The Colonial Theatre presents ‘Welcome Back My Friends: An Evening with Emerson, Lake & Palmer’ on Sunday, Sept. 13

LACONIA — The Colonial Theatre of Laconia will present Welcome Back My Friends — An Evening with Emerson, Lake & Palmer on Sunday, Sept. 13.

Created by Carl Palmer and his management, the show will be presented with the full cooperation of the Estates of Keith Emerson and Greg Lake. This show is not a tribute act. Through modern technology they will reunite the band: Carl with his two bandmates playing together along with Keith Emerson & Greg Lake, who both died in 2016. The show combines video performance of Emerson and Lake from a legendary sold out Royal Albert Hall ELP show from 1992 with live on stage performances of Carl Palmer with his own ELP Legacy band, Paul Bielatowicz and Simon Fitzpatrick. All the musicians play together in sync to present a complete and authentic Emerson Lake & Palmer show.

Emerson, Lake & Palmer (informally known as ELP) was an English progressive rock supergroup formed in London in 1970. The band consisted of Keith Emerson (keyboards) of the Nice, Greg Lake of King Crimson (vocals, bass, guitar, producer), and Carl Palmer of Atomic Rooster (drums, percussion). With nine RIAA-certified gold record albums in the U.S. and an estimated 48 million records sold worldwide, they are one of the most popular and commercially successful progressive rock groups of the 1970s, with a musical sound including adaptations of classical music with jazz and symphonic rock elements, dominated by Emerson’s flamboyant use of the Hammond organ, Moog synthesizer, and piano (although Lake wrote several acoustic songs for the group).

For more information, visit ColonialLaconia.com or call 800-657-8774.