Day 2 of the Marillion Weekend was, oddly but not unexpected, the first night of their greatly anticipated performance.
True to tradition, the band settled on an album, Marbles, digging into tracks on the expanded 2 CD version. As excellent as the consumption of that piece was, the encore of the fan favorite “Sugar Mice” stole the night, in my view.
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Selections from Marbles:
Encore:
Randy McStine, a guitarist gaining more recent renown through live and studio appearances with Steven Wilson and Porcupine Tree, played a 45-minute set on the heels of his 2025 album release, Mutual Hallucinations.
McStine has played with several other prog veterans in the past decade including Marco Minnerman, Gavin Harrison and Nick D’Virgilio and, while not familiar to many, should certainly have been familiar to this particular audience.
Live, the addition of a drummer and bassist elevated his performance over the past two times I’d seen him when supporting The Pineapple Thief solo with loop effects.
Setlist:
