Planet Marzipan - A Marillion and Fish Podcast

Mezza & Craig look back on a fantastic weekend in Leicester with the help of Lucy Jordache, Gary Page, Steve Gutteridge, John Farrand & Stuart Chandler. A lively chat includes the 2 fantastic Marillion gigs at De Montfort Hall, Lucy's Audience with...., the seven (!) tribute band gigs across the weekend and lots of other shenanigans! Part 2 follows soon......

Episode 3 of our sister podcast! Join Grae Tennick, Mikey Kay, Craig Houston & Mezza as they take a look at Queens 1982 album "Hot Space". An in-depth chat includes the origins of the album, a track by track review, artwork, tour information and a look at the legacy of this maligned album. What do you think of this album? Join the discussion in our Facebook group https://www.facebook...

Craig & Mezza round off their look into all things "Happiness is the Road" with the help of James Levey, Felicity Pryke, Nathan Page and Grae Tennick. Part 3 features chat about the album tour, the artwork, the formats and poses the question - Is it really a double album?

Mezza & Craig return to the Happiness is the Road album to review "The Hard Shoulder" album. Nathan Page, Felicity Pryke, James Levey and Andrew "Barnsley" Wood join the guys again for a track by track review and lots more besides... Find out why this album means so much to "Barnsley" as well as his "alternate" track listing! Hear about Felicity's lo...

As a bonus we present the second episode of our sister podcast. We hope you like it. Normal service will resume on Tuesday with Happiness is the Road - Part 2. Mezza, Craig, Mikie and Grae are back to take a look at Elton Johns "Blue Moves", the lesser known of his double studio albums. An in-depth discussion includes album origins, a track by track review, artwork, formats, the live sho...

Join Craig & Mezza as they get together with some friends to take an in depth look at Marillion's Happiness is the Road album over the next 3 episodes. In this first episode Nathan Page, Felicity Pryke, James Levey and Andrew "Barnsley" Wood help the PM guys to dissect the "Essence" disc. Chat includes the origins of HitR, the launch of the album - including the presale...

As a bit of a bonus we present here the first episode of Planet Marzipan's sister podcast. Hope you like it. Normal service will resume on Tuesday with Happiness is the Road - Part 1. Joining Craig & Mezza for the launch episode of Planet Music Podcast are Grae Tennick and Mikie Kay. The album up for discussion is Tears for Fears' "Seeds of Love". This episode includes storie...

Join Mezza & Craig along with Grae Tennick, Mikey Kay and Andy McIntosh as they revisit Fish's "Sunsets on Empire" album. A lively chat includes a full track by track review, artwork and tour reviews. There are lots of different opinions on this album and many of them are expressed here! The podcast also includes listener comments about the Sunsets album too!

Join Mezza & Craig as they chat to musician, Egbert Derix, about working with both Fish and Steve Hogarth on his solo album "Paintings in Minor Lila" as well as working with Fish on his "Feast of Consequences" and "Welschmertz" albums. Chat also includes lots of Egbert's other work with John Helliwell of Supertramp and Bill Hicks amongst others (!). For more i...

Join Craig & Mezza as they re-visit the mighty Misplaced Childhood album, celebrating it's 40 year anniversary with Grae Tennick, Mark Owens, Richard Broadley and Mark Colton. In a bumper episode, originally conceived as the 100th Planet Marzipan Episode, chat includes the origins of the album, a track by track look at this masterpiece, memories of the tour, the cover art and the legacy of...

Join the PM guys as they celebrate their 100th episode by meeting Pete Trewavas. In a very relaxed chat Pete discusses a wide range of topics including Marillion Weekends, the "Pete, Pete, Pete" chant, Marillion writing techniques, meeting Robin Boult and he gives a detailed account of some of his challenges with his health over the last year. Mezza and Craig would like to thank Pete for...

A bonus episode that wraps up the MW PZ 25 weekend - including interviews with PM listeners, recorded at the PZ meet up, Jon Chapmans discovery of Marillion story and listeners reviews of the PZ weekend. Look out for a very special 100th Planet Marzipan episode next week!

Join Mezza & Craig as they chat to Vanessa Kennedy in Port Zelande. Topics covered include Vanessa's take on entering Marillo world as a "Newbie", having Steve Hogarth give her away at her wedding (!), the fun of Port Zélande/ Marillion Weekends, an insight into the months of prep that go into MW '25 and much more besides.

Craig and Mezza are joined by Lucy Jordache, Grae Tennick & Mark Kennedy to discuss the Sunday activities in PZ - including the PM meet up - Haunt the Woods in the Action Factory, Rick and Dave in the main tent - and Marillions fantastic Sunday night show. A very tired Lucy and Mark give their overview of the weekend - and Ian Mosley even pops his head in briefly to join the chat. MW Port Zela...

The PM guys are joined by Andrew "Barnsley" Wood, Grae Tennick and Tim Sidwell to discuss the shenanigans from Friday and Saturday of the PZ '25 weekend. Highlights include some of the non music events - the PZ street party - the MW PZ 2025 Quiz - Yoga - an Audience with Marillion - and lots of socialising. Musical highlights include Anneke van Giersbergen, Haunt the Woods, and of co...

Listen in as Mezza & Craig are joined by Craig Coopersmith, Rick Kessler, Gary Foalle, Dave Dobbie, Vanessa Kennedy, Jon Chapman, Mark Kennedy and Zack Coopersmith to discuss the first couple of days of Port Zelande 2025. Hear the guys reminisce about past PZ weekends and their thoughts on the first Marillion gig of 2025. It's a lively chat - especially the second half - recorded post gig...

The PM team are joined by Mark McCormac, Grae Tennick, Mark Owens, Nathan Page and Dave Dobbie to discuss the last few dates of Fish's Road to the Isles tour - including the emotional final two gigs in Glasgow. Chat includes setlists, crowd reactions, pop up shops and a discussion on what Fish's retirement means to the panel. It's an emotional listen. So long Derek, thanks for all the...

Join Mezza and Craig along with Grae Tennick, Emma Mills, Taff Jones and Mike Barton as they take an in depth look at the first half of Fish's Road to Isles UK Tour. From the first gigs in Haddington on to the English dates, the journey includes setlists, venue comments, and a detailed run down of the shenanigans that took place on the road. Look out for part 2 next week, The Final Fling....It's e...

Join Mezza & Craig as they meet Diz Minnitt ,Nigel Spennewyn and Deborah Hopper from Pride of Passion. Mark McCormack (from Markos Marillion Museum) joins the chat too. Diz talks about his memories of his time in Marillion, including Fish and Diz's demo audio tape for the band, early gigs, writing sessions, BBC sessions and lots more besides. Later in the conversion talk turns to Pride of Pass...

Craig & Mezza are joined by the bands archivist, and PM regular, James Levey to discuss the 2 new "Making of" CD's - "Pulling Shapes Out of the Night - The Making of Holidays in Eden" and "DNA - The Making of An Hour Before It's Dark". These 2 albums provide a real insight into how our heroes' writing process has changed over the years. They include un...

The PM team check in on Stephanie Bradley as the Port Zelande weekend resident's list is finalised and passed to the Center Parcs team. Stephanie gives an update on what to look out for in PZ whether it's your first time or your ninth! This video episode is the 3rd of our 4 in the "Countdown to Port Zelande 2025". Look out for the last one next week!

The PM guys are joined by Lucy Jordache, Georgina Wistow, Mark Kennedy (eventually!), Tim Sidwell and Darren Moore to talk about all the fun that is planned for the Port Zelande weekend 2025. Featuring an extended tour of the lovely new merchandise range, a request for fans help to contribute to a forthcoming documentary and full details on the Marillion Weekend Quiz 2025.

The PM Team meet the amazing Anne-Marie Forker, a fantastic, award winning, photographer who has shot some of the iconic images of our favourite band, amongst others. Hear all about Anne-Marie's adventures with Marillion, how she first discovered the band and how she gave up her job to fulfil her dream of being a photographer. We also hear about her new book "Get Ready, Foot Down, Push The Button...

The PM team are joined by Mikey Kay, Andrew "Barnsley" Wood and Martin Jakubski to conclude their look at the singles from Clutching at Straws - This time it's Warm Wet Circles. The usual Charting the Single features are included...bsides, video, chart performance and artwork...along with more of Barnsley 's "facts you never knew...." !

The PM team are joined by Mikey Kay, Andrew "Barnsley" Wood and Martin Jakubski to take a look at the second single from Clutching at Straws - Sugar Mice. The usual Charting the Single features are included...bsides, video, chart performance and artwork...along with Barnsley 's "facts you never knew" slot! Look out for "Charting the Single - Warm Wet Circles" - co...