Carl Palmer Adds to ‘An Evening With Emerson, Lake & Palmer’ 2025 Tour, With Footage of Late Bandmates
by Best Classic Bands Staff
Carl Palmer has announced additional 2025 U.S. dates for the “An Evening of Emerson, Lake & Palmer” tour. The ongoing tour’s original announcement noted: After exploring the idea of a hologram tour in detail, Palmer, the sole surviving member of the legendary prog rock trio, in conjunction with the Estates of Keith Emerson and Greg Lake, opted for what they felt was a more honest approach using live footage of Emerson and Lake on massive video walls alongside Palmer (and his band) playing live on stage. The voice and instrumentation of Lake and the unmistakable keyboard mastery of Emerson will be mixed through modern technology with Palmer’s onstage live drumming to magically reunite ELP once again.
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Emerson and Lake passed away nine months apart in 2016, leaving Palmer to carry on the band’s enormous musical legacy.
“About five years ago I explored the idea of trying to reunite the band using digital holograms,” said Palmer in the announcement. “We saw a few shows of other artists but it did not seem like an honest approach. Then we realized the film we made of ELP’s sold out run at London’s Royal Albert Hall in 1992 had everything we needed. We were able to use just the camera shots of Keith and Greg, with the sterling audio tracks of their performances resulting in a combination of film and onstage performance that brings back the magic of ELP.”
Here is more of what music fans can expect:
After establishing themselves in bands such as The Nice, King Crimson, and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, ELP formed in 1970 as one of rock’s first (and biggest) supergroups. With record sales of over 50 million and decades of sold out tours through the 1970s and again in the 1990s, Emerson Lake & Palmer has remained one of the best-selling classic rock bands of all time.
An Evening of Emerson, Lake & Palmer 2025 Tour Dates (Tickets are available here and here)
Sep 10 – Rochester, NY – The Theater at Innovation Square
Sep 12 – Concord, NH – Chubb Theatre
Sep 13 – Rutland, VT – Paramount Theatre
Sep 17 – Hopewell, VA – The Beacon Theatre
Sep 18 – Englewood, NJ – Bergen PAC
Sep 19 – Tarrytown, NY – Tarrytown Music Hall
Sep 20 – Glenside, PA – Keswick Theatre
Sep 24 – Chesterfield, MO – The Factory
Sep 25 – Milwaukee, WI – South Milwaukee PAC
Sep 26 – St. Charles, IL – Arcada Theatre
Nov 07 – Mt. Dora, FL – Mount Dora Music Hall
Nov 08 – Clearwater, FL – Ruth Eckerd Hall
Nov 12 – Fort Lauderdale, FL – The Parker
Nov 13 – Vero Beach, FL – The Emerson Center
Nov 14 – Jacksonville, FL – Florida Theater
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The band’s classic recordings, including many expanded editions, are available in the U.S. here and in the U.K. here.
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