Rick to play three dates in NZ October 2012

[Bluegrunt]

http://www.rwcc.com/live.asp#tour

A Very Intimate Evening With Rick Wakeman 2012

New Zealand dates - A limited number of tickets will be made available for Premium seats and a VIP meet and greet with Rick Wakeman after the shows. Tickets go on sale at 9:00am on Monday 13 August; Auckland from www.ticketmaster.co.nz / 0800 111 999, Wellington and Christchurch from www.ticketek.co.nz / 0800 842 538. For full event and ticketing information see www.rickwakeman.co.nz or www.thesound.co.nz after that date.

[True Believer]

Wot? NZ and not coming to Oz?

[luvyesmusic]

I'm happy for Steve and a couple of new friends I met at ROSfest this year. :-)

[xlink_nz]

Wow coming to my town !

I'll definitely considering seeing him even tho I didn't go to Auckland to see YES

I'll have to find out what the show is setlist etc and if there is a meet and greet so I can ask him about AWR progress LOL

[smatt]

I heard he's been asked to do a cameo in the now 3 Hobbit films...

[Tomo]

On a whim I tried buying tickets yesterday. I don't know if it's a Ticketek glitch or just bad info, but I bought 2 VIP meet-and-greet tickets, no problem.

There was a nice advert in the Dominion Post for the NZ shows.

[dancingdownunder]

I've got my tickets for both Auckland and Christchurch shows!

Christchurch show will be at the Aurora Centre - a school auditorium, but nice venue. We don't have too many decent venues left these days thanks to the earthquakes. Great that Rick decided to come!

[Laddr]

Maybe he'll swing by LA to see Trevor and Jon?

[xlink_nz]

Can anyone advise what to expect from

a] the setlist
b] a "meet and greet"

[Borris]

Thanks for posting this, I hadn't known. I have now booked for the Wellington Concert, good timing as I have really been enjoying Rick's work recently.

[Tomo]

The Wellington show is sold out, which is very encouraging. I had worried a little because the first home game for the Phoenix is at the same time. Perhaps there's not that much of an overlap of the fan bases. Or perhaps like me the other Phoenix fans are going to record the game to watch later.

[bicko]

C'mon Rick. Swing over the ditch and do a few nites in Oz too

[Mr. Holland]

Can anyone advise what to expect from

a] the setlist
b] a "meet and greet"

Dont know about B, but since it's 'a very intimate evening' concept, most likely it will be Rick at a grand piano playing some stuff from throughout his career, solo and some Yes, with a lot of humorous chatter and stories in between.

[Borris]

I posted this review on the Wakeman board, thought i'd post it here too.

I went to the Wellington concert last night & loved it.

My first time seeing Rick or any of Yes. Fabulous stories (very funny and somewhat dodgy) a great intimate setting so Rick was nice and close, the audience loved him.

It was excellent seeing what he could do armed with just a piano & that he had great solo piano arrangements for these pieces.

From memory he played
Merlin the Magician from Arthur
Morning has Broken
Catherine of Aragon
Nursery rhymes in the style of various composers
And You and I/Wondrous Stories
Gone but not forgotten - from Always with You
Eleanor Rigby
Jig - from Cirque Surreal

Made me realise once again how this man lives and breathes music and what a joy it was to have that shared with us.

There was a special tour CD for sale which combined Always with You and the Christmas Variations. As I like to get at least one new Christmas CD every year that was good for me, and the CD will serve as a great living memento to a great night.

Thanks Rick!

[Mr. Holland]

I posted this review on the Wakeman board, thought i'd post it here too.

I went to the Wellington concert last night & loved it.

My first time seeing Rick or any of Yes. Fabulous stories (very funny and somewhat dodgy) a great intimate setting so Rick was nice and close, the audience loved him.

It was excellent seeing what he could do armed with just a piano & that he had great solo piano arrangements for these pieces.

From memory he played
Merlin the Magician from Arthur
Morning has Broken
Catherine of Aragon
Nursery rhymes in the style of various composers
And You and I/Wondrous Stories
Gone but not forgotten - from Always with You
Eleanor Rigby
Jig - from Cirque Surreal

Made me realise once again how this man lives and breathes music and what a joy it was to have that shared with us.

There was a special tour CD for sale which combined Always with You and the Christmas Variations. As I like to get at least one new Christmas CD every year that was good for me, and the CD will serve as a great living memento to a great night.

Thanks Rick!

Thanks for the review. Sounds like a great night out.

[Tomo]

There's a review of the Auckland show in the NZ Herald, http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainm...ectid=10839157. There's also a review of the Wellington show in the Dominion Post, but not online.

'Twas a very good night. Hopefully he'll be invited back soon (hint to promoters).

[Tomo]

Another review of the Auckland show.

http://13thfloor.co.nz/reviews/conce...ctober-7-2012/

[xlink_nz]

Thank you for the reviews

Did anyone go to the meet & greet [assuming there was one] I was considering going if only to ask when we can expect AWR to produce something but I figured he would simply answer "hopefully" or a similar response

[luvyesmusic]

I'm happy for you folks that got to attend. Seeing and hearing Rick is a real treat, indeed. Very generous with his time last time I talked with him. The man is a one of a kind. See him perform if you can.