NEWS: Martin Barre added to HRH Prog in November

HRH have announced further acts, chosen by the HRH community, who’ll be rocking at HRH PROG VII between Thursday 15th-18th November 2018.

Thursday's headline act is Martin Barre. Martin Lancelot Barre became lead guitarist for the legendary Jethro Tull back in 1968 and remained with the group until Tull disbanded in 2012.

Martin Barre’s virtuoso guitar playing, and creative input to Tull’s tunes, contributed to the band’s phenomenal album sales of 60 million units! Martin Barre himself is a highly-respected guitarist:

Readers of both Guitar Player and Guitar World magazines (in the USA & UK) voted Barre’s signature solo Jethro Tull’s ‘Aqualung’ (1971) as an all-time great, whilst his guitar-work on the album ‘Crest of a Knave’ earned him a Grammy in 1988.

Martin has also performed with giants like Jimi Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin and worked with many other icons, such as Phil Collins, Paul McCartney, Gary Moore, and Jo Bonamassa. HRH are delighted to have secured Martin Barre for HRH PROG VII.

Another nine bands have been added to the Prog Rock talent rosta: Jadis, Karnataka, Time Collider, GU-RU, Luna Rossa, The Osiris Club, Deafening Opera, Southern Empire, and Exploring Birdsong.

They join the 16 already announced: headliners Hawkwind and Pendragon; also The Strawbs, Martin Turner Ex Wishbone Ash, and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, not to mention Panic Room, Gandalf’s Fist, The Attack (Featuring Davy O’List), Tír na nÓg, Goldray, Jump, The Amber Herd, I am the Manic Whale, This Winter Machine, Final Conflict, and Gryflet.
More bands still to be announced.

“After HRH Prog’s storming success over the past six years, you’d expect another outstanding line-up for the seventh cycle of what’s got to be the planet’s biggest residential Prog festival,” says HRH’s CEO Jonni Davis, “Well, that’s what you’re getting. The HRH community knows what they like, and we deliver!”

HRH Prog VII will run between Thursday 15th-18th November 2018 at HRH’s favourite home base: Camp HRH, at the Hafan y Môr holiday park, near the seaside village of Pwllheli, in North Wales. 

One again, the festival will be taking over the whole site, to add in the ever-popular second arena, and providing state-of-the-art sound, lighting, along with quality accommodation and HRH’s trademark fun and shenanigans, including the Great Big HRH Prog Quiz, unplugged sessions, after-parties, psychedelic entertainment, and other fringe activities.

NEWS: HRH Prog announces Hawkwind and Pendragon among 27 acts set for November

HAWKWIND and Pendragon will be among those heading up this year's HRH Prog (15th-18th November, 2018).

“We’re proud to deliver what’s got to be the biggest, best, residential prog festival on Planet Earth,” says HRH’s Progster-in-Chief Jonni Davis, “There will be 27 bands in total, including acts that shaped prog and much more.”

Hawkwind will be a headline act. First formed in 1969, the band has gone through more incarnations and evolution than Doctor Who and Charles Darwin combined, with founder Dave Brock remaining a constant presence throughout. Famed for their psychedelic, spacey sound (and of course landmark tracks like Silver Machine), Hawkwind will bring solid prog to the party.

Pendragon hail from 1978 and played a major part in the progressive rock revival of the 80s (along with bands like Marillion, with whom they often performed, both on tours and at the Marquee). If you’re a lover of great neo-prog, be sure to catch their set.

The Strawbs have long been a favourite flavour among the HRH Faithful. HRH Prog VII will give fans a great chance to see this excellent band.

Martin Turner, meanwhile, was a founder member of Wishbone Ash and will be performing under the banner of Martin Turner Ex Wishbone Ash, performing classic Wishbone Ash music and more. Again: a set not to be missed.

There’s also a great chance to see The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. Fire became one of the Sixties’ greatest one-hit wonders whilst Arthur’s fiery antics onstage made for spectacular shows, notoriety (and reportedly got him kicked off Jimi Hendrix’s tour!). He has, however, influenced countless musicians and performers (like Peter Gabriel, David Bowie, Kiss, and Alice Cooper) thanks to due to his madcap look, persona and flamboyant performance, not to mention his operatic vocal style, which influenced prog and heavy metal. See this prog pioneer, live and first-hand, at HRH Prog VII.

Also announced are: Panic Room, Gandalf’s Fist, The Attack (Featuring Davy O’List), Tír na nÓg, Goldray, Jump, The Amber Herd, I Am The Manic Whale, The Winter Machine, Final Conflict, and Gryflet.

HRH will also be announcing another wave of bands to fill up the second arena, taking it to an impressive 27 acts over the festival’s long weekend.