Tournées et concerts
Calendrier du concerts plus importants
(pardon, en Anglais seulment)
La Zag enchant the English audience with their "Historical Folk"!
Enthusiastic fans (old and new) and promoters.
Our Venues:
St. Michael's Church, Torrington, Devon
St. Brannock's Church, Braunton, Devon
Gainsborough Old Hall, Gainsborough,
Lincolnshire
Folk Club Brown Cow, Mansfield,
Nottinghamshire
Pamela Hambro Village Hall, Winterbourne
Stickland, Dorset
Morden Village Hall, Morden/Wareham, Dorset
Toller Porcorum Hall, Toller Porcorum, Dorset
The Bell Inn, Bath,
Avon
BIG THANK YOU to Richard&Splodge from
LittleWhiteLionProductions,
to the local promoters and
to the Ladies from Dorset, who with their
cooking skills proofed to us how delicious English food can be!
From „The Bath Chronicle“, Oct. 25th 2007 (please click)
soundcheck and concert....
backstage with Capitan Uncione and Chicca Tettamiao...
... real BIG fans!!!
In the Castello (=castle) Colleoni in Solza near Bergamo/Milano,
our "Historical Folk" vibrates through the night as all of a
sudden a voice can be heard out of the audience, addressed to our frontman
Franco: "Sei meglio di Jan Anderson!"(= you're better than Jan
Anderson). What a compliment (...to hell with modesty...)!
Program (clic to enlarge)...
and poster:
Our Richard&Splodge from LittleWhiteLion Productions - (yessss, Il-Mostro has mutated into lion!!) - really have worked out FLAT for La Zag and have organized a tour of two weeks with NiNE DATES in the most wonderful places of England, amongst others in two Churches in Devon! We also have the honour to play at the Gainsborough Old Hall again! For details look: http://lazag.mysite.orange.co.uk/
Great
success, and great experience, too. We literally swept the Sweeps
off its feet (as our Richard Gillitt likes to say). Many people who saw
our first gig at the Gordon Hotel Marquee followed us to our next gigs (Boley
Hill Stage and City Wall Wine Bar).
But enough with words now: lets see pictures instead! Chris Tong from Rochester made us this wonderful gift. Thanks to him!
Gig on the Boley Hill Stage
Saturday, May 5th 2007, 5pm:
Soundcheck
Ecco la primavera
H.S.L.
Arbeau
A lieta vita
Branle de Poitou
Wascha mesa
Come again
Lucky Man
Lady in Black
Branles de Bourgogne
Gaudeamus
Many
thanks again to Richard&Splodge from Il-Mostro Productions and to the
whole Crew, so there is Herman, Doug und Janice:
A very special thank-you to Doug Hudson, English Gentleman and guitarist and singer of the "Hot Rats"!
7 gigs in 7 enchanting venues!
Organized by our English promoter Richard Gillitt from
MonsterProductions. A huge "Thank You" to him and to
Super Secretary Splodge (& Herman)!
For more details and links see our English Homepage http://lazag.mysite.orange.co.uk/
October 6th 2006: The Keay Theatre
St. Austell, Cornwall
October 7th 2006: Minack Theatre
Cornwall
October 8th 2006: Medieval Fayre "A Bit of a Knees
Up" Beaford Arts
Beaford, Devon
October 10th 2006: "Food & Drink Festival" Rochester, Kent
October 11th 2006: Gainsborough Old Hall Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
October 12th 2006: The Circle
Worksop, Nottinghamshire
October 13th 2006: Kingsway Hall
Forest Town, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire (with support "Albert's
Kitchen"!)
Thanks from our hearts to following English friends and sponsors:
Richard Hudson, singer/guitarplayer of "Albert's Kitchen", for posters
and flyers
John Harrison for La Zag-on-tour-T-Shirts and for letting us park our
instruments in his shop
Hobgoblin - Shop in Wadebridge, Cornwall, for the sponsoring of
guitar-strings
16th July 2006: meeting with Hevia before his concert at the Celtic Music Festival of Ostiano (Cremona-Italy), where we played ourselves on 21st July (see right side). If you like, click on the picture to enlarge it.
21st July 2006: our gig
at Isola Dovarese (a beautiful old town, big square in
renaissance style), on Friday after Hevia, in front of an audience of
about 400. Photos and reviews will follow soon (click to enlarge).
Premiere of the new CD...
...in Merano-Italy.
Electric bassman Luca Agostini
As you see, we are very busy indeed and there's little time for updating the homepage. Friends and fans have sent us lots and lots of fotos, so there's a big work to do. But from UK (where we had a real great success!) here some pictures right now!
It was fanatastic to be on tour again with Candice, Ritchie & Co. ! And - La Zag were a big success with the audience. German fans continue writing us emails and asking for cds, thank you. Now we are working hard to organize own concerts in the German area (PROMOTERS WELCOME!!!). Click here and you'll find some nice pictures!
Some press commentaries and fotos:
La Liberté
La Gruyère
On the picture below you can see our dear friends of the
Sardinian Group Cuncordia a Launeddas (Ignazio, the photographer, is the
player with the red belt!)
With Blackmore's Night on tour -
in Germany 2003
Great news: Ritchie wants us to open his concerts in Germany (like
we did in Italy 2000 and 2002)! So you can hear 30-40 minutes of La Zag on
each gig!. The dates:
04.07. Würselen (Aachen), Burg Wilhelmstein
06.07. Fulda, Schlosshof
07.07. Bielefeld, Oetkerhalle (cancelled)
08.07. Bremen, Die Glocke
10.07. Wertheim, Schloss Wertheim
11.07. Rothenburg o.d.T., Burggarten
12.07. Glauchau, Schloss Forderglauchau
15.07. Friedrichshafen, Graf Zeppelin Haus
(more infos at blackmoresnight.com
or ass-concerts.de)
We are looking forward to it - and to YOU!
Switzerland once again: La Zag
at the "Grande Couraule" around the Castle of Gruyère
6th, 7th and 8th of June 2003: a superlative historical event, an old
tradition of the 15th century coming to life! Hundreds and hundreds of
people, jugglers and musicians walk from Château-d'Oex to Bulle (region
of Fribourg), where there will be a big medieval feast in the lovely
Castle of Gruyère.
For more details click here http://www.gruyere-trad.ch
Will we meet you there?
Tournée en Suisse (Bulle, Fribourg)
à la fin d'octobre 2002. "La Zag" était invitée à Bulle pour jouer sur la plus grande foire de la région de Fribourg, le "Comptoir Gruièrien", où on avait installé un joli pavillon de style moyenâgeux.
Le concert au "Folkest"
du 26 juillet 2002: la ville de Spilimbergo (tout près de Venise) a organisé le festival folk le plus important de toute l'Italie. Nous avons joué lors de la dernière soirée. Notre programme, composé de nos chansons et du folk historique, a été bien accueilli par le public.
http://www.folkest.com
Tournée avec Ritchie Blackmore
Cette année, nous accompagnons de nouveau Ritchie, Candice et "Blackmore's Night" durant leur tournée du 15 au 18 juillet 2002 en Italie (malheureusement, le concert du 16 juillet a dû être annulé à cause de la pluie).
Beaucoup de leurs admirateurs se sont souvenus du groupe "La Zag".
"Welcome music" pour le Président
de la République italienne et sa femme, Signora Franca, le 10 juillet 2001: Toute la ville de Bolzano et le château de Mareccio étaient en émoi! Des invités très illustres sont arrivés. Nous avons eu l'honneur de clore la cérémonie officielle par un concert donné dans le jardin du château. Signora Franca était enthousiaste et Monsieur le Président Carlo Azeglio Ciampi lui-même a souhaité poser avec nous pour une photo.
Concert privé pour Michael Jackson...
le 9 mars 2001. Nous avons été invités à Solda (une localité bien connue du Tyrol du Sud pour le ski et l'escalade) pour jouer à la table d'un hôte mystérieux. On ne nous a pas révélé son identité. Imaginez alors notre surprise quand nous avons appris qu'il s'agissait du "King of Pop", Michael Jackson lui-même et que nous devions jouer pour lui ! Il était à Solda pour une rencontre d'affaires. Notre musique lui a tellement plu qu'il a interrompu son dîner et a commencé à se balancer sur sa chaise! A la fin, il nous a serré la main (!) en nous disant : "Nice music!" Good bye Michael !
...et pour ses gardes du corps:
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