Jeff Wayne's The War Of The Worlds-The New Generation.Alive on Stage.(2012)
New Generation Stage Presentation by Jeff Wayne
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Time. 1 hour and 57 minutes
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On 18 November 2011, Jeff Wayne announced at a press conference in London that there was to be a new release of his musical version of H. G. Wells 1898 novel, titled Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds – The New Generation. Wayne explained that the idea was to return to the original album and explore H. G. Wells' characters in more detail, as well as develop the love story between the story's main character, George Herbert (the Journalist), and his fiancée Carrie. Wayne also explained that it would allow him to re-interpret his compositions with the new production techniques of today.[6] The album was released on 26 November 2012 on both CD and Vinyl.
The New Generation features Academy Award nominated actor Liam Neeson as the Narrator, formerly played by Richard Burton. Neeson revealed he was impressed and intimidated by the prospect of narrating and starring in Wayne's project. Gary Barlow (lead singer and songwriter of the British vocal pop group Take That) is the Sung Thoughts of the Journalist, formerly voiced by Justin Hayward. British singer-songwriter Alex Clare is the Voice of Humanity. Maverick Sabre, Irish-English singer-songwriter and rapper, appears on the album as Parson Nathaniel, and English soul singer, songwriter, and actress Joss Stone is his wife Beth. Kaiser Chiefs front man Ricky Wilson took on the role of the Artilleryman. The Black Smoke Band once again includes Bassist Herbie Flowers and Guitarist Chris Spedding, both from the original 1978 album.
Throughout mid to late 2012, tracks from The New Generation were released through various radio shows, which included all the guest artists tracks and a premier of "The Eve of the War". The new Liam Neeson hologram planned for the tour was demonstrated at the press conference with Neeson and Wayne and was also shown on The Alan Titchmarsh Show, on which an "Eve of the War" and "Forever Autumn" medley was performed with Wayne conducting. In January 2013, a music video was released for the song "Forever Autumn", performed by Gary Barlow, however Barlow does not appear in the video. It stars Anna-Marie Wayne as Carrie and Liam Neeson as the Journalist George Herbert and looks further into the story of Carrie, rather than from the Journalist's point of view as heard on the album. It features both all new footage as well as footage seen on the CGI 100-foot wide screen used during the live shows. The New Generation album was produced by Jeff Wayne and Damian Collier and was recorded at Olliewood Recording Studios in Hertfordshire by Gaetan Schurrer and Tom Woodstock.
The stage show and album incorporate one original recording from the 1978 album: Jeff Wayne's father, Jerry Wayne, who died in the 1990s and who conceived the original production, provided the voice of the NASA controller in the second epilogue, and this performance is used again in the 2012 version; the elder Wayne is also credited as executive producer on the album.
Tour
A live tour based on the album began on 29 November 2012 and began playing across the UK and Europe. The live show, titled Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of The Worlds The New Generation – Alive on Stage!, includes a holographic performance of Liam Neeson, interacting with the other performers. Ricky Wilson retains his role as the Artilleryman from the album version. Marti Pellow (lead singer of the Scottish pop group Wet Wet Wet) is the Sung Thoughts of the Journalist. British rock band Jettblack's lead vocalist Will Stapleton is the Voice of Humanity. The touring cast includes Jason Donovan (who previously played the Artilleryman on tour) as the Parson Nathaniel and West End theatre star Kerry Ellis as Beth. Michael Falzon and Lily Osborne appear as new characters William Rowland and Vera May respectively, appearing in a new prologue, introduced to the tour in 2009. Falzon also plays the small role of NASA controller Jerome Marvin Krauth (voiced by Jerry Wayne) in the Epilogue Part 2, in which he is blasted upon by the fighting machine onstage behind him (the original version of Epilogue Part 2 had an abrupt ending) which concludes the show.
Alive on Stage! also includes new content not featured on The New Generation album, such as the new prologue. A new scene opens Act 2 between The Journalist (Liam Neeson) and Carrie, his fiancee (Anna-Marie Wayne). This new piece, entitled "Distant Shores", is an exchange between the two after they have been separated and is seen onstage via holographic projections of both characters in which they express hope they may one day see each other again, speaking as though to each other, from distant shores. The show also includes effects used previously on tours including the use of pyrotechnics, now much improved, in which the audience is blasted by real heat rays, leaves fall upon the audience during Forever Autumn, and a levitation trick is used after Beth is killed during the Spirit of Man.
Bassist Herbie Flowers and Guitarist Chris Spedding, both part of the original album and later the original live tour, again tour as members of the Black Smoke Band for Alive on Stage! The rest of band remain relatively unchanged from the album and previous tours, with the exception of Gordy Marshall from the album is replaced by Accy Yeats on drums. Jeff Wayne conducts the Black Smoke Band and the ULLAdubULLA Strings as he has done on tours before. On 15 December Michael Falzon announced on Facebook, as did Kerry Ellis and Will Stapleton on Twitter, that the sold out show at the O2 Arena in London was to be filmed for DVD release.
Tour Cast and Music
Liam Neeson – spoken words (The Journalist) (via holographic projection)
Marti Pellow – vocals (The Sung Thoughts of the Journalist)
Ricky Wilson – spoken words and vocals (The Artilleryman)
Jason Donovan – spoken words and vocals (Parson Nathaniel)
Kerry Ellis – spoken words and vocals (Beth)
Will Stapleton – vocals (The Voice of Humanity)
Anna-Marie Wayne – spoken words (Carrie: The Journalist's Fiancee) (via holographic projection)
Michael Falzon – spoken words (William Rowland, Jerome Marvin Krauth of NASA, Male Understudy)
Lilly Osborne – spoken words (Vera May, Female Understudy)
Black Smoke Band
Album
Jeff Wayne – composer, arranger, keyboards, synthesizers
Chris Spedding – guitars
Herbie Flowers – bass guitar
Ken Freeman – synthesizers
George Fenton – santur, zither, tar
Gordy Marshall – drums
Ray Cooper – percussion
Jo Partridge – guitars (The Heat Ray), vocals ('Ulla's)
Tom Woodstock – guitars (The Heat Ray), additional keyboards, backing vocals, dulcimer
Laurie Wisefield – mandolin, guitars, dulcimer
Gaetan Schurrer – programming, keyboards, additional drum production
Tour
Jeff Wayne – conductor, composer,
Chris Spedding – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Herbie Flowers – bass guitar
Tom Woodstock – guitars, keyboards
Laurie Wisefield – guitars, mandolin, autoharp, tar
Accy Yeats – drums
Julia Thornton – percussion, harp, keyboards
Steve Turner – keyboards
Neil Angilley – keyboards
Kennedy Aitchison – keyboards
String Orchestra
Album
Littlechap Strings
Tour
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Above Text mostly from Wikipedia
Poster's Notes
I'm a huge fan of Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds. I love the 1978 album and the 2006 Live on Stage DVD bit I ripped the Audio from it and posted just that in Concerts for a reason I will explain later. The update from 2006 to 2013 is a mainly a bunch of superficial changes. In fact, it's as though they took my personal list of minor things that could've been better with the 2006 release and fixed them.
So, the changes include some spiffier on-stage effects including some impressive pyrotechnics, some much-niftier CG, more interestingly-designed Martians, a new tripod, Jason Donovan's amazing Parson, Ricky Wilson's very charismatic artilleryman, Liam Neeson's awesome holography (The Richard Burton disembodied head from 2006 just plain Creeped me out), some interesting new audio equalizaton (more percussion, more prominent strings in areas), and, lastly, a cool twist to the second epilogue. I also liked the new costumes embellished to look quite Steampunk. The Backdrop had gears on it that were also giving it a Steampunk feel.
Like the 2006 stage version was mostly faithful to the 1978 recording, this was mostly faithful to the 2012 New Generation CD. It's a good piece to own for anyone who likes the musical. It's awesome seeing Jeff Wayne grooving while conducting his masterpiece and all the technical achievements that this performance offers. It would've been a blast to see live! ----------------------------------- R
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Replies
Thanks for this Rick.
Have the original material and all the remixes from the Original 1978 production, plus the Live On Stage DVD.
Bought the TNG CD when it came out.
Now, it's great to have a copy of the new stage production.
cheers.........
Michael..
Also notice a couple of Bryan Ferry's touring entourage in the musician's line-up.