Hi all,
Hey, the venue changed for the party gig here in Montreal.
Thankfully we already booked another venue that looks even cooler. If you are planning on coming please make a note of the new venue.

Thanks, and I hope to see ya on the 21st

NDV

THE NEW SPOCK'S BEARD CD "X" IS OUT!!! WHOO HOOO!!!!!
After a long wait the new CD is finally here. Thank you to all of the fans who put up their hard earned money ahead of time to help up make this CD. We feel it turned out very well and can't wait for all of you to hear it.

To celebrate the release I am doing a couple of listening parties along with an acoustic set up here in Quebec. I figure I am already here, there are great prog/SB fans here and I WANT TO PLAY!!! One of the parties is in Quebec City on June 14th and the other is in Montreal on June 21st. Yes those are Monday's but it is the only day I can do because of my Cirque Du Soleil schedule. We are starting a little early because I know we all have to get back home at a decent hour to prepare for the next day. Check out the flyers below. The one for Quebec City is in French. If for some reason you need info in English for that gig just write to the email address attached. The flyer for Montreal is in both English and French.

Basically we are going to listen down to the new disc, have question and answer sessions about the songs, and then to finish off the night I am going to do an acoustic set of a bunch of SB tunes and maybe a few other things. Admission is free for both gigs but there are bars where all of you will hopefully buy a couple of drinks to help out these very generous venues.

Big thank you's go out to my QUEBEC friends helping out with these gigs!!!

Hope to see you there,

NDV

À ne pas manquer :
Soirée avec Nick D’Virgilio.

À l’occasion du lancement du 10e album studio de Spock’s Beard, la région de Québec a l’honneur de recevoir Nick D’Virgilio, chanteur et batteur du groupe. Lors de cette soirée, organisée par et pour ses fans, nous aurons l’occasion de découvrir ce spectaculaire album et d’en discuter avec Nick. Par la suite, l’artiste nous offrira une courte prestation acoustique.

Le tout se déroulera le lundi 14 juin 2010, à compter de 19 heures, à la salle Kondiaronk de Wendake (83 boulevard Bastien, Wendake, G0A 4V0).

L’entrée est gratuite mais les places sont limitées. Réservez votre place au plus tôt à l’adresse courriel suivante, en laissant votre nom ET votre adresse courriel ET votre numéro de téléphone :
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Nous espérons vous voir nombreux!

François Hudon, Benoît Laflamme et Louis-Karl Picard-Sioui, Organisateurs

P.S. :Un service de bar sera disponible, des cds de Spock’s Beard seront en vente sur place et le stationnement est gratuit!

P.P.S. : Si vous ne pouvez plus être présent après vous être inscrit, SVP nous en aviser par la même adresse de courriel afin de libérer la place pour un autre fan. Merci.

Hello one and all!

As any of you who follow Spock's Beard know our 10th CD "X" will be released soon. It has been hand delivered to the manufacturer and all of those pre-orders will be sent out very soon. We are very excited to get this music out into the world. The record turned out really well. It progs (is that a verb?...well it is now :)) it rocks and makes no apologies about it. HA HA HA! Really we had a lot of fun making this record and can't wait to play this music live. Which is also coming.

Here is why I am writing this and it goes out to all of you in Montreal and Quebec.

I was thinking that it would be cool and fun to have a listening party. Or two. We could sit and listen through the new CD and talk about each song if you like, or listen down to the whole thing then talk. Then after that I could do a short acoustic set to finish off the night.

There are a few things about this idea though:

Someone will generously have to host this evening and needs to have a good sound system to listen to the music through. I don't not have the ability or place to do so myself here in Montreal. Also the person or persons who host the night will have to be OK with letting people into their home. I have done a bunch of "HOUSE CONCERTS" in the past and they are really fun and there have never been any problems. I think this could be a great way to get to know some of you Canadian fans and play some music as well. We can make it a pot luck where everybody who comes has to bring something to eat and drink that way it is not all left to the host and then we can all party a bit.

We can definitely limit the number of people who can come. I have no idea how popular this idea will even be. It can be set up so something like the first 50 or 100 or however many people the host thinks they could handle would be able to come.

Here a wrench I have to put into this whole idea... As you all may or may not know I have a new gig with Cirque Du Soliel. The show I am in is called TOTEM and it is starting this week on Thursday. The only night of the week I have off is Monday. A school night/work night is not ideal I know. For me as well but that is all I have.

I'd like to open this idea to both Montreal and Quebec City. Hopefully there will be enough interest to have one of these hangs in each place but lets see first.

So lets do this:
1. write to me at FACEBOOK
Not on the wall. Send me a message so I can keep them all together.
Let me know if you are interested in hosting a night like this.
If I get enough interest and it looks like this could actually happen then we can work together to get the official invites out, set the date, and make it happen.

Let's take it from here. If it can happen then great. If not well then it was a nice thought.

All the best!!!

NDV