The time has come for this important announcement: 2011 will be the year of the "Green show" where The Watch will play the whole Selling England album and much more... and of course some songs from the band own repertoire...

so we hope you all will enjoy listening to this great Genesis music played live by The Watch in their unique performing style supported by the Hammond organ, the mellotron and 12 strings guitars... close your eyes and get back to 1973 !!!


Tour dates 2011 - Green show: please keep an eye on this as there are some more incoming gigs to be announced soon

Hi !

Back from summer days, the band is hardly working on the new album. There
will be 11 track on it, 4 of them will be covers taken from "From Genesis
to Revelation" period and 'though the whole album is inspered by those very
nice and delicate days, you will find The Watch typical sound in all
original compositions and all the tracks will sound very powerful or
sometimes soft, with the usual care for melodies the band is famous for..
we really hope to let you hear a few excerpts soon, hopefully before the
US-Canada tour.

Days are passing very fast and october is approaching, this means the band
to come back on stage for two great festivals in belgium and UK, Prog
Resiste and Summer's end. Moreover we all are looking forward to get to the
US and Canada for the first extensive tour for the band in those countries,
we're all very excited !

Cheers,
The Watch

here we go with some news from The Watch camp.. the band is fully working on the new album, due for January 2011, more infos and perhaps an audio snippet in the future.. the album will be a rivisiting of Genesis '69 "From genesis to revelation" album, with a lot of new parts and brand new arrangements in a pure The Watch style. Guys are very proud of what is coming out but as usual, very into the project and fully working on it when not away for live performances.


Here you can see The Watch live in Rome, a week ago, @ Parco degli acquedotti, after the gig the guys are toasting Giorgio's birthday.




The biggest new is about USA and CANADA tour 2010 with the "BLUE SHOW", here it is the complete schedule with the confirmed gigs:


Fri 22 October - Hamilton, Ontario - Canada
The Studio at Hamilton Place - tel: 905-546-3100
http://www.hecfi.ca/


Sat 23 October - Quebec - Canada
Le Centre d'art la Chapelle - tel: 418-686-5032
http://www.centredartlachapelle.com/


Sun 24 October - Philadelphia, PA - USA
North Star Bar - tel: (215)-787-0488
http://www.northstarbar.com/


Tue 26 October - Montreal - Canada
Cafe' Chaos - tel: 514-844-0738
http://www.cafechaos.qc.ca/


Wed 27 October - New York, NY - USA
B.B. King Blues Club - tel: 212-997-4144
http://www.bbkingblues.com/


Fri 29 October - Niagara Falls, NY - USA
The Rapids Theatre - tel: 716-205-8925
http://www.rapidstheatre.com/


Sat 30 October - Baltimore, MD - USA
Orion Sound Studios
info on http://www.dc-soar.org/


Sun 31 October - Brighton, MA - USA
The Magic Room Gallery - tel: 617-775-4009
http://www.magicroomgallery.com/


Unfortunately the gig in Atlanta scheduled for saturday 30th October has been cancelled and the one in Washington will take its place, so the gig in Washington @ Orion Studios has been moved to saturday 30th October. We're very sorry for all those who were waiting for our show in Atlanta but it's due to circumstances beyond our control and we hope we'll be able to play there next time. Thanks to all at Eyedrum and Allen for their help.


At this link you can have infos about these USA and Canadian shows, so please check it out..




European autumn "Blue Show" update:


here is the update list of gigs this autumn, it will the last time The Watch will perform the blue show, as they will be on the road from January 2011 on, with a brand and completely new show, called "Green show" dedicated to the COMPLETE Selling England by the pound album 1973... more news the next months.


fri 8 Oct - Espace Tatry - Bordeaux - F
MOVED to 2011 due to venue's problems


sat 9 Oct - Prog resiste convention - Spirit of 66 - Verviers - B
The Watch will perform a lot of their own material


sun 10 Oct - Summer's End Festival - Lydney, Gloucestershire - UK



THE WATCH Blue show - USA and Canada shows 22 - 31 Oct



sat 6 Nov - Club il giardino - Lugagnano di Sona
http://www.clubilgiardino.org/


fri 12 Nov - Brickmakers - Norwich - UK
http://www.thebrickmakers.com/


sat 13 Nov - The Luminaire - London - UK
http://www.theluminaire.co.uk/


sun 14 Nov - The Musician - Leicester - UK
http://www.themusicianpub.co.uk/ - tickets: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/82978


fri 19 Nov - Das Rind - Russelheim - D
http://www.dasrind.de/


sat 20 Nov - Het Kasteel - Alphen aan den Rijn - NL
http://www.hetkasteel.nl/


sun 21 Nov - Lotto Mons Club - Mons - B
info: thewatch@scarlet.be - tickets: http://www.ticketnet.be/shop/en/manif.asp?idmanif=3819&idtier=14


fri 26 Nov - Universum - Bunde - D
tickets: http://www.widuticket.de/index.php?show=EventDetail&N_V_ID=913; hotline 0 52 23 17 88 88



sat 27 Nov - Bluescafe' - Apeldoorn - NL
tickets: http://www.bluescafe.nl/



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Christmas Shows:


fri 3 Dec - Belafonte - Mira - I


sat 4 Dec - Sala Granziol - Preganziol (TV)
info e prenotazioni: tickets@thewatch.it - tel. 347-4261013


E' previsto anche uno spettacolo di Natale a Milano in dicembre in cui i the Watch proveranno anche parte del nuovo show di Selling England, una festa particolare per tutti gli amanti dei genesis e dei the watch, info prossimamente...


Not all the venues have already put tickets on sale, so please check the venues' websites regularely.


Do not esitate to come in touch for other infos.
Thanks for your support and hope to meet you all at the shows...


The Watch

A present for all our portal subscribers: interview with Simone Rossetti and The Watch playing Soaring on 2010 version at national estonian TV , ETV

Interview

wed 27 Oct B.B. King Blues Club - New York, NY - USA
tel: 212-997-4144 - www.bbkingblues.com

thu 28 Oct venue tbc - Washington, DC - USA

fri 29 Oct tbc - USA

sat 30 Oct tbc - USA

sun 31 Oct The Magic Room Gallery - Brighton, MA - USA
tel: 617-775-4009 - www.magicroomgallery.com

...and then back to Europe:

sat 6 Nov Club il giardino, Lugagnano di Sona - www.clubilgiardino.org - tbc

fri 12 Nov Cheese and Grain, Frome, Somerset - UK
box office 01373 455420 Enquiries: cheeseandgraintickets@hotmail.com

sat 13 Nov The Luminaire, London - UK - www.theluminaire.co.uk

sun 14 Nov The Musician, Licester - UK - tickets: www.wegottickets.com

fri 19 Nov Das Rind, Russelheim - D - www.dasrind.de

sat 20 Nov Het Kasteel, Alphen aan den Rijn - NL - www.hetkasteel.nl

sun 21 Nov venue tba, Mons B

fri 26 Nov Universum, Bunde - D
presales: www.widuticket.de; hotline 0 52 23 17 88 88

thu 2 Dec Belafonte, Mira - I

Not all the venues have already put tickets on sale, so please check the venues' websites regularely.

Do not esitate to come in touch for other infos. Thanks for your support and hope to meet you all at the shows...

Hi everybody !
We'd like to say thank you to all who showed up at our gigs! We're having such a great time and night after night the feedback you are giving us is superb...

the 3 italian gigs were very good, grazie a tutti per averci accolto in quel modo! As you know we had John Hackett and Nick Magnus playing with us, their show is great and we spent a wonderful time together...

the UK gigs have been great too ! Our first time in Scotland has been impressive for us, how many sympathetic people we've met there.... and the Ferry is a nice and particular venue.. we're looking forward to be back there asap !

CRS gig was really special ! We've had the huge pleasure to meet John's brother Steve Hackett. It's been such an unexpected surprise for us, and he performed a couple of numbers with John and Nick and then Giorgio was invited on stage too, to perform Jacuzzi with them... no need to say how Giorgio was excited about that !!! The atmosphere was so intimate, like to be in a family... of 200 members..

Steve attended the whole gig and after it he reached us in the dressing room, having really nice words for what and how we played our setilist ! You can be sure it's been a great reward for a non-tribute band like us, believing so much in what we do with Genesis material along with our own music.


We'd really like to say thanks to John and Nick for our time together... we've enjoyed it immensely !

Thanks to Steve Hackett for the big surprise in Rotherham and for such an encouragement from his side !

On May 22nd - The Watch will be part of the STEVE HACKETT EVENT - LE GARE FranceSalle polyvalenteGrand Rue68480 WERENTZHOUSE (FRANCE) infos: http://www.genesisfrance.fr/
We are really looking forward to it !!!


GIG's UPDATING:

These are some news concerning some upcoming gigs:

fri 26 Feb Steinbruch Cafe' - Duisburg D
sat 27 Feb Bergkeller - Reichnbach D
fri 5 Mar Colos-saal - Ashaffenburg D
fri 12 Mar Victorie - Alkmaar NL
sat 13 Mar La Chapelle - Mons B - SOLD OUT (3rd sold out in this year tour gig list)
sun 14 Mar Zwoelfzehn club - Stuttgart D

fri 19 Mar Schlachthof - Bremen D - CANCELLED
due to circumstances not under our control

sat 20 Mar Tavastia Klub - Helsinki FIN
MOVED to wed 26 May same venue

fri 26 Mar Open air - Tonale I

sat 27 Mar Spazio Mavv - Vittorio Veneto
40th TRESPASS anniversary show
- Whole album played live for the first time ever!!!
- intero album suonato dal vivo per la prima volta in assoluto!!!

fri 16 Apr Mood club - Principaute de Monaco
sat 17 Apr Mood club - Principaute de Monaco
sat 8 May John Dee - Oslo N
fri 14 May Prog Sud - Marseille F
fri 21 May Gasthaus Zum Brau - 84518 Garching a.d. Alz (east of Munich) D

sat 22 May STEVE HACKETT EVENT
LE GARE Salle polyvalente
Grand Rue 68480 WERENTZHOUSE (FRANCE)

wed 26 May Tavastia Klub - Helsinki FIN

fri 28 May Rock Cafè - Tallinn EST New!

sat 29 May Muzik Zentrum tbc - Hannover D
sun 13 June Robin - Wolverhampton UK

THE WATCH proudly announce the release of the new album PLANET EARTH ? on Feburary 20th 2010

Titles:

- Welcome to your Life
- Something Wrong
- Earth
- All the Lights in Town
- The World Inside
- New Normal
- Tourist Trap

We are so happy to finally annouce that our new album "Planet Earth ?" will be released soon. We are so proud of the result and we consider it one of the best release of our musical career. We have tried to have just beautiful songs and we think that all the 7 tracks could be defined simple enough to let you experience deep musical feelings at the very first listening, particular enough to let you discover interesting melodies and new musical nuances every time you play it.

You can hear some excerpts clicking on the song title.

In this album you can find also the collaboration of the band with John Hackett who has played flute on the track called "New Normal". This song has already been also played live by The Watch and John Hackett at some concerts in Italy and UK.

Click here to ask for further infos about where to buy it in your area if necessary.

Please let us have some feedbacks about it.

Cheers !!

THE WATCH

Hi everybody,
Just a short note concerning gig dates:

4 febbraio 2010 - Rozzano (MI)

Prenotazione posti a sedere non numerati e qualsiasi altra informazione:
mail tickets@thewatch.it - telefono 347 4261013

Come raggiungere il locale: visualizza la cartina


5 febbraio 2010 - Vicenza

Si terra' al TEATRO COMUNALE e non al teatro S. Marco
Info: http://www.schiolife.com/ - Email: info@schiolife.com -
Telefono 328-2665345 - Prevendite: qui



Confirmed concert at TAVASTIA - Helsinki, Finland, moved to: Wednesday 26th May info at: marco.bernard@colossus.fi

New concert tbc : Friday 28th May - TALLIN, Estonia - venue tbc more info soon


The mastering of the new album "Planet Earth?" is over, official release date announcement will be spread next days. We'll proudly post some mp3s and album cover for all the portal subscribers... so please keep your attention on the portal..

Merci!!