According to Rik's website, January through March 2009 are completely empty. He has solo dates in April & May. Might some Triumph activity happen in those empty 3 months?
Yes that is strange for Rik to have open dates.
I would think June through August 2009.
Maybe there might be some recording going on ? Hmmnn ??
Hank
thunderdawg:That would be so very cool. I'd love a new album from Triumph.
If it were to happen, at least Rik's no pressed for time at all! LOL
He only has like...8 projects going on at once all the time
Still, I think if they really wanted to make one they could go in and record.
It's funny how we sort of bat around an absurd idea (such as "Wouldn't it be nice if Triumph got back together?") on this board and it comes true? So let's keep batting around the idea of an album (sorry, CD) folks!
Cheers
Brien
This is part of a pre Rocklahoma Interview, talking about a tour 2009 by Mike Levine.
Levine revealed that the band members were apprehensive about committing to a full tour at this point. "After all, if you book 40 to 80 dates and it all falls apart after the first two or three, that's a lot of money lost," he said. "We told management to book us for a couple of big festival shows and we'd see how it worked out and go from there. We just wanted to see if we could make this work without wanting to kill each other."
While there was still a bit of apprehension going into rehearsals, Levine admitted that the rust fell away pretty quickly and spirits were pretty high going into the first show at Sweden Rock in June. The performance went great and the members are all getting along so well, however, that Levine revealed that the band is planning on adding a few more songs for the Rocklahoma performance and a full blown Triumph tour for 2009 is nearly a foregone conclusion at this point.
"I think it's safe to say there will be a full tour in 2009, at this point," Levine said. "We've already met with the biggest pyro and special effects company in the world and we've even got our old lighting director on board."
Although the band won't have its own staging with it for Rocklahoma, you can still expect a grand spectacle. After all, "Triumph starts big and only gets bigger," Levine laughed with me when discussing the scale of the future tour and the band's reputation for live performances.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.
Lets hope all is good in the next couple of month's
Record ( a big maybe ?) in Jan ish, release in may ish and 2009 in summer( more likely) ish............ fingers and toes crossed, well ..
can't cross the toes but.............