SAXON Drummer Nigel Glockler - " The Audiences At Every Gig So Far Have Been Amazing"
April 27, 2007, 17 years ago
SAXON drummer Nigel Glockler has issued following update:
"It's April 26th, and I'm sitting in my hotel room in Vienna looking back on the tour so far.It seems eons ago that we were in production rehearsals in Bad Soden, near Frankfurt - there were so many things to do - deciding what cymbal configuration to use, trying out new drum heads and sticks (Shawstix had sadly ceased trading), learning to play the songs from The Inner Sanctum in a live situation, actually deciding which ones to play, and learning new tracks like 'Travellers In Time' and 'Killing Ground', which, although I'd co-written it, I'd never played it live.
Then it was onto the tour bus and off we go! Acquainted myself with the MASTERPLAN guys at the first gig - I was already a fan and had had the second CD prior to the tour - a great album - Roland, Jan, Axel, and the two Mikes were great from the off. The Markthalle at Hamburg had been the first gig on my rejoining of the band in 2005 so that was an especially poignant moment playing there. This time I was prepared for the intense heat!! - that first tour it had nearly killed me!!! The tour has thundered through, in no particular order, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, France , Spain, Italy, Greece - I have to say that the audiences at every gig so far have been amazing - it has been so fantastic to get such an incredible reaction - thank you to you all! Never mind what other bands say, Saxon fans rule!!!! - thanks again!"
In other news, Saxon's current tour schedule has been updated and is now as follows:
April
26 - Budapest, Hungary Petofi Hall27 - Wien, Austria at Planet Music
28 - Zlin, Czech Republic at Hala Novesta
29 - Krakow, Poland at Club Studio
30 - Warszawa, Poland at Stodola
May
3 - Tallinn, Estonia at Rock Cafe5 - Helsinki, Finland at Tavastia *
6 - Oulu, Finland at Teatria *
8 - Stockholm, Sweden at Arenan *
9 - Oslo, Norway at Rockefeller *
10 - Göteborg, Sweden atTrädgarn *
11 - Malmö, Sweden atKB *
12 - Osnabrück, Germany Halle Gartlage *
13 - Hardenberg, Holland at Podium *
14 - Manchester, UK at Academy 2
15 - London, UK at Astoria
16 - Nottingham, UK at Rock City
17 - Dublin, Ireland at Temple Bar Music Centre
19 - Glasgow, Scotland at Garage
20 - Wolverhampton, UK at Civic Hall
21 - Cardiff, UK at Coal Exchange
23 - Belfast, Ireland at Spring & Airbrake
June
29 - Dischingen, Germany at Rock am HärtsfeldseeJuly
2 - Winterthur, Switzerland at Spirit Of Rock FestivalAugust
2 - Wacken, Germany at Wacken Open Air11 - Balve, Germany at Rock am Schloß
September
14 - Nürnberg, Germany at Löwensaal15 - Strasbourg, France at La Laiterie
16 - Magny Cours, France at Bol D'or
18 - Salzburg, Austria Rockhouse
19 - Praha, Czech Republic at Retro Music Hall
20 - Budapest, Hungary at Petofi Hall
9 - Beograd, Serbia at SKC
9 - Zagreb, Croatia Boogaloo Club
- all dates feature MASTERPLAN as support
* with ROSE TATTOO
** with HELLFUELED
