Former Sure keyboardist Rick Wakeman broadcasts last solo tour
Former Sure keyboardist Rick Wakeman has introduced his last solo tour, stating that it’s time “to name it a day”.
On his official website, Wakeman not too long ago introduced a brand new set of reside solo dates in North and South America, which he famous would mark his last-ever concert events as a “one-man present”. The assertion nonetheless, means that the keyboardist won’t be retiring but, noting that he’ll spend the longer term “[concentrating] on composing, recording and collaborating with different musicians”.
Wakeman said that he had at all times supposed to cease touring by his 77th birthday, writing: “I at all times deliberate to cease touring by my 77th birthday – for these of you who want to ship me a card, it’s 18th Might! – however there may be a lot to slot in earlier than then that I’m having to make plans now and so my last one-man exhibits should stop by that date. I’ve totally loved performing the varied one-man exhibits, but it surely’s time to name it a day.”
To commemorate the musician’s last solo tour, he’ll premiere a brand new piece of music through the performances. Entitled ‘Yessonata’, the 30-minute work will weave melodies from Sure materials right into a cohesive sonata type.
Rick Wakeman’s ‘Remaining Solo Tour’ will begin on March 19 with a date at Ridgefield, Connecticut’s Ridgefield Playhouse, earlier than travelling to different North American cities together with Huntington, New York and Vienna, Virginia, earlier than flying to South America for dates in Mexico Metropolis, Santiago, and São Paulo, earlier than concluding the tour on April 15 at Curitiba, Brazil’s Opera de Arame.
Tickets for the tour might be discovered on Wakeman’s website, which additionally states that extra dates will likely be introduced quickly. A full checklist of dates is listed under.
Rick Wakeman was a member of Sure for a lot of the band’s profession, being featured each album from their traditional 1972 LP ‘Fragile’, to their 1997 reside album ‘Keys to Ascension 2’. As well as, Wakeman served as a sessionist for numerous artists together with Elton John, Lou Reed, Black Sabbath and most notably, David Bowie. His work seems seems on a number of of Bowie’s most iconic songs and albums, together with ‘Area Oddity’, his 1971 album ‘Hunky Dory’, and his magnum opus, ‘Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars’.
In 2017, Wakeman revealed that he performed piano on the track ‘Oh! You Fairly Issues’ from Bowie’s ‘Hunky Dory’. Later that yr, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame as a former member of Sure, alongside fellow inductees Tupac Shakur, Pearl Jam, Journey and Electrical Gentle Orchestra.
Rick Wakeman’s last solo tour dates are:
MARCH
19 – Ridgefield, Connecticut – Ridgefield Playhouse
20 – Montclair, New Jersey – Wellmont Theater
22 – Huntington, New York – The Paramount
23 – Collingswood, New Jersey – Scottish Ceremony Auditorium
24 – Derry, New Hampshire – Tupelo Music Corridor
26 – Pink Financial institution, New Jersey – The Vogel – Depend Basie Heart for the Arts
27 – Vienna, Virginia – Wolf Entice
28 – Vienna, Virginia – Wolf Entice
29 – Albany, New York – The Egg Heart for the Performing Arts
APRIL
03 – Mexico Metropolis, Mexico – Auditorio Blackberry
06 – Santiago, Chile – Teatro Teleton
09 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Teatro Gran Rex
11 – Porto Alegre, Brazil – Salão de Atos da PUCRS
12 – Sao Paulo, Brazil – Tokio Marine Corridor
14 – Brasilia, Brazil – Centro de Convencoes Ulysses Guimaraes
15 – Curitiba, Brazil – Opera de Arame