EDGAR ALLAN POE Musical – News

Eric Woolfson has died from kidney cancer aged 64

Thu, Dec. 10 2009
Eric Woolfson (creator, songwriter, lyricist and lead singer of the Alan Parsons Project) died from kidney cancer in the early hours of 2nd December 2009.

Hundreds of people have been leaving comments about what his work has meant to them and messages of condolence on his Facebook page.

There have been obituaries in newspaper all over the world but here are a few we thought we should highlight:

• The Guardian Obituary
• The Telegraph Obituary
• The Times Obituary
• New York Times Obituary

World Premiere
The world premiere will take place at the Halle Opera House, Germany on 28th August 2009. Tickets for the production are on sale now.

DVD
A DVD of the Abbey Road Studios showcase performance of POE will be released on the 28th August and will be available to purchase through the website shop.

New Musical Album
A new album entitled ‘Edgar Allan Poe’ containing all 17 songs from the musical is now available to purchase. Click here to access the shop

Sheet Music
The piano / vocal sheet music folio for the Edgar Allan Poe musical will be released by Bosworth on 28th August 2009 to tie in with the premiere. It will be available to purchase through the website shop.

New Eric Woolfson APP Album featuring 2 songs from the POE musical
Eric Woolfson sings two of the songs from the Edgar Allan Poe musical on his soon to be released album ‘Eric Woolfson sings The Alan Parsons Project That Never Was’ album. The album is now available to purchase. Click here to access the shop