Rockpalast (album) explained

Rockpalast
Type:Live album
Artist:Porcupine Tree
Cover:Porcupine_Tree-Rockpalast.jpg
Released:July 2006
Recorded:19 November 2005
Venue:Live Music Hall (Cologne, Germany)
Genre:Progressive rock, progressive metal
Length:97:25
Label:Transmission
Producer:Steven Wilson
Prev Title:XMII
Prev Year:2005
Next Title:Fear of a Blank Planet
Next Year:2007

Rockpalast is a live album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, named after the eponymous music festival and TV show, it was recorded at on 19 November 2005 at the Live Music Hall in Cologne, Germany. It was also filmed for a Rockpalast TV special, but not all songs made the broadcast. It is only available to download on the band's official website, and cannot be purchased in stores. The performance relies almost entirely on Deadwing and In Absentia material, with only one older song making the set list. The performances of "Futile" and "Radioactive Toy" were later included as bonus material on the Arriving Somewhere... DVD.

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