Artists

Caravan

Caravan was formed in Canterbury, England in 1968 by Pye Hastings (guitar/vocals), Dave Sinclair (keyboards), Richard Sinclair (bass/vocals) and Richard Coughlan (drums). The four had previously played at various times with a local band, The Wilde Flowers, which also featured Kevin Ayers and future Soft Machine members Robert Wyatt and Hugh Hopper.

After a memorable concert at the Isle of Wight Festival in June 2005 Caravan placed their last concert in Germany on 19 June. Since then live plans have been shelved due to Richard Coughlan’s ill health.

In 2010, Pye Hastings announced that the band had resumed activity in anticipation of a one-off concert recording at Metropolis Studios for ITV in December. New material was written for a debut performance and the band was joined by Mark Walker on drums and percussion. The gig was a resounding success marking another exciting era for the band. This gig will be released in it’s entirety with bonus interviews on DVD in May and a truncated version will also broadcast on Sky / ITV as part of the Legends series in June.

To commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the legendary album ‘In The Land of Grey and Pink’, Universal will release a deluxe box set to include a second CD and audio/video DVD from 30th May.

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