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12/31/1997 Entry: "1997 News Archive"
12/27/97 It is rumored that Fates will be heading to Europe to do the recording of the new live album.
12/26/97 In a message on alt.music.fates-warning it is rumoured that John Arch and Kevin Moore might contribute to the live 2CD planned for release in the second half of 1998.
11/16/97 The live "A Pleasant Shade Of Gray" video is scheduled for release March 10, 1998.
11/16/97 Jason Keazer from Divine Regale will be playing keyboards for Fates Warning on the "Second Leg" of the U.S. tour. Also, Divine Regale will be the opening band for the majority of the tour (see the Tour Dates page).
10/31/97 From a Canadian radio show list:
"FATES WARNING will have their first-ever home video, featuring live footage of their tour through Germany on the A Pleasant Shade Of Gray tour, out in Europe before Christmas. Expect a double album in the spring of '98 which will feature the entire APSOG album (a la Operation Livecrime) and an assortment of older tracks...".
10/17/97 Preliminary U.S. "Second Leg" tour dates are starting to appear, stay tuned to the Tour Dates page for the latest!
Also, Fates will not be supporting Dream Theater on their current tour, but rumour has it that Divine Regale may be the opening act for the entire Fates tour!
9/03/97 Early discussion stages of a possible tour with Dream Theater when they go out later this year to support their new album, "Falling Into Infinity".
9/03/97 Potential European "Second Leg" tour. Dates on the tour page as soon as I find out.
5/27/97 A Pleasant Shade Of Gray will be released in Japan on June 26.
5/27/97 No US tour dates yet but the early word is that it will start July 18 and goes for about 8 weeks.
5/03/97 The first CD single release for A Pleasant Shade Of Gray is out. It contains; Part 2 (album version), Part 2 (remix version), and Part 7 (demo version). It appears that Part 2 is being proposed as the radio single.
4/30/97 It is reported that the band will be creating a video for the new album. It looks like the band will be shooting an entire show, with the chance that it will become a long form video. It's just up to their European record label now as Metal Blade has already Ok'd it.
4/22/97 It is reported that the band will be performing the new album in its entirety during the European tour! In addition to this they may also play a few selected older songs.
And of course everyone already knows that today was the official U.S. release date of A Pleasant Shade Of Gray!
4/19/97 Proposed keyboardist for the upcomming European tour is Ed Roth. He has toured and recorded with Chris Impelliteri.
3/15/97 European tour dates for the month of June are pending... Stay tuned for details.
1/15/97 According to Brian Slagel, the new Fates Warning album will be released on April 22, 1997. The title will be "A Pleasant Shade of Gray".
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