Interviewing The Legends: Nick Barrett interview

NICK BARRETT

FRONTMAN FOR BRITISH PROG ROCK GROUP

P E N D R A G O N

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NORTH STAR

ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS

WITH RAY SHASHO!

Pendragon are an English neo-progressive rock band established in 1978 in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, as Zeus Pendragon by guitarist and vocalist Nick Barrett. The word Zeus was dropped before the band started recording, as the members decided it was too long to look good on a T-shirt.

There were a few personnel changes in the early days, but since 1986 the lineup has remained relatively stable (with only the drummer changing several times since then).

The band were active in the progressive rock revival spearheaded by the likes of Marillion, Pallas, Solstice and Twelfth Night in the early 1980s and often appeared as support acts to Marillion and other major prog bands, both on tours and at the Marquee venue which hosted many regular prog evenings.

In September 2019 the band released a 40th Anniversary boxed set containing five compact discs. The first three represent a complete live concert recording made in London during 2018. The remaining two discs are re-mixed and remastered versions of the albums The World and Men Who Climb Mountains. In February 2020, a new album called Love Over Fear was released. Most recently this year an EP entitled North Star was released.

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PENDRAGON

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THE MOST RECENT

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PENDRAGON

entitled

LOVE OVER FEAR

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FOR MORE INFORMATION

ABOUT

NICK BARRETT

AND

PENDRAGON

VISIT

www.pendragon.mu

Official website

https://twitter.com/PendieHQ

Twitter

www.facebook.com/PendragonHQ

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https://pendragon3.bandcamp.com/album/north-star

Bandcamp

PENDRAGON

DISCOGRAPHY

Studio albums

The Jewel (1985)

Kowtow (1988)

The World (1991)

The Window of Life (1993)

The Masquerade Overture (1996)

Not of This World (2001)

Believe (2005)

Pure (2008)

Passion (2011)

Men Who Climb Mountains (2014)

Love Over Fear (2020)

Live Album’s

9:15 Live 1986

Around the World in 80 Minutes Vol 2 1992

The Very, Very Bootleg: Live in Lille 1993

Utrecht...The Final Frontier 1995

Live in Kraków 96 1997

Acoustically Challenged 2002

Live at Last ...And More 2004

Concerto Maximo 2009

Out of Order Comes Chaos 2013

Masquerade 20 2017

EP’s

Pendragon (aka The Armageddon Tape) 1982

Pendragon (aka The Excalibur Tape) 1983

The Friday Rock Show 1983

Fly High Fall Far 1984

Saved by You 1989

Fallen Dreams & Angels 1994

As Good as Gold 1996

North Star 2023

NICK BARRETT

SOLO

Nick Barrett & Clive Nolan – A Rush Of Adrenaline 2006

UPCOMING SHOWS

2023

Friday Nov 3rd – The Wharf, Tavistock, Devon

Saturday Nov 4th – Trading Boundaries, Fletching, East Sussex

We’re heading out on tour in the spring of 2024, and here’s where we’ll be…

May 2024

11th – Saturday & 12th Sunday – VIP’24 Weekend – Key Theatre – Peterborough – UK

13th – Monday – Zentrum Altenberg – Oberhausen – DE

14th – Tuesday – Paris – FR – TBC

15th – Wednesday – Z7 – Pratteln – CH

16th – Thursday – Lyon – FR – TBC

17th – Friday – Chez Paulette – Pagney-derrière-Barine- FR

18th – Saturday – De Boerderij – Zoetermeer – NL

19th – Sunday – Das Rind – Russelshiem – DE

20th – Monday – Zik-Zak – Ittre – BE (ticket links coming soon)

21st – Tuesday – Logo – Hamburg – DE (ticket links coming soon)

22nd – Wednesday – Beta – Copenhagen – DK

23rd – Thursday – Galej – Gothenburg – SE

25th Saturday & 26th Sunday – VIP ’24 Weekend- CK Wiatrak – Zabrze – PL

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