Carl Palmer, the only living member of Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP), has announced that he will digitally reunite with his bandmates. In association with the estates of his bandmates Keith Emerson and Greg Lake, Palmer has announced the “Welcome Back My Friends – The Return Of Emerson, Lake & Palmer” tour.
After exploring the idea of a hologram tour in detail, Palmer opted for what they felt was a more honest approach using live footage of Keith and Greg on massive video walls alongside Carl (and his band) playing live on stage. The voice and instrumentation of Lake and the unmistakable keyboard mastery of Emerson will be mixed with Palmer’s onstage live drumming to magically reunite ELP once again. Paul McCartney’s duet with John Lennon at the end of his recent “Got Back” tour is a good idea of what ELP fans can expect from this show.
Confirmed tour dates so far:
Nov. 18 – 2300 Arena – Philadelphia PA
Nov. 20 – Penn’s Peak – Jim Thorpe, PA
Nov. 22 – Shea Center – Wayne, NJ
Nov. 23 – Patchogue Theater – Patchogue, NY
Nov. 25 – Town Hall – New York, NY
Nov. 26 – College St. Music Hall – New Haven, CT
Nov. 27 – Wilbur Theatre – Boston MA
Dec. 01 – Arcada Theatre – St. Charles. IL
Dec. 02 – Des Plaines Theatre – Des Plaines IL
Dec. 03 – The Goodyear Theatre – Akron, OH
