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24th June
Oliver appeared on Paul Bakers radio show this afternoon for a live on air interview.

The interview covered a range of subjects and 3 tracks were played from the new Mother's Ruin EP, If You're Leaving, Busy Going Nowhere and Mother's Ruin.

Paul has invited Oliver and Paul on the show to record a live session soon. More details when we have them!

If you missed the show - don't worry, the show is repeated on Wednesday evening between 7-10pm. See the previous news item for details of the radio stations website.

24th June
Oliver is due to appear on Paul Bakers radio show this afternoon at 4pm.

The radio station details are as follows:-
Station: Rock247Online
www.rock247online.co.uk (Click on listen live)

Apple Mac users will need a patch available from: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/mac/mp9/default.aspx

23rd June
Well the show for the Classic Rock Society was really well received. Nice to see so many new faces as well!

The evening was topped off by the release of a new Mother's Ruin EP which features Paul Manzi singing on three tracks from the Mother's Ruin album and a new song 'Busy going Nowhere' which Oliver and Paul have performed at their duo shows. The original album is still available through Prog Rock records and this EP is intended as a chance for people to hear Paul singing some of the songs.

This EP is a strictly limited edition and will be available to buy from this website really soon!

The concert itself went really well and very quickly! The guys all did themselves proud and hearing 'Wall of Water' performed as the last song of the evening was something to have seen! The encore 'Walk Away' was even more fun than usual and included Oliver, Paul and Dave Pearce all passing their microphones to the audience for the sing-along section!

The setlist was as follows:

Don't Come Running
At Home in the Mire
The Agent
In the Movies
Dangerous World
The Enchanter
Picture of a Lady
The Forgotten King
Busy Going No-where
Burgundy Rose
Mother's Ruin
Enlightenment
If you're Leaving
I Don't Believe Angels
Wall of Water
Encore
Walk Away

Don't forget, the band can be seen at the uncoming Fordham Festival on the 11th June!

21st June
Oliver is still writing up some details about the Starcastle show but we thought it was about time some links to reviews and photos were available from the website so here goes!

Photos
Michael's Starcastle Photos

Comments/Reviews
Seaoftranquility.org
progressiveears.com
Musicstreetjournal.com

Video footage
YouTube.com

24th May The Oliver Wakeman band will be performing for the Classic Rock Society on the 9th June at the Herringthorpe in Rotherham.

For more details visit the concerts page.

30th March The Classic Rock Society have put together an advert currently being used on RotherFM in Rotherham. The voice over is supplied by Rick wakeman and the advert features music by Oliver!

If you would like to hear the advert please click here to download the mp3 file. (about 1Mb)

20th March Oliver and Paul will be performing a short half hour set in support of the Karnatika concert for the CRS this Saturday. Also supporting is Clive Nolan and his new project!

Tickets available from the CRS ticket office on 01709 702575 or from the Classic Rock Society website.

12th February We are extremely proud to announce that Oliver has been selected as the keyboard player for 70's classic rock band 'Star Castle' for their upcoming headline appearance at the RosFest (Rites of Spring) festival in the United States on April 27th. This will be Oliver's first live appearance in the US.

Here is some information about Starcastle:

"Starcastle, one of the most respected American progressive rock bands, formed in the late 1960's in Champaign Illinois.

Starcastle released four records on CBS/Epic Records: Starcastle (1976), Fountains of Light (1976), Citadel (1977), and Real to Reel (1978). Together these records have sold more than a million copies. The middle two albums were produced by Queen/Cars/Darkness producer Roy Thomas Baker."

Starcastle toured extensively into the 80's, appearing with such artists as Aerosmith, Foreigner, Jethro Tull, Roxy Music, Ted Nugent, Rush, The Guess Who, Gentle Giant, Kansas, ELO, J. Geils, Styx, Peter Frampton, Hot Tuna, Blue Oyster Cult, Santana, Boston, Todd Rundgren.

The line up for the show is as follows:-

Drums: Steve Tassler
Guitar: Matt Stewart
Guitar: Steve Hagler
Guitar: Bruce Botts
Bass: Woody Lingle
Bass: John Jowitt
Keyboards: Oliver Wakeman
Lead Vocals: Al Lewis
Guest Vocalist: Annie Haslam

Present in spirit: Gary Strater

Mark Rubel (producer/bassist) will be a utility third bassman, I
think one song will have all 3 guys playing bass.

Quote form Shaun Gordon from ProgRock records "This is going to be one heck of a show."

Oliver is extremely excited about playing with the band and is currently working hard learning the music. The new album 'Song of Times' is due out in March and sounds great!

Hope to see some of the US fans at the show!

8th February The Oliver Wakeman band have two shows confirmed so far, the 9th June at the Herringthorpe in Rotherham. the band will also be appearing at the The Fordham Music Festival on Saturday 11th August.

For more details visit the concerts page.

7th February 'Enlightenment and Inspiration' the album Oliver wrote as part of a 3 CD box set a few years ago was deleted last year.

However the album is now being re-released by Blue Dot Music as a download album from iTunes on March 12th

We will have a direct link to iTunes from this site closer to the time, however in the meantime click here to have a look at the record companies website.

15th December Oliver to appear on Rick's Place on the digital radio station Planet Rock on Saturday16th December.

The show starts at 10 and runs until 1pm and can be found on Sky chanel 0110 or Cable channel 924.

10th December We are delighted to announce that Oliver won the Classic Rock Society Best Keyboard Player Award at last nights CRS Awards show.

These awards are voted for by the members of the Classic Rock Society and Oliver is very honoured to have been voted for and even more honoured to have won!

The awards were presented by the MD of the CRS, Martin Hudson and Carl Palmer of Aisa and ELP fame.

Oliver and Paul Manzi were both in attendance, Paul just missing out on the best vocalist award but coming a very respecable 2nd place. The guys had a great night hanging out with Luke and Ben of Thunder, John Mitchell (new singer/guitarist of It Bites), the guys from Strangefish, Nick Barrett (Pendragon) and many others.

A great night was had by all and the award now has pride of place on top of Oliver's piano!

The Mother's Ruin album did very well, comming 7th in the best Album category and the title track came 5th in the best song category.

The rest of the band did very well for themselves, Paul coming second in the vocalist category, Dave Pearce coming 12th in the Guitarist category, Paul Brown came 7th in the Bass Player category and Dave Wagstaffe came 6th in the Drummer category.

The band also appeared 6th in the Best Band category, 8th in the Best Gig category and 7th in the Best New Band category! All in all a good evenings work!

Many thanks to all who attended and who voted for Oliver and the guys - it means a lot to us all.

10th November All to often we hear about radio play of Olivers after the event - we are lucky to be able to warn you in advance of the following rock show which is to feature some of Oliver's music!

The show is a a full "1-hour special" rock radio show featuring ..

BOB CATLEY interview
SPIRIT OF MAN tracks
DAVE THOMPSON/PAUL UTTLEY (LOST WEEKEND) interview
FOREVER MOVING ON tracks
OLIVER WAKEMAN (track from MOTHER'S RUIN)

and is set to be aired on BRADFORD ROCKS on BCB 106.6 FM in West Yorkshire and via Realaudio feed from the station website www.bcbradio.co.uk

Date: Thursday 23rd November 2006
Time: 9-10 pm GMT (4-5 pm EST)

6th November Saturday night saw Oliver and Paul Manzi travel up to Rotherham to play a short half hour set for the Classic Rock Society. The set was extremely well received, so much so that it looks like Oliver and Paul may do a few more together!

Watch out for dates involving the whole band for next year!

The set list for the show on Saturday was as follows....

Glimmer of Light - Jabberwocky
If you're Leaving - Mother's Ruin
Picture of a Lady - Hound
Busy going nowhere - New
Mother's Ruin - Mother's Ruin
Walk Away - Mother's Ruin

Thanks to those of you who travelled to see the show, much appreciated as always! Keep visiting the site for a review of the set soon.

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24th June	Oliver appeared on Paul Bakers radio show this afternoon for a live on air interview. The interview covered a range of subjects and 3 tracks were played from the new Mother's Ruin EP, If You're Leaving, Busy Going Nowhere and Mother's Ruin. Paul has invited Oliver and Paul on the show to record a live session soon. More details when we have them! If you missed the show - don't worry, the show is repeated on Wednesday evening between 7-10pm. See the previous news item for details of the radio stations website.
24th June	Oliver is due to appear on Paul Bakers radio show this afternoon at 4pm. The radio station details are as follows:- Station: Rock247Online www.rock247online.co.uk (Click on listen live) Apple Mac users will need a patch available from: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/mac/mp9/default.aspx
23rd June	Well the show for the Classic Rock Society was really well received. Nice to see so many new faces as well! The evening was topped off by the release of a new Mother's Ruin EP which features Paul Manzi singing on three tracks from the Mother's Ruin album and a new song 'Busy going Nowhere' which Oliver and Paul have performed at their duo shows. The original album is still available through Prog Rock records and this EP is intended as a chance for people to hear Paul singing some of the songs. This EP is a strictly limited edition and will be available to buy from this website really soon! The concert itself went really well and very quickly! The guys all did themselves proud and hearing 'Wall of Water' performed as the last song of the evening was something to have seen! The encore 'Walk Away' was even more fun than usual and included Oliver, Paul and Dave Pearce all passing their microphones to the audience for the sing-along section! The setlist was as follows: Don't Come Running At Home in the Mire The Agent In the Movies Dangerous World The Enchanter Picture of a Lady The Forgotten King Busy Going No-where Burgundy Rose Mother's Ruin Enlightenment If you're Leaving I Don't Believe Angels Wall of Water Encore Walk Away Don't forget, the band can be seen at the uncoming Fordham Festival on the 11th June!
21st June	Oliver is still writing up some details about the Starcastle show but we thought it was about time some links to reviews and photos were available from the website so here goes! Photos Michael's Starcastle Photos Comments/Reviews Seaoftranquility.org progressiveears.com Musicstreetjournal.com Video footage YouTube.com
24th May	The Oliver Wakeman band will be performing for the Classic Rock Society on the 9th June at the Herringthorpe in Rotherham. For more details visit the concerts page.
30th March	The Classic Rock Society have put together an advert currently being used on RotherFM in Rotherham. The voice over is supplied by Rick wakeman and the advert features music by Oliver! If you would like to hear the advert please click here to download the mp3 file. (about 1Mb)
20th March	Oliver and Paul will be performing a short half hour set in support of the Karnatika concert for the CRS this Saturday. Also supporting is Clive Nolan and his new project! Tickets available from the CRS ticket office on 01709 702575 or from the Classic Rock Society website.
12th February	We are extremely proud to announce that Oliver has been selected as the keyboard player for 70's classic rock band 'Star Castle' for their upcoming headline appearance at the RosFest (Rites of Spring) festival in the United States on April 27th. This will be Oliver's first live appearance in the US. Here is some information about Starcastle: "Starcastle, one of the most respected American progressive rock bands, formed in the late 1960's in Champaign Illinois. Starcastle released four records on CBS/Epic Records: Starcastle (1976), Fountains of Light (1976), Citadel (1977), and Real to Reel (1978). Together these records have sold more than a million copies. The middle two albums were produced by Queen/Cars/Darkness producer Roy Thomas Baker." Starcastle toured extensively into the 80's, appearing with such artists as Aerosmith, Foreigner, Jethro Tull, Roxy Music, Ted Nugent, Rush, The Guess Who, Gentle Giant, Kansas, ELO, J. Geils, Styx, Peter Frampton, Hot Tuna, Blue Oyster Cult, Santana, Boston, Todd Rundgren. The line up for the show is as follows:- Drums: Steve Tassler Guitar: Matt Stewart Guitar: Steve Hagler Guitar: Bruce Botts Bass: Woody Lingle Bass: John Jowitt Keyboards: Oliver Wakeman Lead Vocals: Al Lewis Guest Vocalist: Annie Haslam Present in spirit: Gary Strater Mark Rubel (producer/bassist) will be a utility third bassman, I think one song will have all 3 guys playing bass. Quote form Shaun Gordon from ProgRock records "This is going to be one heck of a show." Oliver is extremely excited about playing with the band and is currently working hard learning the music. The new album 'Song of Times' is due out in March and sounds great! Hope to see some of the US fans at the show!
8th February	The Oliver Wakeman band have two shows confirmed so far, the 9th June at the Herringthorpe in Rotherham. the band will also be appearing at the The Fordham Music Festival on Saturday 11th August. For more details visit the concerts page.
7th February	'Enlightenment and Inspiration' the album Oliver wrote as part of a 3 CD box set a few years ago was deleted last year. However the album is now being re-released by Blue Dot Music as a download album from iTunes on March 12th We will have a direct link to iTunes from this site closer to the time, however in the meantime click here to have a look at the record companies website.
15th December	Oliver to appear on Rick's Place on the digital radio station Planet Rock on Saturday16th December. The show starts at 10 and runs until 1pm and can be found on Sky chanel 0110 or Cable channel 924.
10th December	We are delighted to announce that Oliver won the Classic Rock Society Best Keyboard Player Award at last nights CRS Awards show. These awards are voted for by the members of the Classic Rock Society and Oliver is very honoured to have been voted for and even more honoured to have won! The awards were presented by the MD of the CRS, Martin Hudson and Carl Palmer of Aisa and ELP fame. Oliver and Paul Manzi were both in attendance, Paul just missing out on the best vocalist award but coming a very respecable 2nd place. The guys had a great night hanging out with Luke and Ben of Thunder, John Mitchell (new singer/guitarist of It Bites), the guys from Strangefish, Nick Barrett (Pendragon) and many others. A great night was had by all and the award now has pride of place on top of Oliver's piano! The Mother's Ruin album did very well, comming 7th in the best Album category and the title track came 5th in the best song category. The rest of the band did very well for themselves, Paul coming second in the vocalist category, Dave Pearce coming 12th in the Guitarist category, Paul Brown came 7th in the Bass Player category and Dave Wagstaffe came 6th in the Drummer category. The band also appeared 6th in the Best Band category, 8th in the Best Gig category and 7th in the Best New Band category! All in all a good evenings work! Many thanks to all who attended and who voted for Oliver and the guys - it means a lot to us all.
10th November	All to often we hear about radio play of Olivers after the event - we are lucky to be able to warn you in advance of the following rock show which is to feature some of Oliver's music! The show is a a full "1-hour special" rock radio show featuring .. BOB CATLEY interview SPIRIT OF MAN tracks DAVE THOMPSON/PAUL UTTLEY (LOST WEEKEND) interview FOREVER MOVING ON tracks OLIVER WAKEMAN (track from MOTHER'S RUIN) and is set to be aired on BRADFORD ROCKS on BCB 106.6 FM in West Yorkshire and via Realaudio feed from the station website www.bcbradio.co.uk Date: Thursday 23rd November 2006 Time: 9-10 pm GMT (4-5 pm EST)
6th November	Saturday night saw Oliver and Paul Manzi travel up to Rotherham to play a short half hour set for the Classic Rock Society. The set was extremely well received, so much so that it looks like Oliver and Paul may do a few more together! Watch out for dates involving the whole band for next year! The set list for the show on Saturday was as follows.... Glimmer of Light - Jabberwocky If you're Leaving - Mother's Ruin Picture of a Lady - Hound Busy going nowhere - New Mother's Ruin - Mother's Ruin Walk Away - Mother's Ruin Thanks to those of you who travelled to see the show, much appreciated as always! Keep visiting the site for a review of the set soon.
Older news archives: 2004/2005/2006 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997