New Rediscovery Slideshow Video!
A message from Chris Dear All, I always seem to start my messages by apologizing for the length of time between new messages and I guess this will be no exception. Sorry!! War of the Worlds visited Australia and New Zealand in September. It was a great tour! The first two weeks for me were a whirlwind of traveling between Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney doing concerts and a great deal of publicity: Radio, TV, and Newspapers / magazines. I traveled a lot with Jeff and really learned a great deal about all the WOTW’s history. Fantastic, really, to think that the music is as vital now as when it was recorded in 1974/5/6. Herbie Flowers and Chris Spedding are among the live band players and I really enjoy watching them all every night. Chris and I also did a live, two-man version of "You’re the Voice" on national breakfast TV. 8.30 in the morning singing "You’re the Voice”!!! It was really fun, but I had to get up at 5 am to be ready to sing. My Rediscovery project (the never ending one!) has spawned an educational DVD. Produced using some of the music and the thoughts and ideas from Rediscovery, a Norwegian teacher, Roy Kjaestad has developed a 45 minute introduction and an English teaching program which is at the cutting edge of the new national syllabus in Norway. It will be used in schools in Belgium and France in the New Year with our thoughts towards producing a commercial DVD for schools 2009. If any teachers out there require more info on this please email me at the web site. I get everything that goes there. New Zealand was fantastic as my family (most of whom have never seen me perform) were able to come to the first Auckland show. Luckily, I hit the high D on that occasion!!! I also met with some old school friends and of course my friends, Billy Kristian and Mike Walker among others. Both Night albums are at last available on one CD available from Renaissance Entertainment Group/PRIMA Inc. www.cdthen.net for those of you who have asked me over the years, and a new compilation called, "If you Remember Me, The very Best…" from the same company. I’m now looking forward to the WOTW’s tour around England in a few days (December). The fan base there is remarkable with sold out gigs everywhere. We begin in Belfast, Dec 2nd and finish at the O 2 center in London on the 22nd. I’m looking forward to catching up with everyone. So to all of you that are coming to the gigs, there are some great new effects and a new Richard Burton!! I hope you will enjoy it as much as we do. Have a great Xmas and a very peaceful new year, and may some of what you wish for come true. Be safe and keep rocking. Love Chris T. PS ...I'm very sad to be missing the SAS band gigs this year. I hope everybody has a great time and I'll look forward to next year.... |
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