Sole surviving 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. Launching on Friday, November 18th., 2022 at the 2300 ARENA in Philadelphia, PA, 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) opted for 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 magically 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 enormous 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:
RETURN OF ELP SIZZLE REEL

After establishing themselves in bands such as The Nice, King Crimson, and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, ELP was formed in early 1970 as one of rock’s first (and biggest) supergroups. With record sales of over 50 million and decades of sold-out tours through the 1970s and again in the 1990s, Emerson Lake & Palmer has remained one of the best-selling classic rock bands of all time. The band’s complete recorded catalog, now under the direction and distribution of BMG MUSIC, continues to be a steady force on the international music scene. The tour will coincide with the new BMG box set of classic ELP hit singles pressed on vinyl with reproductions of the original picture sleeves.

The tour is being launched with the full approval of the Emerson and Lake Estates, as well as the various managers who have represented the members of the band. WELCOME BACK MY FRIENDS- THE RETURN OF EMERSON LAKE & PALMER will start in the US during Fall 2022 and eventually play all over the world where ELP toured throughout its career.

TICKETS WILL BE ON SALE SEPTEMBER 9TH., 2022

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

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EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER
‘OUT OF THIS WORLD: LIVE (1970-1997)’

10LP & 7CD, ELP 50th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set showcasing some of the biggest and most important live shows ELP have ever played in their 50-year history

Each LP has been reimagined with beautiful new designs on deluxe
gatefold double LPs. Most of the LPs previously unreleased on vinyl

Includes a 32-page, glossy photobook, with intimate and unseen images of the band from legendary photographers including Lynn Goldsmith and Neil Preston. Foreword written by Jerry Ewing editor of Prog Magazine.

RELEASED BY ON OCTOBER 29th 2021

Album Pre Order link:
https://ELP.lnk.to/OOTWPR

‘Out Of This World: Live (1970-1997)’, is a new 10LP and 7CD Deluxe Box Set released by BMG on 29th October 2021 as part of Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s 50th Anniversary celebrations.

‘Out Of This World Live (1970-1997)’ pulls together five of the biggest and most important shows ELP played across their 50 illustrious years. Not only dynamic on record and in the studio, ELP’s audacious live performances provided validation that they could really rock with the greatest. It was a facet of the band which often set them apart from their early 70s peers such as Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd and Jethro Tull, and yet, as you will hear over the five wonderful live shows contained in this set, it wasn’t all gung-ho bombast. The band members own fondness for classical and jazz allowed Emerson, Lake & Palmer moments of compelling depth.

Each album has been reimagined with impressive new artwork, reflecting various aspects of the band and their epic, ground-breaking music. The LP box contains 5 x deluxe gatefold double LPs with high quality, fully-restored audio mastered by ELP expert and renowned mastering engineer Andy Pearce.

Most of the LPs are previously unreleased on vinyl, ‘Phoenix 1997’ has never been released. The CDs have been out of print for many years and never released to this standard of artwork and audio. Each Box Set comes complete with a 32-page, glossy photobook, featuring many intimate, rare and unseen images of the band from legendary photographers including Lynn Goldsmith and Neil Preston. Liner notes are provided by Jerry Ewing, editor of Prog Magazine.

“I could not think of a better way to celebrate this anniversary period for ELP. The box set is one of my proudest moments. I know Keith and Greg would agree with me! ‘Out of this World’ is something I will remember for a long time to come. For me, this shows ELP at their very best throughout years of touring and recording. The box set represents the lifeline of our music in our time.” Carl Palmer

Produced in association with ELP Management
This particular live set is widely lauded in the annals of ELP gig history, the prodigious musicianship and showmanship was second to none and included powerful solo spots from Palmer and Emerson, the latter performing on a spinning piano suspended 50 feet above the celebrating crowd.

However, stadium-filling rock giants were no longer flavour of the month in 1977. When the band headed out on the road with an orchestra and choir in tow, punk was really starting to make its presence felt. The behemothic tour might have stretched the band’s resources, but by the time they hit Montréal’s Olympic Stadium, their majestic pomp was still on display for all to hear.

The culmination of those 1997 dates would be the last the three would play, save for a one-off 40th anniversary show at High Voltage Festival, London, in 2010. Both Keith Emerson and Greg Lake sadly died in 2016, leaving Carl Palmer to continue to remind people of one of the greatest legacies in the history of rock music with his own ELP Legacy outfit. A legacy that is captured for posterity in ‘Out Of This World: Live (1970-1997’).

Further Information: Stuart Kirkham PR 07795844611
stuartkirkham@mac.com
https://www.facebook.com/EmersonLakePalmer
http://www.carlpalmer.com/

WELCOME BACK MY FRIENDS: THE RETURN OF EMERSON LAKE & PALMER

‘Out Of This World: Live (1970-1997)’, is a new 10LP and 7CD Deluxe Box Setreleased by BMG on 29th October 2021