catalog as well as film clips and archival footage from their career.

“These dates are part of a three year drive to promote ELP’s 50th Anniversary and beyond,” says Palmer. “There are many special celebrations of ELP that we will explain in detail in the near future. Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends!”

Palmer is joined by guitarist/vocalist Paul Bielatowicz as well as Simon Fitzpatrick , who will be performing on bass and Chapman Stick. Check out the group in action:

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[News] Carl Palmer announces the ELP Legacy Tour celebrating the 50th Anniversary

Carl Palmer has announced expanded dates for his “ ELP Legacy Tour ,” kicking off January 27, 2022 in Jacksonville, Fla.

The first three shows of the 2022 trek will be previously postponed dates alongside the Alan Parsons Live Project . From there, Palmer plans to head out for a dozen more solo shows up and down the East Coast through mid-February.

The new tour dates follow the successful first leg of Palmer’s ELP Legacy Tour , which took place in November. “ Our Fall 2021 tour was first time since the pandemic hit that we were able to be together and perform ,” the Rocker noted via press release, adding that the “ response was remarkable and proved to us that live music was in great demand once again. “

Palmer is the only surviving member of the Emerson, Lake & Palmer trio. The drummer promises his upcoming tour will include “ ELP’s best loved material performed to original artistic film clips and archival footage spanning ELP’s career. “

In addition to the drummer himself, “ Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy” band features Paul Bielatowicz on guitar and vocals, and Simon Fitzpatrick on bass. Palmer will stick to playing drums for the most part, but he will grab the mic to sing “Benny the Bouncer. ”

The trek is part of a three-year celebration of ELP’s 50th anniversary , which also includes the recently released collection of live ELP recordings titled “ Out of This World: Live (1970-1997) ,” a new Palmer art collection based on the five main ELP studio albums, a documentary and “ Karn Evil 9 ,” a major Hollywood sci-fi film based on the song of the same name.

Tickets for the 2022 tour are on sale on the Carl Palmer official website: https://carlpalmer.com/tourdates.php

Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy – Jan-Feb 2022 US Tour – Celebrating ELP’s 50th Anniversary 27 Jan Jacksonville, FL Florida Theatre (appearing with Alan Parsons Project) 29 Jan Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall (appearing with Alan Parsons Project) 30 Jan Fort Lauderdale, FL Broward Center for the Performing Arts (appearing with Alan Parsons Project) 31 Jan Key West, FL Key West Theater 02 Feb Casselberry, FL Casselberry’s Patio & Louge 06 Feb Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle 08 Feb Sellesville, PA Sellersville Theater 1894 09 Feb Ridgefield, CT Ridgefield Playhouse 10 Feb Shirley, MA Bull Run 11 Feb Patchogue, NY Patchogue Theatre for Performing Arts 12 Feb New York, NY Iridium Club 13 Feb New York, NY Iridium Club

More dates to be announced…

Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy – April 2022 UK – Trilogy 50th Anniversary Tour 01 Apr Holmfirth, England Picturedrome 02 Apr Leeds, England HRH Festival 03 Apr Colchester, England Arts Centre 06 Apr Milton Keynes, England The Stables 07 Apr Southhampton, England 1865 08 Apr Haslemere, England Haslemere Hall 09 Apr Devizes, England Corn Exchange 10 Apr Exeter, England Corn Exchange 12 Apr Cardiff, England The Globe 14 Apr Norwich, England Epic Studios 15 Apr Canterbury, England Westgate Hall 16 Apr Peterborough, England St. John’s 17 Apr Hull, England Hessle Town Hall 18 Apr Kinross, Scotland The Green Hotel 19 Apr Kinross, Scotland The Green Hotel 21 Apr Leamington Spa, England The Assembly 22 Apr London, England Under The Bridge 23 Apr Harpenden, England To be announced 24 Apr Fletching, UK Trading Boundaries 27 Apr Wimborne, England Tivoli Theatre

Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy – 2022 May-June Europe Tour 11 May Bonn, Germany Harmonie 13 May Uden, Netherlands De Pul 14 May Drachten, Netherlands Iduna 15 May Bilzen, Belgium South of Heaven 16 May Bremen, Germany Meisenfrei 18 May Erlenbach, Germany Beavers 19 May Russelsheim, Germany Das Rind 20 May Mannheim, Germany 7er Club 23 May Budapest, Hungary A35 24 May Vienna, Austria Reigen Live 25 May Nove Mesto, Slovakia Blue Note 26 May Olomouc, Czech Republic S-club 27 May Broumov, Czech Republic Eden Club 31 May Kosice, Slovakia Kolosseum 03 June Dresden, Germany Tante Ju 04 June Reichenbach, Germany Park der Generationen 05 June Lodz, Poland Summer Fog Festival 07 June Hamburg, Germany Forum 10 June Bergamo, Italy Druso 11 June Lugagnano, Italy Il Giardino

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