26-03-2012 Video Review at LIVEPROG
Marcel Haster did put a lot of time and energy to review our DVD.
We own him for that and we advice everyone to look at
: LIVEPROG
Maybe a motivation for those who didn't buy the DVD yet.
This can be done via our order page
12-02-2012 Concert in
the World Forum Theater, at The Hague
In case of our 1000Wishes project we decided not top perform in
2012. But what are you doing if you are asked to give a concert with
The Musical Box in The World Forum Theater in The Hague. It is quit
a sensation when you are on stage in the Prince Willem Alexander
Venue, the biggest concert room in Holland. Also an unique
opportunity to renew our acquaintance with the Canadian band. It was
sold out so there were more then 1200 people, very crowded indeed.
At first we played a few songs of our Plastic Soup album after that
we did two new song of the 1000Wishes project. It was good to notice
that there was a warm welcome for that songs.
see the pictures
12th February
2012 PBII and The Musical Box at the
World Forum Theater, The Hague
19-11-2011 Concert in De Boerderij, te Zoetermeer
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We ended the Plastic Soup period with a concert in "De Boerderij"
, Zoetermeer (NL). This concert was also the release of our DVD
PBII@Boerderij.org, This DVD can be ordered on our website of
course. To be honest we couldn't imagine a better end. The venue was
fully crowded, about 700 people, they took care of a very warm
atmosphere and during the concert it grew and grew. There were many
friends too so we played a home match, We started with a couple of
song from The Plastic Soup album and were able to introduce our new
bass guitar player Alex van Elswijk. This was a great success
listening to the reactions of the public. A fantastic performance
because he had to replace our former bass guitar player Harry den
Hartog,
Then came the big moment with our new lead singer Ruud Slakhorst. he
did the songs Book of Changes and after that a new song from our
1000Wishes project called Never Old, Well the crowd reacted
overwhelming and we knew we were on the right way. In short a
beautiful ending and a fantastic begin of a new period. read about
in on our 1000Wishes page and read the review on
Background magazine (under concert Reviews, Arena/PBII and
look at the
pictures
Concert on November 5th 2011 Classic Rock Society, The Wesley Centre, Maltby, Rotherham UK)
As you know we come to England for a concert organised by The Classic Rock Society.
We want to do something for the visitors: So everyone who comes to the concert will get a FREE copy of the
amazing DVD & CD box VISIONS (normal price 15 pounds).
Check out the following links for more information about the box:
Prognose and
Progarchives
Besides that there are more reasons to come to the concert.
First of all we will do some songs with Heidi Jo Hines, yes the daughter
of Denny Lain (Wings). Further this is the first official concert with
our new lead singer Ruud Slakhorst. One of the songs we do with him will
be a song for our new project 1000Wishes, we will communicate about that
soon.
We are not the only band that evening because we are supported by
The
Dreaming Tree
So give us one reason not to come !!!!!!!!
15th October 2011 Try-out in De Pul, Uden (NL)
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We wanted to prepare for our England trip. On the 5th of November 2011 we did a try-out on 15-10-2011 in De Pul at Uden
The German band Sylvan
took care of the main concert.
We did parts of the Plastic Soup CD. Beside that we played 3 songs with Ruud Slakhorst our new lead-singer for the 1000Wishes project.
The songs are The Hunchback (Plackband, After the Battle) , Book of Changes (Plastic Soup CD ) and ....
as a preview Never Old a song of our new project 1000Wishes.
Send an Email to PBII@Boerderij.org and ....
On November 5th in Rotherham (UK) and November 19th Zoetermeer (NL)
PBII will present the new live DVD called PBII@Boerderij.org, a live concert with guest appearances of John Jowitt,
John Mitchell, Heidi Jo Hines and Marc Besselink of Kramer.
If you send an email to PBII@Boerderij.org you will receive a reply.
You bring this reply to the concert and buy the new DVD and you will receive a voucher.
With this voucher you can get the upcoming album called 1000Wishes next year for free.
Please fill out your name and (Email)adress and title
Voucher. The special price that night will be 10 Euro or 10 Eng Pounds.
Ruud Slakhorst contracted as lead singer for 1000Wishes
Good news!!!
For some time we were looking for a lead singer for our new project 1000Wishes
The reason is that Michel wanted to concentrate more on his keyboards. Of course he will take participate in a few songs.
Ruud was the lead singer of the band
Edge of Sanity, who ended in 2010.
During our holidays he took a couple of our new songs and composed lyrics and song lines.
We were very happily surprised and very enthusiastic about the results.
At this moment we are very busy together to complete the songs.
In a short time you will find Ruud on our band member pages.
We did start a new project named 1000Wishes
1000Wishes is the new project of PBII and will be recorded with the Hofstad Jeugd Orkest,
a symphonic youth orchestra consisting of 80 boys and girls.
The project consists of a studio album and a fantasy thriller, written by Ronald van der Pol,
which tells the story of a little boy who fights his disease (cancer) in a heroic adventure.
The benefits will go to the Dutch foundation Kika. Kika's goal is to increase the recovery from
childhood cancer
to 95% in 2025.
For that purpose they raise funds for research.
Report from Jan van Franeker about Plastic Soup
Dear all
As you know, I do not send out alerts at each new item in our plastic 'dossier'.
But now I think I should. In Corsica, during a short holiday (after yes another marine litter meeting)
I have made some underwater pictures and short video's of plastic soup, now compressed into a 2 minute documentary and a
number of separate pictures (click on pics to enlarge). I think/hope that this is illustrative material for anyone that
maybe has some problems in imagining what (the reality of) plastic soup looks like!
Read the report
PBII invited in England by the CRS
Good news, we are invited again by the
Classic Rock Society to come to England. On the 5th of November we will give a concert
in Rotherham. Not only PBII but also our girlfriend/colleague Heidi Jo Hines
and the English band Grey Lady Down will join the party.
Of course Heidi will also do some songs with us.
PBII participates at two
different prog media with contributions to iO Pages DVD and Progwereld CD
We welcome the fact that we are on two different fronts to participate in the prog scene in the Netherlands,
namely an anniversary DVD of iO Pages, and on an anniversary CD of Progwereld.
iO Pages is celebrating the release of their one hundredth anniversary of their magazine.
They released a DVD with video recordings of several national and international prog acts.
Production is owned by John and Bert Vis Treep.
The result of four years filming at various stages is brought together in a truly wonderful DVD
called: iO Pages CelebraitiOn 100
our contribution
Second, we are proud of
our contribution to the anniversary CD of Progwereld
about their 10 anniversary,
called PROG NL.
This unique CD contains 10 songs from 10 famous Dutch Dutch prog bands.
New live DVD in
November 2011
The new live DVD, titled PBII@Boerderij.org, will be officially launched on
Saturday 19th of November 2011
during a gig with Arena at the Boerderij.
(see
announcement) It is a recording from a unique concert on 23rd of January,
the launch party of the album Plastic Soup, with guest appearances
by John Mitchell, John Jowitt, Heidi Jo Hines en Kramer.
The DVD is shot with 6 HD camera's and is mixed in 5.1 dolby surround.
On the anniversary DVD of iO Pages is a version of Book of Changes.
During the DVD launch party the bas player Alex van Elswijk will be presented to the audience.
Next year the band will record a new studio album with a symphonic orchestra of 80 people.
At the DVD launch party a taste of the new direction will be given.
On this evening the DVD PBII@Boerderij.org will be available at a sharp price and you can get them signed by the band.
PBII with symphonic orchestra
The plans are forged, the realization is still a challenge,
but it would surprise us if it will not succeed. PBII raises the bar
again a bit later and will record a new studio album with a
large symphony orchestra, consisting of 80 man / woman. The first
Discussions have been held, conductor and musicians are
enthusiastic. The intention is that after some live performances
it will take place. The planning is in mid-2012
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