Das letzte Album von Pendragon hieß
Pure (2008) und hat seine ebenfalls guten Vorgänger
Believe (2005) und
Not of this World (2001) meines Erachtens noch übertroffen. Auch nach über zwei Jahren höre ich mir die CD immer noch sehr, sehr regelmäßig an, das kommt in meiner nicht ganz kleinen Plattensammlung gar nicht mal so häufig vor ...
Jetzt kündigt Nick Barrett schon das nächste Album an -
Passion soll im April 2011 erscheinen, also erfreulich zügig. In einem
Eintrag im Pendragon-Forum schreibt Nick eine ganze Menge über die Songs und meint außerdem zum dahinter steckenden Konzept:
The concept is about how people have channelled their passion and energy into various paths which have started out as being all very laudable then the ego kicks in and steers them off the track, to get a picture of what I mean, one of my bug bears are religious sects and cults which are often strangely very rich and corporate This seems to be at odds with any kind of spiritual relationship and starts to dive away from whichever God you/they/one may happen to have a relationship with.
It's also the same with governments, politicians and individuals.
Without wishing to end up sounding like Sting, I think a lot of human problems stem from a lack of empathy with each other. One has to dig deep to find this and sometimes it's hard , but it is the way the world could move forward much more quickly and effectively I think. In a way we've lost our spiritual way, which apparently went down the pan with the Atlanteans and we have obviously moved towards the opposite of that, a more ego driven, selfish society with decreasing amounts of common sense and self sacrifice. Auf der
Pendragon-Homepage gibt es nicht nur einen Blick aufs Cover der CD, sondern auch eine ganze Menge Tourdaten (ich werde mir das Konzert in Aschaffenburg anschauen, wenn ich es schaffe, was ich schwer hoffen will):
March 2011
25/26 - Mega Daze UK - Riffs Bar - Swindon - UK (SOLD OUT)
April 2011
2nd/3rd - Mega Daze Europe - De Boerderij - Zoetermeer - Holland
10 - Oberhausen - Zentrum Altenberg - Germany
11 - Reichenbach - Bergkeller - Germany
12 - Poznan - Blue Note - Poland
13 - Gdansk - Parlament - Poland
14 - Bydogoscz - Filharmonia Pomorska - Poland
15 - Warsaw - Progresja - Poland
16 - Krakow - Loch Ness - Poland
17 - Bielsko Biala - BCK - Poland
18 - Wroklaw - Firlej - Poland
20 - Katowice - Teatr ÅšlÄ…ski - Poland
22 - Pratteln - Z7 - Switzerland
24 - Aschaffenburg - Colos-Saal - Germany
25 - Lyon - Ninkasi Kao - France
26 - Verona - Club Il Giardino - Italy
27 - Rome - Stazione Birra - Italy
28 - Trezzo sull'adda [Milan] - Live Music Club - Italy
29 - Barcelona - Bikini - Spain
30 - Madrid - to be confirmed - Spain
May 2011
1 - Lisbon - Santiago Alquimista - Portugal
2 - A Coruna - Colon Theatre - to be confirmed - Spain
3 - Billere [Pau] - Ampli - France
4 - Bordeaux - BT 59 - France
5 - Paris - Divan du Monde - France
6 - Verviers - Spirit of '66 - Belgium
27 - Cardiff - The Globe - to be confirmed - UK
28 - Kingston-Upon-Thames - The Peel - UK
29 - Kingston-Upon-Thames - The Peel - UK
30 - Bilston - The Robin 2 - UK
June 2011
2 - Birkenhead - Pacific Road - UK
3 - Glasgow - The Ferry - UK
4 - Sheffield - The Boardwalk - UK
Beim Gig in Kattowitz soll außerdem wieder eine DVD mitgeschnitten werden. Ich freue mich auf alles!