December 29, 2010

A special holiday treat for fans of Murray
Hockridge and Dave Kilminster!!

• Hockridge-Kilminster to play their first US dates in
  pre-eminent East Coast Clubs
• Double Bill with New York-Long Island's most popular
• Progressive Band Wonderous Storie In select venues

Murray Hockridge and Dave Kilminster
Guitar virtuoso Dave Kilminster, currently touring with Roger Waters' 'The Wall' in North America & Canada, is to play some special US dates in early 2011 with vocalist extraordinaire Murray Hockridge, who's emotive, soulful voice spans an incredible 3 and 1/2 octaves...

Taking a break from the current schedule before the Waters' production heads to Europe in Spring, 'Murray Hockridge & Dave Kilminster' will be performing music from their forthcoming album 'Closer To Earth', a collection of soulful and spellbinding vocal and acoustic guitar interpretations of 11 rock & soul classics.

The live sets will also include original material from both artistes' repertoires.

Preliminary Dates – more to be added
Dates include (but are not limited to) the following. More dates will be announced and times and ticket information will be forthcoming.

Friday 28 January KJ Farrell's, Bellmore, NY
A double-bill also featuring the popular Wonderous-Stories in one of the newest and best clubs on Long Island

Saturday, 29 January Havana, New Hope Pennsylvania
This will be a late afternoon (5pm) show - mark your calendars to see Kilminster’s guitar work up close and hear the superlative vocals of Murray Hockridge in a club that has become a showcase for the greatest talents of Rock and Roll

Look for a special return to KJ Farrell's with Kenny Forgione in a unique and unusual setting

Wednesday, 2 February BB King's, NYC in a double bill with
Wonderous Stories
BBKing's is a NYC favourite - featuring music of all kinds. Fans of Dave Kilminster will remember seeing him in the US with Keith Emerson playing at the club at both Moogfest and with the Keith Emerson Band. Wonderous Stories remains one of the club’s guaranteed sell-outs, so get your tickets early when they go on sale. The atmosphere is great and the music will be tremendous and full of surprises.

Learn more about Dave Kilminster and Murray Hockridge at www.davekilminster.com and www.murrayhockridge.com.

You can see clips Eof their live performance at www.hockridge-kilminster.com. Check out this you tube video, shot during the tour of the Wall where Dave handled lead guitars (most notably playing Comfortably Numb to cheers from atop the wall) for D'addario strings where Dave talks both about his solo work and his meeting and music with Murray Hockridge.

About Wonderous Stories
Wonderous Stories is legendary in the New York-Long Island area. Their music is always a surprise and special guests include touring musicians from the most famous bands in the world as well as regulars Kenny Forgione, Tommy Williams, Ricky Martinez, Mark Bonder, and Kevin Mccann.

Learn more at www.wonderous-stories.com

Both Hockridge-Kilminster and Wonderous Stories have facebook fan pages; In addition, you can check out my space pages for Dave Kilminster and Murray Hockridge for more information on the two.

For more information on interviews, booking and touring, contact:
Ellie Schwartz - 347 678 1760
David Maida - 215 776 8293
Kenny Forgione - 516 236 9079

Management Information
Murray Hockridge and Dave Kilminster are managed by Martin Darvill of QEDG Management. Reach him at info@qedg.co.uk.

Mr Darvill also manages Uriah Heep, Focus, Curved Air, Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash, Geoffrey Downes, John Wetton, Wetton-Downes iCon, the original members of Asia (Geoff Downes, Steve Howe, Carl Palmer and John Wetton.). In partnership with Mr Stewart Young, he also manages Emerson, Lake and Palmer.

For more information on both management and booking of Kenny Forgione and Wonderous Stories, please contact Kenny Forgione 516 236 9079 (USA).

April 14, 2010

The Wall tour dates!!!

Yes folks, after months of rumours and speculation Roger Waters has finally announced that he'll be touring 'The Wall' later this year!!! Click HERE for dates. :O)

The dates were posted on Roger's revamped website yesterday, along with a personal message from Roger explaining his reasons for bringing the Pink Floyd classic album to life...and I am very honoured, proud and privileged to again be part of his touring band!!! :O))

More news as it happens...and I can't wait to see you all on the road again!!!!

Dave x

April 6, 2010

Hey Folks!!!

Hope you've all been having a wonderful year so far!!! :O)

Sorry it's been a while since my last newsletter... but it's only because I've been SOOOOOOO busy!!! :O))

Murray Hockridge and Dave Kilminster album

Murray and I have been hard at work putting the finishing touches to our album, which should be completed in the next few days... I'm actually really proud of these recordings, and I can't WAIT for everyone to hear them!!!! :O))

We'll post some snippets up soon, as well as details on how to obtain said opus... :O)

Italian Tour with Guthrie Govan

Guthrie and I toured Italy together last year, and we had such an amazing time that we're doing it all again... and soon!!!

April 14th - Messina - Teatro Sala Laudamo
April 15th - Roccaforzata (TA) - Go West Saloon
April 16th - Caserta - Black Cat Club
April 17th - Osteria Nuova (Roma) - Crossroads Live Club
April 18th - San Gavino Monreale (Sardinia) - Teatro Comunale
April 19th - Udine - Black Stuff
April 21st - Pisa - Borderline
April 22nd - Legnano (Milano) - Land of Live
April 23rd - Vignola (MO) - Stones Cafe
April 24th - Torino - Lapsus

Apologies for the very late notice, but the word 'alacrity' doesn't feature very highly in the Italian vocabulary!!! ;O))

Joining us for these dates is the wonderful Pete Riley (drums) and fabulous Seth Govan (bass), so come long for some more guitar craziness!!! :O))

Dave K Interview

And speaking of Italy, I've just completed an interview with my friend Cristiano for an Italian music site called PianetaRock.it

I'm not sure when it'll be up there, but we'll post the link as soon as we get it... :O)

Scarlet - The Directors Cut

I can't remember if I've mentioned this in previous newletters, but I've also been remixing my solo album 'Scarlet' recently... which is sounding amazing!!!

My good friend Jamie Humphries has been lending his expertise to the project, and we've added a few extra guitars and vocal harmonies which have just transformed the whole project!!!

It's now so good in fact, that we're looking to release it properly!!!!! Stay tuned...

And there is one final thing for later in the year that I'd dearly LOVE to mention... but I can't!!!! Sorry...

Rest assured that I'll tell you all about it in the next instalment though!!!!

Take care out there people... and have a wonderful Easter...

Dave x