Take a bow

CHRIS MCGAREL

IQ VENUE 229 THE VENUE, LONDON DATE 09/12/2022 No self-respecting progger’s Yuletide would be complete without Greg Lake’s I Believe In Father Christmas or The Legendary IQ Christmas Bash. Tonight’s festivities commence by combining the two. The familiar melody from Lake’s perennial classic, Prokofiev’s Troika, soundtracks the now traditional opening video animation. This year’s visual offering depicts a nativity scene visited by six wise purple elephants and the band members reimagined as miniature gurning terpsichorean vegetables. Don’t ask. Just pour yourself an eggnog, banish the purple pachyderms from your mind and succumb to the perverse and wonderful world of IQ.Who else would dare kick off a Christmas party with a wake? The title track from their most celebrated album is usually saved for much later in the set or as…

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