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CARL PALMER’S ELP LEGACY
SET TO EMBARK ON WORLD TOUR
NEW TOUR, NEW CONCERT DVD, AND NEW SIGNATURE ART
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Drummer Extraordinaire Announces
“TWIST OF THE WRIST 2013 TOUR”

CARL PALMER and his band set to present an entire evening of the
instrumental rock classics of EMERSON LAKE & PALMER,
to audiences in Japan, The Caribbean, South America,
The U.S., Canada, and Europe

Carl Palmer, among the most renowned drummers in rock history
and a founding member of both ELP and ASIA, is returning to the world
stage for an extensive solo tour that will celebrate the release of his new
DECADE DVD (which chronicles the 2011 tour show) and a new collection
of fine art, recently done in conjunction with California’s Scene Four Art
Studios.

“ I am thrilled to be gearing up for my return to live performing,”
said Palmer from his home in London. Palmer is gearing up to return to
professional work after being sidelined for over two months when he
contracted the serious E Coli infection, while on tour with ASIA in the
United States. The illness caused the cancellation of ASIA’s 2012 UK tour,
the first time in his professional career that one of his tours had to be
cancelled.

Adds Palmer: “My bout with E Coli was extremely serious, but
fortunately I have had great physicians looking over me, and I am well on
the road to recovery now.” The tour will begin with shows in Japan,
followed by the Caribbean-bound CRUISE TO THE EDGE featuring YES,
Steve Hackett, UK and Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy. Upon returning from the
cruise shows, Palmer will embark on a tour of South America, and then
begin his US/ Canadian leg on April 11th, ending in Bay Shore, NY on May
11th. 2013. Palmer will continue touring Europe before and after these
dates.

Entitled “Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy Twist Of The Wrist 2013 Tour,”
the long road trek will feature a show that presents bold, new
arrangements of the best-loved instrumental music of ELP, and other
composers. A multi-media experience combining music and video
projection, the show promises to be among the most musically compelling
tours of the year. Carl Palmer Legacy is a red-hot power trio that features
Palmer on drums and percussion; guitarist Paul Bielatowicz and bassist
Simon Fitzpatrick.

"Since 2001, I have been playing with my own power trio, replacing
the keyboards with electric guitar,” says Palmer. “I felt that was the only
honest way to approach the music of ELP. I didn’t want to have a singer
trying to sound like Greg Lake. ELP did so much instrumental music, this
format made sense to me. Hearing the keyboard parts done on guitar is
certainly different, but just as satisfying. The idea was to re-invent the
music; there will be several new classic ELP tunes this time around.”
The tour coincides with the release of both Palmer’s new concert
DVD Decade, (a multi-camera video shoot captured at Pittsburgh’s
MusikFest) and Palmer’s first signature collection of Fine Art, created
completely from movements captured while he was drumming. A Twist
Of The Wrist – The Carl Palmer Art Collection, is the result of collaboration
between Palmer and the acclaimed Los Angeles Art Team, Scene Four.
The collection is a series of signed and numbered prints of stunning visual
images constructed by capturing rhythm. The images combine motion,
color, and lighting into some of the most compelling fine art visuals ever
created. This very limited Twist Of The Wrist art collection is available at
www.CarlPalmerArt.com starting in February 1st, 2013.

Palmer has released four solo albums since the last ELP tour in
1998. They are: DO YA WANNA PLAY?, a 2 CD anthology and WORKING
LIVE Vol. 1, Vol. 2., and Vol.3, (released on Eagle Rock). He also released
the popular Carl Palmer Live In Europe DVD in 2005. The new Decade DVD
features a performance from the band’s 2011 tour and includes
numerous cinematic images, which were used in the stage show. Also,
since his last solo tour, Palmer has also remained active with ASIA (Geoff
Downes, Steve Howe and John Wetton), touring and recording since they
reunited in 2006. The band recently celebrated its 30th Anniversary.
As for ELP, Palmer closed that chapter of his life when the band
played a final show in 2010 at London’s High Voltage Festival, where they
celebrated their 40th Anniversary. “ELP has ended its on again off again
existence when we did High Voltage. We had a great run and remain
friends, but the best way I can honor our musical legacy is to present that
music the way I do with my own band. “

For this solo band tour, Palmer will again meet fans after each
show, doing autograph signings at most venues.

Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy will play nearly two hours and drum
enthusiasts can expect an evening of compelling percussive skills, from
the man who brought the drum set to the forefront of rock n roll music.

FOR ALL THINGS CARL PALMER: www.carlpalmer.com
CARL PALMER’S ELP LEGACY
TWIST OF THE WRIST 2013 WORLD TOUR