We have received this word from Charly of Paradox today:

Paradox have officially disbanded and canceled all live appearances

This was also posted to their MySpace:

PARADOX be forced to cancel all live activities in the future.
I´m still writing new material to release one more record for my loyal fans in 2011 via AFM-Records.

Charly Steinhauer

I have always been brutally honest with everyone so here goes…. Continue reading »

So I emailed Turisas’s booking agent early this morning to notify him that I would be sending his deposit now (a full month ahead of the contractual obligation date). His reply:

“Sorry, they aren’t coming. Their album was pushed back so they aren’t coming over till next year.”

What? That’s it? Where you planning on telling me?

“I just found out last Friday.”

Uh….yeah.
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One day tickets are now available for ProgPower USA!

The cost of single day tickets are $60 (2 day tickets are still available for $120).

You can purchase your tickets by clicking here!

After last year’s debacle, I thought a few people would be interested to know what is going on this time around….

We applied for 9 total visas this year (with the remaining ones taken care of by the bands themselves). All 9 visa applications have been approved by the UCIS. That is the MAJOR piece of the application process (and where we got screwed last year).

The rest of the process is now in the hands of the bands themselves as they obtain the actual visa stamps upon completion of their interviews at their respective consuls. I expect absolutely no problems with that.

I want to take this moment to recognize Marc “The Visa Guy” Gessford for his outstanding and dedicated work this year.

– Glenn

Attendees of ProgPower USA XI will have the opportunity to purchase CDs of the bands announced for ProgPower USA XII directly from me on Saturday afternoon at the ProgPower USA merchandise table.

Sale hours:
Gold Badge holders: 12:00 – 3:00 pm
Regular tickets: 3:00 – 7:00 pm

Cash only. I will ONLY stock bands from the ProgPower USA XII roster announcement.

Regular vendor hours for Saturday also remain in affect:

Gold Badge holders: 12:00 pm
Regular Tickets: 3:00 pm

Production for The ProgPower X DVD is enormous this year with quality surpassing anything previously captured. All bands both nights and the pre-party bands have agreed to appear on the PPX DVD. As a result the amount of production involved is daunting…audio and video files are spread across the globe in the studios of many of this year’s artists. Many are being produced in our studio’s here in the states. The project is large and complex, but the production is still on track. Shipping date is to be announced.

All inquiries should be directed to: kent@lucidloungestudios.com

Kent Smith
Lucid Lounge Studios

We’re happy to announce the first three bands for the ProgPower USA Showcase which hits cener Stage on Thursday, September 9, 2010! Our Headliner will be announced in the near future. Continue reading »