As you probably know, today is July 13th, which means that Chris Simpson will be celebrating his 80th birthday! Christopher John Simpson was born on July 13, 1942 in Nidderdale, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. Cartoon by Ruben van Aefst … Read More »HAPPY 80th BIRTHDAY CHRIS SIMPSON!
Doug Morter wrote on Facebook: “Me ol’ pals are coming back to Denmark for a few dates in July, a bit of recording, and some hygge! A rare visit from one of the longest lasting bands on the circuit, formed… Read More »DOUG MORTER AND HUNTER MUSKETT PLAY IN DENMARK THIS JULY
As you probably know, in a few weeks from now, on July 13th, Chris Simpson will celebrate his 80th birthday! If you’d like to congratulate him about this fact and would like to leave a message for him, you can… Read More »CHRIS SIMPSON’s 80th BIRTHDAY
As we told you before there’ll be a Magna Carta box set shortly, release on Repertoire Records. The title will be ‘When all is said and done’ and it includes: ‘The Fields Of Eden’ cd (which was previously released on… Read More »BOX SET NEWS
As promised the website now also features the biographies of Doug Morter (updated) and Eddie Jackson (new). Doug and Eddie will perform in Magna Carta during the upcoming very last tour in The Netherlands. Doug played in the band several… Read More »DOUG & EDDIE’s BIOS
We can now tell you who will be in Magna Carta during the last Dutch tour: Chris Simpson: lead vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica Doug Morter: (lead) vocals, acoustic and electric guitar Wendy Ross: violin, backing vocals Eddie Jackson: acoustic and… Read More »THE MUSICIANS ON THE LAST DUTCH TOUR
The very last Magna Carta Tour in The Netherlands was postponed from September 2020 to September 2021, had to be cancelled again, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. But… we can now confirm that in October 2022 there will be a… Read More »Farewell Tour – ‘The tide runs out… the love runs in’ – UPDATE
You might have noticed that our website wasn’t available for just over one week. Our apologies for this, but the problems have been solved and we’re back and here to stay! Thank you for your patience and understanding! Administrator Nelson… Read More »WE ARE BACK, FINALLY!
Another concert has been added to the Dutch tour: on Friday 30 September the band will perform at the legendary Cultureel Café De Amer in Amen (near blues village Grolloo) in the province of Drenthe. Magna Carta has played here… Read More »MAGNA CARTA BACK IN AMEN
Chris Simpson remembers Paolo Giorgi (on the right), who passed away on March 21, 2022. Time and tide waits for no man… No matter what, the old adage still holds true. In the current debacle across the world with wars… Read More »In loving memory: Paolo Giorgi