 | | 1977 | January | The SAGA begins
Members: Jim Crichton, Michael Sadler, Steve Negus, Ian Crichton, Peter Rochon | | June, 13 | First Show at Tudor Tavern, Cambrige, TO | | | 1978 | June | Release "SAGA" | | | Peter Rochon leaves SAGA | | December | Greg Chadd joins SAGA | | | 1979 | | on Tour with Rush | | August | Greg Chadd leaves SAGA | | October | Release "Images at Twilight" | | December, 31 | Jim "Daryl" Gilmour joins SAGA | | | 1980 | February, 29 to April 29 | on Tour in Canada | | April, 1 | Winnipeg Arena. Winnipeg, Manitoba - supporting Rush | | May | Release "Slow Motion" Single | | June, 5 to June, 28 | on Tour (with STYX) in Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Denmark and UK | | October, 10 | Show in London, Canada | | November | Release "Silent Knight" Canada | | | 1981 | January, 10 to March, 12 | on Tour in Puerto Rico, Canada, UK, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark | | May, 12 | "War Memorial", Rochester, New York - supporting Rush | | | Recording "Worlds Apart" at Farmyard Studios | | October | Release "Worlds Apart" Canada/Europe | | October, 31 to December, 19 | on Tour in Canada | | December, 19 | Recording "Rockpop in Concert", Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany (first ever "Brief Case Drum Solo") | | | 1982 | January | Release "Wind Him Up" Single | | Jauary, 5 to April, 4 | on Tour in Puerto Rico, Germany, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Denmark, Sweden, Canada, Brasilia, Argentinia and Venezuela | | January, 9 | "Rockpop in Concert" ZDF, Germany | | February, 14 | Show in Budapest (first Canadian rock band on stage behind the Iron Curtain) | | February | "Worlds Apart" - Gold in Canada | | May, 31 | "Pinkpop Festival", Geleen, Netherlands | | April | Canadian Juno Award "1981 Most promising group of the year" | | April | Golden Record for the sales of 50.000 copies of "Worlds Apart" in Germany | | April | Release "Time's Up" Single | | | on tour with Pat Benatar | | | Steve Negus Drums on Chris De Burgh's "The Getaway" | | August | Release "Worlds Apart" USA | | August | Release "In Transit" - first digitally recorded Live Album | | August | "In Transit" - Gold in Canada | | September, 9 to October, 24 | on Tour in USA and Canada | | | Release "Worlds Apart" UK, Japan, South America, Australia | | | 1983 | | Release "Flyer (Ext. Version, 1983)" | | January | "In Transit" - Platinum in Canada | | February, 13 | Show in Portland, USA | | April | Recording "Heads Or Tales" at the Farmyard Studios with Rupert Hine | | April, 23 to May, 3 | on Tour in France | | May | "Silent Knight" - Gold in Canada | | July | "Worlds Apart" - Gold in USA | | September, 12 | Release "Heads Or Tales" | | September, 29 to November, 13 | on Tour in GDR (Suhl), Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and UK | | November to December | on Tour in USA with Eddie Money | | | 1984 | January, 26 to May, 12 | on Tour in USA, Canada, Denmark, UK, Venezuela, France | | | SAGA moves to the Bahamas | | July to November 15 | working on "Behaviour", Bahamas | | September, 28 | Show in Columbus, USA | | November | starting working on "Behaviour" at Powerplay-Studios, Zürich, Switzerland | | | 1985 | January | finished working on "Behaviour" at Powerplay-Studios, Zürich, Switzerland | | January to April | working on "Behaviour" at Unionstudios, Munich, Germany | | May, 25 to June, 2 | on Tour in Germany (Rock am Ring), and Switzerland | | August, 5 | Release "Behaviour" | | | Release "What do I know (Shack Mix, 5:31min., 1985)" | | November, 8 and 9 | Recording "Peter's Pop Show - Extra", Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany | | | 1986 | January, 30 to April, 2 | on Tour in UK, Denmark, Belgium, Germany, France and Sweden | | April, 2 | Stockholm, Sweden last Show with Jim Gilmour and Steve Negus | | | Michael Sadler with Lee Aron, Steve Howe and Lisa Dabello on the charity single VARIETY CLUBS INTL. "I Am Your Child" | | September | SAGA announces that Steve Negus and Jim Gilmour were leaving the band | | | 1987 | February, 23 | Show Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany | | October | Release "Wildest Dreams" with Curt Cress on drums | | | 1988 | March, 1 to May, 1 | on Tour in Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Switzerland, Venezuela with Trevor Morrell (drums) and Tim Moore (keyboards) | | | Michael Sadler Backing Vocals on Ozzy Osbourne's "No Rest for the Wicked" | | | Michael Sadler and Jim Crichton wrote Songs for Emanoel's "Quisiera" | | | Release Soundtrack "Johnny Be Good" | | | 1989 | September | Release "Safety Zone" - GNP (Gilmour Negus Project) | | December | Release "The Beginners Guide to Throwing Shapes" with Curt Cress on drums | | | 1990 | January, 31 to February, 15 | on Tour in Germany with Graham Lear (drums) and Richard Baker (keyboards) | | June, 8 to June, 13 | on Tour in Denmark and Netherlands with Graham Lear (drums) and Richard Baker (keyboards) | | October, 28 to November, 16 | on Tour in Denmark and Germany with Graham Lear (drums) and Richard Baker (keyboards) | | | Michael Sadler and Jim Crichton on Magnum's "Goodnight LA" and No Sweat's "No Sweat" | | | 1991 | | Jim Crichton on YES' "Union Album" | | | 1992 | | Steve Negus and Jim Gilmour are back | | May, 25 to June, 14 | on Tour in Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic | | August, 23 | Wolfhagen Festival on Hessen 3, Germany | | | Jim Crichton's Sound Image Studio | | September | Studio works started for "The Security of Illusion" | | | 1993 | January, 27 | Release "The Security of Illusion" | | | Show in Barrie, Canada | | April, 28 to May, 13 | on Tour in Germany | | July, 10 | "Out in the green", Frauenfeld, Switzerland | | November, 28 and November, 29 | Shows in Canada | | | 1994 | May, 2 | Release "Steel Umbrellas" | | | Release "Why not? (Single Edit, 1994, plus 2 tracks)" | | July, 1 to July, 3 | on Tour in Germany | | July, 11 | "Never Alone (Single)" | | | Michael Sadler on Bobby Kimball's "Rise Up" | | | Michael Sadler on JUSTIN HAYWARD & FRIENDS' "Classic Moody Blues Hits" | | | 1995 | March, 23 | "Wildest Dreams" (Compilation) | | June, 26 | Release "Generation 13" | | July 8 to July 14 | on Tour in Puerto Rico and Canada | | October, 3 | Release "Softworks" | | October, 22 to November, 23 | on Tour in Germany, Netherlands, Austria, Belgium and Denmark | | | Ian Crichton - Release "Welcome to the Boom Boom Room" | | | 1996 | April, 2 to April, 13 | on Tour in Canada and Puerto Rico | | August, 30 to September, 7 | on Tour in Germany, Denmark and Netherlands | | | James Gerard Gilmour - Release "Instrumental Encounters" | | | 1997 | April, 7 | Release "Pleasure & The Pain" | | April 24 to June 26 | on Tour in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and Netherlands | | June, 13 | Offenbach "20th Anniversary Show" | | September, 5 to September, 28 | on Tour in Germany | | | Ian Crichton - Release "Ghettos by Design" | | | SAGA were appointed "National Cultural Ambassadors" | | | 1998 | February, 29 | Show Skedsmohallen, Norway | | March, 25 | Release "Defining Moments" | | April, 17 | Release "De Tours" | | May, 1 to May, 17 | on Tour in Switzerland, Germany and Netherlands | | | Michael Sadler Release "BACK WHERE YOU BELONG" | | | Michael Sadler performing "Festival Der Lilie" SV DARMSTADT 98 | | | 1999 | July, 27 to July, 30 | on Tour in Norway, Sweden and Denmark | | August, 2 | "Open Air" Bayerischer Rundfunk, Nuernberg, Germany | | September, 3 | Release "Full Circle" | | October, 20 to November, 26 | on Tour in Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Sweden, Norway and UK | | | Ian Crichton on Any Days Now's "Millenium" | | | 2000 | June, 10 to June, 12 | on Tour in Germany and Luxembourg | | September, 1 to October, 15 | on Tour in Switzerland, Germany and Canada | | | Ian Crichton on Asia's "Aura" | | | 2001 | February, 12 | Release "House of Cards" | | February, 12 | Acoustic-set, meet & greet, Hamburg, Germany | | February, 14 | Acoustic-set, meet & greet, München, Germany | | February, 15 | WDR 2 Acoustic-set, meet & greet, Köln, Germany | | February, 24 | Show at Tito Puente Amphitheatre, San Juan, Puerto Rico | | March, 5 | Michael Sadler on Rudy Buttas' "Rudy's Journey" | | March, 22 to April, 28 | on Tour in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Austria | | March, 26 | Release "Money Talks (Single)" | | April, 15 | Fan Meeting, Munich, Germany | | July, 7 | "Sound of Frankfurt", Frankfurt, Germany | | | Michael Sadler on Sheela's "Straight Hearted Ones" | | | Michael Sadler performing the "Official Anthem" of the World Hockey Championships | | | 2002 | July, 6 | "25th Anniversary Show" Museumsplatz, Bonn, Germany | | August, 21 to August, 23 | on Tour in Canada | | October, 4 | Show at Tito Puente Amphitheatre, San Juan, Puerto Rico | | | Ian Crichton on The Alchimist's "Westside" | | | 2003 | February, 17 | Release "Marathon" | | February, 23 to April, 8 | on Tour in Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, France, UK, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden, Denmark and Norway | | March, 15 | Fan Meeting, Speyer, Germany | | March, 15 | Release DVD "Silhouette" | | March, 19 | Acoustic-set, Nürnberg, Germany | | March, 19 | On Air, Radio Gong, Nürnberg, Germany | | June, 20 | Steve Negus announces that he will leave SAGA | | July, 4 to July, 8 | on Tour in Germany | | July, 10 to July 12 | on Tour in Canada | | July, 12 | Steve Negus' last Show with SAGA - Hamilton, "Auqua Fest" | | August | Christian Simpson joins SAGA | | December, 14 | Release DVD "Marathon World Tour 2003 - Official Bootleg" - Germany | | December, 14 to December, 20 | on Tour in Germany | | | 2004 | January, 14 | Release DVD "Marathon World Tour 2003 - Official Bootleg" - USA | | March, 1 | Release DVD "All Areas" - Germany | | June, 13 | Show at "Arrow Rock Festival", Lichtenvoorde, Netherlands | | June, 29 | Release DVD "All Areas" USA, Canada | | September, 15 to 23 | European Promotion Tour - Michael Sadler and Jim Gilmour | | September, 20 | Release "Network" | | October, 30 to December, 1 | on Tour in UK, Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Germany and Switzerland | | November, 20 | Fan Meeting, Beverungen, Germany | | | 2005 | February, 11 to 20 | on Tour in Puerto Rico and Canada | | June, 04 | Michael Sadler performing at Calprog '05 | | June, 30 to August 13 | on Tour in Germany, Netherlands, Canada, Denmark | | September, 11 | Christian Simpson announces that he will leave SAGA | | September, 14 and 15 | Michael Sadler performes "Clear" live in Los Angeles | | October | Brian Doerner is the new SAGA drummer | | October, 21 | TV Appearance City TV, Toronto, CA (Brian Doerner's first show) | | October, 25 | TV Appearance SAT 1, Germany (recording) | | November, 13 | TV Appearance SAT 1, Germany (on air) | | December, 04 to 10 | on Tour in Holland, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland | | December, 08 | DVD recording "Worlds Apart". Z7 Pratteln, Switzerland | | December, 09 | Meet & Greet, Pirmasens, Germany | | | 2006 | | January, 12 | TV Appearance Smith'n Hayes, Hamilton, CA, Michael Sadler and Jim Gilmour | | January, 17 | TV Appearance Inside Jam, Toronto, CA, Michael Sadler | | April, 07 | Release "It's Your Life" (CD Single), Germany | | April, 18 to May, 24 | on Tour in Germany, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, England | | April, 21 | Release "Trust", Germany | | April, 30 | Fan Meeting in St. Leon-Rot | | Mai, 1 | Release "Trust", Europe | | Mai, 2 | "Trust" reaches #23 in the National Sales Charts, Germany | | Mai, 23 | Release "Trust", USA | | Mai, 29 | Release "Remember When - The Very Best of Saga", Germany | | July, 01 to 29 | on Tour in Canada, USA and Germany | | November 25 to December 04 | on Tour in Germany and Switzerland with Steve Negus on drums | | | 2007 | | January, 16 | Michael Sadler announces his departure from SAGA | | July, 28 to August, 4 | on Tour in Germany, 3 Festivals | | October 4 to October, 9 | on Tour in Canada | | October, 19 | Release "10.000 Days", Germany, Austria, Switzerland | | October, 22 | Release "10.000 Days", Europe | | November, 6 | Release "10.000 Days", North America | | October 24 to December, 5 | on Tour in Holland, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland with Chris Sutherland on drums | | December, 5 | Munich, Germany DVD filming "Contact" | | December, 9 | Puerto Rico, Last show with Michael Sadler with Chris Sutherland on drums | | | 2008 | | March | Release "SAGA -The Biography" by Edwin Ammerlaan | | April, 14 | Rob Moratti joins SAGA as new singer | | June, 20 | Show Mount Forest, Ontario - first show with Rob Moratti | | | 2009 | | January, 23 | Release DCD "Contact - Live in Munich", Germany, Austria, Switzerland | | January, 26 | Release DCD "Contact - Live in Munich", Europe | | January, 27 | Release DCD "Contact - Live in Munich", North America | | February, 27 | Release 2DVD "Contact - Live in Munich", Germany, Austria, Switzerland | | March, 2 | Release 2DVD "Contact - Live in Munich", Europe | | March, 3 | Release 2DVD "Contact - Live in Munich", North America | | March, 27 | Release CD "The Human Condition", Germany, Austria, Switzerland | | April, 27 | Release CD "The Human Condition", Europe | | May, 19 | Release CD "The Human Condition", North America | | April, 16 to May, 24 | on Tour in Germany, Holland, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic and Denmark | | | © Susi Müller, SAGA Germany, 2009 |
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