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Mais clair!

Et Geoff Tate annonce son dernier concert, apparemment avec son line-up actuel. It appears that original QUEENSRŸCHE singer GEOFF TATE - who only recently relaunched his website with the moniker Geoff Tate: The Voice Of Queensrÿche - is calling it a day announcing "one final show" on Saturday, August 9th at the Downtown Amphitheater Morgan Hill, CA.

Voici le communiqué du groupe confirmant l'accord trouvé :

QUEENSRŸCHE members Eddie Jackson, Scott Rockenfield, Michael Wilton and Geoff Tate have released the following joint statement:

"We wanted to let QUEENSRŸCHE fans around the world know that an amicable settlement has been reached between Eddie Jackson, Scott Rockenfield, Michael Wilton and Geoff Tate with regard to the future of the QUEENSRŸCHE name. According to the agreement, original QUEENSRŸCHE members Eddie Jackson, Scott Rockenfield and Michael Wilton along with recent members, Todd La Torre and Parker Lundgren, will now be the sole entity recording and touring as QUEENSRŸCHE, performing selections from their entire musical catalog that spans over 30 years of material. Original QUEENSRŸCHE lead singer Geoff Tate will continue to record, perform and pursue a variety of other creative endeavors and, as part of the agreement, will have the exclusive rights to perform 'Operation: Mindcrime I' and 'II' in their entirety as a unique performance. Both sides wish each other well and are excited about what the future holds. We want to thank the fans for standing beside us through this ordeal and look forward to sharing our music with you for years to come."

Donc rien ne change, si ce n'est que Tate, qui continue de son côté, a les droit exclusifs sur les 2 "Operation:Mindcrime", pour les jouer (en intégralité et ainsi donner des 'performances uniques').

Mr. Sandman a écrit :
Donc rien ne change, si ce n'est que Tate, qui continue de son côté, a les droit exclusifs sur les 2 "Operation:Mindcrime", pour les jouer (en intégralité et ainsi donner des 'performances uniques').

Si ça change un peu puisque seuls Jackson, Rockenfield, et Wilton ont maintenant le droit sur l'utilisation du nom du groupe. Geoff Tate ayant cédé financièrement ses droits.

Effectivement.

Je sens que Tate va nous refourguer des tournées Mindcrime pendant des années.
lls l'ont déjà bien trop fait quand il faisait partie du groupe, ça devenait trop prévisible.

Mais finalement c'est un bon accord pour que le groupe puisse avancer sereinement désormais.

Seattletimes.com/

It’s official: the battle over the future of Queensryche is settled
Posted by Gene Stout

The contentious, long-running legal battle that resulted in two rival versions of Northwest rock band Queensryche has finally been settled.

“We wanted to let Queensryche fans around the world know that an amicable settlement has been reached between Eddie Jackson, Scott Rockenfield, Michael Wilton and Geoff Tate with regard to the future of the Queensryche name,” the two bands said in a joint statement released Sunday night.

The agreement stipulates that original Queensryche members Wilton, Jackson and Rockenfield, as well as newer members Todd LaTorre and Parker Lundgren, will now be the sole band recording and touring as Queensryche, performing songs from a musical catalog that spans more than 30 years.

Original Queensryche lead singer Geoff Tate (who had formed a second version of the band) will perform, record and pursue “other creative endeavors,” but as part of the agreement will have the exclusive right to perform the concept albums “Operation: Mindcrime” and “Operation: Mindcrime II” in unique performances.

Tate will do a brief Queensryche “farewell” tour this summer before launching a new chapter his career.

The Grammy-nominated, progressive heavy-metal band — which has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide since the early 1980s — split into two separate, acrimonious camps nearly two years ago. A lawsuit resulted in a King County Superior Court ruling that each side could use the same name until the case went to trial or was settled.

According to Wilton, the agreement calls for Queensryche corporate assets to be evenly divided among himself, Jackson, Rockenfield and Tate.

Both sides say they are relieved to settle the dispute and look forward to moving on.

“It’s the rebirth of Queensryche and the way it used to be,” Wilton said by phone last night. “We’re rebuilding the Queensryche name.”

Wilton said the group felt re-energized during a set Saturday night at the M3 Rock Festival in Baltimore, performing along with Tesla, Night Ranger and other bands.

“There was probably a little more adrenalin on stage,” he said. “I think the fans were expecting a mediocre show and when they heard (singer Todd LaTorre), after three or four songs, they completely accepted him and just went ballistic.”

Tate is especially pleased that the case was settled outside of a courtroom.

“One thing that’s really important for people to understand is that this never went to court,” he said by phone after returning from a show in Louisiana.

“They (Wilton, Jackson and Rockenfield) bought the name from me. But I retain ‘Operation Mindcrime.’ It’s sort of similar to the Pink Floyd situation where Roger Waters retained ‘The Wall.’ ‘Mindcrime’ was my thing and my story, so it’s appropriate that I keep that. So they will continue on as Queensryche, and I will continue on as me.”

With the lawsuit resolved, Tate is now free to reinvent himself.

The singer has created a new, Seattle-only show, dubbed “Rock and Vaudeville,” that reinterprets the history of rock ‘n’ roll since the ‘50s, featuring songs by Elvis Presley, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Queen, AC/DC and other artists. A series of five shows are scheduled May 1-3 at the Triple Door.

“It started out as a project to take my mind away from the court case, because there was so much negativity,” Tate said. “I’m a very creative person, and I like to live in that world of making things up and creating musical pieces and stories. That’s where I operate the best. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time.”

Meanwhile, Wilton and his Queensryche band mates are working on songs for a follow-up to last year’s successful album, “Queensryche,” released by Century Media Records. But the group isn’t planning to do a local show until possibly the fall.

“We’ll definitely do a big re-launch of the band in Seattle,” Wilton said.

Par contre .... l'affiche de son Farewell tour histoire d'en rajouter une dernière couche pour la fin.

Très limite.
Dans les faits, c'est réglo, mais pour le mec qui n'est pas au courant, ça fait "Queensryche dit adieu avec en invité au chant Geoff Tate".

faut vraiment qu'il arrête ce type....

oui comme ça il y aura le come back

Attendez, si son farewell tour est aussi long que celui de Scorpions il n'aura même pas besoin de come back !

Comme prévu, il renomme son groupe en Operation: Mindcrime.

On the very day his farewell tour as QUEENSRŸCHE begins, Geoff Tate — one of rock's quintessential front men and the lead vocalist heard on all QUEENSRŸCHE hits since the inception of the band — has announced that his current version of QUEENSRŸCHE will forge ahead as OPERATION: MINDCRIME after the tour ends.

Named after QUEENSRŸCHE's epic concept album from 1988, "Operation: Mindcrime" — a band consisting of Geoff Tate, Rudy Sarzo (OZZY OSBOURNE, WHITESNAKE), Simon Wright (AC/DC, DIO), Randy Gane (MYTH) and Kelly Gray (QUEENSRYCHE 1998 - 2001, 2012 - present) — will enter the studio in September to begin recording a trilogy project that Geoff's been working on for the past two years.

Tate, who has always enjoyed telling stories through music, considers the creation of the forthcoming trilogy one of his biggest and most ambitious works to date.

"I tried to reduce the story and eventually got it down to 37 ideas that needed representing to complete the story," comments Geoff. "I knew that one record wouldn't cover it and that it would have to be a trilogy. It's an exciting project and one we'd like to release the first part of sometime next spring."

With the evolution of his band, Geof would like to concentrate on concept and story albums in the years to come. Fans like to call it, "Thinking Man's Metal" and Geoff plans to continue expanding the musical dimensions of your mind.

"It doesn't seem that long ago when I first brought the 'Mindcrime' story to the band… they were, initially, against it. Chris DeGarmo was the first one to get on board and, once he did, we were able to move forward with what became one of our greatest achievements as a band."

With the release "Operation: Mindcrime" — which won critical and popular acclaim and comparisons to THE WHO's "Tommy" and PINK FLOYD's "The Wall" — QUEENSRŸCHE went on to bring their progressive music to sold-out audiences the world over. With Geoff at the helm, QUEENSRŸCHE sold over 20 million albums worldwide and performed in over 46 countries.

That was then, this is now and Geoff Tate is looking forward to what lies ahead with his trilogy project. "It is so refreshing to be able to concentrate on the many stories and ideas that I have been working on with no boundaries or restrictions," states Tate, further adding, "With the newly named band, I think fans will continue to enjoy the music we create and perform together and hope they share this new musical journey with us."

Beginning July 30, Geoff Tate and his band mates will be spanning the states for a 22-date trek of what will be Geoff's remaining performances as QUEENSRŸCHE Starring Geoff Tate – The Farewell Tour.

Read more at http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/geoff- ... JPQy2ck.99

Voilà bien un groupe qui va faire la (quasi) unanimité contre lui.

Je regarde de temps en temps (enfin de moins en moins) les vidéos live postées sur Blabbermouth de son groupe, mais même après des mois de tournée ça reste au mieux médiocre pour ne pas dire poussif, à la limite du pathétique selon les titres.

Le nouvel album est espéré pour début octobre

On QUEENSRŸCHE's upcoming studio album:

"The next album from QUEENSRYCHE is hopefully coming out the first week of October. We are doing a worldwide release, and very much expected. And the record label, Century Media, is the one that will be putting it out, and they have the demos right now and are very positive and happy about it. I know that a lot of people are really anticipating this, so stay tuned and you won't be disappointed."