Lone surviving Emerson Lake & Palmer member Carl Palmer, in association with the Estates of his bandmates Keith Emerson & Greg Lake, has announced the much-anticipated Welcome Back My Friends- the Return of Emerson Lake & Palmer Tour.
The tour of the iconic progressive rock band will begin on Friday, November 18, 2022, at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Notably, the tour will actually reunite ELP live on stage through modern technology.
After exploring the idea of a Hologram tour in detail, Palmer (with the Estates of Emerson and Lake) chose what they felt was a more honest approach, using live footage of Keith and Greg on massive video walls alongside Carl (and his band) playing LIVE on stage. The voice and instrumentation of Greg Lake and the unmistakable keyboard mastery of Keith Emerson will be mixed with Palmer’s onstage live drumming to reunite ELP once again. Paul McCartney’s duet with John Lennon at the end of his recent Got Back tour is a good idea of what ELP fans can expect from this show.
Emerson and Lake passed away nine months apart in 2016, leaving Palmer to carry on the band’s influential musical legacy.
“About five years ago, I explored the idea of trying to reunite the band using digital holograms,” said Carl Palmer. “We saw a few shows of other artists, but it did not seem like an honest approach. We were able to use just the camera shots of Keith and Greg, with the sterling audio tracks of their performances, resulting in a combination of film and onstage performance that brings back the magic of ELP.”
Here is what music fans can expect:
Tour dates:
FRI NOV 18. 2300 ARENA – Philadelphia, PA. BUY TICKETS
SUN NOV 20 PENN’S PEAK – Jim Thorpe, PA. BUY TICKETS
TUE NOV 22 SHEA CENTER – Wayne, NJ BUY TICKETS
WED NOV 23. PATCHOGUE THEATER – Patchogue, NY BUY TICKETS
FRI NOV 25. TOWN HALL- New York, NY BUY TICKETS
SAT NOV 26. COLLEGE ST. MUSIC HALL -New Haven, CT BUY TICKETS
SUN NOV 27. WILBUR THEATRE – Boston, MA BUY TICKETS
THU DEC 1. ARCADA THEATRE- St. Charles. IL BUY TICKETS
FRI DEC 2. DES PLAINES THEATRE- Des Plaines IL BUY TICKETS
SAT DEC 3. THE GOODYEAR THEATRE – Akron, OH BUY TICKETS
I have been an Emerson Lake & Palmer fan since 1975.
I had no idea about the 10 date tour unfortunately .
Will there be another tour with Emerson & Lake ?
I saw the preview of the 10 tour, simply amazing.
Thank you!