Well with less than 2 weeks to go until we set out for our first Convention of 2011 in Holland suffice to say we're rehearsing night and day for the 3 nights of music we'll be playing - over 6 hours of music to rehearse and words to learn is no mean feat!

We're then back home for a lie down for a few days and then off to Montreal to do it all again!

There are a few tickets still available and we really hope we can sell this out and you can join us in what will be yet another fantastic weekend in North America - we can't wait.

Finally in May we will be performing the same sets at the inaugural UK convention in Leamington which sold out immediately it went on sale - so no pressure! In fact why are we writing this email when we should be rehearsing!

When we get back from the conventions we're going to take it easy for a few days and then we'll be straight back into writing the new album - yes we know it's been a long time coming but we hope to have some more news for you later in the year. We're also hoping we'll be able to embark upon a big tour in 2012 so keep an eye on www.marillion.com/tour for tour dates.

H, Ian, Mark, Pete and Steve