We need more yodeling and scat vocals in rock music.
 
After we get more cowbell, of course.

jamesg1213
Found this from 2014;
 

 
I think I'd feel much the same about Focus without Akkerman as Tull without Martin Barre, the notes are same, but the character is lacking.
 
Then again, Akkerman hasn't been in the band for 16 years, so there might be some great new material.

Thanks for this. it dosen't seem as good as some of the film from 2006 -2009 but I am thinking I should go, its only  £15 for a ticket so there is not much to loose. If the weather is decent its a nice scenic drive across the moor. Of course I will come back via Plymouth, I wouldn't want to run into the "hairy hands" at midnight
, or worse still an un-lit pony.

Hi,
 
None of the old bands, are in one piece at all, anyway ... but for my tastes, I would rather see the whole thing than a partial thing ... but that is a personal favorite ... while GONG was with a different drummer three times, the 3 versions were also different, jazzy with Pip, solid rock bottom with Pierre, and trippy with the youngster from Soul2Soul. Still GONG, but it was not the same ... and it was very good on all three different shows, but it lacked some punch, and I think that it would have been there with Steve Hillage, and that's not to say that Steffi was not a great replacement, but I think that Steve had more freedom to move around than Steffi, which did not make the band as good, or great ... seeing the DVD many years later in the "Unconvention" shows, it was actually more interesting ... though they still lacked the great keyboard work from the original. In these versions I saw, Steffi doubled up on keyboards, but it was not enough, I did not feel ... still great ... but the "depth" (can I say that?) that the keyboards added was missing during this period.
 
I would rather see Jan with Focus as well as Thijs. But maybe I have heard the albums from the early days so much, that I really was not ready to catch a second hand touch ... but if they came around, I probably would see them!

Jesse Screed
If you are a rock performer I say you should not go.  It's to risky considering what is going down now.  Stay home and record a song.
 
Jesse Q. Screed

If I have a chance to say hello and take some pictures of the show and after the show, I probably would go ... right now, over here there is MAGMA and STEVE HACKETT to worry about, but I'm thinking that AL STEWART up north is more interesting than otherwise. Saw MAGMA as they came by here almost a year ago, was it ... ? And they were phenomenal!

Moshkito

Jesse Screed
If you are a rock performer I say you should not go.  It's to risky considering what is going down now.  Stay home and record a song.
 
Jesse Q. Screed

If I have a chance to say hello and take some pictures of the show and after the show, I probably would go ... right now, over here there is MAGMA and STEVE HACKETT to worry about, but I'm thinking that AL STEWART up north is more interesting than otherwise. Saw MAGMA as they came by here almost a year ago, was it ... ? And they were phenomenal!

Definitely see Hackett.

I saw him a couple of months ago - great show - at the venue where the recorded Genesis Live.

That night, Shadow of the H was one of the most powerful pieces of music that I have ever seen live, by any band. Awesome, in the original meaning of the word.

Best I could do on a Monday I'm afraid... 

I would go specifically to see Jan Ackerman, but as he is not with the band, you can assume that they will have an awesome guitarist anyways. So why not?    - ( I still vote that the guitar solo from Hocus Pokus is the greatest guitar solo in rock history.)
as for the Hackett show -Don't miss it ! Probably one of the best shows I've seen in 20 years. I caught his last of the Us tour in Chicago and it was truly a great performance.

Bristol_Jonesey
Damn!
 
Tavistock is just over 100 miles from here but Friday is a big no-no for me.
 
My 4yr old granddaughter would NOT be amused as that's when we get to see her.

Well no contest, but its a shame when things clash.
 
I just booked, ironically the £2 saving for booking in advance was all but eaten up by the £1.60 booking fee  
 
Tavistock Warf is a good venue and I like to support them, sadly some of the concerts have been very poorly attended in the past.
 
 
 
 

Rbh
I would go specifically to see Jan Ackerman, but as he is not with the band, you can assume that they will have an awesome guitarist anyways.

^^^^^^^
THIS
 
Menno Gootjies and he can play! As can the othe "new boy" Bobby Jacobs on Bass.
 
I am glad I made the effort.
 
Pierre van der Linden was explosive, and importantly, musical, on drums, no way would you have said he was 70, he is amazingly fit.
 
Thijs Van Leer may have ambled onto the stage looking his age but once he started preforming the years fell away. What a charming fellow he is too, as I overheard some one saying in the car park afterwards, its impossible not to like him. I got chance to exchange greetings (like most of the the other punters) because he made his way quickly from the stage to exit to shake hands with those leaving. It the first time i have shaken hand with a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau!
 
And he had a real Hammond (a very battered model A I think) and Leslie. No clone wheels and ventalators here!