37-413: The Gathering may refer to: Film and television [ edit ] The Gathering (1977 film) , an American television film directed by Randal Kleiser The Gathering (1998 film), an American thriller film directed by Danny Carrales The Gathering (2003 film) , a British thriller/horror film directed by Brian Gilbert The Gathering (miniseries) ,
74-422: A Welsh progressive rock band formed in 1999 by ex-Cyan member Rob Reed. Reed takes his influences from artists such as Renaissance , Genesis , Mike Oldfield , Yes , Eurythmics and Björk . Guest musicians are brought in to play other instruments during recording sessions. The current live band as of March 2024 consists of the above three members plus: Although heavily influenced by progressive rock, Reed
111-712: A 2007 American thriller starring Peter Fonda The Gathering (audio drama) , a 2006 audio drama based on the television programme Doctor Who The Gathering, a contest among immortals in the Highlander franchise Babylon 5: The Gathering , the 1993 pilot movie for Babylon 5 TV episodes [ edit ] "The Gathering" ( Gargoyles ) "The Gathering" ( Ghost Whisperer ) "The Gathering" ( Highlander: The Series ) , pilot "The Gathering" ( Outlander ) "The Gathering" ( Star Wars: The Clone Wars ) "The Gathering" ( Torchwood ) Literature [ edit ] The Gathering (Armstrong novel) ,
148-454: A 2011 novel by Kelley Armstrong The Gathering (Carmody novel) , a 1993 novel by Isobelle Carmody The Gathering (Carroll novel) or Sakkara , a 2006 New Heroes/Quantum Prophecy novel by Michael Carroll The Gathering (Enright novel) , a 2007 novel by Anne Enright Al-Hashr , "The Gathering", 59th chapter (sura) of the Qur'an Music [ edit ] The Gathering (band) ,
185-501: A Canadian collection of world music artists, 1991 The Gathering (EP) or the title song, by Living Legends, 2008 City on a Hill: The Gathering or the title song, from the City on a Hill series, 2003 The Gathering , by Diane Schuur , 2011 The Gathering , by Infected Mushroom , 1999 The Gathering , by Kathryn Tickell , 1997 The Gathering DVD (2005) and The Gathering album (2010), by Magenta The Gathering ,
222-496: A Dutch rock band The Gathering, a New Zealand music festival Albums [ edit ] The Gathering (Arbouretum album) , 2011 The Gathering (Caribbean Jazz Project album) or the title song, 2002 The Gathering (Geri Allen album) or the title song, 1998 The Gathering (Jorn album) , 2007 The Gathering (Magnum album) , 2010 The Gathering (Rashanim album) , 2009 The Gathering (Testament album) , 1999 The Gathering (compilation album) ,
259-414: A compilation of Irish traditional music featuring Andy Irvine and other artists, 1981 Songs [ edit ] "The Gathering", by Amorphis from The Karelian Isthmus , 1992 "The Gathering", by Delain from Lucidity , 2005 "The Gathering", by Freedom Call from The Circle of Life , 2005 Sports and games [ edit ] The Gathering (professional wrestling) , an incarnation of
296-418: A final Christmas reunion with his estranged wife and adult children. The film was directed by Randal Kleiser , and stars Edward Asner in the lead role of dying executive Adam Thornton and Maureen Stapleton as his estranged wife Kate. Adam Thornton (Edward Asner), a grumpy, ill-tempered executive who walked out on his wife and family some years before, learns from his doctor (John Randolph) that he only has
333-452: A hard edge, similar to the previous album Metamorphosis . At this time, Magenta's full members were confirmed to be Rob Reed, Christina Booth and Chris Fry, with other musicians brought in for studio recordings and live gigs. Kieran Bailey recorded drums on the album but no longer played with the live version of the band. Their sixth album, The Twenty Seven Club was released in 2013. This features six tracks dedicated to musicians who died at
370-480: A little time left to live (30 to 90 days). He decides that he wants to make peace with his wife and family, and to have one last reunion of the family at Christmas before he dies. He confides this information to his estranged wife Kate (Maureen Stapleton) -- but when his doctor says that it won't be good for him to travel, she suggests that they should call their four adult children and invite them all to come home for Christmas . Adam agrees to this scheme, but only with
407-655: A new man ( Efrem Zimbalist Jr. ). It was also produced by Hanna-Barbera. The film was released on DVD on Christmas 2009 by Warner Home Video through its Warner Archive label. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available through Warner's online store and Amazon.com. This release includes The Gathering - Part II as a bonus. Magenta (Welsh band) Allan Mason-Jones (drums) Martin Rosser (guitar) Matt Cohen (bass) Colin Edwards (guitar) Keiran Bailey (drums) Steve Roberts (drums) Dan Nelson (bass) Magenta are
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#1732772778484444-513: A new version of Hackett’s 1979 instrumental track "Spectral Mornings", with new lyrics written by David Longdon, in support of the Parkinson’s Society UK. Christina Booth has, as of March 2024, released three solo albums: Broken Lives And Bleeding Hearts (2010), The Light (2015), and Bar Stool Prophet (2023). Chris Fry released his solo album Composed in 2012, consisting of acoustic guitar instrumentals. In 2004, Magenta received
481-662: A tourism initiative for the Irish diaspora The Gathering, a 2005 stage show by Derren Brown See also [ edit ] Gathering (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title The Gathering . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Gathering&oldid=1168373011 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
518-660: Is a professional songwriter and has done many other projects for both film and television. The most successful of these projects was called Trippa , featuring Christina Booth on vocals and Rob Reed on guitars and keyboards. Reed asked Christina to be lead vocalist for a progressive rock project he had in mind, and the initial ideas for Magenta were born. Booth previously was guest on a number of Cyan albums providing backing vocals. In late 1999, Reed started writing for what would become Magenta's debut release, Revolutions . Reed wanted to do something new, bigger and more conceptual. "Current prog bands are always scared and shy about admitting
555-414: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Gathering (1977 film) The Gathering is a 1977 American made-for-television drama film produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for ABC . Written by James Poe , with Joseph Barbera as executive producer, the film tells the story of a dying executive (played by Edward Asner ) who arranges
592-488: Is the most nervous about seeing Bud (Gregory Harrison), to whom he hasn't spoken for several years since he had an angry argument with Bud regarding the Vietnam War and Bud's subsequent move to Canada in order to avoid the draft. The film was followed by the 1979 sequel The Gathering, Part II , which picked up two years after Adam's death (Edward Asner did not appear in it), and largely concerned Kate's relationship with
629-501: The Classic Rock Society Award for "Best Female Vocalist" and "Best Live Band". The Classic Rock Society (CRS) honours groups or artists who are popular with the public, but whose music remains unpublicised by national media and radio station programmers. Other past contributors and recipients have included Pallas , IQ , Spock's Beard , Flower Kings , Mostly Autumn , Karnataka , Pendragon and many others from
666-549: The Hammer House Of Horror films. Musically it's very much a hark back to the first two Genesis- and Yes-influenced Revolutions and Seven . Autumn 2022 saw the release of the album The White Witch - A Symphonic Trilogy , an orchestral re-imagining of the songs "The White Witch" from Revolutions (Sacrifice), "Lust" from Seven (Retribution) plus a new piece entitled Survival. A number of singles, EP's, compilations, live albums and DVD's have been released by
703-411: The "story". Magenta: The Singles was released in summer 2007. The album features re-recorded versions of various singles and album tracks. Rob Reed explains, "The first reason for doing the album was to get definitive versions of the songs recorded. We’d been playing some of the songs live for 3 years and we now had Dan on bass, and he’d brought his own character to the songs as they’d developed. Also,
740-760: The Raven's Nest stable Magic: The Gathering , a trading card game The Gathering, a live-action role-playing game event run by Lorien Trust The Gathering, a role-playing event at the Origins Game Fair managed by Paradigm Concepts Other uses [ edit ] Gathering of the Juggalos , or The Gathering, an annual festival The Gathering (LAN party) , an annual computer party in Norway The Gathering 2009 , an event celebrating Scottish culture The Gathering Ireland 2013 ,
777-756: The Summer's End Festival in September 2012. The live band featured the Magenta live line-up, but with Steffan Rhys Williams replacing Christina Booth on lead vocals. A new lineup featuring Tiger Moth Tales/Red Bazar/Camel musician Peter Jones was formed, re-recording the debut album For King And Country in 2021 and performing it live. A brand new album Pictures From The Other Side was released in 2023. In April 2015, Rob Reed and Christina Booth collaborated with Big Big Train’s David Longdon and Nick D’Virgilio, Steven Wilson band’s Nick Beggs and Steve Hackett (ex Genesis) on
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#1732772778484814-551: The USA. The CD is 68 minutes long and includes contributions from a variety of guests including Magenta regulars Martin Shellard on guitar alongside Troy Donockley (Iona, Mostly Autumn ) on Uilleann Pipes and whistles. Once again, the album was written and produced by Rob Reed, with lyrics by Steve Reed. Musically, Home represents a further development for the band, combining the Magenta sound established on Revolutions , Seven and
851-477: The age of 27, including Jim Morrison , Brian Jones , Janis Joplin , Amy Winehouse , Kurt Cobain and Robert Johnson . See 27 Club . Following the release of We are Legend , in April 2017, containing just three tracks, all of them developing musical themes and influences beyond 10 minutes each, Magenta released a new CD/DVD live compilation We are Seven in 2018, with the performance of two complete albums for
888-532: The band went on an extended hiatus while other projects were being worked on, such as Christina Booth's and Chris Fry's solo albums. Magenta returned to the live scene at the Summer's End Festival in October 2011, with Dan Nelson and Steve Roberts (from Godsticks ) on bass and drums respectively. Magenta's fifth album, Chameleon , was released in November 2011. It features several shorter tracks but mostly with
925-623: The band, going back to 2004. Magenta have played at many rock festivals, including Summer's End, Winter's End, Celebr8, Fusion, Cambridge Rock Festival and Danfest in the UK, Baja Prog in Mexico, and Night Of The Prog in Loreley, Germany. Magenta remain active as of March 2024, and headlined at Fusion 5 in Stourport. Rob Reed's previous project, Cyan, took to the stage for the first time to play at
962-471: The double live album Another Time, Another Place , recorded on tour in Europe from 2002–2004. The live concert DVD The Gathering was also released in late 2005 and a series of live shows followed. Magenta's third studio album, Home , was officially released on 1 June 2006. The album is a concept piece and tells the story of a woman who emigrates from Liverpool, England in the early 1970s to "find herself" in
999-468: The first time live: The awards winning 2004 album Seven and Magenta's latest album We Are Seven . For the occasion, the band are augmented by additional flute and oboe players. In July 2019 a new version of the Home album was released. About this new recording, Rob Reed declared in Magenta's website: "During the preparation for the Magenta 20th Anniversary shows, we decided to include a large selection from
1036-461: The influences of the great bands of the 70's, and I wanted to come clean and admit and celebrate those influences, and hopefully create something as worthwhile as those classic bands" said Reed. "To do this, all I had to do was to give priority to melody rather than technical showmanship, something I have always tried to do with all my work." Revolutions was named "Best New Album" in 2001 by Musical Discoveries, an online resource for female vocalists in
1073-560: The music industry. Magenta's second album, Seven was released in March 2004 and sold out of its first pressing within four weeks. The band's first single, "Broken" was released in June 2004 – from the EP Broken . While shorter than any of the epic tracks on Seven , Broken retains the classic prog rock sound of Magenta, with a slightly more modern edge. In November 2004, Magenta released
1110-457: The original versions had been recorded quite quickly and we wanted to get high quality versions of the songs down, as we’d done with "Speechless". It was great to take a bit more time with them and record them properly. Also a lot of Prog fans don’t like buying singles, they’d much rather have the album format, and at 79 minutes we certainly have an album's worth of material. We can delete the singles now." In addition, another DVD Live At The Point
1147-483: The provision that the adult children must not be told of his illness and impending death. The major problem is that most of them are not exactly fond of their father, not only because he walked out on their mother, but also because he has an ill-tempered and stubborn nature. Adam is nervous about seeing his adult children again, including the eldest son Tom (Lawrence Pressman), who ultimately figures out why his father asked all of them to come home for Christmas. However, Adam
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1184-399: The regional recordings. We were also very lucky to have Pete Jones (Tiger Moth Tales) to play saxophone on the track "Moving On", like he did at the recent Magenta 20th Anniversary Show. The result I think is a more dynamic and atmospheric interpretation of what we looking to achieve. I hope you enjoy..". Summer 2020 saw the release of the album Masters of Illusion , a concept album based on
1221-477: The two singles Broken and I'm Alive . The new album was released in two separate versions, the single disc Home and the double disc version featuring the New York Suite . The second disc contains four longer pieces of music which could not fit onto the single disc version. Home was later re-released as a double album, with the four tracks from the New York Suite inserted into the relevant position in
1258-477: The underperformed HOME album. Having to recreate the tracks, meant having to re-visit the multi-tracks which were in a mess. Not being able to resist a ‘tinker’ with the tracks, I ended up re-working the multitrack. Solving problems in the arrangements, adding fresh dynamics and colours. Keeping what was good about the original, the vocals which are amazing, but re-working the backing tracks. Adding new things, and then taking away anything that did not earn its keep from
1295-503: Was notable for featuring a wind section, and the one-off return of Martin Rosser on rhythm guitar – Colin Edwards having recently departed the band. The concert Live At Real World was released as a double CD and DVD in September 2010. On 4 March 2010, it was announced on the Magenta homepage that bassist Dan Fry had left the live band, to pursue his MLE project. This caused two shows in the Netherlands set for May to be cancelled, and
1332-484: Was recorded on 23 November at The Point in Cardiff. On 30 November 2007 it was announced that drummer Allan Mason-Jones had left the live version of the band. He was replaced in the live band by Keiran Bailey. On 11 December 2007 it was announced that rhythm guitarist Martin Rosser had also left the band to work with Dan Fry and Allan Mason-Jones on their new C-Sides project. Their fourth album, entitled "Metamorphosis",
1369-563: Was released to registered fans on 23 March 2008, with an accompanying DVD featuring footage of the recording process and a full 5.1 version of the album. (The official release date for these items was 21 April.) Prior to its release, Reed said it was "unlike what Magenta fans have heard up until now." The album contains just four tracks, two of which are longer than 20 minutes. The album has a much darker edge than previous Magenta albums. In November 2009, Magenta performed an acoustic concert at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios near Bath. The concert
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