HAPPY BIRTHDAY TONY

King Crimson's longest serving bass player is celebrating his 72nd birthday.

You might think Tony would be slowing down the pace a little but there's no evidence of that.

In case you missed it here's a video Tony made documenting his trip last year to the Atacama Desert region of Northern Chile, to visit the ESO telescope arrays and photograph the stars in those extraordinary locations. The resulting video and music is stellar...

Copernicus from Tony Levin on Vimeo.

When King Crimson finish their tour at the end of July, Tony will barely have time to catch his breath before he travels back down to South America to tour with Stick Men and special guest ex-Crim David Cross.

STICK MEN with DAVID CROSS

Aug 24, Fri - São Paulo, SP, Brazil (Club Carioca)

Aug 25, Sat - Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil (Teatro Rival)

Aug 28, Tue - San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina (Teatro Alberdi)

Aug 30, Thu - Mar Del Plata, Argentina (Teatriz)

Aug 31, Fri - Buenos Aires, Argentina (ND Teatro)

Sept 1, Sat - Rosario, Argentina (Vorterix)

Sept 3, Mon - Montevideo, Uruguay (Las Trastiendas)

Sept 5, Wed - Cordoba, Argentina (Teatro del Libertador San Martín)

Sept 6, Thu - Santiago, Chile (Teatro Nescafé de las Artes)

Sept 8, Sat - Lima, Peru (Teatro Municipal)

Sept 14, Fri - La Paz, Bolivia (Teatro 16 de Julio)

Sept 18, Tue - Guatemala City, Guatemala (Teatro Lux)

Sept 19, Wed - San Salvador, El Salvador (El Escenarium)

Sept 20, Thu - Escazú, San José, Costa Rica (Jazz Café)

There will be more shows in Brazil, Peru, Bolivia and Mexico to be announced.