A PLAYGROUND OF BROKEN HEARTS BOOK LAUNCH EVENT

Name: A PLAYGROUND OF BROKEN HEARTS BOOK LAUNCH EVENT
Start: 2025-07-06T13:00:00+01:00
Location: Camden Club

Schedule

Sun, 06 Jul, 2025 at 01:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Camden Club | London, EN

A Sunday lunchtime and afternoon event to celebrate "A Playground Of Broken Hearts – The Progressive Rock Revival 1984 To 1989" by Andrew Wild, which will be published on 3rd July 2025 by Kingmaker Publishing.
The afternoon will include a panel discussion with Andy Glass (Solstice), Martin Orford (ex IQ), Brian Devoil (Twelfth Night) and more to be announced, as well as an audience Q&A. There will also be some acoustic music from Andy Glass and Solstice lead singer Jess Holland and from Martin Orford. The book’s author will be attending and signing any books purchased at the event. Doors open at 1pm, with lunch and drinks available.
Following Wild’s acclaimed 2024 book A Mirror Of Broken Dreams – The Progressive Rock Revival 1981 To 1983, A Playground Of Broken Hearts is the second of two books which provide the definitive account of the intertwined stories of the six bands which led the progressive rock revival: Marillion, IQ, Pallas, Pendragon, Solstice and Twelfth Night.
For A Playground Of Broken Hearts, Wild interviewed over 80 musicians and other participants in the 1980s progressive rock scene. The book also includes in-depth profiles of many of the other bands involved in the era: Abel Ganz, Airbridge, Comedy Of Errors, Electric Gypsy, Galahad, Haze, It Bites, Jadis, Janysium, Lahost, The Lens, Liaison, Multi Story, No-Man, Pride Of Passion, Quasar, Tamarisk, Trilogy and Twice Bitten.
Andrew Wild is an experienced writer, music collector and film buff with numerous books to his name including the official biographies of Twelfth Night, Galahad and Geoff Mann and recent publications about artists as diverse as Queen, Pink Floyd, Phil Collins, Dire Straits and the Allman Brothers Band. The first of two volumes analysing the songs of The Beatles, co-written with Big Big Train vocalist Alberto Bravin, will be published by Sonicbond in February 2025. Andrew lives in Rainow, Cheshire, UK. His website is: www.andrew-wild.co.uk.
THE CAMDEN CLUB is one of London's newest and most exciting venues (opposite The Roundhouse in Camden/Chalk Farm). Cabaret-style seating with gourmet 'Burger Bites' table service - please support the venue by buying food and drinks as this keeps venue hire prices down, enabling bands to play here.
Entrance is via a flight of steps up from street level and then a flight of steps down to floor level. Please contact the organisers if you need to use the accessible (step-free) entrance.