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US TOUR DATES: 7/21 Annapolis MD Rams Head | 7/22 Alexandria VA Birchmere | 7/23 NYC Nokia Theatre Times Square | 7/24 Glenside PA Keswick Theatre | 7/25 Pittsburg PA Altar Bar | 7/28 Solana Beach CA Belly Up Tavern | 7/29 Anaheim CA Grove Of Anaheim | 7/30 San Francisco CA Regency Ballroom | 7/31 Los Angeles CA Club Nokia | 8/1 Las Vegas, NV Rio Crown Theater

UPDATES:
July 29th, 2010: It is the day after the already legendary Belly Up gig... we are still in a bit of daze :-) It was great meeting everyone, band & fans alike. Anyway, I'll be doing an update to the Level 42 Shows page soon. Tonight the guys are in Anaheim, tomorrow San Francisco, Saturday Los Angeles and Sunday Vegas. More soon!

July 24th, 2010: Level 42 plays at Keswick Theater in Glenside,PA tonight! Keep the pics, videos & tweets coming!

July 23rd, 2010: Level 42 plays at Nokia Theatre Times Square in NYC tonight! Last night's gig at the Birchmere was packed and had some surprises! Here's the setlist:

Hot Water
Dream Crazy
World Machine
Kansas City Milkman
Running In The Family
It's Over
Bass Solo
Love Games
Sunshine Of Your Love
Starchild
Almost There
The Sun Goes Down
Something About You
Lessons In Love

Heaven In My Hands
The Chinese Way

July 22nd, 2010: Level 42 plays at Birchmere in Alexandria, VA tonight! Last night's gig at the Ram's Head was "Beyond words" according to BobC! Here is the setlist (courtesy of Greg Jamate and John Morgan Brindley):

Hot Water
Dream Crazy
World Machine
Kansas City Milkman
Running In The Family
It's Over
Bass Solo
Love Games
Starchild
Almost There
The Sun Goes Down
Something About You
Lessons In Love

Mr. Pink
The Chinese Way

Mark dedicated It's Over to Heather Bloomgren!
Congratulations! Let's hear it for the fans! :-)

July 21st, 2010: LEVEL 42 RETURNS TO THE UNITED STATES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 23 YEARS!!!

OPENING NIGHT OF THE U.S. TOUR TONIGHT AT THE RAMS HEAD ANNAPOLIS, MD!!!

July 13th, 2010: The Sirius Radio interview was very COOL! :-) Jason and Winston got on the air with Mark!

And in other news, who remembers what they were doing 25 years ago today???? Live Aid!

July 12th, 2010: Mark King/Level 42 interview with host Larry Flick on Sirius Radio July 13th! Channel 109 10:05AM EST, 7:05AM PST, 3:05PM UK Time. Listener call-in phone number to be announced during the show. This is a LIVE interview (not taped). If you do not have Sirius, you can sign up online for a free 30-day trial. (Thanks to Jen for the tip!)

July 9th, 2010: The latest Ultimate Setlist Creator results are in!!! Here is the Top 18! The complete results are listed further down this page. Handsome Rugged Man is number 12. Seriously this is a GREAT setlist!

1. Kansas City Milkman (43)
2. Good Man In A Storm (40)
3. Something About You (33)
4. Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind (31)
5. True Believers (29)
6. Children Say (29)
7. Love Games (28)
8. The Pursuit Of Accidents (26)
9. The Machine Stops (26)
10. Starchild (24)
11. Lying Still (24)
12. Return Of The Handsome Rugged Man (24)
13. Almost There (23)
14. Hot Water (21)
15. Lessons In Love (20)
16. To Be With You Again (20)
17. "43" (19)
18. The Sun Goes Down (19)

88 is number 19! Great encore with solos & band introductions!

July 8th, 2010: Bill should have a new round of results soon. Picking a setlist isn't easy, so I just picked these (for me :-))

1. Handsome Rugged Man
2. Almost There
3. True Believers
4. Over There
5. 43
6. Seven Years
7. Good Man In A Storm
8. Sleepwalkers
9. Full bass solo & Dune Tune
10. Love Games
11. The Pursuit Of Accidents
12. People
13. Kansas City Milkman
14. Billy's Gone
15. As Years Go By
16. Something About You

17. Love Meeting Love
18. 88 with solos & band introductions

July 5th, 2010: Hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July. We're celebrating Laurel's birthday today! Here are the results through 10AM this morning! More later.

July 1st, 2010: Check out the Level 42 Ultimate Setlist Creator. Just for fun, this ultimate setlist generator will tabulate all song entries, and spit out a setlist comprised of the 18 most popular songs.

June 30th, 2010: Level 42 "Living It Up" Box Set U.S. Release Date August 3rd! Visit Amazon & CDUniverse (Thanks to Jason for the links)

June 14th, 2010: I got up at 4:30AM to watch Netherlands - Denmark. Adz put up a pic on Facebook of the Staples Center electronic billboard featuring a certain band that will be playing at Club Nokia on July 31st - yeah, the Twilight Zone music was playing very loudly :-)

June 4th, 2010: I got an email from Julian Fernandez from Universal Catalgue Marketing. The U.K. Release date for the "Living It Up" 4 CD Box set is July 19th, 2010 (The U.S. Date is still up in the air, but let's hope Mark brings a few box sets to the shows :-)

Download the Press Release

Visit PLANETEARTHPUBLICITY.COM for more information.

June 3rd, 2010: I've been doing some more updating and put together the beginnings of a mobile site :-) A lot of cool stuff has been going on on YouTube, e.g. "Ain't Enough Love". I'll have to go find my old t-shirts now (Thanks Jason :-))

April 8th, 2010: Mark has posted the confirmed list of U.S. dates on Level42.com:

7/21 Annapolis MD Rams Head
7/22 Alexandria VA Birchmere
7/23 NYC Nokia Theatre Times Square
7/24 Glenside PA Keswick Theater
7/25 Pittsburg PA Altar Bar
7/28 Solana Beach CA Belly Up Tavern
7/29 Anaheim CA Grove Of Anaheim
7/30 San Francisco CA Regency Ballroom
7/31 Los Angeles CA Club Nokia
8/1 Las Vegas, NV Rio Crown Theater

April 6th, 2010: Al Slavik posted the WHOLE NoHo Arts Centre gig on YouTube! Check out "Colour Of My Pain" live w/ Al on Stick and Chris O'Brien on drums!

New Level 42 gig! July 30th Regency Ballroom San Francisco! Jason is a happy man :-)

April 2nd, 2010: Wow! I haven't done this since 1987! I got Level 42 tickets!!! We'll see you all Wednesday July 28th at Belly Up in Solana Beach and on Saturday July 31st in L.A. We're bringing the kids to the Nokia!

March 31st, 2010: Another date July 24th at Keswick Theatre, Glenside, PA!

March 30th, 2010: Another date July 21st at Rams Head, Annapolis, MD! Note that the Los Angeles gig has been moved to Saturday July 31st.

March 29th, 2010: July 22nd Birchmere (Alexandria, VA), July 23rd (Nokia Theatre, NY), July 28th (Solana Beach, CA) & July 30th (Los Angeles, CA) - Visit TICKETMASTER for details!

And of course, Al Slavik, April 1st @ 8:30PM performing with Chris O´Brien (drums) at The NoHoArts Center 11136 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91601.

March 21st, 2010: Well, last weekend sure was something - the unfortunate events that lead to the cancellation of Wally's gig in Paris AND the announcement of L42 gigs in the US in July. In other news, I will be attending a gig by Mr. Al Slavik in North Hollywood on April 1st, no joke!

March 13th, 2010: It looks like Level 42 will be playing a few dates in the U.S.A in July! Visit LEVEL42.COM for details. If this all comes together and the gigs are in driving distance... man, I'm looking forward to getting the old gang of Digesters together!

February 11th, 2010: After a few weeks of tweaking I've put up the new page :-) It's nice to be back and I have to thank Heather & co for rekindling the fire! I added some interesting things to look & listen to, so enjoy and stay tuned for more.

February 10th, 2010: The new Level 42 International Fan Video is up and running on YouTube!

February 8th, 2010: I've been going through the archives and been finding some interesting things to share. I'll scan some things have a FEATURED ITEM soon.

February 4th, 2010: I started editing some html in notepad, and apparently got a bit carried away. I've gotten some emails asking about Forevernow.com and any possible updates, and this is the result so far. It might not be the "Latest News" site anymore, but there is some fun stuff I can share, so stay tuned! :-)

December 16th, 2009: The Christmas Spirit has arrived in the form of a YouTube video! If you haven't seen it yet, click and enjoy! This made me SMILE so big! A whole bunch of old memories came flooding back, and it made me happy to see this. I even updated this main page a bit for the first time in a while! Merry Christmas to Heather and to Mark, and to all our friends all over the world.
All the best - Carl

7/24: LEVEL 42 @ KESWICK THEATRE, GLENSIDE, PA

7/23: LEVEL 42 @ NOKIA THEATRE TIME SQUARE, NYC

7/22: LEVEL 42 @ BIRCHMERE, ALEXANDRIA, VA

7/21: LEVEL 42 @ RAM'S HEAD, ANNAPOLIS, MD


Steve Perks steve@camerastageleft.com
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  Here is the tracklisting for all 4 CDs in the box set!
It includes Rarities, the Acoustic Album, articles by Mark King and Verdine White, and an extensive discography.
The liner notes mention Paul Waller & Andre Simha of ULTIMATELEVEL42.COM.) My compliments and thanks to Julian Fernandez!

The U.S. Release Date is August 3rd, 2010.
Visit Amazon & CDUniverse.

Download the Press Release

For more information on rare tracks, click any of the following links: Rare Tracks & Level 42 Digest CDs

CD1 – A-Sides
Sandstorm
Love Meeting Love
Wings Of Love (Original Version)
Love Games (Full Length Version)
Turn It On
Starchild
Are You Hearing (What I Hear)?
Weave Your Spell
The Chinese Way
Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind
The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)
Micro Kid
Hot Water
The Chant Has Begun
Kansas City Milkman (Live)
Something About You
 
CD2 – A-Sides
Leaving Me Now
World Machine (remix)
Lessons in Love
Running in the Family
To Be With You Again
It's Over
Children Say
Heaven in My Hands
Take A Look
Tracie
Take Care of Yourself
Guaranteed
Overtime
My Father's Shoes
Forever Now
All Over You
Love In A Peaceful World
The Way Back Home
 
CD3 - The Rarities Album
(previously unreleased recordings)

Spirit Groove
Brazil 99
Dave Allen At Large
Follow Me (b-side, 1st time on CD)
Coup d'Etat (version) (b-side, 1st time on CD)
Take Care Of Yourself (demo)
Untitled 1990 (demo)
The Ape (demo)
She Can’t Help Herself (demo)
Dive Into The Sun (Tom Belton Mix)
Love Meeting Love/Kansas City Milkman (H'smith 90)
Antwerp 91 Medley
 
CD4 - The Acoustic Album
(new recordings)

Lessons In Love
Something About You
Children Say
It's Over
Take A Look
Starchild
All I Need
Guaranteed
Overtime
Seven Days
 

Vote here: Level 42 Ultimate Setlist Creator!
The columns show results for July 13, 9 & 5
Good Man In A Storm
Kansas City Milkman
Something About You
Love Games
Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind 
Children Say
True Believers
Starchild
The Pursuit Of Accidents 
The Machine Stops
Return ot Handsome Rugged Man 
Hot Water
Lying Still
To Be With You Again
Almost There
Lessons In Love
Freedom Someday
I Sleep On My Heart

Turn It On
The Sun Goes Down
Heaven In My Hands
Two Hearts Collide
Love Meeting Love
Mr. Pink
88
43
Are You Hearing What I Hear? 
Standing In The Light
Two Solitudes
Man
Overtime
Love In A Peaceful World 
It's Over
The Chinese Way
World Machine
Leaving Me Now
Romance
Weave Your Spell
You Can't Blame Louis
It's Not The Same For Us 
Heathrow
All Over You
The Sunbed Song
The Sleepwalkers
Guaranteed
Seven Years
Forever Now
Eyes Waterfalling
Micro-Kid
Sandstorm
Foundation & Empire
As Years Go By
Why Are You Leaving?
Running In The Family
Silence
Dune Tune
Can't Walk You Home
Autumn (Paradise Is Free)
People
Hours By The Window
Billy's Gone
Sleep Talking
Hell Town Story
A Kinder Eye
If You Were Mine
Tired Of Waiting
Forty-Two 
My Hero 
Dream Crazy 
The Bends 
Past Lives 
Dive Into The Sun 
The Way Back Home 
All I Need 
Wings Of Love 
Dance On Heavy Weather 
I Want Eyes 
A Floating Life 
Physical Presence 
I Don't Know Why 
Take A Look 
Over There 
One In A Million 
Heart On The Line 
Follow Me 
Last Chance 
My Father's Shoes 
With A Little Love 
Talking In Your Sleep 
Don't Bother Me 
Play Me 
Learn To Say No 
Rooted 
Retroglide 
Shapeshifter 
Kouyate 
At This Great Distance 
The Chant Has Begun 
Seven Days 
Coup D'Etat 
Lasso The Moon 
Time Will Heal 
Three Words 
Fashion Fever 
Gresham Blues 
All She Wants 
Theme To Margaret 
All Around 
Ship 
Woman 
Just For You 
Clouds 
A Pharaoh's Dream 
Tracie 
Staring At The Sun 
Her Big Day 
Set Me Up 
She Can't Help Herself 
Model Friend 
Beezer One 
Instrumental Love 
The Ape
46 40 27
45 43 32
39 33 25
34 28 20
32 31 23
32 29 20
30 29 18
29 24 17
28 26 19
28 26 21
27 24 14
25 21 17
25 24 15
24 20 17
23 23 16
23 20 15
22 17 9
21 18 14
20 17 12
20 19 13
20 17 12
20 18 11
19 17 13
19 17 14
19 18 15
19 19 12
19 18 12
19 16 10
18 16 11
18 16 11
18 16 11
18 15 11
17 15 9
16 13 10
16 12 11
16 14 9
16 14 9
15 12 8
15 13 11
15 11 8
15 14 9
15 15 10
15 13 10
14 12 10
14 11 9
14 13 5
14 12 9
13 12 5
13 12 10
13 13 5
12 11 8
12 12 4
12 12 5
12 11 7
12 12 9
12 10 7
11 11 6
11 9  5
11 8  4
11 9  2
11 9  7
10 8  4
10 7  3
10 10 4
10 7  5
10 9  7
9  9  5
9  9  7
9  7  5
9  8  2
9  8  3
8  8  5
8  5  2
8  8  6
8  7  4
8  7  4
8  7  6
8  7  4
8  6  3
8  8  5
8  7  5
8  7  2
8  7  5
8  7  6
7  3  3
7  7  5
7  6  4
7  5  2
7  7  3
7  7  2
7  7  5
6  6  3
6  6  3
6  5  0
6  5  4
6  4  3
5  5  4
5  5  3
5  5  4
5  5  3
5  5  2
5  5  5
4  4  2
4  3  1
4  4  4
3  3  2
3  3  1
3  3  3
3  3  1
3  3  2
2  2  2
2  2  1
2  2  2
2  2  2
2  1  1
2  1  0
2  2  2
2  2  2
2  1  0
1  1  1
0  0  0
0  0  0

         

Let's remember our friends Monique Williams and Don Zipf - seen here with Rob Steen, Lisa Devlin & Julie Fleury. This picture was taken in November 1999 when the U.S. group of "Levelfesters" (as Mark called us) went to London again. Check out the pictures here.


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Former & current band members
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WEBSITES:
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Level 42 Web Digest
Phil Gould
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Allan Holdsworth
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A (color copy of a) letter by John L. Gould to the late Guenther Hensler, former president of Polygram. The letter accompanied several 12" singles and outlined the band's activities in 1982.

Level 42 Gallery
Here are pictures from my own photo album, pictures that were sent to me by Level 42 fans, pictures that Paul Crockford has allowed me to share with you, various things like reviews, links, show info and some rare and interesting shots from the early days of Level 42.

De Doelen '82
These are black and white pictures my friend Gerard Grafhorst took during the show.

Sweden '83
Mystery Show '83
Fairfield '84/'85
Woolwich '85
One of the 3 shows recorded for the "Physical Presence" live album
Vredenburg '85
Wembley '86
American Bandstand
"It's Over" Videoshoot
Anaheim Stadium '87
The Madonna Show w/ pictures by Julian Wasser
Hammersmith '90
The shows with Allan Holdsworth on guitar!
Crystal Palace '91
Forever Now '94
Hamburg '99
Circus Tavern '02
The Forum '05
Betuws Spektakel '06
Vienna '06

Level 42 Shows
These are the shows that I went to in Holland and in the U.S. The pages included tickets, reviews, pictures etc.

Vredenburg, Utrecht, Holland
April 30th, 1982

My first show. Heathrow and Love Games recorded the day before in Vlissingen were broadcast on the radio.
De Doelen, Rotterdam, Holland
October 19th, 1982

Filmed and recorded by Veronica for their show Countdown. They broadcast 4 songs in a 25 minute special on 10/24/82, followed a while later by a radio broadcast.
Ahoy Hal, Rotterdam, Holland
September 21th, 1984

A live simulcast by Veronica as part of Veronica's Rocknight with Sade and Talk Talk (hosted by Adam Curry).
Expohal, Hilversum, Holland
October 6th, 1985

Mark King at the "NAMM Show", as it has become known, demonstrating his JD bass and Trace Elliott amp and playing some familiar Level 42 riffs.
Vredenburg, Utrecht, Holland
November 28th, 1985

The only show in Holland for the World Machine tour. Mark King was on the air with Ferry Maat before the show.
Anaheim Stadium, Los Angeles
July 18th, 1987

The Madonna show, a 45 minute opening set
Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix
October 3rd, 1987

Part of a short headlining tour.
ASU Activity Center, Phoenix
December 6th, 1987

TCC Arena, Tucson
December 7th, 1987

Sports Arena, San Diego
December 9th, 1987

GW Forum, Los Angeles
December 11th, 1987

Four shows opening for Tina Turner.
RAI, Amsterdam, Holland
November 10th, 1991

My last show. The Enschede show, 9 days before, was broadcast by TROS Radio in Ferry Maat's Soulshow

Mark King Shows
These are the shows that Laurel & I went to see in '99: The last 3 shows of the "One Man" Tour and the 5 dates at the Jazz Cafe of the "Trash" Tour.

De Montfort Hall, Leicester U.K.
January 29th, 1999

Mark King's "One Man" tour. An international Level 42 Digest affair which made the newspaper!
Shepherds Bush, London, U.K.
January 30th, 1999

The BIG night in London! About 60 Digesters were there as well as Jakko Jakszyk, Gary Husband, Paul Crockford and Boon Gould.
Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, U.K.
February 1st, 1999

The last show in the U.K. until Ryde, March 15th, '99. A group of Digesters met Mark after the soundcheck. Luckily this show was recorded on video tape.
Jazz Cafe, Camden, U.K.
November 22nd-26th, 1999

5 shows at the Jazz Cafe in Camden. The Thursday show eventually made it onto CD Mark King Group Live at The Jazz Cafe 1999.

Level 42 Music
This is NOT a complete discography, but my personal collection of cds and vinyl, with contributions by friends from the Level 42 Digest. Thanks to Winston Walker, Lars-Ove Larsson, Chris Dickman, Loz Green and Mats Hagervik.

Cassettes
VHS/Laserdisc/DVD
CD-Videos
Compilations
Albums/Re-issues
Solo Albums
12" Singles & CD5s
7" Singles
The White Funky
Digest CDs & Tapes
Promos
Prince's Trust DVDs



         

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