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Festival News: ProgPower USA Line Up Changes; Crimson Glory To Pay Tribute To Midnight

Posted on Saturday, July 25 @ 07:58:44 UTC by nightowl

As reported at the ProgPower USA website, the announced line up has undergone some changes. Organizer Glenn Harveston explains the reason behind the change, but the sum of it is that Andre Matos, Vanden Plas, Power Quest and Tomorrow's Eve will not be on the bill. However, three bands that will fill those slots (though not necessarily in the same running order) are Cage, Mindflow, and Crimson Glory.

Here's the announcement on Cage: American power metal band Cage have been confirmed to perform at the Prog Power USA X festival to be held at the Center Stage on September 11-12, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia. Cage will be performing an all guns blazing 45 minute set on Friday, September 11 that will feature some of their most incendiary songs from their latest new fifth CD Science Of Annihilation.



The newly revamped Prog Power USA X festival line-up is as follows:

Friday, September 11:

Cage
Mindflow
Diablo Swing Orchestra
Sabaton
Royal Hunt
Crimson Glory

[Crimson Glory's performance] will be the band's tribute show to honor and commemorate the musical legacy left behind by their recently departed brethren, Midnight[, who passed away earlier this month on July 8, 2009 due to kidney and liver failure, it is reported.] Wade Black, along with several guest vocalists, will join the band on stage to perform classics from the band's entire career. The band promises to make this a once in a lifetime show.

Saturday, September 12:

Circus Maximus
Orphaned Land
Pagan's Mind
Brainstorm
Fates Warning

Here's more on Crimson Glory and Midnight's passing. As previously reported, original Crimson Glory frontman Midnight (real name John Patrick McDonald Jr.) passed away on Wednesday, July 8th at 3:30am EST due to kidney and liver failure at the age of 47. The band, who held a memorial service for Midnight on July 11th, have issued the following press release:

"We are proud to announce that Crimson Glory have been asked by ProgPower USA founder/promoter Glenn Harveston to headline the ProgPower USA tenth anniversary festival on Friday, September 11th, 2009 in Atlanta, GA.

"It is both a privilege and an honor to perform at this now-infamous American metal fest, and we see this as a beautifully serendipitous opportunity to pay a final and meaningful tribute to Midnight in a truly special manner by including the fans, as well as a stretching of our collective wings in anticipation of a new era of Crimson Glory.

"Initially we had only intended to come to ProgPower as a band to commemorate Midnight by presenting a memorial dedicated to his life and his work with Crimson Glory. We had of course hoped for the chance to play the festival at some point in the future, but from the ashes of circumstances beyond Glenn's control, this opportunity arose for Crimson Glory to perform sooner rather than later.

"This was totally unexpected, but after much deliberation between all members of the band, we feel that it is absolutely the right thing to do.

"We see this as the perfect scenario for us to reconnect with the many fans who have followed Crimson Glory over the years, as well as to present our music to those fans who have never seen the band play live. Indeed, we plan to use this performance as a bridge between the past and future of Crimson Glory. As one door closes, another opens; as one chapter ends, another is begun; this promises to be a very intimate, magical and memorable event for us as well as for the fest.

"Wade Black will be the main vocalist for the show, but we are making plans to have several guest singers performing the classic Crimson Glory songs and honoring Midnight's legendary legacy in their own personal and unique ways.

"John Zahner (Savatage / Crimson Glory / Jon Oliva's Pain) will also be joining the band for this performance and we feel very fortunate to have him sharing his talent with us again.

"We plan to film the performance in its entirety for a DVD release later next year as part of the 25th anniversary of Crimson Glory.

"While we had remained hopeful to write and perform again with Midnight, the cosmic powers-that-be clearly had other plans, both for our departed brother traversing the stars, as well as for the rest of us still here, surviving together on this beautiful little blue planet.

"However, it does not mean the end...it never really ends.

-The members of Crimson Glory"

[Source: ProgPower USA website; Robert, Rock N Roll Cola]

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