Manning... the blog

LIVE Dates - Tickets now available on Web site

2012-01-17T23:25:00.001-08:00

Check the LIVE dates tab and see where we are playing on out "...It's not the end of the World!" tour.

Some tickets are now on advance sales.

These are with the new MANNING Line-up in action!

See you there

MANNING - New Live Line-up announced and more...

2011-12-24T02:37:00.000-08:00

So here we are just before the Seasonal break and as well as wanting to wish you all a very Merry Christmas/Chanukah and a Happy, Peaceful New Year, we need to complete our 2011 activities with some late announcements!

THE NEW MANNING BAND:
We let you know recently, that Tim Leadbeater, the Manning keyboards player for the last two years had decided to leave the band for a 'quieter life!'...well we are very pleased to be able to tell you that our new keyboards player for 2012 and beyond will be Mr. Martin Thiselton. His full resume can be found on the site Biography page.
A well established arranger / composer / performer, Martin also plays the Viola and Violin, which I am sure will come in very useful indeed!

Also, we have now parted company with drummer, Joe Casey.
We wish him well with all his future projects.

Coming in to bat for us on Drums & Percussion is Mr. Rick Henry.
Again, find a lot more out about Rick on the Biography page.

REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS:
More interviews have now been published here on the Press page, garnered from articles on web sites and magazines.

On Dec 28th 2011, the new issue of CLASSIC ROCK PRESENTS PROG publishes it's Xmas edition with a very nice sized article in it all about the band (as a follow up to the fabulous "Margaret's Children" review we got in the previous one).
We hope you will like it and also the great photo session we did with professional photographer, Stuart Wood.

LIVE DATES:
2012 promises far more live concert performances from us including SUMMERS END FESTIVAL 2012, CAMBRIDGE ROCK FESTIVAL 2012 and some long overdue European dates!!!

For up to the minute information, please make sure you keep on coming back and check out the Live page and also sign up for our exclusive Mailing list (at top of this page)

OK, that's about it for 2011.... It has been another great year for us! We hope you have enjoyed it too....
See you all down the road in 2012! and thanks once again for all your support...much appreciated..

Take Care
GuyM, Julie, Kris, Kev, Chris, Steve, Martin & Rick

MANNING - 2011 - 2 REMAINING GIGS

2011-11-25T05:31:00.001-08:00

MANNING - 2011 - 2 REMAINING GIGS

SAT 26th NOV DANFEST, Leicester UK 12 Noon (TOMORROW!!!)
With The Tangent, IoEarth, Paul Menel, Alan Reed, Akoustik Manning, Grey Lady Down, The Moscow Riley

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SAT 10th DECEMBER , THE CORPORATION in SHEFFIELD
MANNING OFFICIAL NEW ALBUM LAUNCH GIG
With Special guest Andy Tillison-Diskdrive giving us one of his rare magical solo shows!

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See you there
GuyM

"Margaret's Children" now released!

2011-11-11T03:49:00.001-08:00

and so another one leaves the nest...how fast they grow up...

Snippets:
2012 is going to be a fun year for the LIVE Band !

Martin Thiselton will succeed Tim Leadbeater as MANNING Principal Keyboards player mid DEC 2011

More news to come later...
Take care
GuyM

Tim Leadbeater retires! The hunt for a new KEYS player starts

2011-10-10T00:04:00.000-07:00

We have to report the sad news that our principal keys player Tim Leadbeater has announced his intention to leave the band at Xmas.

Here is a statement from Tim.

"I joined Manning in the nick of time to rehearse up for Rosfest 2010 and (writing the day after Steve Jobs died)
that was a great opportunity seized and a dream come true.

But even then, I knew it was a commitment piled on top of much else - not least running a whole other, 11-piece, band.

And so, having hung in there to support production of a new album and bed in new drummers (metaphorically you
understand), it is finally time to give myself a break.

I'm told you can check out but never leave. (This is very true! Ed.)

I'm certainly not trying to prove something different, but there must be somebody out there whose time has come to 'fire up the Fantom G8!' "

"On behalf of all the members of MANNING, I want to wish Tim continued success with the Beatleaders and a restful dotage!" GuyM

Tim has kindly agreed to stay with us while we find someone to take on his duties but, if we can manage a transition switfly, then the December gig will be his last with us, sadly. Please come along and wish him Bon Voyage!

Some names have already been put in the hat for this role but we would of course like to hear from any suitable KEYs players that want to work with us.

Gigs are already booked for 2012, a long awaited live album is now firmly under discussion too.

The band is gaining ground daily and the critcial success of the 11 albums released and the buzz about the new album #12 is testament to the fact that this is a golden opportunity for someone!

Email guym@guymanning.com

MARGARET'S CHILDREN - Update

2011-08-30T05:44:00.000-07:00

The album recording, mixing and production has now been completed and the artwork is being approved.

This means that the new album will be available to pre-order very soon! (Check www.guymanning.com website).

I think you will like it!

As the sequel to my 2006 album "Anser's Tree", it became very apparant that there was alot of historical narrative cross over between many songs on both these albums (i.e. cause and effect!).

The updated web site will feature a small microsite built around the characters found on the new album and this will be published in time for ths album's release in Nov 2011...stay tuned!

As we wait for all that, we welcome our new drummer/percussionist Mr. Joe Casey to the MANNING fold (again see the web site for his biog).

All efforts are now on bringing a number of the new album songs into the Autumn live set as we hope to debut these in Dec 2011.

Meantime, our appearance at this years Cambridge Rock Festival was a very enjoyable experience for the cut down Akoustik line-up...we went down well to an appreciative audience and sold some CDs to pay for our petrol - a SUCCESS!

So I think you are up to date now...if not I'll be back with more bulletins.....but please drop us a line to say hello and discuss MANNING stuff...we do love to hear from you!

Bye for now
GuyM, Julie, Kris, Chris, Kev, Steve, Tim & Joe

Akoustik Manning - 5th August 2011

2011-07-26T00:10:00.000-07:00

We will be performing some 'other' pieces from the Manning back catalogue,
'unplugged' on the Classic Rock Society stage (CAMBRIDGE ROCK FESTIVAL) at 5:15pm

There are some fine acts on, so please join us there!

http://cambridgerockfestival.co.uk/

GuyM

Changes...

2011-05-24T06:27:00.000-07:00

See main website (www.guymanning.com) for details, but our current Drummer, John Kennard is sadly leaving the line-up. We wish him well of course!

So! a new drummer is now needed...anyone with sensible replacement suggestions or wanting to audition, then please get in touch with me on guym@guymanning.com

Meanwhile, we have some Akoustik shows to do (including the 2011 Cambridge Rock Festival) and then, in October 2011 we launch our new set list featuring songs from the forthcoming brand new studo album "MARGARET'S CHILDREN"!

The album recording is going very well (if a little slowly), but the new material is nice and strong thankfully! :0)

More news as it comes in.....

See you all soon
Take care
GuyM

Margaret's Children (Anser's Tree II)

2011-02-08T06:08:00.000-08:00

Work has now started (in an unhurried and hopefully relaxed way) on the sequel to the MANNING 2006 album "Anser's Tree".

If you recall, this album followed the search for the family tree being carried out (in the future) by Dr Jonathan Anser (excavating in Scotland where his family originated) at a time when Global Warming has severely damaged the Planet and most of the Earth is flooded.

In order to establish correct timelines, events and characters, a full Family tree was created to support the album (originally available as a special poster sold along with direct web sales CDs).

I always said that one day we should go back and get more of the family documented in stories (as there were plenty left over!)...so here we are!

I will keep you periodically posted with any titbits and facts about the new songs as I too research these new characters and find out more about the ANSER family myself!

There will no doubt be some musical references to the earlier album too.

Also, please check out the GIG diary on the website for our dates starting March 2011!!

See you soon
GuyM, Julie, Kris, Kev, Steve, Chris, Tim & John

End of the Year 2010

2010-12-20T02:41:00.001-08:00

The DECEMBER 2010 Edition of CLASSIC ROCK PRESENTS PROG includes a candid interview with Guy plus a live review from the CHARLESTOWN launch gig at the PEEL in London.

The articles can also be found on the MANNING website

In case this is our last short term update...on behalf of Guy and all the MANNING band, may I take this opportunity to wish you all a
very Merry Xmas/Chanukah etc. and a peaceful and Happy New Year.

2010 has been a fantastic year for us, with ROSFEST, gigs in the
UK and great new album...it has been fabulous!

So have a good rest and we'll see you all in 2011!!!

MANNING to headline UK festival in 2011!

2010-11-28T05:55:00.000-08:00

MANNING to headline UK festival in 2011 plus our DPRP Reviews/Interview (read on..)

We are proud to announce that MANNING have been invited to headline the ProgMeister ProgFest on Sat 26th March 2011 up in Teeside, UK...see the website for more details :0)

Plus we have published our new "CHARLESTOWN" DPRP (round table) reviews and new interview!

Don't forget our last gig of this fantastic year, this Friday (3rd Dec 2010) at the VENUE in Stocksbridge near Sheffield (Details on website)

See you at that gig or in 2011

Thanks for all the support in 2010!
GuyM, Julie, Kris, Kev, Chris, Steve, Tim & John

New ALBUM has ARRIVED!

2010-10-14T06:11:00.000-07:00

After months of work, the new album is finally here and ready for you to order!!!
Please visit www.guymanning.com or F2 (www.progrock.co.uk)

See you at the album launch gig at the PEEL, Kingston-upon-Thames on SAT 23rd OCTOBER (only 10 days away! - eeeeek!!)

Bye for now
GuyM, Julie, Kris, Steve, Kev, Chris, Tim & John

CHARLESTOWN - Album Launch ACTIVITIES!

2010-09-30T03:18:00.000-07:00

There are a number of planned radio interviews & podcasts being scheduled to coincide with the launch of the new MANNING album "CHARLESTOWN" here in the UK, Canada & in the USA!

Details on where / when to catch these shows are found at http://www.guymanning.com/2009site/CH-Promo/CH-Launch.htm

We hope you can join us to celebrate the culmination of another years hard slog!

Thanks for all your support
GuyM, Julie, Kris, Kev, Steve, Chris, Tim & John

CHARLESTOWN is launched

2010-09-20T03:35:00.000-07:00

MANNING - CHARLESTOWN (The eleventh album)

Official Release date : October 25th 2010

Cat No: 201010

On Festival Music (F2)

The album will be given a formal launch gig on SAT 23rd OCT at the Peel, Kingston-upon-Thames with our special guests Dec Burke's DESTROY ALL MONSTERS

We hope many of you can make it there to help us celebrate in style!

The new album will be on pre-sales there too so grab an early copy

Evening Dress is Optional OR you can come dressed as a UK Sailor of late 1700s in keeping with the albums main theme!

Several Radio launch programs & interviews have been lined up ahead of the date so watch the website for details (www.guymanning.com)

BLOGs etc

2010-06-28T04:43:00.000-07:00

Hi folks

Quick update!

The 2 MANNING REPORT - ROSFEST 2010 'warts and all' BLOGS have been published via our website (www.guymanning.com) & YouTube.
Catch a view of life on the road with the band!

The new album "CHARLESTOWN" has entered the MIX / PRODUCTION cycle now and hopefully will be ready for release OCT 2010, we will keep you posted!

More gigs (for Autumn 2010 in the UK and also into 2011) have been booked, again check website for latest details.

More news soon
Take care
Guy, Julie, Kris, Kev, Chris, Tim, Steve & Conor

Manning Website News Update

2010-05-20T10:44:00.001-07:00

Manning Website News Update

We have made a update to the Website (www.guymanning.com) to include all the new RoSfest photos and the news covering the line-up changes that have followed our appearance there.

Thanks for all your support!
Take care.
GuyM, Julie, Kris, Steve, Chris, Kev, Tim & Conor

10th Anniversary Editions & Volcanos

2010-04-21T02:49:00.001-07:00

1. The newly repackaged "10th Anniversary Editions" of 4 MANNING albums are now ready to pre-order at BURNSIDE (www.guymanning.com).

"Tall Stories For Small Children" - Remastered with a Bonus Track.

"The Cure"- Remastered with a Bonus Track.

"One Small Step..." - Remastered with a Bonus Track.

"Songs From The Bilston House"- Includes a Bonus Track.

All are being released on the Festival Music (F2) label.

2. We are nervously watching the skies as the UK airports start to re-open today, hoping for a prevailing wind and no more ash from Iceland!

We are due to arrive in the USA mid next week to attend /perform at RoSFest... fingers, toes and eyes are firmly crossed.

More soon

Recording the drums for CHARLESTOWN.

2010-04-03T01:26:00.000-07:00

We arrived at Orion Studios, Kilnhurst, well prepared for our 2 day drum sessions.

The four tracks had been mixed down into 'Stem mixes' by instrument group to allow Dave to be able to hear exactly what HE wanted to in his headphones during the takes.

The only slight technical hitch was that these were on PC based USB and the studio used a MAC! ...so, an elaborate transfer process was started to get tracks off the USB drive and onto a laptop then onto a USB memory stick and then imported into the Mac (all of which took up time and had odd hiccups along the way.
Still we endured and got there in the end!

The drum set up to mikes went very smoothly as Steve the Engineer knew his studio and setup extrememly well. We were ready to start recording in 3 hours!

The four tracks were across the spectrum in terms of complexity...two straight forward numbers, one 40 minute multi-part epic and a demanding odd signature time changes instrumental.

Dave took them all in his stride, so much so that we found at the end of the 2 days we had time to add some percussion touches in as well.

Photos etc. from the session can be found on our website www.guymanning.com

Once Steve has rendered the song takes into seperate WAV files for me, I can import them into my Cubase setup at Burnside and get the drums grouped and ready for mixing. The real album recording then starts in earnest!

More soon...

CRS Date reminder

2010-02-18T23:38:00.000-08:00

Please come and join the new ELEKTRIK MANNING line-up on their pre ROSFEST warm up gig for the Classic Rock Society (the first leg of the "2010 - YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT TOUR")

The Wesley Centre, Maltby, Rotherham on 20th March, tickets at priced £10 and £12.

This is the only chance to see the newest recruits in action in the UK before the Autumn and also to hear some new material from the forthcoming 'CHARLESTOWN' album.

We hope you can make it a date!

Tickets are already selling very well so please grab an advance reserved seat from the CRS Website at http://theclassicrocksociety.blogspot.com/

Cheers
GuyM Dave Julie Kris Kev Tim Steve Chris

A Merry Xmas & a Happy New Year!

2009-12-24T08:57:00.001-08:00

2009 has been a very important year for us.
The new band line-ups have finally got MANNING music out to new audiences and we are gaining more momentum and going form strength to strength happilly.

So a big thank you to all the people who have bought the music or turned out to see us...we look forward to even bigger challenges that 2010 are going to bring to our door and we hope to see you down the road somewhere soon.

A big personal thank you to the MANNING line-ups (recording, live, past and present) for making 2009 such a milestone time!!

Have a great Xmas and really fab New Year - See you soon!
Guy

MANNING completes its line-up!

2009-11-29T06:27:00.000-08:00

MANNING completes its line-up!

Manning are pleased to announce the completion of the line-up with our new keyboard player Tim Leadbeater. Tim is the final member in our 8 piece line-up and you will be able to meet him at one of our performances for The Classic Rock Society in March and at RoSfest in Gettysburg, PA in May 2010.

We are currently scheduling even more gigs for next year and these will be announced asap.

We also have good news that the Manning album "Number Ten" has been nominated for the Fourth Edition of the Italian Progawards.

Finally, we can announce that our Classic Rock Society date is now being re-scheduled and will most likely be on sat. 20th March 2010 at The Wesley Centre, Maltby, Rotherham.

Hope to see you all soon!

XMAS CRS Date Postponed until Spring 2010

2009-11-01T01:04:00.000-07:00

This date has unfortunately had to put off as we are still seeking our last band member, that elusive principal KEYBOARDS!! (Is there anybody..OUT there???).

We will rearrange this for the Spring as part of our run up to the US date at ROSFEST 2010 in May

While we wait, advertise, audition etc..... work on new tracks for the next MANNING studio album has started in earnest.
6 pieces have been created, one of which is a long epic.

Our new lead guitarist, Chris Catling, is settling in and getting up to speed very quickly with the live MANNING back catalogue

Hope to see you all soon
More news as it it comes in
Guy

Come on you Northern UK Keyboards players!!

2009-10-03T02:03:00.000-07:00

I know you are out there!!!!

We have gigs booked (including ROSFest 2010), we have a new studio album to record, we even have keyboards!!

Time, skill and creativity is what we need from you :0)

Please let us know if you are interested! (Kris krishudsonlee@googlemail.com)

An evening songwriting

2009-09-19T10:07:00.000-07:00

As you are probably aware by now we are currently auditioning new band members, however, this is also leading to some spare "non rehearsal" studio time for the current members of Manning; Guy, Kev, Kris and Dave (Julie and Steve don't always rehearse with us, may I add, but are still very much a part of the band)

Inspired by a recent holiday, Guy's creative brain has clicked into overdrive and the new material has begun to flow forth, however, unlike previous releases Guy has insisted that this will be a Manning album with more creative input from the live band.

The first sessions have now started and I must say from my point of view it is certainly sounding very good.

We have no title for the new album yet (or at least not one we are willing so share publicly!), but the first song is in the region of 25-30 minutes long at present so expect an epic.

Tall Stories for Small Children available on itunes

2009-09-07T06:18:00.000-07:00

Manning have started to release the entire back catalogue on itunes and napster, starting today with Tall Stories for Small Children - the 1999 debut album - containing the epic Fall and Rise of Abel Mann and the live favourite Holy Ireland.

Future releases include Songs from the Bilston House in November and Number Ten in December.

MANNING - Hunt for Keyboards and Lead Guitar

2009-08-31T23:26:00.000-07:00

Guy Manning wrote in a posting to his newsgroup:

"Following on from the milestone that was the band's triumphant appearance at the Cambridge Rock Festival, the band are to make some line up changes.

"Getting the band to the point at which MANNING could sustain 2 separate shows (Elektrik and Akoustik) took a vast amount of dedication and effort on behalf of the players and I am eternally grateful that they did not disappoint myself or the fans (new and old).

"Having said that, in the aftermath of the festival, we were able to objectively look at the point we were at and the known future activities (possible new Studio album, a live album, UK and worldwide dates). Each member of the band reviewed their own position and did some soul searching.

"At this point, we can formally state that Phil Wilkes and David Million will not be continuing on as a part of the Manning band line ups.

So a hunt is now on for suitable players:

We are now looking for two versatile and accomplished musicians to take us to the next level in terms of musical professionalism. Able to play in a variety of styles, and integrate very quickly into an 8 piece line-up, you will be experienced in live work, as well as recording, have a good sense of humour, your own transport, equipment and a desire to continuously improve what you do.

Keyboards: You will have a natural pianistic style, as there are many open passages where the piano is exposed and required to accompany the lead vocals. Contrasting with that are large passages requiring tasteful orchestral beds, organ and piano solos as well as the more traditional “synth” solo.

Sensitivity and timing are key and a natural musical awareness of what is required.

Lead guitar: You must have the ability to adapt your playing style to the mood and nature of each song. Tuneful solos and sensitive lead passages are often required, as well as standard rock patterns and riffs. You will be equally at home playing acoustic as well as electric guitars.

The nature of the band is semi-professional – everyone has a day job. However, the ambition and approach is completely professional. These are not positions for anyone wanting to earn money – the band is wholly dedicated to bringing the recordings to life and seeing where that takes us. If this sounds interesting to you – let us know.

New revamped web site launched!

2009-08-04T02:03:00.001-07:00

The Official MANNING website has a new look and feel!

Over the next weeks we will get the more historical documents ported across to their new home and new articles, biogs etc will be especially created, but I think you will agree, the new site looks splendid and colourful!

Please let us know your comments!

Thanks

Manning Announced For RoSfest 2010

2009-07-31T23:25:00.000-07:00

Manning Announced For RoSfest 2010 RoSfest is pleased to announce Manning.

This eight piece band led by maestro Guy Manning will be playing the second slot on Saturday May 1st. The band Manning has been around since 1999, formed around the prodigiously talented singer / songwriter / multi-instrumentalist Guy Manning.

Having previously been an associate of prog legends Parallel or 90 Degrees and being a founding member of the internationally respected, The Tangent, Guy has an impressive record of releasing ten studio albums in ten years!
Manning produce an eclectic mix of music which broadly falls within the "progressive" genre, but in reality spans many different musical forms from beautiful ballads and folk-tinged songs through to awesome all-out rock workouts and true progressive epics - no two songs sound the same!

The band is currently experiencing a surge of interest and support, with the previous album "Songs From The Bilston House" having been nominated for Album of the Year by the Classic Rock Society (CRS) and a series of storming headline gigs in support of the latest and critically acclaimed album "Number Ten".

Things are afoot

2009-06-17T05:04:00.000-07:00

(...yes it's on the end of your leg)
More of this soon!!!!

We are preparing for our slot at the Cambridge Rock Festival in August
Plus some AKOUSTIK dates (first being July in Leeds)

Work has started on Tangent #5 "Down & Out in Paris & London"

Manning at the Peel on Saturday

2009-06-01T12:55:00.001-07:00

A reminder that Manning will be playing this coming Saturday, 6th June, at The Peel, Kingston-on-Thames. The 8 piece band will be playing a full on elektrik set covering material from right across the TEN critically acclaimed albums plus unreleased material.

Support will be provided by The Fry Brothers (Chris & Dan from Magenta).

Tickets are £10 available from The Peel.

MANNING - Wow the CRS

2009-04-30T23:34:00.000-07:00

The debut gig for the CRS last weekend was amazing. This is a band getting into its stride and delivering big time.

Over 2 hours of music covering most of the 10 Manning albums with support from Heidi Jo Hines/Gonzalo Carreras & Marc Atkinson

The expansive 8 piece line-up can tackle both light & shade, rock out! still be subtle & delicate on the softer numbers

This band is capable of great things...we want to play more gigs and to bigger audiences, but this takes time...Promoters please take note!!!!
We are ready!! Watch this space ***********

Gig Ready...

2009-04-20T05:51:00.000-07:00

A full days rehearsal last weekend envigorated the 8 piece (ELEKTRIK) MANNING line-up.

We emerged tired, but with a sense of being a proper band and with new confidence in the songs and our ability to perform them.

We are now very excited about the gigs coming up!

Onwards ELEKTRIK !!

2009-04-02T02:12:00.000-07:00

With the AKOUSTIK gigs for this part of the year now out of the way, we can concentrate on the ELEKTRIK line-up.

Rehearsals are intense, but fun, with extra sessions outside of these taking place.

We are confident that it will be quite a show, with songs culled across most of the ten studio albums re-arranged to suit our new core line-up.

We will also bring out Special guests where appropriate and available

We hope to see some of you there!

CRS
The PEEL
CAMBRIDGE ROCK FESTIVAL

More MANNING UK LIVE Dates

2009-03-24T01:10:00.001-07:00

The 4 piece AKOUSTIK line-up (plus our own Special Guests)

1. As Special Guests to the fabulous MAGENTA at the ROBIN2, BILSTON Sunday (29th March 2009) - 7:30pm

2. The Grove, Water Lane, Leeds - Sat July 25th 2009 - 7:30pm

3. The Grove, Water Lane, Leeds - Sat Oct 3rd 2009 - 7:30pm

The full ELEKTRIK MANNING line-up is due to perform at the CAMBRIDGE ROCK FESTIVAL on Sat 8th August 19:00pm.

An AKOUSTIK performance on the Sunday is also planned

MAGENTA on SATURDAY (CRS 14th MARCH)

2009-03-12T01:50:00.000-07:00

The AKOUSTIK Band (reduced to a trio) have been asked to fill in as their Special Guests (after the Support act fell through).

We will do a hopefully relaxed and snappy set before the mighty MAGENTA come on!

Change Of Venue

2009-02-16T23:22:00.000-08:00

Th CRS Headline gig (by the ELEKTRIK line-up) will now be held at

The Wesley Centre

Blyth Road, Maltby, Rotherham

Saturday 25th April 2009
Support from Heidi Jo Hine and Gonzalo Carrera & Riversea

We hope to see many of you there, when you will get a chance to see the debut performance by the new line-up and hear the first batch of songs from the new NUMBER TEN album!!!

MANNING - Out & About LIVE!

2009-01-26T01:17:00.000-08:00

'AKOUSTIK' MANNING

Special Guests of BREATHING SPACE

(See www.breathingspaceband.info)

The Studio, Tower St, Hartlepool

Saturday 31st January 2009

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'AKOUSTIK' MANNING

Special Guests of BREATHING SPACE

(See www.breathingspaceband.info)

The Flowerpot, Derby

Friday 13th March 2009

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'ELEKTRIK' MANNING

At the Classic Rock Society (CRS)

Supported by Heidi Jo Hines/Gonzalo Carrera + Riversea

The Wesley Centre

Blyth Road, Maltby, Rotherham

Saturday 25th April 2009

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'ELEKTRIK'MANNING The Peel

Our Special Guests "The Fry Brothers"

Chris & Dan (from Magenta) will perform their acoustic blend of prog. & jazz classics!

Chris recently won 2008 Best Guitar Player at the CRS!!

Dan was in the top 5 Bass Players!

Kingston, Surrey

Saturday 6th June 2009

2009-01-15T11:17:00.000-08:00

RADIO SHOWS + Live performance

The new GUY MANNING album "NUMBER TEN", will be given its now traditional annual Radio show launch in 3 countries this year!!

1. USA - Join Don Cassidy at Internet Radio Station Delicious Agony
(2PM EST/7pm UK) on Sat 17th Jan.

Full album play through, pre-recorded interview and Guy on hand in the chat room during the show to answer your questions etc.

www.deliciousagony.com/

2. UK - Sunday 18th January. Guy along with David Million will join Paul Baker for the Radio ARFm Prog Soundscapes show 3-6pm UK time. The album will be reviewed, there will be live chat plus Guy & Dave will perform a few songs acoustically and live!

www.arfm.co.uk

3. Jason 'Progdog' will be launching the album in Canada! - Detailsto follow

MANNING: "NUMBER TEN" - Now pre-ordering

2008-12-07T23:49:00.000-08:00

MANNING: "NUMBER TEN" - Now pre-ordering

The new MANNING album "NUMBER TEN" is now available to pre-order from www.guymanning.com

A sample track "SHIPS" is also up there plus out on MYSPACE http://www.myspace.com/guymanning

I hope you enjoy it!

"NUMBER TEN" - UPDATE

2008-11-12T23:50:00.000-08:00

MANNING: "NUMBER TEN" - Update

The Audio MASTER and Artwork MASTER discs for the Next MANNING album "NUMBER TEN" are now with FESTIVAL MUSIC (F2).

The release schedule is FEBRUARY 2009. Catalogue No: F2200902

TRACKS:

1. SHIPS

2. THE FINAL CHAPTER

3. AN ORDINARY DAY

4. BLOODY HOLIDAY!

5. VALENTINE'S NIGHT

6. A ROAD LESS TRAVELLED

7. ANOTHER LAZY SUNDAY

8. THE HOUSE ON THE HILL

PLAYERS:

Guy (Manning) - Vocals, Keyboards, Acoustic 6, 12 & Classical Guitars, Electric Guitar, Bass, Mandolins, Bouzouki,Percussion

Dave (Million) - Electric Guitars

Phil (Wilkes) - Keyboards

Kris (Hudson-Lee) - Bass

Julie (King) - Vocals (including the duet on VALENTINE'S NIGHT)

Kev (Currie) - BKg. Vocals

Danny (Rhodes) - Additional Drums

SPECIAL GUESTS:

Andy (Tillison) - Drums, Keyboards *

Laura (Fowles) - Alto Sax, Vocals

Ian ('Walter' Fairbairn) - Fiddle

Steve (Dundon) - Flute, Tenor Sax +

Pav (Chana) - Percussion

Ed (Neidhardt) - Soprano Sax, Bass Clarinet

Hannah (Hudson-Lee) - Bkg. Vocals

* Courtesy of The TANGENT and PO90

+ Courtesy of MOLLY BLOOM

All songs written and assembled by Guy Manning Except the 'Tangible Expression' section of THE HOUSE ON THE HILL {Manning/Tillison}

Produced by Andy Tillison & Guy Manning - BURNSIDE STUDIOS 2008

Artwork by Guy Manning & Phil Wilkes

Regards

THE BURNSIDE TEAM

New Album, New Bands and the Tangent shuffle

2008-09-15T01:18:00.000-07:00

The New MANNING album "Number Ten" will be released Feb 2009 but should be ready for review pre-Xmas 08.

We now have 2 versions of the LIVE bands:

Akoustik Manning - 4 Piece cut down quiter more song orientated & 'unplugged'

Elektrik Manning - 7 piece full on rock/folk/jazz version - bigger scale and more noise!

The Tangent headline the closing Sunday night at the UKs Summer's End festival on Sep 28th 2008.
Having gone through line-up changes, the band will be Andy T, Guy, Jakko & Theo (as before ) plus the 4 members of BEARDFISH
See you there, say HI!

2007-09-23T09:34:00.000-07:00

The album is scheduled to be released October 2007

More Details:------------------------------

Songs

1. Songs From The Bilston House

2. The Calm Absurd

3. Lost In Play

4. Understudy

5. Skimming Stones

6. Antares

7. Icarus & Me

8. Pillars Of Salt

9. Inner Moment

Players

Guy - Vocals, Keyboards, Acoustic 6 & 12, Classical guitars, Electric Guitar, Bouzouki, Mandolins, Bass, Percussion

Laura Fowles - Saxes & Vocals

David Million - Electric Guitars

Ian 'Walter' Fairbairn - Fiddle

Julie King - Vocals

Andy Tillison - Drums, Keyboards & Vocals (Courtesy of 'The Tangent')

Steve Dundon - Flute (Courtesy of 'Molly Bloom')

Original album artwork by Rosie Manning (Lilac Productions)

All songs written and assembled by Guy Manning

Produced by Andy Tillison and Guy Manning (Burnside May-Aug 2007)

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Details of radio premieres, interviews etc. will be forthcoming

A BIG thanx to all those involved in the creation and support of this album...we hope it will do well and you will all enjoy it
BURNSIDE TEAM