GONG 2012 european tour -October/November

OCTOBER

1-9 REHEARSALS:

TH11 Gauchy MCL
FR12 Rennes l' Etage
SA13 Brest  Le Vauban
SU14 FREE
MO15 Paris New Morning
TU16 Paris  New Morning
WE17 La Verrière Le Scarabée
TH18 Le Mans L'Oasis
FR19 Denain Théâtre
SA20 Zoetermeer holland
SU21 Metz L'Abbaye
MO 22 BASEL Casino Switzerland
TU23 FREE
WE24 Montpellier Victoire II
TH25 Ercé Jazz Fest - Tent
FR26 Istres L'Usine
SA27 Bourgoin Les Abattoirs
SU28 Besançon La Rodia
MO29 travel day to England
TU30 and WED 31st FREE England

UK DATES

November

TH1 Brighton Concorde 2 
FRI2 FREE
SA3 Southampton The Brook 
SU4  Bristol  Academy  MO5 Leicester Musician TU6  Wolverhampton Robin 2 
WE7  Norwich Arts Centre 
TH8 Nottingham Rescue Rooms 
FR9  Manchester Band on the Wall
SA10  Liverpool  Academy 
SU11  Newcastle  Academy 
MO12 Glasgow ABC
TU13  Leeds  Academy  
WED14 FREE
TH15  Cardiff Great Hall
FR16 Exeter Pheonix Centre 
SA17 Falmouth Pavilion 
SU18  Oxford  Academy 
MO19 London SBE 
TU20 FREE
WE21 Lemington Spa Assembly Rooms

LINE-UP:

daevid allen: guitar/vocals

aka: dada ali yon, dingo virgin, bebert camembert etc

Gong originator & composer & host to multiple identities, the Alien Australian always has a banana up his sleeve.

Life is a Banana!

gilli smyth: spacewhisper

aka: Shakti Yoni

Gong Visionary,Space Whisperer, mystic, Madame and mother there is no other seer than the spirit that rises thru the poetree of Shakti Yoni.

She is a witch!

fabio golfetti: guitar/vocals

Parallel galactic translator for the Invisible Opera Company codex,  Fabio is a Gong Family Original with extra antennas.

Fabio is in daevid's estimation, the best glissando guitarist in the world. He is hot. He is cool. He is driven. He thinks in unsung melodies.

Come watch him fly.

ian east: saxes/flutes/woodwinds

An extravagant new woodwind talent recommended by Theo Travis acknowledged by Didier Malherbe and blessed by Bloomdido Bad de Grasse, Mr Ian East is here to put wings to your heart and offer a fresh new contextual relationship with your thinking box.

orlando monday allen: drums/vocals

the flamedog can scorch or protect or transform but his influences are all in-house tribal. A big presence with a subtle touch. A wild card with deep funk finesse. He smiles wide.

dave sturt: bass/vocals

Fluid yet vertical, passionate yet whimsical, Dave Sturt delivers a Pataphysical panache and a startling hormonal literacy to the throb and wind tunnel velocity factor. Hair-drier bass?