DAMANEK + SOUTHERN EMPIRE ‘Civilisation In Flight’ Tour – KICKS OFF THIS MONTH!! Nov/Dec 2018

by | Nov 12, 2018 | News, Tour

are nearly there! It’s this month! So a quick pre-tour reminder for you….thank you

GEP Presents “Damanek and Southern Empire ‘Civilisation In Flight’ tour of the U.K. and Europe November/December 2018”

In November 2018, internationally renowned progressive rock bands Damanek and Southern Empire will join forces and embark upon their debut tour of the United Kingdom and Europe.

Damanek, featuring members from three different nations, is the brainchild of visionary multi-instrumentalist/singer-songwriter Guy Manning. The group released their debut album ‘On Track’ in early 2017 to critical acclaim appearing in many ‘Best album of 2017’ polls.

The follow-up album ‘In Flight’ has now just been released through GEP Records to great critical acclaim once again!

Guy Manning, commenting on the upcoming album and tour stated, “Since we played that memorable set at Summers End X Festival in 2016, I have been constantly asked ‘When are you going to play live again?’ and I have always had to say “…as soon as we can”…but now I can say “SOON!” The new album “In Flight” is ready and out in time for the tour and it has some fantastic new pieces on it, which we are keen to perform live along with some of the favorites from ‘On Track’. Should be one hell of a show!”

Southern Empire, hailing from Adelaide, South Australia will also release their second album mid-year through GEP.

Led by composer, producer, keyboardist Sean Timms, Southern Empire was formed from the ashes of symphonic prog. band Unitopia in 2014 and have quickly established themselves as one of the premiere live and studio acts of the current prog. era.

“It’s always extremely exciting to release a new album and then take those songs on the road.
I think we have a very strong set of new songs to complement the older material and we’re really looking forward to bringing our unique blend of ‘prog ’n’ roll’ (as Danny Lopresto, our lead vocalist calls it) to our friends and fans in the U.K. and Europe.” – Sean Timms.

For the European leg of the tour, Damanek and Southern Empire will be joined by special guests & friends Seven Steps to the Green Door who will open the shows.

“It’s great to be back on stage with Damanek, 2 years after our first set at Summers End festival and promoting a brand new album. For the European dates of the tour, my mates in “Seven Steps to the Green Door” will join in for a triple bill of great songs from all the current albums and from our forthcoming new album THE?LIE, which will be released in 2019! – Marek Arnold.

TOUR DATES:

Southern Empire (only)
17/11/18 – HRH PROG Festival, Pwllheli, North Wales.

Damanek, Southern Empire and Seven Steps to the Green Door
Wed 21/11/18 – Bergkeller, Reichenbach, Germany.
Thu 22/11/18 – Spirit of 66, Verviers, Belgium.
Sat 24/11/18 – De Boerderij, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands.

Damanek and Southern Empire
Tue 27/11/18 – The Victoria, Swindon, U.K.
Wed 28/11/18 – The Joiners, Southampton, U.K.
Thu 29/11/18 – The Robin 2, Bilston, U.K.
Fri 30/11/18 – Boston Music Room, Tufnell Park, London, U.K.
Sat 01/12/18 – Classic Rock Society (CRS), Maltby, U.K.

Please note: As joint headliners on the tour, Southern Empire and Damanek will be alternating and mixing up the final slot of each night to allow both bands a chance to play slightly extended sets… however, we are not telling who / when!

Damanek: www.damanek.com / www.facebook.com/DamanekBand
Southern Empire: www.southernempireband.com / www.facebook.com/southernempireband
Seven Steps to the Green Door: www.ssttgd.de

Damanek, Southern Empire & Seven Steps to the Green Door Announce In Flight Tour 2018

by | Aug 3, 2018 | News, Tour

 

TICKET LINKS
Bergkeller, Reichenbach, Gemany Bergkeller
Spirit of 66, Verviers, Belgium Spirit of 66
De Boerderij, Zoetermeer, the Netherlands De Boerderij
The Victoria, Swindon, UK The Victoria
The Joiners, Southampton, UK The Joiners
The Robin2, Bilston, UK The Robin2
Boston Music Rooms, London, UK Boston Music Rooms
The Classic Rock Society, Maltby, UK Classic Rock Society

Mark Truey Truck & Sean Timms Announce U.N.I.T. dB.

by | Apr 10, 2017 | Uncategorized

Mark Truey Trueack & Sean Timms (Unitopia) have linked up to form a one-off live band called U.N.I.T. dB. They are joined by Southern Empire’s Danny Lopresto (guitars, vocals) and Brody Thomas Green (drums,vocals), and Steve Unruh (flute, violin) from Resistor/The Samurai of Prog.

We hope this message finds you well. Recently, there has been some speculation regarding the status of the friendship between Mark & myself. As you may be aware, during the making of our (unfinished) album ‘Turn Left’, Mark & I had a disagreement over some issues that were dear to both our hearts. We disbanded Unitopia and we started our own projects, Mark with United Progressive Fraternity and myself with Southern Empire. Both projects have been met with great success and we are respectively very proud of them.
About 6 months ago, Mark & I had the opportunity to talk about a few things unrelated to Unitopia and we found that our respect and care for one another was still there, despite the damages of the past. Mark was extremely supportive throughout a difficult business situation that we were both involved in and this gave us hope that a rekindling of our friendship was possible.

Where does this leave Unitopia you might ask?

As of this writing, there are no plans to re-form Unitopia, but there are some exciting projects that both Mark & I are working on together. These will be announced in due course and we hope you’ll get behind them as you’ve done for every other project that we’ve been involved in.

UPF and Southern Empire are still our primary focus and there will be some very exciting announcements concerning all three bands very soon.
Thank you for your continued support of our music. It means a great deal to us and we are constantly humbled and honoured to have such a wonderful and caring fan base.

Cheers… Sean Timms & Mark Truey Trueack
Artwork by Ed Unitsky