[10], The album features Ken Freeman on synthesisers, who started with a Minimoog and ARP Odyssey. The New Generation", "Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds Alive on Stage! On 23 June 2005 the original album was re-released in two forms: one in a remastered 2-disc hybrid multichannel Super Audio CD set; another in a 7-disc "Collector's Edition" featuring additional remixes, outtakes, the actors reading from the unabridged script, excerpts from the Quinn and Jrgens performances, as well as a seventh disc being a DVD showing the making of the album, produced by Phoenix Film & Television Productions. The music is intermixed with re-voiced narration and leitmotifs to carry the story forward via rhyming melodic lyrics that express the feelings of the various characters. [24][25], Later in the year, the final guest was announced as actor Callum O'Neill, who portrayed H.G. Jonathan Vickers reprised his role as the NASA controller, and Stephanie Aves joined the company as Vera May. THE MULTI-AWARD WINNING MASTERPIECE RETURNS IN 2022. . Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds is a studio double album by American-born British musician, composer, and record producer Jeff Wayne, released on 9 June 1978 by CBS Records.It is an album musical adapted from the science-fiction novel The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells in a rock opera style with a rock band, orchestra, narrator, and leitmotifs to carry the story and . Wayne will conduct the piece, which features the Black Smoke Band as well as the 36-piece ULLAdubULLA strings ensemble. [3] Some of the North American and European pressings featured new lead vocals from Thompson. The Sung Thoughts of the Journalist is then heard. All lyrics by Jeff Wayne and Paul Vigrass and Gary Osborne, with script by Doreen Wayne. The album features guest artists David Essex, Justin Hayward, Phil Lynott, Chris Thompson, and Julie Covington, with actor Richard Burton as the narrator. It is titled Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of The Worlds Live on Stage. Wells on stage in three separate stages of his life. Announcing the full cast of Jeff Wayne's The War of The Worlds: The Life Begins Again Tour for 2022! It was recorded in the course of two evenings at Abbey Road Studios. The two-night stint at Bournemouth sees Jeff leading the ULLAdubULLA symphonic strings and the 8-piece Black Smoke Band in a mash-up of classical and rock music styles synergised with a. The album became a commercial success in the UK, peaking at number 5 on the chart and selling over 2.7 million copies there since its release. She praised the music, ideas, script, and voices, all of which complement each other, but thought the continuous, 95-minute structure forces the listener to digest it straight through. returns to arenas throughout the UK in 2022. . It stars Jeff Wayne's daughter Anna-Marie Wayne as Carrie and Neeson as the Journalist and looks further into the story of Carrie, rather than from the Journalist's point of view as heard on the album. It was a great way to engage the audience in the interval and we got a few I Love you Jason and Terry from Barry visiting the show with his mum, a few of mine ended up on screen as well which was nice. Later, just before Act II begins, O'Neill appears again as a 53-year-old Wells, discussing the end of World War I and speaking about the destructive capabilities of humankind. * Sales figures based on certification alone. A company of soldiers is deployed at the common, and that evening an injured and exhausted Artilleryman wanders into the Journalist's house and tells him his comrades have been killed by fighting machinestripod vehicles built and controlled by Martians, each armed with its own Heat-Ray. ", "Liam Neeson joins War of the Worlds musical as hologram", "Neeson 'Intimidated' By War of the Worlds", "Gary Barlow sings on new War of the Worlds album", "Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds The New Generation: Alive On Stage (2012)", "Jeff Wayne's War of The Worlds - Alan Titchmarsh Show - 27.10.12", "Jeff Wayne - Forever Autumn ft. Gary Barlow", "Q&A Damian Collier, Producer for Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds", "Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds The New Generation - New Double Album Released By Sony Music", "Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds The New Generation Alive on Stage! Thunder Child 6. Speaking about the last show, Jeff Wayne said, "Bringing The War of the Worlds to life in many of the world's finest arenas has been the most amazing experience for me over the last seven years. After two or three days, Burton agreed to take part. One of the most trailblazing arena tours of all time, Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War Of The Worlds - Alive On Stage returns to arenas throughout the UK in 2021. One of the most trailblazing arena tours of all time, Jeff Waynes Musical Version of The War of The Worlds - Alive on Stage! Wayne had to convince the guest artists that they were the right performers for their role, and got them keen to carry out their parts. In November 2013, it was confirmed that Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds The New Generation would tour arenas again in late November through December 2014 for The Final Arena Tour. [8], The album had a positive review in Record Mirror, with review Bev Briggs declaring it as "four sides of sheer excellence" and after reading the novel and feature film, the album is "the most easily stomachable of the lot." O'Neill appears a final time at the end of the show, just before the NASA epilogue, this time as a 79-year-old Wells, elderly and in a wheelchair. Wells indicate that he had originally intended the cylinder launching devices to be capable of firing cylinders that would disperse water to clear away black smoke clouds. Last night I had the pleasure of going to see Jeff Wayne conducting the 10-piece Black Smoke Band and 36-piece ULLAdubULLA Strings playing his version of the The War of The Worlds, I have loved this since I was a kid (it must have been the prog rock that Jeff used back 1978 production) but also the voice of Richard Burton (as George Herbert, The Journalist) that haunts the whole thing and in particular with this production his hologram hangs over the CIA in Cardiff. Upon reaching London, he finds the city desolate and empty. The new song for the 40th Anniversary tour, which was first seen in the 2016 West End production, was a reprise of "Forever Autumn". The Black Smoke Band: Jeff Wayne (conductor), Chris Spedding (guitar), Herbie Flowers (bass), Tom Woodstock (guitars, keyboards), Laurie Wisefield (guitars, mandolin), Accy Yeats (drums), Julia Thornton (percussion, harp, keyboards), Steve Turner, Neil Angilley & Kennedy Aitchison (keyboards). April 9 - London The O2. emphasising the drama. The show continues to tour until 15 December. Wells. "Now, mankind will look forward to life beginning again" said the press release. [31] It ran from 8 February to 30 April 2016[31] and featured direction by Bob Thompson, an onstage orchestra conducted by Jeff Wayne, and Liam Neeson as the Journalist in the usual 3D holography. The cast includes Tom Brittney, Anna-Marie Wayne, Carrie Hope Fletcher, and David Burnett, who are joined by a live cast of 12 actors.[35]. Ogilvy, an astronomer convinced that no life could exist on Mars, assures the Journalist there is no danger. A huge thank you to the cast, crew, The ULLAdubULLA Strings and The Black Smoke Band for making it the incredible production it has turned out to be. Three of the guest performers were confirmed at the time of the tour announcement. Westlife's Brian McFadden played the role of the Sung Thoughts of the Journalist (played by Martin on the previous tour), Les Misrables' Carrie Hope Fletcher played Beth (played by Kerry Ellis on the 2012 tour), and Jason Donovan reprised his role of Parson Nathaniel. The Moody Blues Justin Hayward (The Sung Thoughts of The Journalist), David Essex (The young Artilleryman), Thin Lizzys Phil Lynott (Parson Nathaniel), Manfred Manns Earth Bands Chris Thompson (The Voice of Humanity) and Julie Covington (Beth, Parson Nathaniels wife). Leaf drops over the audience. In March 2020, Jeff Wayne announced a new tour of The War of the Worlds for 2021 with new technological advances being added to the production. * Sales figures based on certification alone.^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. The War Of The Worlds Wayne conducted the entire show, which featured ' The Black Smoke Band ' as well as the 36-piece ULLAdubULLA strings ensemble. 'The War of The Worlds'. "[26], In 2020, writing for Prog, Alex Burrows described the record as "the ultimate concept album and best-selling prog soundtrack of all time", concluding "it's still an album that certainly ticks all the boxes of the true definition of 'progressive': groundbreaking, cutting-edge and seminal."[1]. Tom Woodstock guitars (The Heat Ray), additional keyboards, Gaetan Schurrer programming, keyboards, additional drum production, Chris Spedding electric guitar, acoustic guitar, Tom Woodstock guitars, keyboards, backing vocals, Huw Davies guitars, mandolin, autoharp, tar, voice box (Farewell Thunder Child tour), Olivia Jageurs percussion, harp (Farewell Thunder Child tour), This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 19:21. Jeff Wayne's musical version of HG Wells' War of the Worlds at Vector Arena promised to keep the audience on the edge of their seats. This would mark the 15th anniversary of the first War of the Worlds live tour, based on the 1978 album, which began in the UK and Ireland in April 2006. Other changes included adding the character of Carrie's Father (actor Nigel Barber) and lyrics to the song Life Begins Again. [7] The Black Smoke Band once again includes Bassist Herbie Flowers and Guitarist Chris Spedding, both from the original 1978 album and its original 2006 tour. [3], The disco influences on "The Eve of the War" was Wayne's intention of wanting the album to be entertaining for people. The Final Arena Tour ended on 16 December 2014 in Amsterdam. The first Spanish edition featured Anthony Quinn re-recording the Journalist's narration and other dialogue originally voiced by Essex, Covington, and Lynott. Liam Neeson retains his role in 3D holography as The Journalist while Jeff Wayne again conducts the Black Smoke Band and symphonic ULLAdubULLA Strings while the show also features the iconic 3-tonne, 35-foot tall Martian Fighting Machine firing real-flame Heat Rays over the audience. [8] Gary Barlow (lead singer and songwriter of the British vocal pop group Take That) is the Sung Thoughts of the Journalist, formerly voiced by Justin Hayward. The Black Smoke Band once again includes Bassist Herbie Flowers and Guitarist Chris Spedding, both from the original 1978 album and its original 2006 tour. [29], In September 1978, Wayne had entered negotiations with Paramount Pictures over the film rights and with two concert producers, one of which being Showco, to present a live stage version of the album. He introduces himself and his work on The War of the Worlds before the on-screen introduction of the Martians. 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