Iona plan live UK concerts CD and DVDs filmed in Estonia

CELTIC fusion band Iona have reported on their plans for a new live album. The band's Dave Bainbridge wrote, "For the past couple of years the band have been keen to record another live album to try to capture something of the current excitement generated during the live set and in particular capture some of the 'Another Realm' songs live. The four October gigs in England (Leeds, Kendal, Liverpool and Bilston) were recorded onto a 24 track hard disk recorder by our UK sound engineer Gareth with the aim to use the best tracks to produce a new live album." It is hoped to release the project first as a download, then as a physical CD (possibly a double)."

Iona's Open Sky Records are also planning to release an Iona DVD filmed at the band's concert at the Nokia Theatre in Tallinn, Estonia at the end of July. Said the band, "We're hoping to release this as a live concert DVD along with a second DVD featuring some of the large amount of 'on the fly' footage that has been taken over the past two years - mostly by our good friends Tim Finch and Mark Rabich - at gigs and in the studio."