After the successful “Wildfire” tour, Panic Room have now confirmed that Dave Foster is joining the band as a full-time member.
Panic Room had not previously appointed a permanent replacement for founder member Paul Davies, who had left the band at the end of 2012. Morpheus Rising’s Pete Harwood stood in on a temporary basis for the tour in Spring 2013, and Adam O’Sullivan performed with the band throughout 2014 as well as playing lead on the band’s fourth album “Incarnate”.
Dave Foster, who also plays with Mr So and So and The Steve Rothery Band, had previously been announced as playing with the band for 2015, contributing to the soon-to-be-released acoustic album and playing live on the Spring tour. The band had decided to wait until after the tour before making a final decision for the longer term.
Anyone who saw the recent tour will have seen how well he fits into the band. Not only was he adept at playing all of Panic Room’s varied styles from sophisticated jazz-flavoured sounds ro classy hard rock, but just as importantly the chemistry was right. In the end it can’t have been that hard a decision to make.
The band are now planning further tours in Autumn 2015 and Spring 2016, and will be working on a new studio album in the second half of this year.
