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Marillion Weekend 2003
2003 Logo Butlins, Minehead, England
14-17 March 2003
Well, what can we say? A great time had by all! Drawing Competiton and Swap The Band 2003 are online at the Official Marillion Website.
View the final attendee Voting Results for the Saturday night set-list.
Support Bands
FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
Gazpacho Aziz Cordisto N/A
White Buffalo Martin Grech Kid Galahad
  John Otway Stranger by the Minute N/A
Your Letters
Thanks so much for all the letters of thanks - it was a great time for all! We've put together some great quotes from the letters we've received, and also compiled a chunk of mini-reviews that you've sent in! To get a taste of what went on, Browse all the Reviews from the Marillion Weekend 2003.
"When you talk about Marillion you fast run out of superlatives. A truly awesome weekend. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!" Keith Tideswell
"What a truly wonderful weekend that was. It's not just about going to a gig, there is so much more to Marillion than could be explained in words." Alan Blamires
"I have followed Marillion’s work for over twenty years now and can honestly say that last weekends Afraid of Sunlight set was the best I have ever heard! 'Out of this World' especially." Bob Fitzpatrick
"Meeting so many like minded people from all over the world was just wonderful, we have made many new friends - all down to the magic of the Marillion family." Steve Barney
"If that wasn’t heaven I don’t want to know! Thanks a million times and more. what a feeling in that room." Paula E Diment
"Can't remember a weekend when I've just had so much fun from start to Finish." Mark Kennedy
"The accomodation was far better than last year and the gigs on Friday & Saturday nights were magical. Now thanks to the DVD we can re-live that amazing experience any time we want." Bernard & Lesley Hunter
"It was an unforgettable weekend again with my heroes and with a lot of fantastic people!" Bonnie Schokker
"Had a smashing, super, ace, fantastic, brilliant, wonderful, great, brill-bobs, mega, amazing, incredible, immensely enjoyable, marvellous time. So much that was learned from last year had been put to good effect this year." Michael Haskell
"You think of everything don’t you? Even down to the attendee’s names on the DVD credits, awesome." Ken Ridgway, Sarah Ridgway, Louise Ridgway and Stuart Pierce
Setlist Vote
You'll notice 'Easter' just made it into the Top 10 list, but as the band had decided to play it as an encore on the Friday show, it was dropped, and Number 11 'Dry Land' made the list! The band also decided that to make the set 'flow' better on the night, some songs were swapped with their original voting position. However, all final top 10 songs were played!
Script for a Jester's Tear
This Strange Engine
Warm Wet Circles / That Time of the Night
A Few Words for the Dead
Berlin
Sugar Mice
This Town / Rakes Progress / 100 Nights
Estonia
White Russian
When I Meet God
Easter
Dry Land
This is the 21st Century
Garden Party
Interior Lulu
Cathedral Wall
Seasons End
Lords of the Backstage / Blind Curve
Memory of Water (Big Beat)
Splintering Heart (Album Version)
Waiting to Happen
No One Can
The Bell in the Sea
Market Square Heroes
After Me
The Space
Cinderella Search
Go!
Man of a Thousand Faces
Enlightened
Splintering Hear (Moles Version)
The Great Escape
The Release
Born to Run
One Fine Day
Quartz
Made Again
Sympathy
The Hollow Man
Salinte Mhath
The Party
Accidental Man
Freaks
Three Minute Boy
Cover My Eyes
Tumble Down the Years
Hooks in You
Incommunicado
King of Sunset Town
Rich
Uninvited Guest
A Collection
I Will Walk on Water
Alone Again in the Lap of Luxury
Brave
Built-in Bastard Radar
The Great Escape (Spiral Remake)
How Can it Hurt
Now She'll Never Know
Heart of Lothian
Lavender
Kayleigh
A Legacy
Map of the World
These Chains
You Don't Need Anyone
Between You and Me
Deserve
Fruit of the Wild Rose
Holloway Girl
House
Runaway
Answering Machine
80 Days
Goodbye to All That
Hard as Love
Memory of Water (Album Version)
If my Heat were a Ball it would Roll Uphill
Under the Sun
...and the lowest of the class, with no votes cast...
Bridge
Holidays in Eden
Hope for the Future
Living with the Big Lie
Number One
Paper Lies
Separated Out
Complete Song List
What has been included? Well, after a long discussion, we have decided to include any Marillion song that the band have ever played live since 1989, plus all the studio album tracks since 1989. This gives an opportunity to hear some 'old favourites' as well!
You will notice that all 'Afraid of Sunlight' songs are not included in this list, as the album was played in its entirety on the Friday night.
Songs which 'fit together' will be counted as 1 song for the purpose of this vote, and in some cases, alternate live versions of songs have been included separately.