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King Crimson finally split?

Postby Purgatory Brite » 09 Dec 2021, 12:22

I've seen a tweet posted yesterday from their biographer Sid Smith that "on this day in 2021, King Crimson played their final note onstage".

Anyone know anymore details?

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Re: King Crimson finally split?

Postby Hightea » 09 Dec 2021, 15:38

Fripp has stated a few times he has retired from touring.
Will see.
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Re: King Crimson finally split?

Postby mudshark » 09 Dec 2021, 18:02

No more Genesis, no more KC. The world suddenly has become a better place.
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Postby ConnyOlivetti » 09 Dec 2021, 19:45

Purgatory Brite wrote:I've seen a tweet posted yesterday from their biographer Sid Smith that "on this day in 2021, King Crimson played their final note onstage".

Anyone know anymore details?


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Re: King Crimson finally split?

Postby ChrisB » 09 Dec 2021, 20:03

Crimson should have called it a day after "Red"

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Re: King Crimson finally split?

Postby Hightea » 09 Dec 2021, 20:47

slightbreeze wrote:Crimson should have called it a day after "Red"

thank god they didn't !!!!
Love so much of their stuff let alone all the wonderful live shows I've been seeing for the past 26 years.

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Re: King Crimson finally split?

Postby ChrisB » 09 Dec 2021, 22:18

I'm not saying they should have stopped performing, just that their material after Red left me cold. Can you honestly say that "Beat" or "Three of a perfect pair", even "Thrak", are as good as anything 1969-74? The one concession would be "Discipline" which is half decent.
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Re: King Crimson finally split?

Postby naughty boy » 09 Dec 2021, 22:38

slightbreeze wrote:I'm not saying they should have stopped performing, just that their material after Red left me cold. Can you honestly say that Beat or Three of a perfect pair, even Thrak, are as good as anything 1969-74?


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Re: King Crimson finally split?

Postby Hightea » 09 Dec 2021, 23:15

slightbreeze wrote:I'm not saying they should have stopped performing, just that their material after Red left me cold. Can you honestly say that "Beat" or "Three of a perfect pair", even "Thrak", are as good as anything 1969-74? The one concession would be "Discipline" which is half decent.


oh brother not the left me cold bs.
Yes Discipline was better than some of the 70's albums. The rest no but still listen to plenty of those other albums songs especially live. KC never put out a bad album.

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Re: King Crimson finally split?

Postby ChrisB » 09 Dec 2021, 23:29

I thought "left me cold" was more polite than "mainly piss poor". Perhaps I should have stuck with middle ground and said " underwhelming "

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Re: King Crimson finally split?

Postby Charlie O. » 09 Dec 2021, 23:44

ConnyOlivetti wrote:https://www.loudersound.com/news/what-next-for-king-crimson?fbclid=IwAR2rLk1WHbwoHtJf2L4Gq7jL5O9zlcKt32elVxQRDXCMVcR44QJmZNtaTA0

When Robert Fripp posted on his Facebook page that King Crimson had “moved from sound to silence” at the end of their last date in Japan, it seems to confirm that, for this line-up at least, King Crimson is at an end.

The full post reads: “King Crimson at the Shibuya Bunkamura Orchard Hall, Tokyo; Wednesday 8th. December 2021 Onstage at 18.40, doors held for ten minutes to allow the audience to enter. A full house. The first set: one hour and three minutes. Overall length: two hours and twenty-four minutes. King Crimson’s final note of Starless, the last note of this Completion Tour in Japan, moved from sound to silence at 21.04.”

Am I missing something? I know Fripp can be cryptic, but I don't see anything in that post that even suggests that these musicians have disbanded for good.
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Re: King Crimson finally split?

Postby mudshark » 10 Dec 2021, 00:23

One can hope, though ;-)
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Re: King Crimson finally split?

Postby Snarfyguy » 10 Dec 2021, 02:33

slightbreeze wrote:Crimson should have called it a day after "Red"

I'm inclined to agree, although I confess I haven't kept up with recent iterations of the band.

I saw them tour Beat, I think (1983 or so?), and it stunk, imo.
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Re: King Crimson finally split?

Postby ConnyOlivetti » 10 Dec 2021, 07:14

Charlie O. wrote:
ConnyOlivetti wrote:https://www.loudersound.com/news/what-next-for-king-crimson?fbclid=IwAR2rLk1WHbwoHtJf2L4Gq7jL5O9zlcKt32elVxQRDXCMVcR44QJmZNtaTA0

When Robert Fripp posted on his Facebook page that King Crimson had “moved from sound to silence” at the end of their last date in Japan, it seems to confirm that, for this line-up at least, King Crimson is at an end.

The full post reads: “King Crimson at the Shibuya Bunkamura Orchard Hall, Tokyo; Wednesday 8th. December 2021 Onstage at 18.40, doors held for ten minutes to allow the audience to enter. A full house. The first set: one hour and three minutes. Overall length: two hours and twenty-four minutes. King Crimson’s final note of Starless, the last note of this Completion Tour in Japan, moved from sound to silence at 21.04.”

Am I missing something? I know Fripp can be cryptic, but I don't see anything in that post that even suggests that these musicians have disbanded for good.

No, you are not missing something.
And Fripp did not say they have disbanded for good.
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Re: King Crimson finally split?

Postby Tom Waits For No One » 10 Dec 2021, 17:43

Drown your sorrows or raise a glass in celebration with this…

https://burningshed.com/kingcrimson/kin ... erchandise
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Re: King Crimson finally split?

Postby Charlie O. » 10 Dec 2021, 18:13

Tom Waits For No One wrote:Drown your sorrows or raise a glass in celebration with this…

https://burningshed.com/kingcrimson/kin ... erchandise

:lol:

I won't be buying it, of course, but that is fabulous.
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Re: King Crimson finally split?

Postby mudshark » 10 Dec 2021, 18:25

They're sold out. Slightbreeze got them all.
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Re: King Crimson finally split?

Postby Charlie O. » 20 Dec 2021, 03:14

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Re: King Crimson finally split?

Postby Rorschach » 20 Dec 2021, 09:16

mudshark wrote:One can hope, though ;-)


They're not listening to you Muddy, but you and I can raise a glass to their hoped-for demise in April.
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Re: King Crimson finally split?

Postby never/ever » 20 Dec 2021, 09:45

The sod mentioned a tour in Australia this year. So yeah, that's pretty much out of the question then.
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