Influential psych innovators Gong have shared a new live video for ‘If Never I’m and Ever You’ as the group prepare for an extensive UK & EU tour between Feb – Sept 2022.
Performing the song, taken from their acclaimed 2019 album ‘The Universe Also Collapses’, this new video captures the band in the intimate setting of their rehearsal space, performing together in early 2019. A mind-melting and incredible sonic experience, a Gong live show is something all fans should experience and as they prepare to embark on their massive ‘This Is The Moment And Now Is The Time’ tour, this new video offers a glimpse for fans of the magic to come.
Formed in 1969 by Daevid Allen, one of the founding members of Soft Machine, classic albums such as Camembert Electrique, Flying Teapot and You established Gong as one of the most unique, innovative and experimental rock groups of the Seventies.
Before he sadly passed away in 2015, Allen laid out his hopes for a future Gong, that it should be uplifting, exploratory and a positive force. Kavus Torabi, Fabio Golfetti, Ian East, Dave Sturt and Cheb Nettles, chosen by him, continue his vision.
The band will release a new live album Pulsing Signals on 18th Feb via Kscope. Recorded live across three shows at The Wardrobe in Leeds, The Cluny in Newcastle and Rescue Rooms in Nottingham in 2019 as the band toured ‘The Universe Also Collapses’, this live record finds the group in spirited form as they undertake, unbeknownst to them, their final tour before the global pandemic took charge.
With touring now set to recommence and bookings going long into 2022 and beyond, Daevid Allen’s vision for the future looks set to be fulfilled.
Watch the video here:
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GONG LIVE IN 2022
FEBRUARY
Sun 27 – FLETCHING – Trading Boundaries
MARCH
Tue 01 – BRIGHTON – Chalk
Wed 02 – SOUTHAMPTON – 1865
Thu 03 – READING – Sub 89
Fri 04 – GUILDFORD – Boileroom
Sat 05 – COLCHESTER – Arts Centre
Mon 07 – LEICESTER – Musician
Tue 08 – MANCHESTER – Gorilla
Wed 09 – GLASGOW – Oran Mor
Thu 10 – CARLISLE - Brickyard
Fri 11 – WIGAN – The Old Courts
Sat 12 – STOCKTON-ON-TEES – Georgian Theatre
Sun 13 – NORWICH – Arts Centre
Mon 14 - BURY St. EDMUNDS – The Apex
Tue 15 – BIRMINGHAM – Hare & Hounds
Wed 16 – NOTTINGHAM – Rescue Rooms
Thu 17 – NEWCASTLE - Cluny
Fri 18 – YORK - Crescent
Sat 19 – HEBDEN BRIDGE – Trades Club
Sun 20 – BETHESDA – Neuadd Ogwen
Tue 22 - EXETER - Phoenix
Wed 23 – BRISTOL – Thekla
Thu 24 - STROUD – Sub Rooms
Fri 25 - HITCHIN – Club 85
Sat 26 – RAMSGATE – Music Hall
Sun 27 – TUNBRIDGE WELLS - Forum
Mon 28 - LONDON – The Garage
AUGUST
Sun 7 – Love Summer Festival 2022 – Plympton, Devon
Sat 13 – Guru Guru Festival – Obersülzen, DE
SEPTEMBER
Tues 6 – VERVIERS, BE – Spirit Of 66
Wed 7 – HEERLEN, NL – Nieuwe Nor
Thurs 8 – NIJMEGEN, NL
Fri 9 – AMSTELVEEN, NL
Sat 10 – MINDEN, DE
Sun 11 – BREMEN, DE
Mon 12 – HANNOVER, DE
Tues 13 – HAMBURG, DE
Weds 14 – BERLIN, DE
Thurs 15 – WEINHEIM, DE
Fri 16 – RÜSSELSHEIM AM MAIN, DE
Sat 17 – JENA, DE
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