Portal Lisboa Jovem – www.lxjovem.pt – Lisbon City Hall’s official youth internet media have contacted FISH, former head vocals of Marillion, proposing the live webcast of the Lisbon concert which will take place in November 11th.

Why? Because we want to share with young people all over the world a chance to enjoy, for the last time, the live presentation of the Misplaced Childhood album.

Fish answered shortly afterwards with great enthusiasm and advanced immediate availability to participate in this initiative which, according to his own words: “it's a great idea. It’s sadly been a long time since I had the opportunity to play in Portugal and this broadcast will enable me to remind fans what I have been doing since my last visit as well as perform the album “Misplaced Childhood” in it’s entirety, an album which was very close the hearts of my Portuguese fans”.

The “great idea” is now being prepared with Fish, setting all necessary details to carry out the greatest on-line broadcast ever produced by Lisboa Jovem.

This concert will be a unique moment and the last opportunity for Fish and Marillion fans to thrill with the songs from the Misplaced Childhood album, one of the major successes of the 80's, now live from the Aula Magna to the entire world through this on-line broadcast from Portal Lisboa Jovem and SAPO.

“I am very excited at this event and we are all looking forward to providing an unique experience on the night of the concert. I really hope that this will be a huge success and reintroduce people to my music as well as provide an opportunity to prepare the ground for more extensive touring in Portugal next year with my new solo album and the 20th anniversary of “Clutching at Straws”. The fact that this is a worldwide live broadcast is particularly exciting and I am sure fans in many countries will revel in the chance to hear and see a great show from my most successful tour in years!”

Like in all other previous Lisboa Jovem broadcasts, Fish’s concert will be broadcast in audio/video and in accessible scalable technology so that all users, regardless of different types of connections, can watch this event with the corresponding quality to their internet connection speed.

Through another original broadcast, Portal Lisboa Jovem, in association with major Portuguese internet portal SAPO, intends to provide an exclusive moment to all who will not be able to attend this spectacular event, but still want to share this singular experience which will be the performance of one of the most prestigious international artists of our time.

The webcast will be in Microsoft Windows Media format

http://www.lxjovem.pt/index.php?id_categoria=11&id_item=247561&id_tema=11 

UPDATE

If you go to http://www.lxjovem.pt/?id_categoria=34&id_item=243790&id_tema=47 and click on the "Preparados para a transmissao?" link (about halfway down) it will open a file in the same format that the webcast will be in, so that you can test whether you can receive it.
(thank you Mo for this update)

HOT NEWS: FISH IN BELGIUM (AB) ON 06 NOVEMBER 2006
All the details: The Company Belgium NEWS

Absolutely the last time to see the full length of Misplaced Childhood performed live

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A new mail from fish was added.

Tour list for 2006 updated and adjusted with the european dates for the final leg of the 20th anniversary MC tour  

Another new mail from Fish is added telling us the stories of 'Gullivers' airtravels in Tom Hanks style

Those who have been thinking about going to Hadders 2006 are adviced to start planning and reading the Q&A section, 'cause time is tikking away fast.

A new mail from Fish is added with the story of the Loreley ano 2006

The Matrix is been modified after the release of Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors by Snapper in a stunning digipack

After hearing a buzz on Fishfans about YouTube.com, a VIDEO page is started with the links to various clips

Pictures from the Return To Childhood tour can be found here:

• Le Kursaal, Dolhain-Limbourg (Belgium) on April 23rd (Frank Clauwers)
• Lucky, Rijssen (Holland) on April 25th ( Martijn Kuiper ) ( Dutch Hammerheads) ( Reflections of Darkness)
• Phoenixhalle, Mainz (Germany) on April 27th ( Denis Hoffmann )
• Nighttown, Rotterdam (Holland) on May 7th ( Cristel Brouwer) ( Station Tenderness ) ( Askew.nl )
• Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton (England) on May 9th ( Karen Williams )
  
• All 2006 tourshot can be viewed / send to Mo at TCScotland
  

New tour dates for this summer with another new drummer Gavin John Griffiths (from Karnataka)

A small downloadable movie file from Feast Of Hope view it here - very enjoyable Yellow Submarine :-)

And - most important - a new email from Fish explaining the fact why he was from the grit so long

This summer will see a reissue of the Fish back-catalogue by Snapper

First to shine is Vigil In A Wilderness on 17 July 2006 - I'll try to keep track of them in the Matrix

Fish is promoting his new baby: Return to Childhood.

The first interviews are online and some even downloadable to enjoy the Scottish to it's fullest

A few fast web sites have Return To Childhood on display for presale tasting:

Snapper has Return To Childhood on pre-order and displaying all the details and track listing...

Release date is 17/04/2006 -->This will be worth the wait... Deluxe digipackaging with 20 pages booklet
Emusic has the Return To Childhood available for preorder, and even have samples (10-15 seconds) of every track…

even eBay has it listed... on preorder

Fish mailed on this subject today:

 

Hi All,

 

Just to let you know that we are now pre ordering the 'Return to Childhood' album at £9.99 plus vat.

This works out at around £11.75 for Uk and Europe. I have tried to keep this as cheap as we can but as expected the supermarkets will undercut me as they are not dependent on selling just one or a few products and can afford far smaller margins.
I sincerely appreciate your support for our web site and merchandise operation and as such I am trying to keep the price of this double CD as low as some of the other on-line operations that have far greater turnover than us here at the studio.
By buying from us here you are directly supporting the artist and not a corporation or huge company. I will do my best to acknowledge that support, to provide a quality service at prices we can both afford and to recognise your faith in our operation.

Thanks for being out there!

all the best
Fish

Today the 2006 MC tour took its final stage:

Adjustments have been done below, and on the TCBNews2006 page.

The Tour diary now has it's 2006 page with the beautiful graphic of the new Mark Wilkinson Tour poster (free download) to make it sparkle.

John Tonks will be unable to fill the drummer's seat for this tour due to prior commitments. His replacement is Dave Innes.

Mo -Rainbow - Warden has started a Q&A page on the Company site for all the questions about the Hadders 2006 convention. So if you are thinking about going and you have a worried mind, pose your question on fishfans and Fish will provide the answer.

But first read Fish new mails about the subject

A new mail from Fish has been enlisted.
The Misplaced gig list has taken another extension and is updated in the TCB 2006 News page listed below... that page has attracted 150 visitors a day so far. I sure hope some will come and visit us in the flesh. (no Roger Waters pun intended)

For the romantic souls who like to glace at the pictures of yesteryears: Mr Steve Rothery has found the time to put a web site together with extractions from his celluloid hobby: www.postcardsfromtheroad.co.uk

Mr Jon Collins, author of the book Separated Out mailed that his book on the history of Marillion will be reprinted in the near future. He would like to grab this opportunity to fix a few errors in the text and get some facts straight. If anyone knows of anything that's not already listed in the errata, here - http://www.separatedout.com/Errata.html - then please can they add it to the comments

That reminds me that I intended to make a page on the books written about Marillion... (Work in Progress)

Construction on the house is getting into closure, so time for an update: Not much going on in Haddington
(besides football - Hibbies going to win it all is the credo these days)

Tickets for the charity show 20/04(in aid of the HibernianFC Youth Development) are available from the F.I.S.H. shop by check only so far (20 £)

It's at the Hibs Supporters Club at Sunnyside (just off Easter Road) in Edinburgh. The venue has a capacity of 300 punters only

The convention is a pain in the ass to put together (but Fish will write about it in a new mail shortly) Be aware of the penguins out there!

Not a sign about the work spend on the book planned this period, but he's just back from Egypt - and he has stories & pictures to prove it...

Fish addicts can find a new place to dwell: Fish now has an official page on MySpace at www.myspace.com/fishofficial
There's streaming music, downloads, photos and other stuff...

No more gossip - it is official: Fish new girlfriend (since December) is Heather Findlay . Heather is lead singer with "Mostly Autumn"

Have you missed me? It is "house under construction" over here... But there is some news so a quick update for you.

Fish wrote a new mail with some interesting news about his future plans, new releases and the upcoming convention.
Most exciting is that comedian Will Smith (not that Will Smith) will be performing his Misplaced Childhood comedy show at the convention

Fish 2006 Tour agenda:

April 20th - Hibernian Supporters Club: Sunnyside, Edinburgh, Scotland

Fund raising gig for the "Hibs Kids". Profits will go towards youth development at the football club.
April 22nd - The Brook: Southampton, England. Tickets
April 23rd - Le Kursaal: Dolhain-Limbourg, Belgium. Tickets WIV
April 25th - Lucky: Rijssen, Holland. Ticketmaster or The Company Holland
April 26th - Capitol: Hannover, Germany
April 27th - Phoenixhalle: Mainz, Germany
April 29th - Stadtgarten: Erfurt, Germany
April 30th - LKA: Stuttgart, Germany
May 1st - Muhle Hunziken: Rubigen, Switzerland
May 3rd - Z7: Pratteln (near Basel), Switzerland.
May 4th - Spectrum: Augsberg, Germany
May 5th - La Rockhal: Luxembourg, Luxembourg
May 7th - Nighttown: Rotterdam, Netherlands
May 9th - Wulfrun Hall: Wolverhampton, England
May 10th - Baths Hall: Scunthorpe, England
May 11th - Academy 2: Liverpool university, England

 

July 28th/29th - Rock of Ages open air festival, Seebronn (near Stuttgart), Germany
August 18th - El Salón 21, Mexico City, Mexico.

The first ever International Rock Expo to be held at the World Trade Center, Mexico City.

August 25th to 27th - Company Convention, Haddington, Scotland.

GREAT NEWS:

Fish will be touring again this year!

Return to Childhood Tour part II.
Starting mid April with rehearsals and ending in August

The start of the EU leg will be a gig in BELGIUM

The end will be a Haddington Convention
Read the new mail from Uncle Fish

More details will follow soon

Fish is planning another Haddington convention! The idea is to aim for the "traditional" August Bank Holiday weekend (Thursday 24th or Friday 25th to Sunday 27th), with an acoustic gig in St Mary's church and a full show the following night at another venue in Haddington.

The Return to Childhood tour DVD is scheduled for release by Snapper Music in April/May 2006. The videos were made at Tilburg (013 club), Koln (E Werk) and Amsterdam (Paradiso). The live double CD - due in April - will be mixed primarily from the recording made in Koln.