News

29/6/08
The last couple of shows have been amazing. It's been great to play the music, but on top of that we've made a lot of new friends and reconnected with some old ones too. It's a quiet period for us now until the Symforce festival in Holland at the end of August so the next couple of months will be spent getting on with the new album and putting the finishing touches to the live DVD we'll release as a bonus disc. As allways, we're keen for any contacts that could lead to gigs but please, get in touch whatever the subject.

11/6/08
since our MK Pitz gig has been rescheduled the organisers of Milton Keynes festival Togfest have approached us to play this year. We'll be playing a 45min set on the Friday night at 7.30pm. There's camping and the music continues through to Saturday night. A snip at £8 for Friday and £18 for both days. Hope to see you there.

3/6/08
we've just been told that thanks to some incredible incompetence on the part of the venue (not the promoter) our show at The Pitz planned for the summer solstice 21st June will have to be rescheduled and is now booked for 19th September 2008. Tickets are valid for the new date or can be refunded from source. Sorry if this has messed up your plans, I'm gutted. On a more positive note Sprogfest was great - thanks Bezo and Steve.

24/4/08
We've been confirmed as support for Here&Now at the Riga Bar on 13th June - should be fun!!

30/3/08
Tickets are now available for our Summer Solstice (21/6/08) show at the Pitz in Milton Keynes from wegottickets.com We've got 2 great bands playing with us, please try and get along..see you there!!

17/3/08
We're really pleased to announce that Solstice will be playing Symforce2 on 23/8/08. This is Europe's biggest indoor prog festival and a great opportunity for us to spread our wings.

5/1/08
Thanks to those of you who have passed on contacts for potential good gigs for Solstice-please keep them coming!!

2/1/08
Happy new year to you! I've heard from Nick Barrett of Pendragon today so watch this space for a gig together later in the year. I've put a clip from our 'queen' gig on the video page and will add more soon.

5/12/07

So we played the stadiumMK and her maj showed up. It was a pretty magical event with thousands of kids having a ball and us musos having a rare old time. Unreal!! We'll have some footage up on this site soon thanks to our cameraman Martin Higgs.

Material for the new album is coming along nicely and I hope to have it ready for our gig in MK on the next summer Solstice.

We have just been booked for the Prog fest in Frome on 25/50/8 - more details soon. If you have any leads for decent gigs please email me on andy@solsticewebsite.com

12/10/07
Here's a piece of news I can hardly believe but, apparently, it's true.
On Nov29th we're are playing for the Queen, yes HRH! at the opening ceremony for the new Milton Keynes stadium; mind boggling. I guess there's a few tunes we'll need to cut from the set!

1/10/07
Go to 'video' page to check out a couple of clips from our last gig in M.K.We've just booked a show in the same venue for the summer solstice next year. Thats Sat 21/6/08 at The Pitz Club, Milton Keynes. Our friend and top photographer Anthony Robins took some great stills from the show, some are in this site with more on our myspace.

25/9/07
we just had a great time at our first 3 gigs. We recorded the last one at The Pitz Club so look out for video clips on the websites soon. It was brilliant to see old friends and new and we can't wait to get out and do more. The next one will be 26 Jan at The Peel, Kingston with, hopefully plenty more to follow. Our focus now will be on writing/recording new material.

24/8/07
please note that our 1st Sept gig at the Peel, Kingston has been re scheduled for the 26th Jan 08

22/8/07
Look out for coverage/reviews/interview of Solstice in the next 2 issues of Classic Rock magazine

21/8/07
DEF. EDITIONS of Silent Dance, New LIfe, Circles and The Cropredt Set AVAILABLE FROM 1ST SEPT www.progrock.co.uk

17/8/07
The band are now rehearsing for the Sept shows with Pete Hemsley on drums. Pete played on New Life and has worked with some great musicians incuding Page and Plant. I've got to say the band sounnds amasing and is the first line up really capable of playing the material. The vibe in the band is incredibly positive and close. I can't wait to get out there and play!

15/8/07
The Definitive Edition Of The Cropredy Set will include the audio Cd and a DVD of the gig plus an interview with Andy Glass covering the back ground to the show.

F2 will be releasing 'definitive' versions of Silent Dance, New Life, Circles
and The Cropredy Set which will include a bonus disc and expanded booklets.

We are delighted to announce that we have signed to Festival music a fantastic indie who really know and love their music. Their other acts include Magenta, ChampanA and, personal favorite, Ezra.F2 really care about their products which are beautifully packaged and presented, so we're looking forward to these re-issues and to a new studio CD for 2008.

All our studio recordings to date are now available on digital download here

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