ProgPower USA XX, Sept 4-7 2019 - Pretty Maids-Evergrey-Seventh Wonder-Dem&Wiz+

[Lethean]

Maybe you should just have your friend come for Saturday, and whatever he manages to see Friday night?  There are still people trying to sell tickets and it gets harder and harder the closer it gets.

[Ben_Jamin]

Maybe you should just have your friend come for Saturday, and whatever he manages to see Friday night?  There are still people trying to sell tickets and it gets harder and harder the closer it gets.

I suggested but he doesn't want to find a flight and all that bullshit. I'm flying in from New Mexico.

[cramx3]

I bought mine a couple years ago from someone on the Progpower official forum.  If you'd rather something more secure for selling:

https://www.stubhub.com/progpower-usa-tickets-progpower-usa-atlanta-center-stage-theatre-9-7-2018/event/103781159/

Only one ticket listed there for $209 (before fees).  You can probably lower your price and get a sale I'd think.

[jingle.boy]

There's also a FB group where people are trying to unload tix

[Ben_Jamin]

Whats that group called.

[Ben_Jamin]

I bought mine a couple years ago from someone on the Progpower official forum.  If you'd rather something more secure for selling:

https://www.stubhub.com/progpower-usa-tickets-progpower-usa-atlanta-center-stage-theatre-9-7-2018/event/103781159/

Only one ticket listed there for $209 (before fees).  You can probably lower your price and get a sale I'd think.

Yeah id put it up for $175

also...would it work for print at home.

[jingle.boy]

Whats that group called.

ProgPower USA Unofficial - https://www.facebook.com/groups/477044535793263/

It's a closed group, so you have to request membership.

[Ben_Jamin]

Whats that group called.

ProgPower USA Unofficial - https://www.facebook.com/groups/477044535793263/

It's a closed group, so you have to request membership.

I'll just go the Stubhub route and then print the ticket at home and send it if it sells.


edit: They're listed now...

Thanks Cram for that. It was easy and seems pretty easy to send it out.

[Ben_Jamin]

You know what really sucks?

I might not be able to attend either. Family situations suddenly arose, but I'm gonna wait till next week to post my ticket for sale. Just in case things change, but Damn.

[The Walrus]

IT'S HERE!

Packing my stuff for my first ever ProgPower. Who all is coming, officially? I'm meeting a bunch of people down there. If you're going, send me a message, we should say hi sometime  See you down in Atlanta!

[Nick]

I will be there Friday. Probably up in the seats for the first three acts and down in the pit for the final three, and at the Artmore party afterwards.

[cramx3]

Heading down early Wednesday morning and will be there all 4 nights.  Really looking forward to this 

[Ben_Jamin]

I'm gonna try my best to make this show. If so, I'll be leaving early Thursday morning and arriving around 2-3.

[cramx3]

Waiting to board my flight. So pumped for Nocturnal Rites tonight, definitely my most looking forward to band since I've been a fan for so long and the last 10 years hiatus sucked but now is the time to see this band. They are flying in from a Japan tour though so I hope they arent too jet lagged.

[Ben_Jamin]

Cool...I'm packing all my stuff now. Getting last mintue stuff done. I'm heading out early in the morning. Arriving round 2-3. Hope to see ya guys there as well.

[cramx3]

 

I printed my email to Nocturnal Rites from 5 years ago in the hotel lobby to bring for them to sign tonight    This e-mail my buddy and I wrote is ridiculous and did get a response from them during their hiatus, I hope they remember it because either it will be funny to them or they will think I'm crazy.

[Ben_Jamin]

Just Boarding the plane now. Will let Cramx and Kattle know when I arrive. Hell yeah so excited for my first ProgPower tomorrow.

[Nick]

We proudly present our Days 1 & 2 Roster for 2019:

Wednesday, Day 1:
Iron Mask (Multi-national) *US EXCLUSIVE*
Secret Sphere (Italy) *US EXCLUSIVE*
Insomnium (Finland)
Pretty Maids (Denmark) *US EXCLUSIVE*

Thursday, Day 2:
Tomorrow's Eve (German) *US EXCLUSIVE*
MaYaN (Multi-national)
Galneryus (Japan) *US EXCLUSIVE*
Evergrey (Sweden)

Dates: September 4-5, 2019
Tickets on sale Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018 via Ticketmaster ~jen

A whole lotta meh here for me, not that there is stuff I wouldn't enjoy. The only big draw for me is Secret Sphere, and I'd love to see Evergrey again, but they'll likely tour around it anyway. Can pretty much say if I attend in 2019 it'll just be Friday-Saturday.

[lonestar]

Highly doubt I'll get to Atlanta unless something amazing is on Fri/Sat...but man I hope Secret Sphere ties onto a tour with one of the bigger bands(like Gloryhammer is doing this year), I'd love to see them live.

[jingle.boy]

It's promising.  Agree with Nick on the Evergrey comments.  SS, Pretty Maids are super appealing to me; Tomorrow's Eve, and Iron Mask are bands that I've enjoyed more than a few things from.  Insomnium and MaYaN are meh.

[jingle.boy]

Highly doubt I'll get to Atlanta unless something amazing is on Fri/Sat...but man I hope Secret Sphere ties onto a tour with one of the bigger bands(like Gloryhammer is doing this year), I'd love to see them live.

You did see "US Exclusive" beside SS, right?

[cramx3]

I wasn't blown away by the day 1 and 2 roster either.  Maybe PP is an every other year thing for me.  However, the attendees seemed to love it, lots and lots of cheers for each band. 

Had a blast last night.  Ross the Boss wasn't really my thing.  I couldn't get into the singer, but their set list improved as their show went on, apparently those were the classic Manowar hit songs so I guess that's why it got a bit better, but was never really my thing.
Ross the Boss - Hatred

Gloryhammer was really awesome surprisingly.  I thought they were a bit too cheesy for me (and I enjoy cheese) but they put on a fun live show that really had everyone into it.  They were fun.  The singer had issues, first song his mic was off, and his headset didn't work the entire set I think, but besides the first song, it wasn't really noticeable.
Gloryhammer - The Hollywood Hootsman

Nocturnal Rites were the main draw for me and I was a bit dissapointed.  The singer's voice was shot and he was looking sick (they did just travel around the world from Japan to play) which he did admit and apologize for.  But he couldn't sing any of the awesome parts.  The guitarist was great and they did a couple jams that were really cool and fun.  Their setlist was great too, just not the greatest performance sadly.  Also, they threw like 500 picks into the crowd.  I got 4 of them    I don't think I've seen so many guitar picks.  People were picking them up off the ground by the handful and giving them to others.  I also did get to meet them during their signing session which was really awesome.
Nocturnal Rites - Never Again

Voyager was fantastic.  I wasn't really into them, but got Ghost Mile recently which I enjoyed and they played lots from it including some live debuts .  They did a cover medley which included Africa and also had a keytar duel with the guy from Alestorm (who is also in Gloryhammer?! I didn't realize that).  They played a really long set too, almost 2 hours.
Voyager - Lifeline (live debut)

Good news, I am not hungover and looking forward to night 2 

[lonestar]

Highly doubt I'll get to Atlanta unless something amazing is on Fri/Sat...but man I hope Secret Sphere ties onto a tour with one of the bigger bands(like Gloryhammer is doing this year), I'd love to see them live.

You did see "US Exclusive" beside SS, right?

Yeah, but we got a year to change that.

[cramx3]

Highly doubt I'll get to Atlanta unless something amazing is on Fri/Sat...but man I hope Secret Sphere ties onto a tour with one of the bigger bands(like Gloryhammer is doing this year), I'd love to see them live.

You did see "US Exclusive" beside SS, right?

Yeah, but we got a year to change that.

Or a year to cancel.  Which sadly is a real possibility with any of these bands and PP's history. 

[Nick]

Highly doubt I'll get to Atlanta unless something amazing is on Fri/Sat...but man I hope Secret Sphere ties onto a tour with one of the bigger bands(like Gloryhammer is doing this year), I'd love to see them live.

You did see "US Exclusive" beside SS, right?

Yeah, but we got a year to change that.

They will either play PP only or they will not play the US at all. No band (especially a smaller one) has ever or will ever be announced as a US exclusive and have it changed later.

[Lethean]

Wednesday night review:

Voyager 



























Nocturnal Rites (awesome guitar player)















Ross the Boss (OK)








Gloryhammer (wayyyyy too much cheese)

[jingle.boy]

Highly doubt I'll get to Atlanta unless something amazing is on Fri/Sat...but man I hope Secret Sphere ties onto a tour with one of the bigger bands(like Gloryhammer is doing this year), I'd love to see them live.

You did see "US Exclusive" beside SS, right?

Yeah, but we got a year to change that.

They will either play PP only or they will not play the US at all. No band (especially a smaller one) has ever or will ever be announced as a US exclusive and have it changed later.

I would suspect that "US Exclusives" means that PPUSA is going to be the visa sponsor.

[Grappler]

Highly doubt I'll get to Atlanta unless something amazing is on Fri/Sat...but man I hope Secret Sphere ties onto a tour with one of the bigger bands(like Gloryhammer is doing this year), I'd love to see them live.

You did see "US Exclusive" beside SS, right?

Yeah, but we got a year to change that.

They will either play PP only or they will not play the US at all. No band (especially a smaller one) has ever or will ever be announced as a US exclusive and have it changed later.

I would suspect that "US Exclusives" means that PPUSA is going to be the visa sponsor.

ProgPower has US exclusive performances all of the time.  Glenn pays all expenses for the bands - travel, hotel, etc.  Bands will fly here, play the festival, then fly home on HIS dime.  When they confirm a band as a US Exclusive, it truly means that it will be the ONLY show in the US for that band during the year, since Glenn isn't paying for the band to go on tour in rest of the US.

[jingle.boy]

I guess Portnoy didn't get that message.

[lonestar]

Well thanks for crushing my hopes guys...

[Grappler]

I guess Portnoy didn't get that message.

He chose to add more shows and book a small tour on his own, due to the demand.  Here is the original press release.  Angel Dust was booked as a US Exclusive.  Portnoy was not.

https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/mike-portnoy-to-perform-dream-theater-12-step-suite-at-next-years-progpower-usa-festival/

The ProgPower USA 2017 billing is as follows:


Friday, September 8, 2017
SUNBURST (Greece)
DISTORTED HARMONY (Israel)
LORDS OF BLACK (Spain)
ANGEL DUST (Germany) (U.S. exclusive)

MYRATH (Tunisia)
MIKE PORTNOY'S SHATTERED FORTRESS (USA)
Saturday, September 9, 2017
TERAMAZE (Australia)
DYNAZTY (Sweden)
SNOWY SHAW (Sweden)
PAIN (Sweden)
AMARANTHE (Sweden)
KATATONIA (Sweden)

When ProgPower announces a performance as a US exclusive, they have confirmed that the band will not play any other US shows.  It gives them the ability to promote the show as an exclusive show, unique to the festival.

[Ben_Jamin]

Wow...Not really a bad seat in the house, right?

[Ben_Jamin]

Haha just met like 7 people going to ProgPower here at the Houston Airport. Pretty funny and cool. One guy was wearing a Savatage In Memory of Chris shirt.

[cramx3]

Wow...Not really a bad seat in the house, right?

Center stage is an awesome venue, great seats everywhere

[Nick]

Yeah, they really have an ideal setup there for that festival.