The Official Flying Colors Thread

[Nick]

A Philly date with tickets in the $25-30 range would make me a happy camper.

Would much prefer Philly to NYC, but I doubt they'll do both, likely be NYC, and if TA and NM are any examples I'd be looking at $40+

[The Letter M]

https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=32173.0

Flying Colors - Flying Colors Survivor (Round 1)

-Marc.

[cyberdrummer]

FLYING COLORS 2012 TOUR DATES

Mike Portnoy • Neal Morse • Casey McPherson • Dave LaRue • Steve Morse


• Tues Sept 4th - Torrence, CA - James Armstrong Theater
(Special Guests: New World Martyr)

• Thurs Sept 6th - New York, NY - Best Buy Theater
(Special Guests: Jolly)

• Sun Sept 9th - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle
(Special Guests: Beardfish)

• Mon Sept 10th - Berlin, Germany - Columbia Club
(Special Guests: Beardfish)

• Tues Sept 11th - Munich, Germany - Theaterfabrik
(Special Guests: Beardfish)

• Thurs Sept 13th - Milan, Italy - Alcatraz
(Special Guests: Beardfish)

• Fri Sept 14th - Zurich, Switzerland - Volkhaus
(Special Guests: Beardfish)

• Sat Sept 15th - Stuttgart, Germany - Longhorn
(Special Guests: Beardfish)

• Sun Sept 16th - Aschaffenburg, Germany - Colos Saal
(Special Guests: Beardfish)

• Mon Sept 17th - Cologne, Germany - Gloria
(Special Guests: Beardfish)

• Wed Sept 19th - Paris, France - La Trionon
(Special Guests: Beardfish)

• Thurs Sept 20th - Tilburg, Holland - 013
(Special Guests: Beardfish)

• Fri Sept 21st - London, England - Shepherd's Bush Empire
(Special Guests: Beardfish)


As there was a very limited window of availability that the band's collective schedules allowed, these will be the only Flying Colors shows in 2012.

If we're not playing near you, c'mon out and take a road trip to share these very special shows with us!!

www.flyingcolorsmusic.com


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TICKET INFO:

CA Tickets on Sale Sat May 5th
CA Tickets available ONLY at: https://www.calprog.com/

NYC Tickets on Sale Fri May 11th:
https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/2B0048A273EF38A2

Tickets for all German shows on Sale Sat May 5th: www.ticketmaster.de

Milan Tickets on Sale Fri May 5th:
www.ticketone.it
www.livenation.it

Zurich Tickets on Sale Fri May 5th:
www.taifunmusic.ch
www.ticketcorner.ch

Paris Tickets on Sale Fri May 5th:
www.fnacspectacles.com

Tilburg Tickets on Sale Fri May 5th:
https://www.ticketmaster.nl/event/FLYING-COLOURS-SPECIAL-GUESTS-tickets/FL200912

London Tickets on Sale Mon May 7th:
https://www.gigsandtours.com/r/FlyingColors

[Mladen]

I might consider traveling to one of these, it only depends on the exams and the cash. A lot of cash. 

But man, it would sure be swell. 

[cyberdrummer]

I'll be at the London show.

Interesting comment from MP on his forum:

In fact, It was originally ONLY a European tour as Steve ONLY had X amount of time available (he is at the mercy of Deep Purple and G3 schedules) and I twisted his arm to add a few more dates to add a couple of US shows as I knew we HAD to play at least both coasts...

[Elite]

Flying Colors + Beardfish on one evening? Yes, please!

[axeman90210]

Well, my schedule is cleared for September 6th

[bosk1]

Cool that they're doing an L.A. and a N.Y. date, but I can't do those, unfortunately. 

[Nihil-Morari]

Flying Colors + Beardfish on one evening? Yes, please!

I'm thinking of going too. Depends a bit on the pricetag. Plus I don't know any Beardfish music yet, although I've heard good stories about them for ages.

[ariich]

Awesome! Although there does seem to be a disproportionate number of shows in Germany.

[The Letter M]

I'm tempted to road trip up to NY for the show, but it's a lot of time/money I may not have at the time.

Also, I'm hoping a show gets filmed for an eventual live release (CD, DVD and/or BR).

What they plan on playing, however, is what I'm mostly interesting. I really want to see them pull off "Seeds Of Gold", just so we can get Steve Morse playing his actual solo in that song! I also wouldn't mind hearing Neal's other T2 songs "Absolute Beginner" and "Supernatural". I expect we'll get at least ONE Transatlantic tune, maybe a Spocks' Beard tune, something from The Beatles, and maybe something Steve/Dave have done together.

-Marc.

[Elite]

Flying Colors + Beardfish on one evening? Yes, please!

I'm thinking of going too. Depends a bit on the pricetag. Plus I don't know any Beardfish music yet, although I've heard good stories about them for ages.

Cool! To be honest, I've only heard Mammoth and I recommend that to basically anyone. Great album, but I too have to check out some of their other stuff.

[theseoafs]

No Chicago date? I'm crying.

[Ryzee]

Holy crap, the CA show is right around the block from where I work!  I like the Flying Colors album and all but not enough to be terribly motivated to see them live, but now I feel like I kind of have to!

[Nihil-Morari]

Flying Colors + Beardfish on one evening? Yes, please!

I'm thinking of going too. Depends a bit on the pricetag. Plus I don't know any Beardfish music yet, although I've heard good stories about them for ages.

Cool! To be honest, I've only heard Mammoth and I recommend that to basically anyone. Great album, but I too have to check out some of their other stuff.

Nice! Presale tomorrow, I'll keep you posted!

[Phoenix87x]

No Chicago date? I'm crying.

    No Philly date either, I will join you in the crying 

 But Germany gets like 6 shows...  I'm so jealous.

[yeshaberto]

I really want to go to the LA show, but I can't think of anyone to go with. 
Still, seems like too significant of a show to pass up

[rumborak]

Damn, so many shows in Germany, and I'm sitting here in Boston
It is ludicrous that an American band can't get enough draw in their own country to do more than a few gigs.

Wondering right now also what's next for MP. I doubt FC will play too many gigs outside those, and AM is probably also only going to yield a few more gigs.

rumborak

[hefdaddy42]

If he really wants to put in the work to make AM successful, I think they could make it and become a somewhat decent touring band.

Although I much prefer FC, the other members are just too busy with their REAL jobs to make it a priority.  It will never be all that successful.

[TheOutlawXanadu]

I only gave this a listen yesterday and it's really good!

[robwebster]

I only gave this a listen yesterday and it's really good!

Superb, isn't it?! Really, really well done.

Just got it in the last week. Only listened... twice, maybe? Three times at a stretch, but probably twice. And yet, I can't stop thinking about the songs. They keep playing over, looping round in my head. The whole thing's brilliant, so much more than just another collaboration between Mike Portnoy and Neil Morse. The moment they hired their singer was the moment I thought "there might actually be a germ of something here," but I never expected anything even half this good. Nothing but praise. Love it to bits. Pleased to be wrong.

[The King in Crimson]

No more beating around the bush rob, just tell us if you like it.

[Nick]

As someone recently got me...

Superb, isn't it?! Really, really well done.

Just got it in the last week. Only listened... twice, maybe? Three times at a stretch, but probably twice. And yet, I can't stop thinking about the songs. They keep playing over, looping round in my head. The whole thing's brilliant, so much more than just another collaboration between Mike Portnoy and Neil Morse. The moment they hired their singer was the moment I thought "there might actually be a germ of something here," but I never expected anything even half this good. Nothing but praise. Love it to bits. Pleased to be wrong.

The whole thing's brilliant, so much more than just another collaboration between Mike Portnoy and Neil Morse.

Neil Morse

Neil

Fail.

[robwebster]

That was deliberate! I was, um, satirising you. And all you stand for.

No more beating around the bush rob, just tell us if you like it.

It's alright.

[The Letter M]

The DPRP finally put up their RTR:
https://www.dprp.net/reviews/201215.php

-Marc.

[KevShmev]

So much fail in those reviews, but that's what you get when you have prog guys review a CD that they feel isn't proggy enough.  In particular, Basil Francis' review is laughably stupid; he said so many stupid things, including the following:

"The latest prog rock supergroup" is the term I keep hearing to define this outfit

Er, I am pretty sure most people are not calling this a prog rock supergroup. The band has always been vocal about the fact that this was not gonna be a prog thing.

It pains me that they have chosen the American spelling of 'colours' over the British spelling

 

Yeah, an American group should use the British spelling.  Okay.

The story behind the music is the classic case of 'real musicians' trying to make 'real music'.

I love how he says that like it is a bad thing.  Yeah, real music is just terrible.

Fans shouldn't be fooled, as the music here is nothing like Dream Theater, Transatlantic, Deep Purple or indeed any of the bands that the musicians have been in before.

Why would that fool anyone?  No one in the band has said that this would sound like any of those bands.

Everything is too simple, see-through.

"Too simple" done well can be great.

There are no clever musical themes, or interesting lyrical ideas, but instead solos and catchy choruses.

Wait, a prog guy is saying that solos are a bad thing?  And what is wrong with catchy choruses?  Yeah, I hate songs with choruses so catchy that they get stuck in your head for hours. /sarcasm

At no point can I see any use of the brain on this album.

That's funny because at no point in his review did I see any use of a brain.  Ironic.

[Nick]

Kev, you should find work reviewing reviews.

[KevShmev]

Heh, maybe, but seriously, am I wrong?  That guy clearly went in looking to hate the CD because it "ain't prog," even if he never said those exact words.  Hell, even the first reviewer, while giving it a good overall review and an 8/10, said he went in almost determined to not enjoy the album?  Who goes in looking to NOT enjoy an album?

[Orbert]

I really hate the expression "haters gonna hate" (hmmm, ironic or something) but if ever there was a classic case of it, here it is.  Flying Colors is exactly what it was meant to be, exactly what the band says it is, nothing they said it wouldn't be, and reviewers still don't like it.  Even if they actually do like it, they still shit on it because it wasn't what they expected.  Why?  Because they weren't paying attention to what the band actually said to expect, and not to expect?

Professional reviewers are idiots and should shut up.

[Nick]

Yeah, if you ever see me do a review like this please just shoot me.

[KevShmev]

I really hate the expression "haters gonna hate" (hmmm, ironic or something) but if ever there was a classic case of it, here it is.  Flying Colors is exactly what it was meant to be, exactly what the band says it is, nothing they said it wouldn't be, and reviewers still don't like it.  Even if they actually do like it, they still shit on it because it wasn't what they expected.  Why?  Because they weren't paying attention to what the band actually said to expect, and not to expect?

Professional reviewers are idiots and should shut up.

QFT.

[Ultimetalhead]

Heh, maybe, but seriously, am I wrong?  That guy clearly went in looking to hate the CD because it "ain't prog," even if he never said those exact words.  Hell, even the first reviewer, while giving it a good overall review and an 8/10, said he went in almost determined to not enjoy the album?  Who goes in looking to NOT enjoy an album?

Everyone on this board with Adrenaline Mob.

[robwebster]

It pains me that they have chosen the American spelling of 'colours' over the British spelling

 

Yeah, an American group should use the British spelling.  Okay.

I know, right? I mean, I can't think of a single U.S. band who spells the second word of their name in American English.

[ytserush]

I hate to be a downer, but I would almost guarantee this will be US (+Canadian date or three maybe), and Europe.

And before any full announcement, I'd like to come back to my prediction of the small size of this tour.

Not rocket science Nick, but we should be happy Mike pressed for the US dates.  I didn't think there would be a US tour at all if I were honest about it.

The city on a weeknight is usually a killer, but I'm in.

Tickets seem to be a little more reasonable than I was expecting too.

[KevShmev]

How much are tickets going for? I would guess around 30 bucks or so before service charges.