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THE MIGHTY CAPED CRUSADER!

Great to see such an accurate and positive review of Rick Wakeman’s two nights at the London Palladium back in February spread over a double page in Prog 139. I was fortunate to be up in the dress circle on both nights and can honestly say they were two of the best concerts I’ve ever seen in my 54 years of attending such things! What made the shows doubly special was the friendliness of fellow Wakeman fans, whether in the street outside, in nearby restaurants, in the bar or in our seats. I was wearing my 2019 Rick Wakeman T-shirt from the Royal Festival Hall and it acted as a magnet for people coming up to me and striking up a conversation, even a member of the English Chamber Choir on the train home afterwards. As a result of this we attended Cadogan Hall recently to see the choir performing Rachmaninov!

Interesting to note, however, that none of the many people I spoke to had heard of either Prog mag or Porcupine Tree! As John Lennon once said,“Strange days indeed, most peculiar”and I can’t help but wonder if there is maybe a huge untapped market out there of a certain age, which, if opened up, could revolutionise sales of our favourite magazine and prog bands.