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FORTHCOMING CONCERTS

The John Lees' Barclay James Harvest tour schedule for 2009 is as follows:


INTERACTIVE TOUR MAP



JLBJH add another German date

1st July, 2009

John Lees' Barclay James Harvest have announced another concert in Germany on their 2009 tour. They play the Bad Aibling former US Base Airport Hangar on November 20th (near Munich).





Kev Whitehead On Rock Radio

27th June, 2009

Kev Whitehead has been interviewed by Steve Berry of Rock Radio Manchester. He talked mostly about drums, but also his forthcoming shows with JLBJH. The interview will be broadcast on Monday, 29th June, between 6.00 and 9.00 am ("Steve Berry at Breakfast"), and can be heard on 106.1 in the Manchester area, or online at www.rockradio.co.uk. If Pete Townshend's recent interview in the same place is anything to go by, you should be able to re-listen to it on their website for about a week after the broadcast.





Online Ticket Sales

24th June, 2009

It has come to our attention that some ticket reseller web sites are offering tickets for the autumn JLBJH tour at vastly inflated prices. These sites are often based abroad and have not been supplied with tickets by the band or their agents. We recommend that you only buy tickets direct from the venues or through the authorised outlets to which we link in our concert listings above.





Portuguese Date Changed

19th June, 2009

Please note that the date of the John Lees' Barclay James Harvest concert at the Aula Magna, University of Lisbon, has had to be changed to Friday, October 9th. This is due to difficulties in arranging transportation for the band for the concert in Berlin on the day after the original Portuguese date. Apologies for any inconvenience caused ...

Tickets are available from http://www.ticketline.pt





JLBJH add a German date

1st June, 2009

John Lees' Barclay James Harvest have announced another concert in Germany on their 2009 tour. They play the Essen Weststadthalle (Thea-Laymann Strasse 23, Essen) on November 22nd.





JLBJH in Italy

15th May, 2009

John Lees' Barclay James Harvest have announced another concert in their 2009 tour, this time in Italy. They play the Live Music Club in Trezzo sull' Adda, which is 30km from Milan, on November 18th. The venue's web site (in Italian, naturally!) can be found at www.liveclub.it.





JLBJH in Germany!

7th May, 2009

It is with great pleasure that John Lees' Barclay James Harvest announce two concert appearances in Germany, the first since December 2000.

On Saturday 15th August 2009 the band will close the Homburg Festival near Saarbrücken, a large open air event with free admission with an attendance of 20,000.

On Sunday 4th October 2009, the band will be closing a special free concert event at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin which is being held to coincide with the final day of a series of large international events and conferences being held in Berlin that week. JLBJH will take the stage at approximately 7pm.

Further details of both events will be given as soon as websites for both events are on-line.

The group are looking forward immensely to performing to German audiences once more later this year.





Toronto Concert Cancelled

23rd April, 2009

It is with regret that due to unforeseen increased production costs the John Lees' Barclay James Harvest concert at the Opera House, Toronto on May 6th has been cancelled. John, Woolly, Craig, Kevin and Jez apologise to all fans for this inconvenience. Full refunds on tickets purchased will be sent out over the next seven days via PayPal.

The band will still be performing as headline act at the ROSFEST event on May 3rd in Glenside PA and look forward to seeing you there.





Orchestral Concert Confirmed

26th March, 2009

It is now confirmed that JLBJH will be performing the second half of their set at Shrewsbury with the National Symphony Orchestra. This is a must-see concert, as it may be the only chance to see the band perform some rarely-heard material with an orchestra, and the line-up for the festival is immense!

The JLBJH performance will not be filmed, so the only way to see this unique performance is to be there.

Confirmed to play on the same bill as JLBJH on the Sunday are Melanie, the electric Strawbs and Jethro Tull. JLBJH will be on last - regardless of any other billing considerations, they will be the only band performing with the orchestra, so the logistics of changovers etc. dictate that they need to be on last.

The Friday line-up includes The Carl Palmer Band, Wetton-Downes iCon, Jefferson Starship, Steve Howe and Alvin Lee.

Saturday's bill boasts Mostly Autumn, Focus, Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash, It's A Beautiful Day, Jack Bruce, Robin Trower and Gary Husband and the original line-up of Asia.

The whole event will be held in an enormous 'Big Top'.

Further information at http://www.new-dawn-events.co.uk/





Prize Draw

22nd March, 2009 Cross-stitch butterfly by Kate Russell

To mark the occasion of the Easter Sunday JLBJH concert at The Lowry, forum member Kate Russell is very kindly donating a framed cross-stitch of the butterfly from inside the Once Again sleeve, as the prize in a free draw.

To be in with a chance of winning, just e-mail us at competition@bjharvest.co.uk before the closing date of April 5th.





Final 2009 UK Dates

9th March, 2009

The final two dates for John Lees' Barclay James Harvest UK Autumn tour are now confirmed:

The Canterbury show is an etix event and purchasers will receive an automated email. Once purchased tickets will be allocated seats on a first come, first served basis, with parties being seated together where possible. Norwich will be a standing show.

No more UK gigs will be added, but the band are hoping to play more shows abroad after the UK tour.





JLBJH London Tickets On Sale Tuesday

9th March, 2009

Tickets for the John Lees' Barclay James Harvest concert at London's Bloomsbury Theatre on October 30th will go on sale from the Bloomsbury Box Office on Tuesday, March 10th. Box Office telephone number is 020 7388 8822, and the venue's web site is http://www.thebloomsbury.com/





Two More Dates

5th March, 2009

Two more John Lees' Barclay James Harvest UK tour dates now confirmed:





New Date Added

4th March, 2009

Another John Lees' Barclay James Harvest UK tour date now confirmed:





JLBJH in Portugal

3rd March, 2009

John Lees' Barclay James Harvest have announced another date in their 2009 schedule, this time on the 3rd October at the University of Lisbon, Aula Magna (Great Hall).





Tickets for the JLBJH Autumn Tour

25th February, 2009

Ticketing arrangements for the John Lees' Barclay James Harvest October dates will be as follows:



Tickets for the Cambridge Rock Festival on 7th August are also on sale now, from www.cambridgerockfestival.co.uk or by telephone on 0845 299 0845 or 01353 749749

More info on further dates and the other on-sale dates as soon as we have it.





UK Festivals

16th February, 2009

John Lees' Barclay James Harvest are delighted to be headlining two festivals on Friday, 7th August and Sunday, 9th August, 2009.

On Friday 7th, August they will appear at the Cambridge Rock festival (new venue at the polo ground, one mile outside Cambridge) together with Asia, Focus, Mostly Autumn, The Quireboys and Simon McBride amongst others. Unusually a game of polo will also be watchable! Tickets are on sale already:
www.cambridgerockfestival.co.uk.

On Sunday 9th, August, JLBJH will play the Woodstock 2009 festival to be held at the West Midlands Showground just outside of Shrewsbury. It's expected that part of the set will be orchestrated, but this will be confirmed shortly. Other band names will be announced soon, but will be predominantly Classic Rock. More information at www.new-dawn-events.co.uk





Spain and Canada

14th February, 2009

John Lees' Barclay James Harvest have confirmed that they will be playing a festival in Spain in September. They will headline the AudioDénia festival in Spain on Sunday the 6th September. Dénia is on the coast, between Valencia and Alicante, and tickets go on sale from 15th February - further information can be found at the festival website, www.audiodenia.com

Please note that the date of the previously announced concert in Canada, at the Toronto Opera House, has now been moved to May 6th.





More Dates Added

9th February, 2009

Three more John Lees' Barclay James Harvest dates are now confirmed, in Perth and Holmfirth. The current list of UK autumn tour dates is now:





New Date Added

7th February, 2009

Third John Lees' Barclay James Harvest UK tour date now confirmed:





UK Tour!

5th February, 2009

Esoteric Arts are pleased to announce a UK tour for John Lees' Barclay James Harvest in Autumn 2009. The band will be John Lees, Woolly Wolstenholme, Craig Fletcher, Kev Whitehead and Jeremy Smith.

The following dates are confirmed (but tickets will not available for a short while):

Expected touring period is 25th October to 4th November - further dates to be announced shortly. There will not be a Manchester show as part of the tour.

Several festival dates are also expected to be announced shortly.





JLBJH in Canada!

4th February, 2009

Following on from RoSFest, John Lees' Barclay James Harvest are to play in Canada at the Toronto Opera House on Wednesday, 6th May 2009. No other date will be played in North America. Ticketing details to be announced very shortly.





First Rehearsal

21st January, 2009

The first rehearsal for the upcoming JLBJH live shows took place last week, and went very well. This was the first time that additional keyboard player Jez Smith had played with the band, but, as he was a closet BJH and prog rock fan back in the seventies, he had no problems fitting in! We'll be posting a proper biography on the site soon, but in the meantime, here's a photo:



Jez Smith on keyboards




Rosfest Details

17th November, 2008 RoSFest 2009 logo

We now have the full bill and ticketing details for the Rites of Spring Festival of prog rock, which takes place from May 1st to 3rd at the Keswick Theatre, Glenside, Philadelphia.

Line-up:
Nektar - Lazuli - John Lees' Barclay James Harvest - Frost* - Apocalypse - Iluvatar - Abigail's Ghost - Estradasphere - Mangala Vallis - Moon Safari - Touchstone - Silver Pipe

Venue:
Keswick Theatre. 291 N Keswick Ave,
Glenside, PA 19038
www.keswicktheatre.com

Brought you by the Philly Rock Connection - A PPRC music production
www.pprcmusic.com

RoSfest Gold Seat Tickets on sale now:
Gold seat tickets 225.00 each
Friday night tickets $40.00

RoSfest Regular Seat Tickets go on sale January 2nd, 2009:
Regular seat tickets $110.00
Friday night tickets $40.00

Visit the RoSfest website at www.rosfest.com - www.myspace.com/rosfest