Level 42 on tour again!

Baryonyx · #1 01-19-2008, 04:22 PM

I didn't know it but apparently they're on tour again! I saw them on the last tour and they were awesome, so, as you can imagine, I was quite pleased when my mam told me she'd got me a 4th row ticket (just like last time!).

Long live Mark King!

Essexbass · #2 01-22-2008, 04:01 AM

Hiya,
Got my tickets for the missus & me booked for Oxford on Oct. 11th

Always a good night seeing Mr. King & co.

Cheers,
Essexbass

Baryonyx · #3 01-22-2008, 08:50 AM

There is nothing like seeing Mark and Gary going at it on stage...two of the best musicians around imo!

Essexbass · #4 01-22-2008, 01:45 PM

Hi Chris,
+1 on that. It's great that Mike Lindup is back on board - Lyndon Connah was ok, but Mike's b/v's compliment Mark's voice better.

I assume the sale of Kingbasses might increase a little bit after Octobr's been & gone

Cheers,
Essexbass.

hack · #5 01-22-2008, 05:10 PM

While you guys are enjoying yourselves, can you please ask Mark when he plans to come to Australia? He does not have to tour extensivelly just a couple of shows in Sydney would do.

By the way I am a big fan. Probably the fan No. 1 in Sydney. Do you know that hardly anyone around here knows of him? Anyway, I envy you.

MikeBass · #6 01-22-2008, 05:14 PM

You guys suck.
Tell his sorry butt to get over here State side.
I could be the biggest fan here in the USA.

BTW, I have a copy of "Trash" that won't play anymore. It's not scratched or anything, just can't be read. (I think Mark burned them himself- has a paper label on it)
Anyone else have one they wouldn't mind letting me "borrow" to give a listen??!??!
You could MP3 it to me and I would only listen to it once. I promise!

Essexbass · #7 01-23-2008, 03:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeBass

You guys suck.
Tell his sorry butt to get over here State side.
I could be the biggest fan here in the USA.

BTW, I have a copy of "Trash" that won't play anymore. It's not scratched or anything, just can't be read. (I think Mark burned them himself- has a paper label on it)
Anyone else have one they wouldn't mind letting me "borrow" to give a listen??!??!
You could MP3 it to me and I would only listen to it once. I promise!

Hi Mikebass,
There are a fair few American fans on the Level 42 web digest who have been asking the same question. Given that you guys have produced Larry Graham, Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller & Vic Wooten over the last thirty odd years, Mark's popularity has certainly risen over the last ten years or so.

I can only only assume that doing even a few dates in the USA / Canada / Australia, either don't appeal to the record company / Mr. King himself, or the sales of the last album "Retroglide" didn't scratch the surface in those territories & therefore the record company aren't willing to take the risk. It would be a shame if the band didn't do any more gigs outside of Europe as they, or the record company probably don't realise that their fan base has increased.

I'm afraid I don't have a copy of "Thrash" but you can still get get it from www.level42.com as far as I'm aware?

Have you got any of the live DVD's? - they're really worth watching.

Cheers,
Essexbass

Baryonyx · #8 01-23-2008, 04:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Essexbass

Hi Chris,
+1 on that. It's great that Mike Lindup is back on board - Lyndon Connah was ok, but Mike's b/v's compliment Mark's voice better.

I assume the sale of Kingbasses might increase a little bit after Octobr's been & gone

Cheers,
Essexbass.

Yep, sales probably went up after they toured last year as well...and thats a good thing as far as I'm concerned. I've had GAS for a Kingbass for a looooooooong time. One of these days...

But as for Lyndon, he had huge shoes to fill. However, his awful keyboard tones and rubbish singing voice (not to mention his camp-tastic leather waistcoats and silk shirts) just let him down. Much better now that Mike has come home!

Rano Bass · #9 01-24-2008, 07:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeBass

You guys suck.
Tell his sorry butt to get over here State side.

+1

I hope they play in the U.S. this time.

Baryonyx · #10 01-24-2008, 09:40 AM

It seems they have a few fans in the US but probably not enough to even pack out clubs, after all, even though they do well in the UK, the majority of the people there were men and women of about 40, who had obviously been fans of them back in the 80's. They had quite a following in the UK and Europe back in those days!