After almost a decade, ENCHANT, the Bay Area's long-running Prog Rock institution, are soon to return to Europe for live appearances next month in promotion of their acclaimed comeback album "The Great Divide", which was released last year via InsideOutMusic.
Therefore, the band has checked in with a special video message about the upcoming tour:
https://youtu.be/or7-PFsg9ys
The tour will be a double-headlining bill featuring ENCHANT as well as Hasse Fröberg & Musical Companion, kicking off (for ENCHANT) at the 2015 edition of ProgPower Europe festival in The Netherlands on October 4th.
Here are the exact dates with ticket links:
Enchant + Hasse Fröberg & Musical Companion - European Tour 2015:
Oct 4 Baarlo, The Netherlands - ProgPower Europe (Enchant only!)
More info: https://www.progpowereurope.com
Oct 5 Berlin, Germany - Magnet
Oct 6 München, Germany - Kranhalle
Oct 7 Oberhausen, Germany - Zentrum Altenberg
Oct 8 Rüsselsheim, Germany - Das Rind
Oct 9 Stuttgart, Germany - Schocken Club
Tickets for all German shows: https://www.adticket.de/Enchant-Hasse-Froberg-Musical-Companion.html
Oct 10 Zoetermeer, The Netherlands - De Boerderij
Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.nl/event/enchant-hfmc-tickets/148375
Oct 11 London, UK - The Underworld
Tickets: https://www.theunderworldcamden.co.uk/gigs/
Oct 12 Bilston, UK - The Robin 2
Tickets: https://www.therobin.co.uk/basket.asp?add=4228&pr=15
Oct 13 Paris, France - Backstage
Tickets: https://www.digitick.com/enchant-hasse-froberg-musical-companion-concert-le-backstage-by-the-mill-paris-13-octobre-2015-css4-digitick-pg101-ri3305618.html
ENCHANT's Douglas A. Ott commented about the band's upcoming touring activity as follows:
"We are super excited to be headed back to Europe to play for our fans! It's been way too long and we're looking forward to being back on the road performing again, playing old favorites and a bunch of new material from The Great Divide! We are doing a double headlining tour with Hasse Froberg & Musical Companion, which will be a great overall evening of killer progressive music every night!
Hope to see everyone come out for these shows!"
Additionally, ENCHANT have confirmed the following appearances in North America:
Friday October 23rd Houston, TX - BFE Rock Club
Saturday October 24th Austin, TX - Empire Control Room & Garage
November 15-19th Cruise To The Edge + Yes, Marillion, Saga. Etc. / https://cruisetotheedge.com
ENCHANT have now also launched another song off the "The Great Divide" album as promotional stream. Check out the epic "Deserve To Feel" here:
https://soundcloud.com/officialinsideoutmusic/enchant-deserve-to-feel/s-u8Rdg
Also, check out the title track, "The Great Divide", here:
https://soundcloud.com/officialinsideoutmusic/enchant-the-great-divide
"The Great Divide" , ENCHANT's 8th studio album and their first new recordings in almost ten years following their acclaimed latest studio album "Tug Of War" in 2003 and the "Live At Last" double-album / live DVD release in 2004, was released in Europe as CD and Digital Download, but also as special edition 2CD Mediabook version containing a bonus track as well as a 'best of' bonus disc (featuring 10 additional songs in 71 minutes of playing time) spanning the complete Enchant catalogue. A Gatefold 2LP version of "The Great Divide" on 180gr. vinyl including the bonus track as well as the full album on a CD as bonus is also available.
The album can also be purchased digitally here:
https://smarturl.it/thegreatdivideiTUNES
https://smarturl.it/tgdAMAZON
https://www.insideoutmusicshop.com/
ENCHANT Discography:
A Blueprint Of The World - CD 1993
Wounded - CD 1996
Time Lost - CD 1997
Break - CD 1998
Juggling 9 Or Dropping 10 - CD 2000
Blink Of An Eye - CD 2002
Tug Of War - CD 2003
Live At Last - 2CD/2DVD 2004
The Great Divide - CD 2014
ENCHANT Line-Up:
Ted Leonard - Lead vocals (Spock's Beard / Thought Chamber)
Douglas A. Ott - Guitars and backing vocals
Ed Platt - Bass guitar and bass pedals
Bill Jenkins - Keyboards (Sound Of Contact / Thought Chamber)
Sean Flanegan - Drums (Cynthesis)
ENCHANT online:
www.enchantband.com
www.facebook.com/enchantband
https://twitter.com/Enchantband
