Marillion

Marillion, the British prog-rock heavyweights, have dropped a new remix of the single Go!, teasing a new deluxe edition of their 1999 album "marillion.com". It's an anniversary reissue marking 25 years since the album came out, landing…

Marillion'Marillion Weekends Convention XXII.' (Day Two)10 May 2025, from 9:15 PM to 11:35 PMPadua / Gran Teatro Geox / Italy Padua is Padua! Incredibly convenient for day-trip concert visits, especially for everyone based in the…

Marillion'Marillion Weekends Convention XXII.' (Day One)May 9, 2025, 9:15 PM – 11:15 PMPadua / Gran Teatro Geox / Italy Hard to believe it's already been two years since the first encounter with Marillion at the Marillion Weekend…

Marillion'Marillion Weekends Convention XXI.' (day two)Saturday, 29 April 2023Padua / Gran Teatro Geox / Italy The second day of the 21st Marillion Weekend Convention at the end of this past April in Padua didn't deviate much from…

Marillion 'Marillion Weekends Convention XXI.' (Day One)Friday, 28 April 2023Padua / Gran Teatro Geox / Italy Marillion, those prog and art rock luminaries who released their latest studio album "An Hour Before It's Dark" just over…

Label: earMUSICRelease date: March 4, 2022Production: MarillionAlbum length: 54.19 minGenre: Progressive Rock / Art RockRating: 10/10 »An Hour Before Its’ Dark« is the long-awaited twentieth studio album from English prog rock…

"With Friends from the Orchestra" is aimed first and foremost at all the loyal Marillion faithful who have long wondered how some of the best pieces in the prog-rock champions' story would sound with string and wind arrangements.

Rothery's show with his "Italian crew" was split into four parts, and as expected, it was the closing stretch that made the Marillion faithful happiest.

"The Brno show was something special. It was the final one, the last night, so the band allowed themselves a lot more cheekiness, way more looseness and wildness than we got three days earlier at the Vienna gig."

"Speechless. Superb sound, superb production, superb performance. Not a single note worth complaining about. Perfection. At a Marillion show you can hear a pin drop. Once again they won everyone over with their atmospheric hypnosis and…

"After Verona in 2016, another amphitheater has "fallen" – this time in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, where Marillion once again glowed in all their majestic performing magic!"

Another encounter with the magic that keeps you in a trance long after the show, in a kind of parallel world beyond reality and logic. The world of Marillion's music. A unique world that is born anew only at live meetings with this…

Riding the huge wave of success from the release of "F.E.A.R." (2016), Marillion's tour has "stretched" into autumn 2017 after a run of successful summer festival shows. The first stop on this leg is the ancient Roman amphitheater in…

Location: Seebronn / Festivalgelände / Germany Date: 29.07.2017 So. The second day of this year's Rock of Ages festival put nine acts on the stage, and the program was kicked off at half past eleven by German heavy/hard…

So. The second day of this year's Rock of Ages festival put nine acts on stage! Saga were picked as the day's headliners, going up against their direct "challengers" Marillion, and the rest of the bill lined up like this: Dare, Pretty…

Label: earMUSIC Records Release date: 22-09.2016 Production: Marillion & Michael Hunter Genre: Neo Progressive Rock / Art Rock Album length: 68:10 English prog rock champions Marillion have made their eighteenth studio album, "Fuck…

The dystopian vibe of "Fuck Everyone and Run (FEAR)" leaves a deep impression from the very first spins of the new Marillion album, but it only truly takes hold once you give it the time for deeper listening, just as we've come to expect…

"Marillion surprised us way more with a performance of the more than fifteen-minute title masterpiece, that is "This Strange Engine", with which they closed their fantastic show in Verona in epic fashion."

Verona, one of Italy's most picturesque cities, with an incredibly rich history and a beautifully preserved old town that still draws crowds of tourists from all over the world, welcomed the legendary English band Marillion into the heart…

The limited Christmas edition »Chile For The Time Of Year« boasts a killer selection of live performances, courtesy of 'Britain's best-kept musical secret'.

With »Marbles«, Marillion created a modern prog rock classic and one of the finest moments of their colorful career, proving that even the 'dinosaurs' can shake things up at the top of the modern commercial charts.

Strip away the influences of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century classical music and the early twentieth, and the roots of progressive rock reach back to the first half of the sixties, to what is now the United Kingdom.

»Recital of the Script«, one of their best live documents, has long been part of every Fish-era Marillion fan's collection, while all those prog rock fans who aren't exactly die-hard collectors of live releases simply have to get this…

»Anorak in the UK: Live« is a vivid, high-energy document of what Marillion looked like on stage at the start of the 21st century. Anyone who loves »Anoraknophobia« will get their money's worth from this live recording.

Art pop rock-leaning »Anoraknophobia« was the 'modern'-sounding album Marillion had been wanting to make for a few years, the late nineties in particular, but the right inspiration and drive always seemed to slip away from them.

With »Marillion.com«, Marillion made one of their strangest studio experiments. It's not without its flaws, but they're easily outweighed by plenty of bright moments, packed with bold, thrilling forays into sonic territory they'd never…

»Radiation« is still seen today as a pretty 'quirky' album that, thanks to its experiments with some of the popular sonic trends of the nineties and its generally rather 'sleepy' atmosphere, is fully to the liking of only a few Marillion…

"This Strange Engine" doesn't come up much when people rank the best Marillion albums, but it's still one of the most interesting art rock records of the nineties, and the one that let this legendary British band successfully open the first…

»Made Again« is a terrific double live document that still offers a near-perfect window into Marillion's live scene in the first half of the nineties, the early era with Mr. H in the lineup.

Live shows by 'Britain's most closely guarded musical secret' are always a one-of-a-kind balm for body, soul and spirit, so it would be a great idea if seeing them live at least once became a mandatory part of the prescribed medical regimen…

Pete Trewavas is the cult bassist of the legendary English art rock band Marillion, who rode their biggest hit, »Kayleigh«, to become the flagship act of the new wave of progressive rock in the eighties. He's been a member of…

»Real to Reel/Brief Encounter« is an important historical compilation for all longtime Marillion devotees, especially those who fondly remember all their classics with the unforgettable Scottish giant on vocals.

»Popular Music« is a double live treat aimed first and foremost at longtime fans of every chapter in the thrilling career of 'Britain's best-kept musical secret'.

With »Sounds That Can't Be Made«, their latest studio masterpiece, Marillion have once again proven why they're one of the most revered progressive rock bands of our time, despite being criminally ignored by the commercial…

»No One Can« is a full-blooded display of artistic finesse, the kind only top-tier bands can conjure up, and 'Britain's best-kept musical secret' definitely belongs in that league.

»Cover My Eyes«, the ultimate pop-rock revelation of the most sensual fantasies, is one of those radio hits that never actually became hits, even though they deserved to.

"Easter", one of the most beautiful ballads in rock history, cemented Steve Hogarth once and for all as a truly one-of-a-kind vocal authority.

Mr. H may have shown up at Marillion as an uninvited guest, but in less than a year he'd become a warmly welcomed local right in the middle of this legendary art rock collective.

When it dropped, »Hooks In You« was a huge shift and a straight-up shock for fans of Fish-era Marillion. Today it's recognized as an energetic catalyst that showed off their versatility and their freedom from genre constraints.

You could say "Freaks (Live)" is a symbolic farewell to the Fish era, since at the time of release it was the last official release featuring the charismatic Scottish giant up front.

"Warm Wet Circles" is yet another "Clutching at Straws" classic that has aged beautifully and neatly sealed the final studio chapter of the Fish era.

Fish's ode to "sugar mice in the rain" is one of the loveliest ballads in the Marillion story, from the moment the legendary singer already had one foot at a career crossroads and the neo-prog champs were staring down a dramatic change in…

The Monty Python-style romp "Incommunicado" has stayed one of the most beloved evergreens of this legendary prog rock band from Aylesbury to this day.

"Welcome to the Garden Party" offers nothing you can't find on other Marillion releases, but as one of their biggest rarities it's seriously interesting to collectors these days.

"Lady Nina" is the weakest single in the history of the neo-prog rock champions, but that only makes it all the more sought-after as a big rarity, which is cold comfort for anyone who happened to be expecting another Marillion classic.

"Heart of Lothian", another key building block of the "Misplaced Childhood" success story, may not enjoy the same popularity as "Kayleigh" and "Lavender" among the radio-hit gobblers, but all the more reason for prog rock connoisseurs to…

Even though "Lavender" lives in the shadow of its more famous sibling (or sister, rather), it's yet another dazzling jewel in the crown of the incomparable "Misplaced Childhood" brilliance.

"Kayleigh" is an evergreen that plenty of people know even if they have zero clue about Marillion or prog rock in general, which means it did an enormous amount for the visibility of a genre that was fairly run-down in the eighties.

Of all the classics from the Fish era, "Assassing" is easily the most overlooked, which goes for the whole "Fugazi" album, since it hasn't been played live since the late eighties.

"Punch and Judy", one of the most vivid and entertaining moments on the cult album "Fugazi", still delights today in single form too.

"Garden Party" stands out among the "Script For a Jester's Tear" classics. Against the dark nature of that cult album, it has a markedly upbeat, party-loving spirit.

"He Knows You Know" really comes into its own as one of the building blocks of the masterpiece "Script For a Jester's Tear", but it's also a Fish-era classic in its own right.

"Market Square Heroes," the opening act of a magnificent career, enjoys cult status as a neo-prog evergreen and as a single, which meant that from the moment it came out it was a must-have in the collection of every loyal follower of this…

Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik Location: Paard van Troje / The Hague / the NetherlandsConcert date: November 29, 2011Attendance: 800Ticket price: €45.00 As part of a Western European autumn ramble taking in Germany,…

It would be pointless to try to decide which legendary band wowed us more that night, since the two are cut from completely different cloth.

The masterpiece "Afraid Of Sunlight" is one of the best albums in the history of 'Britain's best-kept musical secret'. Marillion once again managed to create something fresh, without flirting with their mighty past.

"Brave" isn't just one of the peaks in this legendary band's career, it's also one of the greatest concept albums of all time, and it signaled a much better era for art rock in general in the second half of the nineties.

With "Less Is More", their first acoustic album, Marillion mostly confirmed that they remain among the top masters of sonic reinvention. There's no doubt the band had a blast making it.

Author: Peter PodbrežnikPhotos: Peter Podbrežnik Location: Live Club / Trezzo (Milan) / Italy Concert date: 04.02.2009Attendance: 2000Ticket price: 25,00€ Trezzo, a small town near Milan, got the honor of hosting Britain's most carefully…

Marillion have been more active in recent years than they've been at almost any point in their long career, except maybe at the very start, which they often seem to want to forget. With the dust from the previous album barely settled, sol

»Holidays In Eden« was the first album by the legendary British (neo) prog heroes Marillion that they recorded from start to finish with their then still relatively fresh-faced singer Steve Hogarth. He had

Author: Peter Podbrežnik Venue: Estragon / Bologna / ItalyConcert date: April 25, 2007Attendance: 1700Ticket price: 20.00 € With the first signs of the midday sun beating down, our trio of eager prog-melody fans set off for Bologna…

In 1989, Marillion found themselves at a major turning point in their career. Charismatic singer Fish, who many fans saw as the band's central figure, had left not long before to focus on his solo career. Their

In recent years Marillion have undoubtedly become one of those bands that take a lot of listens before you can judge them objectively and write a halfway credible review, since they make albums that in the ears

"The Thieving Magpie - La Gazza Ladra" is a double live album that marks Marillion's first real official live recording, if you don't count the live tracks that came out on their "first" live release, "Real To Reel" (1984) and the EP "Brief…

After the huge success of their timeless concept masterpiece "Misplaced Childhood" (1985), and especially its two hit singles, Marillion completely unexpectedly morphed from a cult new-wave prog rock band into a world-class act that could…

In 2005, Marillion recorded both nights of their annual two-day convention, where they thrilled the lucky crowd with performances of some of their lesser-known works, reworked takes, as well as a few hits they hadn't played in quite a few…

»Mirrors« is the second concert installment of two live releases recorded at the band's traditional convention in the summer of 2005, which Marillion put out at the same time as another live album called »Smok

Unforgettable masterpieces like "Misplaced Childhood" happen only once in a career, even for top-tier bands like Marillion. For the band, the album wasn't just an artistic peak but a commercial on

On "Fugazi," their second album, Marillion got a lot more refined, found an even silkier, crystal-clear sound, and moved a little further away from flirting with the legacy of the giants

"So here I am once more…" With those legendary lines, the revival of progressive rock kicked off in the early 80s. At a time when punk, new wave and synth pop had pushed prog rock almost to the brink of survival