LIVE IN VIENNA

Live In Vienna, December 1st, 2016 is a new 3-disc set by King Crimson. Featuring a rendition of Fracture, one of the most acclaimed KC compositions and last performed live in 1974, the three-disc set will be released on April 6th and is available for pre-order now.



Inner Knot (USA) and Burning Shed (UK & EU)

Mixed from the original multitracks discs one and two feature the complete first and second sets from the evening’s show. Disc three includes a series of soundscapes edited into newly sequenced pieces. Drawn from the introduction music (composed/improvised afresh for each night) & featuring Robert Fripp, Mel Collins & Tony Levin, this essential component of current live KC shows also receives its most complete presentation to date. In addition, the third disc includes the long awaited live recorded debut of Fracture by the 2016 line-up as performed in Copenhagen.



Disc One: First Set: (Vienna, 2016)

1 Walk On: Soundscapes: Monk Morph Music Of The Chamber

2 Hell Hounds of Krim

3 Pictures of a City

4 Dawn Song Suitable Grounds for The Blues

5 VROOOM

6 The Construkction of Light

7 The Court of the Crimson King

8 The Letters

9 Sailors’ Tale

10 Interlude

11 Radical Action II

12 Level V



Disc Two: Second Set: Vienna, 2016

1 Fairy Dust Of The Drumsons

2 Peace: An End

3 Cirkus

4 Indiscipline

5 Epitaph

6 Easy Money

7 Devil Dogs of Tessellation Row

8 Red

9 Meltdown

10 Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part Two

11 Starless



Disc Three: Encores and Expansions

1 Fracture

2 Heroes

3 21st Century Schizoid Man

4 Schoenberg Softened His Hat

5 Ahriman's Ceaseless Corruptions

6 Spenta's Counter Claim



Mel Collins: Saxes & flute

Robert Fripp: Guitar & keyboards

Tony Levin: Basses, stick, voice

Pat Mastelotto: Drums,

Gavin Harrison: Drums

Jakko Jakszyk: Guitar & voice

Jeremy Stacey: Drums & keyboards



Presented in a 4 fold-out digifile package with 16 pages booklet featuring tour photos & notes by David Singleton & housed in a slipcase

At first glance, documenting King Crimson would appear to be fairly straightforward: record everything, document everything, issue a release from each tour or, when relevant. With the current touring band(s) that has resulted in an early, partial set from 2014 (Orpheum), a fan favourite Official Bootleg (Toronto 2015), a complete set list audio & video extravaganza with live/virtual studio listening options (Radical Action, 2016), an EP (Heroes, 2017) & the most recent (& current fan favourite), Official Bootleg (Chicago, 2017). It was always part of the plan that an official release would be taken from the 2016 European tour & the Vienna concerts were duly mixed & produced by Chris Porter, David Singleton & Robert Fripp in early/mid 2017 with a view to being released in Autumn 2017 (as happened in Japan).



But King Crimson evolves, changes, morphs as relentlessly as the Soundscapes which open each concert and, when the early half of the US tour produced the Chicago “snapshot” live tapes & with another leg to the USA tour ending for the latter half of the year, DGM opted to issue Chicago as soon as possible in Europe & the USA, temporarily postponing Vienna for a 2018 release.

Although it was a difficult decision to take, substituting a fully mixed, planned for months, release for an entirely different type of album, [Chicago was an ‘Official Bootleg’ taken directly from soundboard tapes], that decision had one further important ramification. Where the Japanese edition of Vienna had, as a bonus for local fans, live tracks from the 2015 Japanese tour, the additional time gained via the release of Chicago, allowed DGM to research & mix a live recording of “Fracture” – a key performance at a number of 2016 European shows & a piece that had not been performed since 1974 – for inclusion on the Vienna set. The recording featured is from Copenhagen in September 2016. There was also time to consider how the, often over-looked, unique to each evening Soundscape performances which open each concert, could be presented in recorded form. The result is a trio of pieces, drawn from nine separate concerts & edited ‘THRaKaTTaK’ style, featuring Robert, Mel & Tony.



King Crimson continues to re-invent & re-imagine both itself & its music; the kind of thing that once would have been called a “progressive” approach. It’s an approach that has benefited band members and listeners alike from January 1969 & continues with tours of Europe & Japan in 2018, the band’s 49th year.





King Crimson, European Tour, 2018, Europe.

VIP tickets/packages are available for all dates from this link. VIP tickets come with:

Access to the venue one hour before doors

Seating in central sections Rows 1-5 Insights into the world of King Crimson and DGM by David Singleton, producer and manager ("the ninth man")

Q&A with one of the eight band members

Exclusive Collectors' Programme signed by all the members

VIP Laminate

Exclusive Crimson Package Tote Bag

Exclusive 4 CD King Crimson collectors set

On-site host

Please note that the tickets in the package are sold by the band’s management at a better price than & as a way of preventing exploitation of fans via secondary ticket sellers/outlets.



King Crimson Uncertain Times 2018



13 Jun 2018 Earth Hall Poznan

14 Jun 2018 Earth Hall Poznan

16 Jun 2018 ICE Congress Hall Krakow

17 Jun 2018 ICE Congress Hall Krakow

18 Jun 2018 ICE Congress Hall Krakow

20 Jun 2018 Lichtburg Essen

21 Jun 2018 Lichtburg Essen

23 Jun 2018 Stadhalle Vienna

24 Jun 2018 Stadhalle Vienna

26 Jun 2018 Forum Karlin Prague

27 Jun 2018 Forum Karlin Prague

01 Jul 2018 Admiralspalast Berlin

02 Jul 2018 Admiralspalast Berlin

03 Jul 2018 Admiralspalast Berlin

05 Jul 2018 Cirkus Stockholm

06 Jul 2018 Cirkus Stockholm

08 Jul 2018 Sentrum Scene Oslo

09 Jul 2018 Sentrum Scene Oslo

10 Jul 2018 Sentrum Scene Oslo

13 Jul 2018 Concertgebouw Amsterdam

14 Jul 2018 Concertgebouw Amsterdam

16 Jul 2018 Philharmonie Munich

17 Jul 2018 Philharmonie Munich

19 Jul 2018 Teatro Grande Pompeii Naples

20 Jul 2018 Teatro Grande Pompeii Naples

22 Jul 2018 Auditorium Cavea Rome

23 Jul 2018 Auditorium Cavea Rome

25 Jul 2018 Piazza Napoleone Lucca

27 Jul 2018 Teatro La Fenice Venice

28 Jul 2018 Teatro La Fenice Venice

29 Oct 2018 Pavilion Theatre Bournemouth

31 Oct 2018 St David’s Hall Cardiff

02 Nov 2018 Palladium London

03 Nov 2018 Palladium London

06 Nov 2018 Symphony Hall Birmingham

09 Nov 2018 Bridgewater Hall Manchester

12 Nov 2018 Royal Concert Hall Glasgow

15 Nov 2018 L’Olympia Paris

16 Nov 2018 L’Olympia Paris