Rock & pop concert
VERSCHOBEN: Saga - World Tour 2020 - Out Of The Shadows
Konzertfabrik Z7
Kraftwerkstrasse
 4, 4133 Pratteln
SAGENOUS RENAISSANCE
Corona doesn't stop at legends: Three times the comeback of the Canadian prog rock icons SAGA in Pratteln had to be postponed. On 14.
Corona doesn't stop at legends: Three times the comeback of the Canadian prog rock icons SAGA in Pratteln had to be postponed. On 14.
Event details
SAGENCE RENAISSANCE
Corona doesn't stop at legends: The comeback of the Canadian prog rock icons SAGA in Pratteln had to be postponed three times. On June 14, 2022, it will finally happen. Then SAGA want to rock our open air stage as part of the Z7 Summer Nights. And at the same time we can celebrate the 45th birthday of the band. The group around the founding members Michael Sadler and Ian Crichton has lost none of its popularity in all these years and presents itself on stage fresher than ever.
"It seems that in recent years we have experienced a kind of renaissance, that our music is suddenly rediscovered and appreciated by many fans. It's probably because we've never been this good live," states SAGA frontman Michael Sadler. In October 2017, he was last a guest at Z7 with his band and delivered a fantastic best-of show. At the time, everything indicated that it would be the band's very last performance on Swiss soil. "That was a misunderstanding," Sadler says. "We just wanted to get out of the usual decades-long album-tour-album rhythm. After 40-plus years, it was time to take a breath. We never specifically formulated that we were going to break up, we're still way too creative for that."
In their long career, SAGA have sold more than 10 million albums worldwide to date and played over 1,000 concerts in North & South America as well as Europe. There is no end in sight. After all, everything the fan could wish for is still there: The distinctive guitar riffs, which are in harmony with the complex keyboard arrangements and in addition Michael Sadler's characteristic voice, which has lost nothing of its volume even at the age of 67 and rounds off the sound picture of SAGA perfectly. This is also the case on the latest work "Symmetry", which was released in March 2021 and offers listeners the opportunity to explore and rediscover SAGA classics such as "Wind Him Up", "Say Goodbye To Hollywood" or "Tired World" in a completely new, acoustic guise.
With the current disc, which brought SAGA back into the Top 20 of the Swiss charts for the first time since the late 80s, and hits from four and a half decades, the Canadians return to the stage in 2022. Michael Sadler is delighted: "I see the whole thing as a blessing that will enable me to continue doing my dream job even in retirement. Who can say that about themselves? I travel through countries many will never see and still get paid for it!" And if the journey does come to an end, he can look back with satisfaction on a great career, because: "We have always been honest with the audience and with ourselves, never compromised, never made music for the sake of the charts. But I will only stop when it no longer feels good to go on stage. Music I will certainly do until the end, because that's what makes me."
Doors open: 6:30 p.m.
Start: 20:00
End: there is no information from the organizer.
Age limit: From 10 years. Under 16s only when accompanied by an adult.
Wheelchair places: Wheelchair users need a normal ticket, the accompanying person is free.
More information:
www.z-7.ch
(mkr)
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
Corona doesn't stop at legends: The comeback of the Canadian prog rock icons SAGA in Pratteln had to be postponed three times. On June 14, 2022, it will finally happen. Then SAGA want to rock our open air stage as part of the Z7 Summer Nights. And at the same time we can celebrate the 45th birthday of the band. The group around the founding members Michael Sadler and Ian Crichton has lost none of its popularity in all these years and presents itself on stage fresher than ever.
"It seems that in recent years we have experienced a kind of renaissance, that our music is suddenly rediscovered and appreciated by many fans. It's probably because we've never been this good live," states SAGA frontman Michael Sadler. In October 2017, he was last a guest at Z7 with his band and delivered a fantastic best-of show. At the time, everything indicated that it would be the band's very last performance on Swiss soil. "That was a misunderstanding," Sadler says. "We just wanted to get out of the usual decades-long album-tour-album rhythm. After 40-plus years, it was time to take a breath. We never specifically formulated that we were going to break up, we're still way too creative for that."
In their long career, SAGA have sold more than 10 million albums worldwide to date and played over 1,000 concerts in North & South America as well as Europe. There is no end in sight. After all, everything the fan could wish for is still there: The distinctive guitar riffs, which are in harmony with the complex keyboard arrangements and in addition Michael Sadler's characteristic voice, which has lost nothing of its volume even at the age of 67 and rounds off the sound picture of SAGA perfectly. This is also the case on the latest work "Symmetry", which was released in March 2021 and offers listeners the opportunity to explore and rediscover SAGA classics such as "Wind Him Up", "Say Goodbye To Hollywood" or "Tired World" in a completely new, acoustic guise.
With the current disc, which brought SAGA back into the Top 20 of the Swiss charts for the first time since the late 80s, and hits from four and a half decades, the Canadians return to the stage in 2022. Michael Sadler is delighted: "I see the whole thing as a blessing that will enable me to continue doing my dream job even in retirement. Who can say that about themselves? I travel through countries many will never see and still get paid for it!" And if the journey does come to an end, he can look back with satisfaction on a great career, because: "We have always been honest with the audience and with ourselves, never compromised, never made music for the sake of the charts. But I will only stop when it no longer feels good to go on stage. Music I will certainly do until the end, because that's what makes me."
Doors open: 6:30 p.m.
Start: 20:00
End: there is no information from the organizer.
Age limit: From 10 years. Under 16s only when accompanied by an adult.
Wheelchair places: Wheelchair users need a normal ticket, the accompanying person is free.
More information:
www.z-7.ch
(mkr)
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
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