Magnum’s new studio album ‘Escape From The Shadow Garden’ goes Top 40

Escape From The Shadow Garden’, the nineteenth studio album from hugely influential British melodic hard rock group Magnum, crashed in to UK national album chart today at number 38, simultaneously debuting at number 2 in the Rock & Metal chart and at number 4 in the Indie chart. This is the band’s first top 40 album chart position for over 20 years.

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‘Escape From The Shadow Garden’, was awarded 10/10 & Album Of The Month by Powerplay Magazine writer Dave Cockett, who stated in the March 2014 issue that “Put simply, Clarkin and the band have excelled themselves once again, and if like me you can’t get enough of the wonderfully idiosyncratic phenomenon that is Magnum, then ‘Escape From The Shadow Garden’ is an exotic delicacy that you can’t ignore. A veritable national treasure, they just keep getting better with age!”

Classic Rock AOR’s Phil Ashcroft states in the current issue that “Like all our musical institutions, Magnum have their own unique sound and this is their best attempt this century at matching the effortless quality they had at their commercial peak. It’s a long time since I’ve been truly excited by a Magnum album, but ‘Escape From The Shadow Garden’ is the one I’ve been waiting for.”

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Magnum head out on a thirteen date April / May UK tour. Dates are:-

19^th April        SOUTHAMPTON – The Brook

20^th April        BUCKLEY – Tivoli

22^nd April        OXFORD – O2

23^rd April        BRISTOL – O2

24^th April        NORWICH – Waterfront

25^th April        LEAMINGTON SPA – Assembly

26^th April        MANCHESTER – The Ritz

28^th April        NOTTINGHAM – Rock City

29^th April        GLASGOW – Garage

30^th April        NEWCASTLE – O2

2^nd May           HOLMFIRTH – Picturedome

3^rd May           WOLVERHAMPTON – Wulfrun Hall

4^th May            LONDON – Islington Town Hall