Fairport plans for the U.S in 2009?

[Krinoid]

Anyone know if there is even a possibilty of a full band tour?
Mark

[tullist/raymond]

I don't even remember when was the last time the full band came, I want to say 89 so I would mark it as wildly unlikely. Probably the best chance of a USA fullband Fairport tour is if they were to open for Tull again, as they did long ago, say 70 and 71, as well as a full band in 87. I would be very pleased to see either Fairport or Steeleye (who also opened for Tull on bits of the Passion Play tour) as the permanent openers for Tull, though I doubt if either band feels that way, likely correctly considering themselves to be every bit the legend that Tull is, and in Fairports case, history to this point has remembered them more fondly. I think it flat out has become very costly, poor risk/reward ratio, for a band such as Fairport with a cult following to bring all that stuff over here, or even renting stuff in different towns. And o that Pegg, here's hoping his only concession to behaving are those that will keep him around for alot longer.

[Neil]

The last Fairport tour in the USA was in 2007, it was the trio tour. I think the full band may be difficult to bring over due to costs, although recent acoustic outings have been the full band so who knows.

The best option is to keep an eye on the band site and the real good music site that have handled the tours in the past. They have however not been extensive tours concentrating on the East coast and California recently with very little in between.

http://www.rgmbooking.com/home2.htm Is the website for Real Good Music.

[Kathryn]

The full band played in Maine for the 35th Anniversary Tour (2002?)but since then we've only been able to see the trio...and had to drive to Massachusetts for the gig. Well worth the long drive but I'm hoping the rumours of a full band tour in the USA for next spring pan out......and, as always hoping they'll play a bit closer to home for me.

[Krinoid]

I think the last time they played as a full band for the MA area was when OTNH came out and it was really a great show, I saw 2 sets at the Scullers jazz club where appparentely they are now banned from according to someone working there.
Mark

[Big Dave]

I think the last time they played as a full band for the MA area was when OTNH came out and it was really a great show, I saw 2 sets at the Scullers jazz club where appparentely they are now banned from according to someone working there.
Mark

For why? Pray tell.......

[Pat Helms]

I saw 2 sets at the Scullers jazz club where appparentely they are now banned from according to someone working there.
Mark

Ahh!  The boys' still got it!  Good for them!!  Rock-n-Roll will never die!!  

Yeah, saw them in Chapel Hill, Charlotte, and Black Mountain NC in 2002!!  Last time with Gerry, at least.  Great road trip!

[Neil]

I think the last time they played as a full band for the MA area was when OTNH came out and it was really a great show, I saw 2 sets at the Scullers jazz club where appparentely they are now banned from according to someone working there.
Mark

For why? Pray tell.......

Not paying the bar bill

[Jonathan]

I remember seeing them at the Birchmere outside of DC in 2002 as well; full band.  All of them signed my copy of "Over the Next Hill."  And in the case of Peggy, he signed my copy of "Cocktail Cowboy Goes it Alone" and seemed genuinely touched that someone owned it, and listened to it regularly.  

I think they played there, hmm, summer of 2000 maybe as well?  But anyway, I'd love to see them again.      

[Ollie]

I remember seeing them at the Birchmere outside of DC in 2002 as well; full band.  All of them signed my copy of "Over the Next Hill."  And in the case of Peggy, he signed my copy of "Cocktail Cowboy Goes it Alone" and seemed genuinely touched that someone owned it, and listened to it regularly.  

I think they played there, hmm, summer of 2000 maybe as well?  But anyway, I'd love to see them again.      

Are you sure it was OTNH - that wasn't released until 2004.

[Jonathan]

In that case, I probably have the year wrong.  
I just pulled the ticket stub; October 10, 2004.  

[Mindwarper]

I got an email newsletter from Garret and it mentioned a full band tour next sept and oct.

[Kathryn]

I got an email newsletter from Garret and it mentioned a full band tour next sept and oct.

Hooray, Hooray!!!

[MPinelli]

I can say with some certainty that the full band was last here in the spring of '03. This is nice news if it's true about a full tour for next year. We're going into a bit of a withdrawal since they gave us a miss in '08. They had been pretty steady coming over here at least once a year over the last decade. Several years back I believe they came over twice, in the spring and again in the fall.

[jonmuse]

The problem with bringing the full band to the states is that they need to play bigger venues and sell more tickets. Which makes for a shorter tour and only in bigger cities. Fairly certain there will be no Pittsburgh stop as there usually was with the trio. Guess I'll have to roadtrip

[Pat Helms]

Admittedly, I have missed several tours over the last 25 years, but rarely have I seen even the full band in a place with more than 500 seats, and often considerably less than that - not counting festivals.  Drums or without, my experience has been that they play at a lot of the same venues, so if they miss Pittsburgh, it won't be because its too small for them.  I'd certainly travel up to there to see them if the stars were in the right place.  Geez!  Haven't been back to Pittsburgh since the Dead played there in '88!

WKWTTG  

[jonmuse]

  Geez!  Haven't been back to Pittsburgh since the Dead played there in '88!

Not much has changed since then