Iona play London Festival Hall to celebrate decade together
IONA EMERGE from a
year long sabbatical to play a concert at London's Festival Hall on
May 29th. The band will be recording a live album at the gig and
working with the All Souls Orchestra. The performance will include new
orchestral arrangements of classic material not previously recorded on
'Heaven's Bright Sun' as well as showcasing two new pieces. There will
also be guest appearances from former lona members Dave Fitzgerald and
Nick Beggs to help celebrate the band's 10th anniversary. Talking to
Cross Rhythms Dave Bainbridge said, "Troy and I have been working on
the orchestral arrangements which will include epics like 'Man' and
'Encircling'. One of the newer tunes which Troy has written is about
10 minutes long."