Cruise to the Edge 2025 - Haken, IQ and more.

[jammindude]

Last time I checked their official website, there was still nothing listed in the coming soon section. But their Official Facebook page has been announcing several bands that have been added to the lineup for the last several days.

Haken
IQ
Steve Hackett
Saga
Aristocrats
Thank You Scientist
Leprous
Pendragon
Beardfish
Caligula’s Horse
Gazpacho
Dave Cureton
Trifecta
Magic Pie
Kyros
The Beggs Sisters
Lari Basilio
Von Hertzen Brothers
Karmakanic (cute name)
Marbin
Moon Safari
Temic

The lower half I’ve never heard of, but that top half is amazing!!!

I’m currently trying to figure out if I can mix this in with a visit to my granddaughter which I’m due to do around that time anyway.

[HOF]

If you've not heard Moon Safari, you need to remedy that!

[jammindude]

If you've not heard Moon Safari, you need to remedy that!

Now that you mention it, I think they played SeaProg a few years ago. I bought their CD and listened to it once or twice, but I haven’t heard it in a while.

[The Letter M]

Karmakanic (cute name)

I take it you're not familiar with any of the Flower Kings' members' other bands? This is the band led by Jonas Reingold, who has also played with Steve Hackett for a decade or so (I think). Karmakanic is probably my 2nd or 3rd favorite TFK-adjacent group, and with five very good albums between 2003 and 2016, their catalog is one I revisit fairly often, and more so than TFK these days. They have a new album coming out later this year, as do fellow Swedish band Beardfish, who similarly also haven't had a new album in quite some time (2015 was their last release before Rikard disbanded the group, joined Big Big Train, and formed Gungfly).

Regarding the name Karmakanic, I think I read it was then from the lyric "karma mechanic" from Genesis' song "The Battle Of Epping Forest". Interestingly enough, that band's bassist, Mike Rutherford, also formed his own band called Mike & The Mechanics. I guess bassists are handy folks!

-Marc.

[hefdaddy42]

That's a cool lineup, but I doubt I am able to do it next year.

[ReaperKK]

Damn, this is the first line up where I think I really want to go. The only problem is that I have literally no one to go with Might just eat the cost and do a solo room.

[Mladen]

That's one hell of a line up. Have they considered doing a cruise in Europe? 

Honest question, wasn't there a time one of those prog cruises came to Europe?

[RoeDent]

This is an insane lineup, easily the best I've ever seen for any festival. So happy Kyros got on the bill!

[jammindude]

Pure Reason Revolution was just added.

[jammindude]

OMG THEY JUST ADDED RIVERSIDE!!!

[gmillerdrake]

Line up is killer and choc full of bands that my sons LOVE. I might have to investigate this more as to how I can swing paying for us all to go on this.

[King Postwhore]

My wife wants to go.  Suuwweeettt!

[SwedishGoose]

Great lineup....  wish I could go.

Envious of all of you getting to see Karmakanic.

Ihave only seen them once, in 2016. Awesome show....
I had two hopes for that show. Send a Message from the Heart and God, the Universe and everything else noone cares about. They started with Send a Message and ended witn h God....
I was in heaven. A true highlight of a show and I have been wanting for them to release an album and play live ever since. Finally it happens

I really hope they get to play somewhere in Sweden too.

[lonestar]

OMG THEY JUST ADDED RIVERSIDE!!!

Wow, just fucking stacked.... Now if they landed Fish I'd seriously have to think about it...

[SoundscapeMN]

Pure Reason Revolution just got added, although I wonder if it'll be with Chloe Alper, but cool regardless.

Too bad it doesn't matter for me based on $ and having no ability to convince my wife to allow me to go even if $ wasn't a factor.

[ariich]

Too bad it doesn't matter for me based on $ and having no ability to convince my wife to allow me to go even if $ wasn't a factor.

Yeah, this pretty much.

[jammindude]

And now

BIG BIG TRAIN

[lonestar]

Damn... so basically everyone except Marillion 

[jammindude]

Damn... so basically everyone except Marillion 

The way they keep adding bands, I wouldn’t count it out yet.

[lonestar]

Marillion said they weren't playing.

[jammindude]

Marillion said they weren't playing.

Ah. Well, bummer.

Maybe we can still hope for Fish! 

I wonder if YYNOT would play something like this?

[HOF]

And now

BIG BIG TRAIN

Oh wow, didn’t know if they’d be able to swing it again next year, but that’s great.

[TAC]

I wonder if YYNOT would play something like this?

Y NOT?







sorry..

[Kram]

Oh wow, didn’t know if they’d be able to swing it again next year, but that’s great.

Hoping for more US dates then next year (Southern California please)!

[twosuitsluke]

Who have Thank You Scientist got on vocals then? Have they got a new vocalist?

[lonestar]

Who have Thank You Scientist got on vocals then? Have they got a new vocalist?

I was wondering that as well...those are some unique vocals to replace.

[The Great Zo]

Just booked for my brother and I to do our third CTTE (did 2017 and 2019). You could argue for maybe one more headliner -- and it's weird that neither Neal or Mike are confirmed on the boat yet -- but top-to-bottom, this is the strongest lineup the cruise has ever had. Already dreading the tough decisions about who to see when some of these bands are overlapping!

Good question about the TYS vocalist, too. The band's been very quiet since Sal departed, but they at least social-media'd the CTTE announcement, so I'm curious as to who they got!

[jammindude]

Does anyone know, or know someone who knows the organizers who put this together?  I’m wondering if they have plans to add more bands to the lineup, and if OK Goodnight would be under consideration.  They seem like a perfect fit. And right now, their name is (from what I’ve seen) bigger than anyone on the lower third of that list. 

The wife and I have decided we are definitely going to try and do this, I’m only paranoid of what kind of tickets we can get.  Mrs. Dude would most likely back out if we can’t get a balcony room mid-ship, and I’m afraid they may disappear in the alumni presale.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

This is an absolutely stacked lineup. I need to see if I can swing this for my wife and I.

[jammindude]

BOOKED!!!! We’re going!!!!

Have yet to confirm with Setlist Scotty, but he talked like he was going to be there as well, and we’re hopefully planning to double date for most of it.

Anyone else??

[jammindude]

If it helps anyone, they do offer a four payment plan. I know that it really helped with us, and if I hadn’t already made up my mind, I might have even upgraded. Spreading out the payments quarterly really helped.