The latest Neal Morse IC Newsletter is out, later than usual because Neal has been so busy that he almost forget to send one out this month!
Some interesting tidbits - the idea of play Jesus Christ: The Exorcist for Morsefest 2018 was approved by Mike Portnoy, and he told Neal that it was a good idea! Glad to see the whole thing has Mike's blessing, considering Mike is such an integral part of Neal's works. I wonder if Mike will be available for Morsefest 2019 (undoubtedly he will, considering that 2019 will be a Mike/Neal year with Flying Colors 3 to tour on, and the new NMB album coming out).
Apparently, we are getting video and audio of the Tilburg show from the TSOAD tour, the audio mix of which is being worked on by Eric Gillette as we speak. The 2DVD/2CD set will be released in early June, with pre-orders starting in May. He doesn't mention a Blu-Ray release, though he says the show was "very well filmed and recorded".
Regarding the new NMB album, Neal says that they "are working on it. Work is ensuing and it shall be glorious."
No further words on FC3 or possible TA work, though I think I recall reading on Facebook that Roine was thinking next year might be a good time for them to reconvene, which should be exciting if that comes to pass! The rest of the newsletter talked about the current Life And Times Tour, individual shows, and skiing with his daughter.
I'm looking forward to the Tilburg show, though! I'm still wondering what's happening with Morsefest 2017's stuff, though. I guess we'll get it at some point, but I remember Neal saying he wanted the Morsefest performance of TSOAD to be the definitive release of the album live, but I guess we're getting TWO versions of it? Then again, it would not be the first time Neal releases two live shows of nearly the same material (looks at my Transatlantic collection...).
-Marc.