Planet Marzipan - A Marillion and Fish Podcast

Join Craig & Mezza as they hit the road for a weekend of 2 different Marillion tribute band gigs in under 24 hours!
A packed episode includes detailed reviews of both gigs alongside interviews with Mark Colton (from Marquee Square Heroes) and Les Bennett and Mark Crinigan ( from Cillirion) as well as Scott Evans, from the Artisan Tap venue, in Stoke on Trent - location of the Cillirion gig, in this very episode!
For more Marquee Square Heroes info visit marqueesquareheroes.com
For more Cillirion info visit www.facebook.com/cillirion
For Artisan Tap info visit www.artisantap.com

Joining Craig & Mezza this week are Mark Mitchell and Stuart Clyde from Scottish Marillion tribute, StillMarillion.
Chat includes the bands 18+ years of covering the fantastic music of our heroes - from line up changes, through building a following in the UK and branching out into other countries.
The guys also talk about the new StillMarillion live album - streaming now - Unreal to Reel - and their exciting plans for the rest of 2026 and beyond...

The Planet Music team are joined by Gary Page to review David Ford's album from 2010 - Let the Hard Times Roll.
The guys chat about the origins of the album - from the E.P. releases that preceded it, through the gigs around the time and a a track by track review - all with the added insight of Gary, who appears on the album and is a stalwart of Ford's live band across the years!
The team will be back in just over 2 weeks - on Friday 29th May - with a very special episode!

Craig & Mezza are joined by Leo Trimming, Guy Vickers , Stuart Chandler and Scott Evans to take look back at Marillions first long form live video - Recital of the Script - recorded in 1983.
Chat includes memories of the "Script" tour - buying the release on video cassette - VHS and Betamax - the release of the "Video E.P. " and a track by track review. Scott also tells us why he chose this film for a screening in his Artisan Tap - venue - in Stoke, UK

Join Craig & Mezza (& Grae) as they chat with Tim Sidwell - about his recollections on the "With Friends From the Orchestra" era of Marillion - including Tim's memories of the Cardiff gig that he filmed for Blu-ray.
Later in the episode the guys catch up with James Levey - band archivist - who gives his take on the album - as well as some insight into what tracks were considered for the album.
The 3 episode look back at the "With Friends..." album concludes with Planet Marzipan listener comments and views, from our Facebook group.