Tuesday 2 December 2008 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FROM DAVE! REGARDING THE POSTPONEMENT OF MUMBAI I was greatly saddened to learn of the recent atrocities committed in Mumbai last week... And as a result of those terrorists activities, the organisers have decided to cancel the projected 'Live Earth' concert scheduled for next weekend... It's understandable, considering the chaos the present situation has created... and also the potential danger to music fans, festival workers and the artists themselves... but I really hate the fact that such mindless violence has not only caused such pain, suffering and heartache to thousands of people... but also disrupted an event for such a worthy cause. I very much hope that the concert will be rescheduled for sometime in the near future... after all, this senseless fighting over religion/land/whatever won't really be possible when we're all extinct!! - Dave Kilminster, 1 December 2008
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Tuesday 11 November 2008 Dave recently did an interview with Matt Frost for Performing Musician magazine! I recently did an interview with Matt Frost for the magazine 'Performing Musician'... He was very interested in the project I'm doing with Murray Hockridge, so a few weeks later he brought his family down to a gig that Murray and I were playing in Peterborough... When we'd finished playing his young daughter Summer proudly presented us with some pictures that she'd drawn of us while we were playing... :O) Murray and I loved them so much that we wanted to share them with the world... So here they are.... enjoy!!! :O) (See photos!)
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Wednesday 25 June 2008 Dave recently surprised some Mostly Autumn Fans when he was the unanticipated opening act! Those who were at the gig were stunned and thrilled to see the guitarist many had just seen on stage with Roger Waters performing a solo set unannounced. Here, in his own words, is how it came to pass. So...how it came to pass... It was really lovely to hang out backstage with Bryan Josh and Livvy Sparnenn (from Mostly Autumn) recently... The guys had just come down from Scotland to the O2 Arena in London to catch the second of our two nights there with Roger Waters... After two years of touring, this was to be our penultimate 'Dark Side Of The Moon' show... :O/ With only one more show to play (in St. Petersburg, Russia) I was kidding to everyone that I'd be 'unemployed' pretty soon... 'Well, you can support us if you want!!!' said Bryan, jokingly... I thought about it though... The very idea of playing a gig on my own, just acoustic guitar and a mic, absolutely terrified me... which seemed like a really good reason to go and do it!!! So a few days later (May 29th to be exact) I trotted down to 'the Brook' in Southampton, for my first ever solo support slot... I'd played 'The Brook' a few times before with John Wetton and Qango, and always enjoyed it there... so I knew that the audience would be great...:O) They certainly were a wonderfully supportive crowd, and, despite being very nervous, I'm really glad that I did it... and who knows, I may even do some more shows with the guys in the future!!! (See photos!) Mostly Autumn were great by the way!!! You should definitely go and check them out, and buy the new album 'Glass Shadows' featuring the wonderfully talented, amazing and beautiful Anne Marie Helder! :O) |