Tony Levin’s Stick Men announce European tour

By Scott Munro
( Prog )
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Tony Levin’s Stick Men, featuring Pat Mastelotto and Markus Reuter, will play live shows across Europe throughout March in support of latest album Prog Noir

Stick Men

Tony Levin’s Stick Men, featuring Pat Mastelotto and Markus Reuter, have announced a European tour which will take place next month.

The dates have been lined up in support of their latest album Prog Noir, which was released in 2016.

The shows will kick off at Bologna’s Bravo Caffe on March 1 and wrap up with a set at Malaga’s Cochera Cabaret on March 31.

Speaking previously about the album, Reuter said: “What’s unusual about Prog Noir is that we spent years composing it. Usually we get the ideas and quickly turn them into an album or start playing them in on the road.

“The imperative of a band like ours, that’s out on the road touring a lot of the time, is to have new material each year.

“But this time, the idea was to really refine the material, reject all but the best – indeed, there are some very nice pieces that didn’t make the cut – and create a really special album that might define our band in terms of where our journey has taken us.”

Find a full list of Stick Men’s 2018 European dates below.

Stick Men 2018 European tour dates

Mar 01: Bologna Bravo Caffè, Italy
Mar 02: Rome Planet Live Club, Italy
Mar 03: Florence Viper, Italy
Mar 04: Milan Blue Note, Italy
Mar 05: Lugagnano di Sona Il Giardino, Itlay
Mar 07: Vienna Porgy & Bess, Austria
Mar 08: Budapest Jazz Club, Hungary
Mar 10: Nove Mesto Nad Vahom Blue Note, Slovakia
Mar 11: Brno Sono Centrum, Czech Republic
Mar 13: Prague Lucerna Bar, Czech Republic
Mar 15: Wolverhampton Robin 2, UK
Mar 16: Cardiff Acapela Studios, UK
Mar 17: Fletching Trading Boundaries, UK
Mar 18: Paris L’Empreinte, France
Mar 19: Helsinki Tavastia, Finland
Mar 20: Pori Validi Karkia Klubi, Finland
Mar 22: Skopje Stanica 26, Macedonia
Mar 24: Dortmund Musiktheater Piano, Germany
Mar 26: Aschaffenburg Colos Saal, Germany
Mar 27: Amsterdam Melkweg, Netherlands
Mar 29: Barcelona Sala Bikini, Spain
Mar 30: Madrid Cool Stage, Spain
Mar 31: Malaga Cochera Cabaret, Spain

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Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.