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February 27th, 2015: NEXT FLYING CIRCUS GIG IN TWO WEEKS And of course you will also be able to hear pieces from all of the band's other albums, harking back to compositions that were made as early as 1990 even. Roughly half of the available tickets have now been sold, so you'd better make sure to secure yourself a place at the rather small "Kultus" soon (ticket price: 5,- Euros • available via e-mail at http://www.flying-circus.com/news_d.html )
In the meantime, the band is now completing the overdubs on the basic tracks for the new album which were recorded in London in spring. Simultaneously, the FLYING CIRCUS musicians are working on further songs for the album, two of which are now fully composed and arranged, so the band will present them to you live in February along with a set of older songs comprising all eras of FLYING CIRCUS. September 12th, 2014: It's been 6 days already since our gig at Bedburg's "Musikmeile" festival - and we still can't believe how many people there were in front of our stage at the "Altstadt-Stuben". Thanks a lot for supporting us! According to the "Kölner Stadtanzeiger" which wrote a long article about the event that was witnessed by more than 20.000 people, Flying Circus "represented the genre of sophisticated art." Sounds great!
That means you can easily watch the MusikMeile's opening with headliners EXTRABREIT at 6pm at the Schlossparkplatz and then stroll down to our venue (and back, probably, because at 10pm there will be a further top act at the Schlossparkplatz, namely the COMMITMENTS from the movie of the same name). You'll find the MusikMeile's full schedule here July 27th, 2014: After mainly concentrating on doing recordings for the new album over the last weeks and months, FLYING CIRCUS can now prouldy present their next live date to you: The band will play the renowned „MusikMeile“ festival in Bedburg on the 6th of September, 2014.
February 28th, 2014: RECORDING SESSIONS IN LONDON
We will be in the rehearsal studio for the next couple of weeks in order to work on more new songs, but there's already a new live date on the horizon as well: On March 14th, 2014, we will play Bergheim’s renowned MEDIO theatre, which should be an absolute highlight because the guys there only stage top-class productions: tasteful stage design and great lights & sound guaranteed! And there’s a treat on top: Dieter Kirchenbauer’s enthralling experimental trio "Hot Club d’électrique“ who supported us at our CD release concert for „Ones and Zeros“ in April will share the stage with us again!
"The Inner Child" was written by Flying Circus's bass player Roger Weitz (music) and Nanni C. Helmstedt (lyrics) in 2009. At the time, it did not make it onto the band's 2010 album 'Forth' as it was deemed too different to the rest of the album tracks.
This will be the first occasion for the new line up to play a full two hour show. Apart from a full performance of the current EP and many FLYING CIRCUS classics, the band will present three brandnew songs from the album currently in the works - and, yes, you probably guessed it: These will be the three songs we presented to you last week in the latest video on our facebook page. So don't hesitate and order tickets now (anyone familiar with the KULTUS knows that the venue's capacity isn' that big) - and at only 5,- Euro this concert is of course a real bargain!
If you always wanted to get a real "behind the scenes" look at the band, this video will provide it: It will grant you entrance to "Roger's Farmhouse Studio" where FLYING CIRCUS recorded all their albums, and you will see the full band working on new songs.
 July 7th, 2013: Over the last couple of weeks, some more reviews of the latest FLYING CIRCUS EP 'Ones and Zeros' kept coming in. There were reports by the renowned German magazines 'Eclipsed' and 'Rock Hard' for example, and the first reviews in English language publications. As usual, we summed this all up here in our reviews section.We can also tell you that the band is busy rehearsing first draft versions of compositions for the new album at the band's home at Roger's Farmhouse Studio! There will be "video evidence" of this on our Facebook site soon.  May 25th, 2013: There is a new FLYING CIRCUS video on YouTube!
Combining the finished audio track "Hero In Disguise" with video material documenting its recording sessions at "Roger's Farmhouse Studio", Bedburg, and "Blömer Audio", Stolberg, this clip should give you an impression of how the new Flying Circus EP "Ones and Zeros" was produced: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmkoKpeuawI Thanks to Daniel Ploszonka and Nanni C. Helmstedt for filming when we couldn't hold the camera ourselves.
If you would like to check out the EP before buying: There are snippets of all its songs here, and you can watch a video for the complete audio track 'Fire (I Wanna Go)' on our YouTube channel - the video should give you an idea of the lavish digipak artwork and is combined with band pics by photographer Ralph Sondermann. On our Facebook page's 'Band Profile' there is also a complete audio stream of the EP's opening song 'Hero in Disguise'.  March 27th, 2013: Important news regarding the ticket sale for the FLYING CIRCUS CD release party for "Ones and Zeros" at Schloss Hülchrath on April 12th: In addition to the online sale here you can now also buy tickets at the Mayersche Buchhandlung/Bücherstube Krause in Grevenbroich and at Bioladen Ritzenhof Hanen in Elsdorf-Niederembt.Plus: We finally managed to set up a proper page for FLYING CIRCUS at Facebook which you will find here. On this page, you can hear the new song "Ones and Zeros" from the upcoming CD in full length in the "Band Profile" section, and in the "MusicStore" section, you are able to browse through all previous our albums and buy them worldwide. We will add the new EP here on ist official release date (April 12th), of course. The promo pictures (shot by photographer Ralph Sondermann) which we have posted here are also available on our website (also in hi-res print quality) here.  March 17th, 2013: Let's celebrate: FLYING CIRCUS Mk. VI is now together for one whole year!
In March 2012, Rüdiger Blömer took over the vacant post on keyboards and added the violin to the fold as well. Yet funnily enough, the band hit the stage for the first time roughly two weeks BEFORE Rüdiger officially joined: Just like FLYING CIRCUS drummer Ande Roderigo, Rüdiger took part in THIN CROW's one off "Plugged!" concert at the Medio in Bergheim on March 2nd, 2012 as a guest musician. Performing a diverse range of cover songs as well as the FLYING CIRCUS classic "Seasons" the five band members had so much fun that they decided to permanently work together within the FLYING CIRCUS frame. In order to commemorate this fateful evening, you can now watch two videos from the convert at YouTube: the gig's opener "Baba O'Riley" (originally by THE WHO, of course) and the title track from FLYING CIRCUS's debut album "Seasons".
Enjoy! And if you do: You can watch the band's first full show on April 12th at Grevenbroich's "Schloss Hülchrath" where they will present their new CD "Ones and Zeros". Tickets are available via e-mail here.
You can either pay by bank transfer or via PayPal (we will charge you an additional 70 Cent per order for postage and packing), and the presale price is 8,- Euro. On the night itself, tickets will cost 10,- Euro at the box office.  February 2nd, 2013: We can now tell you the official release date for the next FLYING CIRCUS CD:
"Ones and Zeros" will become available worldwide on April 12th, 2013. From this date onwards, you will be able to order our new EP at CDBaby, iTunes, amazon & Co. and of course here on our own website - and what's more: You can NOW listen to some sound snippets from it in our "MUSIC" section to get you into the right mood already. One thing we can tell you already: We are very pleased that our long-time musical companions, Grevenbroich's very own blues rock veterans HEADSTONE (active for more than 32 years now!) and the new group HOT CLUB D´ÉLECTRIQUE ("Hendrix meets Karftwerk"), which is based around guitar virtuoso, singer, composer and producer Dieter Kirchenbauer from nearby Bedburg will support us on this occasion. January 11th, 2013: We have started to update the FLYING CIRCUS website with some content for our upcoming release "Ones and Zeros": Today, we added the complete lyrics to the EP to the "lyrics" section - as always graced by parts of the CD's artwork.
December 3rd, 2012: The new FLYING-CIRCUS-EP "Ones and Zeros" has just been completed! The band sequenced the final master versions of the six tracks yesterday, and the finished premaster is already on its way to the pressing plant. The "Ones and Zeros"-songs copmprise two new compositions written specifically for the EP ("Hero in Disguise" and "Fire/I Wanna Go"), an acoustic version of the Flying Circus classic "Follow the Empress" (originally released in 1997 on the band's debut album "Seasons") and a cover version of the Jagger/Richards-penned Stones masterpiece "Paint it Black  October 13th, 2012: Time for a short progress report on the upcoming FLYING CIRCUS EP: work in the studio is going along very well, and especially Roger Weitz and Rüdiger Blömer are spending a lot of time creating a really professional sound for "Ones and Zeros" and making every detail absolutely perfect. In order to even surpass the great sound the band achieved on "Forth", FLYING CIRCUS have decided to get the finished tracks mastered at an external sound studio for the first time. In the meantime, singer Michael Dorp managed to complete a draft for the "Ones and Zeros" cover which you can see right next to this paragraph (please click on the image for a larger version of the cover). The photographs for the "Ones and Zeros" cover and booklet were taken by Rengsdorf-based photographer Rolf Weingarten, who regularly shhots live pics for THIN CROW and MAD ZEPPELIN. You can view his best pictures here.
And there is something for those of you who would like to get to know the new guys in the band a bit better: You will find a video for a composition by new FLYING CIRCUS keyboarder/violinist Rüdiger at YouTube – his piece “Nineteenseventyfive” was played by the young "Rockstreicher" orchestra from Mönchengladbach's municipal music school where Rüdiger is a teacher. This will give you an impression of his formidable skills as a composer and as a sound engineer.
In order to give you an idea of the two "new guys" and their musical background, we have also provided you with full portraits of Ande and Rüdiger in the "Band"-section. Furthermore, you can now read how we came across these two fabulous musicians by taking a look at the freshly updated band history.
March 19th, 2012: FLYING CIRCUS is complete again! After being able to secure professional drummer Ande Roderigo's valuable services a couple of months ago, the band can now proudly announce that the vacant keyboarder's post has been taken over by Rüdiger Blömer. Rüdiger played together with Roger Weitz once before - way back in the 1980ies as a leading member of their jazz rock outfit FLAGEOLETT, and in addition to playing keyboards, he will add the violin to FLYING CIRCUS's musical framework. All guitar work within the band will be taken over by Michael Rick alone from now on. January 9th, 2012: Substantial upheavals in the FLYING CIRCUS camp: Unfortunately, keyboard player Lars Frik, drummer Falco Kurtz and guitarist Lorenz Gelius-Laudam have all decided to leave the band for job- and/or family-related reasons. Over the last couple of months, one after the other came to the conclusion that they could no longer contribute as much to the band as they wanted. As you can imagine, this decision wasn't the easiest to make after all these years of making music together – neither for the three musicians who will leave nor for the other three who will stay in the band. Thanks for all the effort you put into FLYING CIRCUS and good luck to you, guys – we will miss your creative input and three true friends! January 1st, 2011: Flying Circus wish you a happy new year and all the best for 2011! October 8th, 2010: Over the last few months and after loads of reviews in Germany, the internationale press has finally also caught the buzz about our latest album 'Forth'. There have been articles in Britains most renowned rock magazine 'Classic Rock' and the very influential 'Dutch Progressive Rock Page', for example. As always, we have posted all the new reviews here. Furthermore, there will be reviews in the forthcoming issues of US-magazine 'Progression' and british magazine 'Fireworks'. The latter will also publish an interview with singer Michael Dorp. There also has been some airplay from radio stations from the USA, Britain and France over the last couple of weeks, and thus CD-sales have again taken an upward turn recently. Plus: Some further magazines, websites and radio stations from Britain, Canada and Poland have ordered their 'Forth' promo packages in the last couple of days, so we do stand a fair chance that sales will remain on a decent level for the rest of the year. June 15th, 2010: A number of magazines have published further (great) reviews regarding the latest FLYING CIRCUS album 'Forth' (including German mags and websites 'Metal Hammer', 'MUSIKER Magazin' and 'musik an sich'). As always, we have listed the reviews here. April 29th, 2010: The first reviews regarding the new FLYING CIRCUS albums 'Forth' have arrived. We have assembled them for you in the 'reviews' section - happy reading! Plus: The new edition of 'Eclipsed' magazine features an illustrated article on FLYING CIRCUS's 20th anniversary – so get hold of a copy! March 24th, 2010: We are glad to be able to present to you another live date after January's CD release concert - here are all the details: FLYING CIRCUS at the 'Szenario im Auflauf February 16th, 2010: Exactly one month after the event itself we have put the best pictures of the big FLYING CIRCUS anniversary concert online for you right here! Thanks again to all of who who have made this a very special night for us! January 16th, 2010: At last! The new FLYING-CIRCUS-CD 'FORTH' and the 20th anniversary box set 'BACK & FORTH' have arrived! You can now order the CDs here! The first three albums 'Seasons', 'Out of the Waste Land' and 'Pomp' have also been reissued and can now be ordered again. You will be able to buy all CDs at our anniversary concert this evening as well of course. We are looking forward to seeing you there! January 13th, 2010: Just three days before the 20th anniversary concert, you now have the opportunity to listen to some of the songs from the new albums in full length, as FLYING CIRCUS now has ist own Myspace-site at: January 6th, 2010: As you can see the FLYING CIRCUS website has been completely relaunched. December 24th, 2009: Just a quick note just before Christmas with the latest infos regarding the new FLYING CIRCUS album: During the last couple of days, Roger Weitz and Michael Dorp have finished mixing and mastering the main CD FORTH and the Bonus CD BACK for its special box set edition. The CDs will be pressed right after the festive season. Till then all the best for the Christmas holidays to you all! October 24th, 2009: The members of FLYING CIRCUS have started rehearsing for their 20th anniversary gig/CD release party while still working on the completion of 'FORTH'. The concert on January 16th, 2010 (8:30 pm, G.O.T., An St. Josef 4, D-41515 Grevenbroich) will last around two hours and will comprise five songs from the new album as well as a considerable amount of tracks from all other FLYING CIRCUS CDs. Additionally, the band will perform two songs from its early days never before available on CD, which will finally be released with the deluxe edition of FORTH featuring the bonus disc 'BACK' (see below for further infos). Furthermore, FLYING CIRCUS will re-release all its earlier albums 'Seasons' (1997), 'Out of the Waste Land' (2000) and 'Pomp' (2004), which for some time have all been sold out up to now. The re-release date will coincide with the band jubilee - thus you will able to buy all the material FLYING CIRCUS ever recorded from January 16th, 2010. October 5th, 2009: The new FLYING CIRCUS album has now got an official release date! FORTH will come out on January 16th, 2010, which will of course be coincide with a big CD release party/jubilee concert because of the band’s impending 20th anniversary. The concert at the G.O.T., An St. Josef 4, 41515 Grevenbroich, Germany, will start at 8:30 pm (doors 7:30). Tickets are at 5,- Euro and can be now obtained via e-mail order (just send an e-mail to this adress and all infos on extra charges for postage and on how to pay will be forwarded to you). More infos on how the recordings for ‘FORTH’ (and the bonus CD ‘BACK’ with early FLYING CIRCUS songs) are going ahead will follow soon right here. August 20th, 2009: Following a row of entries primarily concerned with FLYING CIRCUS members' activities outside the band, it is now time to talk about FLYING CIRCUS again as the band plans to release its new album called ‘Forth’ in December. The title is a play on words of course, as it is the band’s fourth album. Preproductions for the 11 new songs were completed a couple of weeks ago, and now the final tracks are being layed down. As the band will celebrate its 20th anniversary this autumn, there will not only be a standard edition of ‘Forth’, but also a deluxe version with a bonus CD containing more than a dozen of early FLYING CIRCUS songs which were written before the release of the band’s first album. These tracks have never been released before except on underproduced cassette demos and/or live bootlegs and will now be properly recorded for the first time and summarized under the banner ‘Back – The Rest of Flying Circus’. The cardboard slipcase package of both CDs will thus be available under the obvious title of ‘Back and Forth’. Aif you are able to understand German, that is... But you can also find some photos and comments regarding the concert from a FlYING-CIRCUS-/THIN-CROW - point of view in English here. March 9th, 2009: FLYING CIRCUS/THIN CROW musicians meet their idols! |
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December 4th, 2014: As we announced to you in November already, presale tickets for the next FLYING CIRCUS concert are now available! If you want to see the gig on February 20th, 2015 at the Café Kultus in Grevenbroich, you can now place your order for a ticket 
September 1st, 2014: The complete schedule for Bedburg's 10th "MusikMeile" festival on September 6th is finally ready. You can see a 90 minute live set by FLYING CIRCUS at the Altstadt-Stuben, starting at 8pm (at the market square, Friedrich-Wilhelm-Straße 41).
May 1st, 2014: Just a quick update on the recording sessions mentioned below: During the three days at the London Recording Studios (formerly SARM East), FLYING CIRCUS have recorded the basic tracks for six songs for the new album which are now being worked on further. Thanks to our fantastic sound engineer Murillo "Mucca" Squillaro, the sound of the recordings has come out really well and will provide a great basis for all the work to come. In addition to working on those recordings, the band is currently arranging six to seven further songs to complete the album.
September 1st, 2012: Taking just a little time off working on the EP, the new FLYING CIRCUS line-up has finally managed to do a foto session and we have now updated the website accordingly (thanks a lot to photographer Antje Görnig for taking the pictures yet again). In addition to the shots of drummer Ande Roderigo and keyboard player/violinist Rüdiger Blömer right here, you can find two brand new pictures of the whole band 
Over the last couple of weeks we were also able to conclude the recording sessions for our new EP which, as we can reveal now, will be called 'Ones and Zeros'. Drums, bass guitar and the basic rhythm guitars were recorded simultaneously in a live situation in "Roger's Farmhouse Studio" - the first time we worked that way since recording the FLYING CIRCUS debut 'Seasons' back in 1997. While large chunks of further overdubs were also recorded at Roger's place, we decided to use Rüdiger Blömer's studio for the lead vocals as well as the keyboard- and violin tracks and some additionaly acoustic guitars this time around. The result is more than satisfying, and we will spend the next few weeks mixing the five songs. More details soon!
