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Post by frenchie on May 15, 2018 19:32:34 GMT
Yes, was just about to post that new post from today! Very excited. And, have you noticed that many of the posts have been signed off by Sarah B? I think she's started to get herself involved in posting tweets. I think Sarah and Hayley have gone opposite! So, I think the album announcement is next week, but they still have editing and stuff to do. You know, the first Hobbit movie wasn't officially completed until right up to the New Zealand premiere, so if they can release a movie hours after the last edit was submitted, then they can probably still edit/process an album before the release announcement. Do you think a tour announcement will come at the same time, or soon after? If the US tour is in fall, all I really hope is that the Seattle concert does not fall on the 2nd to last weekend of October! That's when Skate America in Everett, WA is... the same venue where Sarah performed for Symphony, no less. I have not noticed a lot of the posts are signed off with "Sarah B xx". And you made me look on Facebook how many posts did have "Sarah B xx" in them. I got about 50% in the last 2/3 months. It looked like any news has her name afterwards or if she viewed our posts of favorite songs/front cover/musical from this album or that. But I really think it's her assistant that is doing all the work, and putting Sarah's name afterwards. Don't get me wrong, I think the assistant talks to Sarah and gets a sentence or two statement and that is what is in the posts. And Sarah I am sure knows she has to interact with her fans if she wants people to be interested and pumped to buy her new album. The new module in selling and communicating with your fan base. Yes, in this area Hayley and Sarah have gone opposite. I am at a point that I wonder if Hayley will ever recoup all the untold losses she has incurred. And I'm not talking just financial either. But atlas, I move on with life and do what I need and want to do without baited breath. So on a happy note.... Sarah made a post today to say that the announcement will be on Thursday!! So 2 more days... I think that Thursday is the opening of the "new space" Sarah mentioned over the weekend. So she has given some of the surprise away, but the new website/community area will have new graphics/pictures, and the basic information on the album (cover art, name, and maybe tracklist) with coming Late Summer 2018 all over the place. And if you join the fan community, it might have a special letter/video from Sarah. And if we are really lucky some behind the scenes video or teaser like Josh gave the other day. That is my prediction. I think that they can edit and master up till like a month before they release the album. They will still need time to produce the CDs and booklets (and vinyl if they decide to do that), and then have them shipped to stores or Amazon's warehouse. It's not as much lead time as the past cause CDs don't sell like they use to, but I don't think they can wait the day before either. Or even a week before. I don't think they will announce the tour on Thursday. If they need more time for the album, then they can take it. But tour dates are pretty final. I remember for Dreamchaser that they announced the album and tour in Fall 2012 for album release in January 2013. The tour originally was for end of January to March because I remember saying I could not do any of the dates because of tax season (and I had strict boss at the time). But Sarah & Co. changed their minds and released the album later (April), and then had to reschedule the tour for the Fall 2013. So they may have learned their lesson this go around. My guess is the day the album is released, is also when they announce the tour with tickets to be purchased the following week. As far as when she performs in Seattle, I know Sarah likes to start North America in Mexico, then go to TX, then take a right turn to the East Coast. Go up the East Coast, then turn left, do the major cities along the USA/Canada border before going down the West Coast. So I don't think she would perform Seattle in October, but it really depends when she starts the tour. I would think Seattle would be late November/early December.
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Post by frenchie on May 15, 2018 19:33:14 GMT
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Post by Libby on May 16, 2018 6:19:01 GMT
Thanks for all your insight. It's so nice to have a Sarah expert on here, especially when I wanted a list of her tours and venues from the past, I wasn't sure if it was possible, but you were able to find it so I had my answers very quickly! I'm glad to know that I likely won't have to worry about her concert conflicting with the skating, but if it's really in fall/early winter, that could mean worse weather, and that would make my sister more reluctant. At least if it was just in downtown Seattle, where the Paramount theatre is, it shouldn't be too bad/long of a drive, but when there are downpours, or if there happened to be snowy-type weather, my sister would be very displeased. LOL Yet she endures all this for her field trips with the special folk, but of course she gets paid to do that. The problem lies in her giving in months ahead of time, when we have absolutely no idea what the weather will be like then. Oh well, I'm determined to go, and I want her to go to, because I know she'd enjoy it too, sometimes she's just really hard to convince. As for Hayley, I'm certainly not waiting with baited breath, either! And, what little of a life I do have to "move on" to, I mostly do focus on that, because that's all I really can do. However, focusing on Hayley has been so ingrained in my life for so long, AND not to mention doing the Hayleysforum twitter page, that I have to check her pages every day. This causes me to at least briefly think about the current state of Hayley's non-affairs, and I admit I feel some sort of disappointment or, at least lately, some annoyance, when day in and day out there's nothing, nothing, nothing. If you all want me to stop thinking about it so I don't complain, I'd have to never come to these forums, never log in to the Hayleyforum page, and never do anything Hayley-related. Then you could all be happy that I don't complain anymore. I'm sure that's what you'd all like, but it's not happening (yet), sorry.
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Post by frenchie on May 16, 2018 13:09:16 GMT
Thanks for all your insight. It's so nice to have a Sarah expert on here, especially when I wanted a list of her tours and venues from the past, I wasn't sure if it was possible, but you were able to find it so I had my answers very quickly! I'm glad to know that I likely won't have to worry about her concert conflicting with the skating, but if it's really in fall/early winter, that could mean worse weather, and that would make my sister more reluctant. At least if it was just in downtown Seattle, where the Paramount theatre is, it shouldn't be too bad/long of a drive, but when there are downpours, or if there happened to be snowy-type weather, my sister would be very displeased. LOL Yet she endures all this for her field trips with the special folk, but of course she gets paid to do that. The problem lies in her giving in months ahead of time, when we have absolutely no idea what the weather will be like then. Oh well, I'm determined to go, and I want her to go to, because I know she'd enjoy it too, sometimes she's just really hard to convince. As for Hayley, I'm certainly not waiting with baited breath, either! And, what little of a life I do have to "move on" to, I mostly do focus on that, because that's all I really can do. However, focusing on Hayley has been so ingrained in my life for so long, AND not to mention doing the Hayleysforum twitter page, that I have to check her pages every day. This causes me to at least briefly think about the current state of Hayley's non-affairs, and I admit I feel some sort of disappointment or, at least lately, some annoyance, when day in and day out there's nothing, nothing, nothing. If you all want me to stop thinking about it so I don't complain, I'd have to never come to these forums, never log in to the Hayleyforum page, and never do anything Hayley-related. Then you could all be happy that I don't complain anymore. I'm sure that's what you'd all like, but it's not happening (yet), sorry. I would not call myself an expert, but thank you for the title! I saw this morning in my facebook news feed that Sarah & Co. have done a "soft" opening, so below is the letter that is the front of the new fan community and the link to join if you want. Just quickly poked around and there is some new information about the upcoming album, and a couple videos are posted in the fan community! Don't know how to link so you (and anyone else) will need to join to see them. Libby, you are in good luck! They are planning to release the album in Fall 2018. So your totally safe for your trip, and your sister won't have to go to the concert in the snow/rain. ~~ Hi everyone... Sarah here... I have read all your lovely messages over the past year and know you have been patiently waiting to hear news about my new album...I am very excited to share that it will be released in the Fall of 2018. I have reunited with my long time producer and collaborator Frank Peterson on this album and although we are still putting the finishing touches on it, we hope you will enjoy it as much as we do. In celebration, I wanted to launch something very special for all of you, where you would be the first to hear all the latest information... so thank you for joining my brand new Community Forum. Here, you will be able to share stories and chat with like-minded people from all around the world and over the coming months gain access to all the latest exclusive information including photos, videos, music, new tour details, and personal messages from me! You will be the first to hear all the exciting news that I will be announcing across 2018 and beyond! This Forum is your Community, and I want you to truly make it your own! Beginning May 17th, you will have the opportunity to personally name the Community Forum! The top 10 finalists names will be posted on May 24th, then you all can vote on your favorite, and I will announce the winner on May 31st. I am very much looking forward to sharing my journey with you! This is just the beginning... many exciting announcements ahead! Love Sarah xx SB Fan Community
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Post by Libby on May 17, 2018 4:13:48 GMT
Thanks for the link to the new community forum! I was able to find a few videos, but nothing very telling yet. I didn't see anything about the album release time, but I didn't look at everything. I haven't been on FB today yet or yesterday either (sometimes I just plain forget, or run out of time before bed, especially with a new bunny around, haha).
So, if the album comes out in fall, when/where do you think the tour will begin? You may not think you're an expert, but you are the Hayley forum Sarah expert! LOL
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Post by Libby on May 17, 2018 4:22:50 GMT
I was looking back at that link you shared with all the old tour info, and I finally found the time she DID perform at the Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery in Woodinville, WA (of course it just says Seattle), the place Josh came on his last tour. It was in June 1999! I don't know how I missed it before.
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Post by frenchie on May 17, 2018 5:15:53 GMT
Thanks for the link to the new community forum! I was able to find a few videos, but nothing very telling yet. I didn't see anything about the album release time, but I didn't look at everything. I haven't been on FB today yet or yesterday either (sometimes I just plain forget, or run out of time before bed, especially with a new bunny around, haha). So, if the album comes out in fall, when/where do you think the tour will begin? You may not think you're an expert, but you are the Hayley forum Sarah expert! LOL When you log in to the new community, there are 2 tabs in the left hand corner. Click on the "Forums" tab. It will bring you to a homepage set up like we have here at HWI. If you then click on the "New Album News" heading, then there are 4 videos. One from Frank where he talks for a minute and starts playing music from the upcoming album. And Sarah has a little video talking about the upcoming album too. Plus the 2 other videos are soundbites from the studio. I think the tour could happen- very unlikely though- in the fall. It really comes down to exactly when they want to release the album, and how much promotion they are going to do for the album. For an example, if they release the album in the beginning of September, and then start the tour in the beginning of November to the 2nd/3rd week of December....then that gives them 1 to 1.5 months for promo after the album release and 6 weeks to hit all the major cities in North America, which I think is doable. Now do they want the whirlwind schedule I suggested or willing to do promotion a month before the album drops is the questions. Do they plan to make a huge promotion tour for this upcoming album like they did with other pass albums? Is there a PBS special in the works? I can't answer those questions. Personally, I think promotion on TV shows, etc is not as effective as it used to be and unfortunately the internet and social media has claimed a lot of that. So a few major appearances in the major markets is all that is needed. And here in the USA, she needs a PBS special to coincide with when the album is released. But if I was a betting man (and I'm not), I would say the tour starts in February 2019 and goes through the entire year. With the USA being in the Spring. She may go to Japan or South America first since those are her largest markets now instead of USA and Europe.
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Post by Libby on May 17, 2018 5:44:50 GMT
Yeah, those are all the videos I saw, they were just in a sub-board called New Album Headlines or News. So I saw all of the videos. Spring would definitely be a better time for my sister and me. It does still rain quite a bit in the spring, but usually not as horrendous as in the fall and winter. It's been a fairly nice spring this year, although March was very rainy.
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Post by Libby on May 18, 2018 6:38:59 GMT
So, I see at the top of the new forum page it says "Hymn, Fall 2018". So, that's the album title, it appears. It's also showing up in her instagram profile pic. Ah, here, hopefully this doesn't crack the seams of this forum, but it looks nice.
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Post by comet on May 18, 2018 17:06:52 GMT
That is a fabulous piece of design work, well done Sarah Brightman. Pity it's not the promotional design for Hayley's new album..
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Post by Libby on May 19, 2018 2:01:26 GMT
Well, I'd hope for something a bit prettier (i.e., less dark) for Hayley's next album, but I'm with you. I wish Hayley's album was set to be announced soon, too! Well, at least there's Sarah's and Josh's in the fall... maybe Hayley's next spring? I don't know if there's much point in hoping even for that.
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Post by Libby on Jun 3, 2018 4:18:34 GMT
This was posted today. I wonder what she performed?
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Post by Libby on Jun 8, 2018 4:50:10 GMT
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Post by frenchie on Jun 8, 2018 12:34:59 GMT
This was posted today. I wonder what she performed? She performed a new song set to be included in her upcoming album according to one article. The song is called "Sky and Sand". Here is a clip of it: (starts at the 1:30min mark) Also, here is the article: ArticleHere is a Google translation: "To find superlatives for this major event is becoming increasingly difficult, this year's edition of the "World Club Dome" seems to be going too far. Around 160,000 fans celebrate the music in and around the Commerzbank Arena for three days. In addition there is the longest red carpet in the world - the gem is well over 200 meters long and with much effect and fire fountains strongly staged. 200 DJs play music on 25 stages. Sarah Brightman will sing for the opening ceremony. The British soprano and actress became world famous with the classic hit "Time to say Godbye", which she sang with Andrea Bocelli. In Frankfurt she sang excerpts of her own cover version of the Paul Kalkbrenner hit "Sky and Sand", which will be included on her album "Hyms" in autumn."When Bernd Breiter asked me if I wanted to open the 'World Club Dome', I immediately agreed," says the 57-year-old singer. And organizer Breiter is pleased: "She likes the combination that our event is not just an event for young people, but for those who want to celebrate great emotions." And that's why he immediately received the yes of the world star. The contact was initiated by third parties. Brightman got to know Breiter the first of a total of three "Word Club Dome" days. Together with his wife Carina Breiter he is the creator of this huge event, this time in the name of the "Hollywood Dream Factory", created a brand that attracts people from all over the world. Eintracht President Peter Fischer also lured the "Dome", the largest club in the world, into the stadium. And he did not come alone, but presented the more than 55,000 people who populated the Commerzbank Arena at this time, the brilliant DFB Cup that Eintracht Frankfurt won against Pentecost against Bayern Munich. The social democrats Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel, deputy federal chairman of the SPD, and the secretary general of the Hesse comrades, Nancy Faeser, were also part of the mega-event. "It's not necessarily my music, but I love moving to these beats," says the 48-year-old politician as he dances to the sound of Dimitri Vegas and "Like Mike." "It's exactly my music," says Faeser, who clearly enjoys the spectacle of sound and light. "I have a three-year-old son and I'm excited about the opportunity to have a good time here."
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Post by frenchie on Jun 8, 2018 12:40:13 GMT
Here is a short clip of Sarah at the Chinese Phantom event. Makes me wonder when this will start cause it will tell you the time frame for the World Tour. Is the tour just next year? Or is there a year and a half with going to this in the Fall 2020? Just curious.
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