Already a smash hit in America, Greg Lake’s “Songs of a Lifetime” tour is headed to the UK for a series of 11 November dates. The co-founding member of both King Crimson and Emerson Lake and Palmer is also selling the audio version of his new autobiography, appropriately titled Lucky Man, at these shows.
There’s plenty to tell: With Crimson, Lake helped craft prog-rock’s most celebrated debut in 1969, then departed to co-found ELP — the genre’s initial supergroup — in the early 1970s. Along the way, Lake would become one of prog’s signature voices, rivaled perhaps only by Jon Anderson of Yes and Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues, before beginning a concurrent solo career some 30 years ago. Emerson Lake and Palmer last reunited more than a year ago at the High Voltage Festival, but there are appear to be no immediate plans for future projects together.
On tour, Lake is performing key tracks from Crimson, ELP and his solo projects, interspersed with stories about his legendary career and other songs of interest: “Things that had a big influence upon me,” Lake told us, in a free-ranging SER Sitdown. “I hope it will be a mix of elements that people will enjoy. I suppose it all goes back to times and memories we’ve shared together. So, it’s a meeting, rather than a concert. Like a sort of town-hall meeting, or a social gathering, as much as anything else.”
[SOMETHING ELSE! REVIEW: Here’s our review of King Crimson/ELP founder Greg Lake’s terrific 2013 album souvenir from this tour, also called ‘Songs of a Lifetime.’]
The “Songs of a Lifetime” concerts will be held Nov. 12-13 at Pocklington Arts Centre; Nov. 15 at Edinburgh Queens Hall; Nov. 17 at Glasgow Lomond Auditorium; Nov. 18 at Newcastle Mill Volvo Tyne Theatre; Nov. 19 at Birmingham Alexandra Theatre; Nov. 20 at Liverpool Philharmonic; Nov. 22 at Cambridge Corn Exchange; Nov. 23 at Guildford G Live; Nov. 24 at Southampton Guildhall; and Nov. 25 at London Shepherd’s Bush O2 Empire.
Audience participation is encouraged.
The Lucky Man autobiography is eventually going to become a trio of audio books, narrated by Lake himself. The print version is due by year’s end. Lake is also selling albums and DVDs at the shows. Special VIP packages, available at every stop through greglake.com, include a pass for sound check, a post-show meeting and photo with Lake and signed merchandise.
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