\u201cThe Generations Tour 2027\u201d brings tireless Canadian neo-prog legends SAGA back to Z7 once again. The band around founding members Michael Sadler (vocals, keyboards) and Ian Crichton (guitar), together with longtime keyboardist Jim Gilmour, have lost none of their fascination over the years and will celebrate their milestone anniversary with us, performing the finest songs from half a century of SAGA.<\/strong><\/p>\n Canadian rock band SAGA was formed in Oakville, Ontario, in 1977. Ever since, the group has delivered an unmistakable blend of melodic prog rock, complex synthesizer arrangements and distinctive guitar riffs. With their self-titled debut album in 1978, followed by \u201cImages At Twilight\u201d (1979) and \u201cSilent Knight\u201d (1980), SAGA introduced themselves to music fans around the world. Their major breakthrough came with \u201cWorlds Apart\u201d (1981), an album certified gold in both the US and Germany that produced the radio and MTV hits \u201cOn The Loose\u201d and \u201cWind Him Up\u201d. This wave of success earned the band a Juno Award in their home country in 1982 in the category \u201cMost Promising Group of the Year\u201d. Subsequent albums such as \u201cHeads or Tales\u201d (1983) delivered further hits including \u201cThe Flyer\u201d. The band largely maintained its prolific release schedule and can now look back on 22 studio albums as well as numerous live albums and compilations. Over the years, SAGA also created the 16-part Chapter series, an ambitious conceptual sci-fi song cycle that unfolded in loose order across many years and albums before the pieces of the puzzle were finally brought together on \u201cThe Chapters Live\u201d.<\/p>\n SAGA have sold more than ten million albums worldwide, received numerous gold and platinum awards and toured extensively \u2013 particularly in Europe, where their music continues to appear regularly in the charts and is celebrated in concert halls to this day. The band\u2019s passionate fan community also remains highly active online and warmly welcomes new members. The official SAGA Facebook group serves as a lively meeting place where longtime and new fans alike can share music and concert memories or discuss their heroes. It is a place to dive into the band\u2019s profound and timeless catalogue or rediscover individual musical gems. With undiminished creativity and a loyal worldwide fanbase built steadily over five decades, SAGA continue to make music entirely on their own terms \u2013 solid, understated and consistently impressive. The current line-up consists of Michael Sadler (vocals, keyboards), Ian Crichton (guitar), Jim Gilmour (keyboards), Mike Thorne (drums) and Mike Borkosky (bass).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 50 YEARS OF SAGA: MUSIC FOR GENERATIONS \u201cThe Generations Tour 2027\u201d brings tireless Canadian neo-prog legends SAGA back to Z7…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54942,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[151],"product_tag":[133],"class_list":["post-54948","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-event","product_tag-prog-en","first","instock","virtual","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/z-7.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/54948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/z-7.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/z-7.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/z-7.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/z-7.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/z-7.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/z-7.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=54948"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/z-7.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=54948"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/z-7.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=54948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}