05.06.  Pécs, Hungary (not sure yet / még nem biztos)
05.12.  PeCsa, Budapest, Hungary
06.10. or 11.  SARLAT Fesztivál, Bordeaux, France
06.17. or 18.  Music Fest., Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary
06.24.  Szombathely, Hungary
06.29.  Békéscsaba, Hungary
07.06.  Fest. of the Hungarian Post, Benczúr kert, Budapest, Hungary
07.21.  Kapolcs, Hungary
07.22.  Gyula, Hungary
08.12.  Budai Parkszínpad, Budapest, Hungary

The performance:

Vedres has played in the front of a full house. Gyermán Julia (his wife) has accompained him on violin for three songs. In the first part of the concert Vedres has performed many of his past compositions. After the break we have heard some of his new ones (mainly chambers), most of them written for Organ. He has performed the below compositions (in order of appearence):

1.   Csak Mész - Just Go (Vedres, lyrics: Görgényi Tamás)
2.   Blues Fantázia - Blues Fantasy (Vedres)
3.   Enni A Kenyeret - Eating The Bread (Vedres, lyrics: Egervári Gábor)
4.   Tavaszköszöntő - Salute Of Spring (Vedres)
5.   VII. Levél - VIIth Letter (Vedres)
6.   Álom - Dream (Vedres)
7.   Szelíd Szél - Gentle Wind (Vedres, lyrics: Egervári Gábor)
8.   VIII. Mese - VIIIth Tale (Vedres)
9.   V. Levél - Vth Letter (Vedres)
10. Ébredek - I Awake (Vedres, lyrics by: Weöres Sándor)
11. G-Dúr Szkepszis - G-Major Scepsis (Vedres)

12. A FLY! című dal orgonaváltozata - Organ adaptation of FLY! (Vedres)
13. Allemand (J.S. Bach, violin: Gyermán Júlia)
14. Lélektánc - Souldance (Vedres, violin: Gyermán Júlia)
15. Zongoraszóló - Piano Solo (Vedres)
16. Palan (Foiret, violin: Gyermán Júlia)
17. Ave Maria Stella (Vedres)
18. Orgona Tokkáta - Organ Toccata (Vedres)
19. Hiába, Indulni Kell - Anyway You Gotta Move (Vedres, lyrics: Egervári Gábor)
20. Finale (Vedres)
 

New Release: LÉLEKTÁNC - SOULDANCE:

The new album will be published around Easter. It will contain compositions for Organ and Violin exclusively.
 

Concert dates:

29 April:  Egyetemi Templom (Temple of the University of Law), Budapest
30 April:  Péter-Pál Templom (Temple Peter-Paul), Szentendre
8-13 May (no fixed date yet):  Fonó, Budapest (XI. Sztregova utca 3.)

The Rock Progressivo Brasil now contains some AC reviews in Portuguese. URL: http://www.rockprogressivo.com.br

The first ever solo relase of the most talented pianist of the whole universe is available at last!!! Vedres Csaba has been the leader of After Crying until 1994. These 22 instrumental composition has been the basis of Vedres's solo concerts in the past, and I hope we will see him on stage again (novadays he lives in Pécs). Do not miss this album, it is better than anything I have heard before! Hard to beat. The album can be ordered from the publisher (code: SKKTCD182).

Schóber KKT Zeneműkiadó
Somfa u. 2., 7625, Pécs, Hungary
Tel./Fax: (36) 72/313-039

ps.: I have no info about TOWNSCREAM's possible dissolvement.

03.03.  Baja Prog IV., Mexicali, Mexico
03.11.  Chihuahua, Mexico
03.15.  Caracas, Venesuela
03.16.  Caracas, Venesuela
03.18.  Baltimore, USA
03.19.  Hungarian Consulate (unplugged), New York, USA
04.22.  Spirit of '66, Verviers, Belgium
04.24.  Royan, France 
05.12.  Pecsa, Budapest, Hungary

The long awaited new After Crying release is out! The album contains Live recordings, and has two editions. The double contains two compositions in MP3 format, and has a multimedia PC platform made by the members themselves. The signle edition (Struggle For Life - Essential) will be published on CD and MC as well. It does not contains the multimedia platform, but contains the MP3 songs in audio format. Hopefully it will be published soon.

The following After Crying release going to be available in february 2000. The double album will contain live recordings, and will be titled as "Struggle for Life". The next After Crying tour will start in the spring.

The official After Crying homepage is completed.
URL: http://w3.datanet.hu/~aftercry

All the pages are created and maintained by the members themselves exclusively. It is bilingual (Eng-Hun) and contains up to date info about their future releases, performances, and many concert reports as well.

Darek Sieradzki has made a polish After Crying page.
URL http://www.venco.com.pl/~dsier/ac

The official After Crying homepage is still under construction, but the pages of Lengyel Zoltán (the pianist of AC) contains up-to-date info about their gigs and performances. Its URL is: http://www.bmc.hu/LZ (currently only in Hungarian).

An American journalist's impressions on the After Crying show: I don't think anyone in the crowd was prepared for what was about to happen when After Crying took the stage. I was stunned speechless by their performance, shaking my head in disbelief, and so was everybody else in the place. The long track they opened with was so powerful it brought tears to my eyes. For a few minutes there in Mexicali everything that moves my soul about progressive music was served up by one band. Eight guys from Hungary, six on the stage (guitars+keys, cello+bass, keys+trumpet, keys, drums, and a vocalist) and two more behind the soundboard (flute+soundboard, keys+ soundboard), they did everything - group pieces, solos, duos, trios, vocal pieces, rock, jazz, classical, chamber. It was magical. People were standing after every track, and at the end (only the final band each day was supposed to get an encore) people wouldn't stop applauding, even after the house lights came on, the roar went on for ten minutes or more. Finally they came back and did one more. About half of their set was material on their album "6", the rest - including a Frank Zappa tribute, drawn from their five earlier releases. At one point guitarist Torma Ferenc played the solo "Peace - A Theme", from the second Crimson album; at another point cellist Pejtsik Peter offered an amazing solo piece as well. Keyboardists Winkler Balasz and Lengyel Zoltan teamed up for a jazzy piano duo that brought the house to their feet, but it was the full symphonic group pieces that had the most dynamic impact. Like Le Orme in '97 or Anglagard in '93, this is one of those performances that will no doubt be talked about for years to come. (I am so sorry but I have received the above article through e-mail, and I do not know who its author is.)

The boys gave a concert, two and a half hours long. They have played previously recorded tracks only, although these songs has involved many solo pieces. Lengyel Zoltán has played on keyboard (unfortunately I do not know if he is a full member now, or only a guest musician). They plays in Mexico from the 6th of March, so their next performance in Hungary will probably be in late summer, or early autumn.

Townscream plans to release two new albums in the near future! Both will be live. Vedres said that one will contain the rock-like tracks, the other will contain the more comlex, and more jazzy tracks. At the same time Vedres has informed the public that the so-called rock era of his group is ended. In the future they plans to include more individual, and solo pieces as in their live performances as in their albums. The new member Gyermán Júlia plays violin, and Winkler Balázs of After Crying has joined the group for this concert, he has played on trumpet.