Welcome Back My Friends – An Evening with Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Doors @ 7PM
Concert @ 8PM

SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT!
A VIP Q&A with CARL PALMER
and Paul Bielatowicz & Simon Fitzpatrick
Just a $50.00 add-on to your concert ticket!

VIP Ticket Holders receive:
•Q&A WITH CARL & HIS BAND
• ONE ON ONE PHOTO WITH CARL & HIS BAND
• EARLY ACCESS TO PURCHASE AUTOGRAPHED MERCHANDISE
• ATTENDEES MUST ALSO BE TICKETED FOR THE ELP SHOW
• LIMIT 50 FANS ONLY. • ONE HOUR BEFORE SCHEDULED DOORS
*Sorry, Carl will not be able to sign autographs at this event*

Created by Carl Palmer and his management, the show will be presented with the full cooperation of the Estates of Keith Emerson and Greg Lake. THIS IS NOT A TRIBUTE ACT- THIS IS THE REAL THING. Through modern technology they will reunite the band: Carl with his two bandmates, playing together along with Keith Emerson & Greg Lake, who both passed away in 2016. The show combines video performance of Emerson and Lake from a legendary sold out ROYAL ALBERT HALL ELP show from 1992 with live on stage performances of Carl Palmer with his own ELP Legacy band, Paul Bielatowicz on guitar and Simon Fitzpatrick on bass and chapman stick.
All the musicians play together in sync to present a complete and authentic Emerson, Lake & Palmer show.

Emerson, Lake & Palmer (informally known as ELP) was an English progressive rock supergroup formed in London in 1970. The band consisted of Keith Emerson (keyboards) of the Nice, Greg Lake of King Crimson (vocals, bass, guitar, producer), and Carl Palmer of Atomic Rooster (drums, percussion). With nine RIAA-certified gold record albums in the US and an estimated 48 million records sold worldwide, they are one of the most popular and commercially successful progressive rock groups of the 1970s, with a musical sound including adaptations of classical music with jazz and symphonic rock elements, dominated by Emerson’s flamboyant use of the Hammond organ, Moog synthesizer, and piano (although Lake wrote several acoustic songs for the group).

The band became prominent after performing at the Isle of Wight Festival in August 1970. In their first year, the group signed with E.G. Records (who distributed the band’s records through Island Records in the United Kingdom and Atlantic Records in North America) and released Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1970) and Tarkus (1971), both of which reached the UK top five. The band’s success continued with Pictures at an Exhibition (1971), Trilogy (1972), and Brain Salad Surgery (1973, released on ELP’s own Manticore Records label). After a three-year break, Emerson, Lake & Palmer released Works Volume 1 (1977) and Works Volume 2 (1977). After Love Beach (1978), the group disbanded in 1979.

The members played in various solo and partial reunion combinations during the 1980s. In 1991, the original trio re-formed and released two more albums, Black Moon (1992) and In the Hot Seat (1994), and toured between 1992 and 1998. Their final performance occurred in 2010 at the High Voltage Festival in London to commemorate the band’s 40th anniversary. Emerson and Lake died in 2016, leaving Palmer as the only surviving band member.

In 2022, Palmer and his manager developed and launched the show initially as THE
RETURN OF EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER show, again with the full cooperation and involvement of both the Keith Emerson and Greg Lake estates. The show has been re-branded for 2025 as AN EVENING WITH EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER.

Both fans and critics have been raving…

“Emerson, Lake & Palmer have been reunited onstage for a video-powered live tour… the ultimate ELP experience.”
PROG MAGAZINE
“A groundbreaking multimedia tour/experience geared around the 50th anniversary of the legendary musical trio Emerson, Lake & Palmer.”
ROCK CELLAR MAGAZINE
“During the concerts, Palmer and his current band will perform live onstage, flanked by performance footage of Emerson and Lake on massive video walls. As a comparison, a press release points to Paul McCartney’s recent ‘duet’ with John Lennon during the GOT BACK tour, done with video footage from the LET IT BE Rooftop concert film.”
ULTIMATE CLASSIC ROCK

For more information:
EmersonLakePalmer.com
www.carlpalmer.com

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