Editing Marillion (section)

===The Steve Hogarth era===
====''Seasons End'' and ''Holidays in Eden'' (1989–1992)====
After the split, the band found Steve Hogarth, the former keyboardist and vocalist of [[The Europeans (band)|the Europeans]] and the duo [[How We Live]]. Hogarth first sang with the band in Pete Trewavas' garage on 24 January 1989, and the first public pictures together were released in ''[[Kerrang!]]'' magazine issue 230 on 18 March 1989.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-07 |title=Marillion name the new man |url=http://www.theeuropeans.co.uk/kerrang89big.jpg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Collins |first=Jon |title=Marillion: Separated Out: The Complete History 1979-2002 |publisher=Helter Skelter Publishing |year=2003}}</ref> Hogarth was a significant contrast to Fish, coming from a [[New wave music|new wave]] musical background instead of progressive rock, and possessing a very different vocal style, image and stage presence. He had also never owned a Marillion album before joining the band.<ref name=Ling2001/>

The group had already recorded some demos of the next studio album, which was eventually titled ''[[Seasons End (album)|Seasons End]]'', just prior to the split. With Fish taking his lyrics with him, Hogarth set to work crafting new words to existing songs, collaborating with lyricist and author [[John Helmer (musician)|John Helmer]]. The demo sessions of the songs from ''Seasons End'' with Fish vocals and lyrics can be found on the bonus disc of the remastered version of ''Clutching at Straws'', while those lyrics found their way into various Fish solo albums, such as his first album ''[[Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors]]'', some snippets on his second album ''[[Internal Exile (Fish album)|Internal Exile]]'', and even a line or two found its way to his third album ''[[Suits (album)|Suits]]''.

The first time Marillion would appear in public with Steve Hogarth as the new singer was under the banner of Low Fat Yoghurts, at the Crooked Billet pub in [[Stoke Row]], on 8 June 1989. Only about 100 fans attended that Crooked Billet show, while considerably more attended Hogarth's official introduction to fans at the recording of the promo video for "[[Hooks in You]]" at London's [[Brixton Academy]] on 1 August that year. Hogarth's first proper concert with Marillion was at the [[Palais des Sports (Besançon)|Palais des Sports]] in Besançon, France on 5 October following the release of ''Seasons End''. The band ended 1989 with their traditional Christmas show at London's [[Hammersmith Apollo|Hammersmith Odeon]], and kicked off 1990 with the beginning of the ''Seasons End'' world tour, in front of 180,000 people at [[Hollywood Rock]] Festival in Rio de Janeiro in January, then rolling through Canada and North America before returning to Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-01|title=the-band-that-refuses-to-die|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-rise-and-rise-of-marillion-the-band-that-refuses-to-die}}</ref> The tour would prove to be the longest that Hogarth has thus far undertaken with Marillion. The tour ended in the UK in July, with a sold out show at [[Wembley Arena]], highlighting how successful the shift from Fish to the new frontman Hogarth had been.<ref name="Ewing">{{Cite journal|last=Ewing|first=Jerry|date=March 2010|title=Marillion History|journal=Classic Rock Presents Prog}}</ref>

Hogarth's second album with the band, ''[[Holidays in Eden (Album)|Holidays in Eden]]'', was the first he wrote in partnership with the band from the beginning, and includes the song "Dry Land", which Hogarth had written and recorded with his earlier duo, How We Live. As quoted from Steve Hogarth, "''Holidays in Eden'' was to become Marillion's "pop"est album ever, and was greeted with delight by many, and dismay by some of the hardcore fans".  EMI also wanted Marillon to deliver three hit singles from the album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marillion.com/music/albums/holidays.htm |title=MUSIC – Discography – Holidays in Eden |website=Marillion.com |access-date=19 August 2011}}</ref>

Marillion returned to their pseudonym Low Fat Yoghurts in December 1990 to preview their forthcoming album at the [[Moles (nightclub)|Moles club]] in [[Bath, Somerset]]. ''Holidays in Eden'' wouldn't be released until June 1991, and was followed by a headlining appearance at the second and final Cumbria Rock Festival at [[Derwent Park]] in Workington 13 July 1991. The Cumbria appearance kick-started another lengthy world tour that would see the band course through the UK, before venturing through Europe and returning to the UK for some Christmas shows. At the beginning of 1992 the band built their own recording and rehearsal studio, The Racket Club, in Buckinghamshire. March and April 1992 saw Marillion back touring Canada and America, before returning to the UK for an exclusive and intimate 10th Anniversary show at London's Borderline for members of their The Web fan club on 9 May 1992, followed by another European tour in August.

Marillion returned to the UK to headline Wembley Arena, for what would ultimately be the final time for the band, on 5 September 1992. The 1992 tour wound up in Baltimore, USA on 23 October. 1992 also saw the release of a 10th anniversary compilation album, ''[[A Singles Collection|A Singles Collection: Six of One, Half A Dozen of the Other]]'', so-titled as it included six tracks from the Fish era and six from the two albums with Hogarth. It also included two new recordings, "I Will Walk on Water" and a cover of [[Rare Bird]]'s "[[Sympathy (Rare Bird song)|Sympathy]]". "Sympathy" was also released as a single and it reached No. 17 in the UK charts, the first time the band had been inside the singles Top 20 since "Incommunicado".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Collins|first=Jon|title=Separated Out|publisher=Helter Skelter Publishing Ltd.|year=2002|pages=113–114}}</ref> Marillion would play only one live show in 1993, a fan club gig at Tivoli Theatre in Utrecht on 19 June, as a duo with only Hogarth and Trewavas. The band spent most of 1993 recording what would become one of the most significant albums of their history.<ref name="Ewing" />

====''Brave'', ''Afraid of Sunlight'' and split with EMI Records (1993–1995)====
''[[Brave (Marillion album)|Brave]]'' was released on 7 February 1994. A dark and richly complex [[concept album]] inspired by a true news story, it took the band 18 months to write and record and marked the start of their  longtime relationship with producer [[Dave Meegan]]. 

Some of the material had been aired at that sole 1993 show in Utrecht, and was also previewed at low-key gigs in the Netherlands, Italy, and Germany before Marillion kicked off the ''Brave'' world tour at Liverpool's [[Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool|Royal Court Theatre]] on 20 February 1994. The ''Brave'' tour was another lengthy one, and the band undertook the move to perform the whole of their new album in its entirety (as they had done with ''Misplaced Childhood'' just under a decade earlier). However, this meant the inevitable relegating of some Fish-era songs from the set. After a series of summer shows in Japan, the ''Brave'' tour wound its way down to Mexico in September. An independent [[Brave (1994 film)|film]] based on the album, which featured the band, was also released in February 1995. The film was directed by [[Richard Stanley (director)|Richard Stanley]].

The band's next album, ''[[Afraid of Sunlight]]'', was released June 1995.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ewing|first=Jerry|date=March 2010|title=Marillion History|url=|journal=Classic Rock Presents Prog}}</ref> It would be Marillion's last studio album with EMI Records. It received limited promotion, no mainstream radio airplay and the sales were disappointing for the band. Despite this, it was one of their most critically acclaimed albums and was included in ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'''s 50 Best Albums of 1995.<ref>''Q'', February 1996.</ref> A particularly notable track on the album is "Out of This World", a song about [[Donald Campbell]], who died in January 1967 whilst trying to set his eighth world water speed record on [[Coniston Water]], in the English [[Lake District]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sheppard |first1=Neil |title=Donald Campbell, Bluebird and the Final Record Attempt |date=2011 |publisher=The History Press Ltd |location=Stroud |isbn=978-0752459738 |pages=161–163}}</ref> The song inspired an initiative by Bill Smith,<ref>{{cite journal |title=In search of Bluebird K7: Donald Campbell's hydroplane |journal=Newcomen Society Links Magazine |date=February 2025 |issue=263 |pages=34-39 |url=https://www.newcomen.com/ |access-date=7 April 2025}}</ref> an underwater surveyor and amateur diver, to recover both Campbell's body and ''[[Bluebird K7]]'', the [[Hydroplane (boat)|hydroplane]] in which Campbell had crashed, from the lakebed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marillion.com/music/lyrics/aos.htm#ootw |title=Out of this World, Trivia |website=Marillion.com |access-date=19 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824163846/http://www.marillion.com/music/lyrics/aos.htm#ootw |archive-date=24 August 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The recovery was finally undertaken in 2001, with both Steve Hogarth and Steve Rothery invited.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marillion.com/news/2001/20010308.htm |title=Band Member Journal : A Day in the Lakes |website=Marillion.com |date=8 March 2001 |access-date=19 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914022052/http://www.marillion.com/news/2001/20010308.htm |archive-date=14 September 2011 }}</ref> Steve Rothery produced a photographic record of the event. In 1998, Steve Hogarth said he considered ''Afraid of Sunlight'' the best album he made with the band.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.marillion.com/music/albums/aos.htm | title= Afraid of Sunlight Sleeve Notes|website=Marillion.com}}</ref>

On 2 August 1995, Marillion began their ''Afraid of Sunlight'' tour in USA at the Bayou in Washington DC. They returned to the UK and Europe before ending the tour in Krakow, [[Poland]] on 21 November 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-01|title=setlist.fm|website=setlist.fm|url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/marillion/1995/stadion-korona-krakow-poland-23caac93.html}}</ref>

====''This Strange Engine'', ''Radiation'' and ''marillion.com'' (1996–1999)====
The band's independent status was confirmed with signing a deal to the UK-based [[Castle Records|Castle]]. The first album to be released through Castle was the band's third live album (the first with Hogarth) ''[[Made Again]]''. Not only did it release Marillion from its obligations with EMI (as the fifth album in a five-album deal), as well as paying off the debts without creating new ones, it marked a certain symmetry with the first seven years of the band. Mark Kelly noted: "Our first four studio albums were followed by a double live album that signalled the end of a chapter. Now, after another four studio albums, followed by a live album, we move from EMI." Featuring ''Brave'' in its entirety, ''Made Again'' was released 25 March 1996 as the final EMI-era Marillion release in the UK, with Castle handling the release in mainland Europe and the US.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Collins|first=Jon|title=Separated Out Marillion History 1979-2002|publisher=Helter Skelter|year=2003|pages=138}}</ref> The release was followed by a brief tour with four dates in Europe at the end of April.

In the months prior, Rothery, Hogarth and Mosley used the break from Marillion to record separate solo projects. Mosley's project, IRIS, with French guitarist Sylvian Gouvernaire and Trewavas, released ''Crossing the Desert,'' on 22 April 1996. Rothery's project with the female singer Hannah Stobart, drummer Paul Craddick (from [[Enchant (band)|Enchant]]) and Trewavas, called [[The Wishing Tree (band)|The Wishing Tree]], released their album ''[[Carnival of Souls (The Wishing Tree album)|Carnival of Souls]]'' in September 1996. Hogarth released his solo album ''[[Ice Cream Genius]]'' in February 1997.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Collins|first=Jon|title=Separated Out Marillion History 1979-2002|publisher=Helter Skelter|year=2003}}</ref>

''[[This Strange Engine (Album)|This Strange Engine]]'' was the following Marillion album released in April 1997 in the UK, and in October in the US, with limited promotion from their new label Castle. Marillion could not afford to make tour stops in the United States. Their dedicated US fan base decided to solve the problem by raising some $60,000 themselves online to give to the band to come to the US.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marillion.com/press/anorak.htm |title=NEWS – Press Room – Anoraknophobia |website=Marillion.com |access-date=19 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914094146/http://www.marillion.com/press/anorak.htm |archive-date=14 September 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The band's loyal fanbase (combined with the Internet) would eventually become vital to their existence. Following the completion of the extensive 1997 tour (including Marillion's one-thousandth gig, on 27 October at the Amsterdam [[Paradiso (Amsterdam)|Paradiso]]), the band returned to their own studio, The Racket Club, in November.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Collins|first=Jon|title=Separated Out Marillion History 1979-2002|publisher=Helter Skelter|year=2003|pages=158}}</ref> During 1997 to 1999, EMI issued 2-CD remastered editions of Marillion's first eight studio albums (''Script for a Jester's Tear'' through ''Afraid of Sunlight''), each with a second CD of non-album tracks and other archival recordings.

The band's tenth album, ''[[Radiation (Marillion album)|Radiation]],'' released on 21 September 1998, saw them taking a different approach and was received by fans with mixed reactions.<ref name="autogenerated2" /> The short ''Radiation'' tour, with only dates in the UK and mainland Europe, ended on 18 November 1998 at the [[Élysée Montmartre]] in Paris.

''[[marillion.com]]'' was the follow-up, released on 18 October 1999, and showed progression in a new musical direction. However, the band were still unhappy with their record label situation. Under the terms of the deal, this was to be the third and final album distributed on the Castle label. The ''Dot Com'' tour, again with dates only in the UK and mainland Europe, started on 13 October at the MCM Cafe in Paris, and ended with a special Christmas show for the Web fanclubs worldwide in Aachen, Germany on 5 December 1999. For the whole of 2000, the band were writing [[Anoraknophobia|the next album]] at the Racket Club and in November 2000 they played 2 Charity gigs at [[Bass Brewery|Bass]] Museum in Burton-on-Trent, before playing some more Christmas shows for their European fan clubs.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Collins|first=Jon|title=Separated Out Marillion History 1979-2002|publisher=Helter Skelter|year=2003|pages=175}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-01|title=morain.de|url=https://www.morain.de/Marillion/01Main-Topic03-Missing-Setlists-1999-2000.html}}</ref> Marillion needed a new strategy, and following the release of three albums via Castle, they came up with a novel approach for their next album.

====''Anoraknophobia'' and ''Marbles'' (2000–2006)====
The band decided that they would try a radical experiment by asking their fans if they would help fund the recording of the next album by pre-ordering it before recording even started. The result was 12,674 pre-orders, which raised enough money to record and release ''[[Anoraknophobia]]'' in the beginning of May 2001. As a 'thank-you' gesture to the fans who pre-ordered it, their names were credited in the sleeve notes and the pre-order "Special Edition" came in a deluxe 48-page hard-bound case with an extra enhanced CD.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marillion.com/music/albums/anorak.htm |title=MUSIC – Discography – Anoraknophobia |website=Marillion.com |access-date=19 August 2011}}</ref> The band was able to strike a deal with EMI to also help distribute the album. This allowed Marillion to retain all the rights to their music while enjoying commercial distribution. The band went on tour which started in May 2001. A second leg of the tour (with a setlist largely decided by a poll of the fans) reached places that had never been played before, such as in the Azores at [[Ponta Delgada]] 22 September 2001. A US Tour was still not a possibility.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Collins|first=Jon|title=Separated Out Marillion History 1979-2002|publisher=Helter Skelter|year=2003|pages=189}}</ref> A four-part BBC documentary 'The Future Just Happened' aired in the UK on BBC2 in the Summer 2001. Featured in Episode 3 was Marillion's revolutionary internet pre-order campaign for ''Anoraknophobia''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-14|title=marillion.com|url=https://www.marillion.com/news/newsitem.htm?id=7#!}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-14|title=Programme three : Inside v Outside|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/programmes/2001/future/tv_series_3.stm}}</ref> The band released its fourth live album, entitled ''[[Anorak in the UK]]'', in 2002.

April 2002 marked a new era of Marillion fandom. The band decided to book out a holiday camp and invite their fanbase to enjoy three entire days of Marillion with three concerts, signing sessions, and more. The hallmark of the weekend was the first night which hosts the entire rendition of an album of Marillion's choice. The Marillion weekends began at [[Pontins|Pontin]]'s Holiday Park, Brean Sands in the West Country, to which fans would fly in from all over the world.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-16|title=we-went-to-the-marillion-weekender-and-this-is-what-happened|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/we-went-to-the-marillion-weekender-and-this-is-what-happened}}</ref> In March 2003 they continued and held the Marillion weekend at [[Butlin's Minehead]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-16|title=marillion.com/tour/setlist|url=https://www.marillion.com/tour/setlist.htm?tourid=18&archive=1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-16|title=marillionvod|url=https://marillionvod.uscreen.io/categories/wish-you-were-here}}</ref>

The success of ''Anoraknophobia'' allowed the band to start recording their next album, but they decided to leverage their fanbase once again to help raise money towards marketing and promotion of a new album. The band put up the album for pre-order in mid-production. This time fans responded by pre-ordering 18,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marillion.com/music/albums/marbles.htm |title=MUSIC – Discography – Marbles |website=Marillion.com |access-date=19 August 2011}}</ref>

''[[Marbles (album)|Marbles]]'' was released at the end of April 2004 with a 2-CD version that was only available at Marillion's website. The pre-order version (known as the Deluxe Campaign Edition) of ''Marbles'' was packaged as a 128-page hard-bound book, packed in a rigid slip case. Those who purchased the Deluxe Campaign Edition by the end of 31 December 2003 were directly helping the Campaign Fund, and as a "Thank You" their name was printed in the album credits (like with the previous album, ''Anoraknophobia'').<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-01|title=marillion.com|url=https://www.marillion.com/news/newsitem.htm?id=38}}</ref>
[[Image:MarillionEmpik2007.jpg|thumb|275px|right| Marillion in 2007, left to right: Steve Rothery, Steve Hogarth, Pete Trewavas (front row), Mark Kelly, Ian Mosley (back row)]] The band's management organised the biggest promotional schedule since they had left EMI and Steve Hogarth secured interviews with prominent broadcasters on [[BBC Radio]], including [[Matthew Wright (television presenter)|Matthew Wright]], [[Bob Harris (radio)|Bob Harris]], [[Stuart Maconie]], [[Simon Mayo]] and [[Mark Lawson]]. ''Marbles'' also became the band's most critically acclaimed album since ''Afraid of Sunlight'', prompting many positive reviews in the press.<ref>Betty Clarke ''The Guardian'', 30 April 2004.</ref><ref>Tim Jones ''Record Collector'', May 2004, Issue 297.</ref><ref name="Jon Hotten 2004">Jon Hotten ''Classic Rock'', May 2004, Issue 66.</ref><ref>Roger Newell ''Guitarist'', June 2004</ref><ref>Simon Gausden ''Powerplay'', June 2004</ref><ref>''Guitar'', June 2004</ref><ref>''The Star'', June 2004</ref> The band released "[[You're Gone (Marillion song)|You're Gone]]" as the lead single from the album. Aware that it was unlikely to gain much mainstream radio airplay, the band released the single in three separate formats and encouraged fans to buy a copy of each to get the single into the UK Top Ten. The single reached No.&nbsp;7, making it the first Marillion song to reach the UK Top 10 since "[[Incommunicado (song)|Incommunicado]]" in 1987 and the band's first Top 40 entry since "Beautiful" in 1995. The second single from the album, "Don't Hurt Yourself", reached No.&nbsp;16. Following this, they released a download-only single, "The Damage (live)", recorded at the band's sell-out gig at the [[London Astoria]]. All of this succeeded in putting the band back in the public consciousness, making the campaign a success. In September 2004, Marillion returned for shows in Mexico, USA and ended in Canada Quebec City on 13 October 2004.

Marillion continued to tour throughout 2005, playing several summer festivals and embarking on acoustic tours of both Europe and the United States, followed up by the "Not Quite Christmas Tour" of Europe throughout the end of 2005.

A new DVD, ''Colours and Sound'', was released in February 2006, documenting the creation, promotion, release, and subsequent European tour in support of the album ''Marbles''.

====''Somewhere Else'' and ''Happiness is the Road'' (2007–2008)====
In February 2007, the Marillion weekend was held abroad for the first time in the Netherlands at [[Center Parcs Europe|Center Parcs]], Port Zélande.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-16|title=marillion.com/tour/setlist|url=https://www.marillion.com/tour/setlist.htm?tourid=33&archive=1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-16|title=/interview-with-mark-kelly-marillion/|url=https://www.metalexpressradio.com/2007/08/24/interview-with-mark-kelly-marillion/}}</ref>

April 2007 saw Marillion release their fourteenth studio album ''[[Somewhere Else (Marillion album)|Somewhere Else]]'', their first album in 10 years to make the UK Top 30.  The success of the album was further underscored by that of the download-only single "See it Like a Baby", making UK No.&nbsp;45 (March 2007) and the traditional CD release of "[[Thankyou Whoever You Are]]" / "Most Toys", which made UK No.&nbsp;15 and No.&nbsp;6 in the Netherlands during June 2007. The ''Somewhere Else'' tour started in Gibraltar 14 April 2007, and they also played in some places they had never been before like Bratislava.

In July 2008, the band posted a contest for fans to create a music video for the soon-to-be released single "Whatever is Wrong with You", and post it on YouTube. The winner would win £5,000.<ref>{{cite news
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''[[Happiness Is the Road]]'', released in October 2008, again featured a pre-order Deluxe Edition with a list of the fans who bought in advance, and a more straightforward regular release. It is another double album, with one disc based on a concept and the second containing the other songs that are not a part of the theme. Before the album's release, on 9 September 2008, Marillion pre-released their album via p2p networks themselves. Upon attempting to play the downloaded files, users were shown a video from the band explaining why they had taken this route. Downloaders were then able to opt to purchase the album at a user-defined price or select to receive DRM-free files for free, in exchange for an email address. The band explained that although they do not support piracy, they realised their music would inevitably be distributed online anyway, and wanted to attempt to engage with p2p users and make the best of the situation.<ref>Marillion Press Release (11 September 2008) [http://www.antimusic.com/news/08/sep/11Marillion_Use_P2P_for_Album_Release.shtml "Marillion Use P2P for Album Release]" ''Anti Music''</ref>

==== ''Less is More'' and ''Sounds That Can't Be Made'' (2009–2014) ====
In April 2009, they took their Marillion weekend to Montreal for the first time.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-01|title=montrealgazette|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/music/marillion-the-complete-qa}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-01|title=marillion.com|url=https://www.marillion.com/tour/setlist.htm?tourid=45&archive=1}}</ref>

The band's sixteenth studio album (released 2 October 2009) was an acoustic album featuring new arrangements of previously released tracks (except one, the new track "It's Not Your Fault") entitled ''[[Less Is More (Marillion album)|Less Is More]]''. In October Marillion started an acoustic European tour which ended with a show in Istanbul 4 March 2010.

Their seventeenth studio album, titled ''[[Sounds That Can't Be Made]]'', was released in September 2012. Two versions of the album were released: A two-disc Deluxe Edition that included a DVD with 'making-of' features and sound-check recordings and a single CD jewel case version. The Deluxe Edition also included a 128-page book that incorporated lyrics, artwork and, as was the case with ''[[Anoraknophobia]]'', ''[[Marbles (album)|Marbles]]'' and ''[[Happiness is the Road]]'', the names of people who pre-ordered the album. Parts of the album were recorded at [[Peter Gabriel]]'s [[Real World Studios]] in 2011.

Marillion were awarded "Band of the Year" at the annual [[Prog (magazine)|Progressive Music Awards]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23957784 | title= Hawkwind star honoured at awards | work=BBC News | date=4 September 2013 | access-date=4 September 2013}}</ref>

==== ''Fuck Everyone And Run (F E A R)'' and ''An Hour Before It's Dark'' (2015–present) ====
In September 2015, Marillion announced that they were working on a new album, provisionally titled ''M18'' and later confirmed as ''[[Fuck Everyone and Run (F E A R)|Fuck Everyone And Run (F E A R)]]''. As with several of their previous releases, the recording of the album was to be funded by fan pre-orders, this time through [[direct-to-fan]] website [[PledgeMusic]]. The album was released on 23 September 2016<ref name=album18_release>{{cite web|title=Marillion Album 18 Pre-Order Campaign|url=http://www.marillion.com/album18/pressrelease.php|website=Marillion.com|access-date=7 September 2015}}</ref><ref name=pledgemusic_campaign>{{cite web|title=Marillion: New Album on PledgeMusic|url=http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/marillion|website=[[PledgeMusic]]|access-date=7 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921174935/http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/marillion|archive-date=21 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> debuting at No. 4 in the official UK charts of 30 September 2016, their highest placing since ''[[Clutching at Straws]]'' nearly three decades earlier. In November 2016, they announced their first ever show at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London, in October 2017.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/203507/9 | title= Marillion Confirm First Ever Show At London's Royal Albert Hall | work=stereoboard.com | first=Jon | last=Stickler | date=30 November 2016 | access-date=30 November 2016}}</ref> The gig sold out in just 4 minutes and was filmed for DVD release. They also won "UK Band of the Year" at the 2017 Progressive Music Awards.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://teamrock.com/news/2017-09-15/marillion-anathema-steve-hackett-among-progressive-music-award-winners | title= Marillion, Anathema, Steve Hackett among Progressive Music Award winners | work=teamrock.com | date=14 September 2017 | access-date=25 September 2017}}</ref>

In May 2017, Marillion took their Marillion Weekend to Santiago, Chile for the first time.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-01|title=marillion.com|url=https://www.marillion.com/tour/setlist.htm?tourid=111&archive=1}}</ref> In February 2018 Marillion returned to tour in the US and also played shows in Japan in September.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-01|title=marillion-us-tour-2018/|url=https://www.prog-sphere.com/news/marillion-us-tour-2018/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-01|title=marillion.com|url=https://www.marillion.com/news/newsitem.htm?id=448}}</ref> In March 2018, the film of the Royal Albert Hall gig was premiered at cinemas around the UK, before the DVD launch, with the band attending the showing in London. On 6 April the concert was released as ''All One Tonight – Live at the Royal Albert Hall''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-01|title=marillion-cinema-screenings-for-new-live-dvd/|url=https://ramzine.co.uk/news/marillion-cinema-screenings-for-new-live-dvd/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-01|title=everymancinema|url=https://www.everymancinema.com/film-info/marillion-live-at-the-royal-albert-hall}}</ref>

In March 2018, Hogarth was involved with fellow musician [[Howard Jones (English musician)|Howard Jones]] in helping to unveil a memorial to [[David Bowie]], which is situated close to [[Aylesbury]]'s Market Square.<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/mar/27/feed-the-homeless-first-new-david-bowie-statue-vandalised-aylesbury | title= 'Feed the homeless first': new David Bowie statue vandalised | author=Laura Snapes| date=27 March 2018|work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.irishnews.com/magazine/entertainment/2018/03/27/news/david-bowie-sculpture-vandalised-48-hours-after-unveiling-1289223/ | title= David Bowie sculpture vandalised 48 hours after unveiling | date=27 March 2018|work=Irish News}}</ref> The memorial was the inspiration of promoter David Stopps, who booked Bowie to appear at the [[Friars Aylesbury]] where he debuted his [[Ziggy Stardust Tour|Ziggy Stardust]] persona. The bulk of the funds for the memorial were raised at a gig held at the [[Waterside Theatre]] in Aylesbury on the evening of the unveiling which Marillion headlined, alongside Jones, [[John Otway]] and the Dung Beatles, all of whom have close association to Aylesbury and in particular, the Friars.

In early 2019, Marillion entered the studio with the intention to record songs from their catalogue with friends from the orchestra who played with the band at the Royal Albert Hall shows in 2017. ''With Friends from the Orchestra'' was recorded at The Racket Club and [[Peter Gabriel]]'s Real World Studios and features reimagined versions of songs accompanied by the In Praise of Folly String Quartet with Sam Morris on French horn and Emma Halnan on flute. The album was released 29 November 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-01|title=musicplayers.com|url=https://musicplayers.com/2019/11/album-review-marillion-with-friends-from-the-orchestra/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-01|title=marillion.com|url=https://www.marillion.com/shop/albums/intactcd19EAR.htm}}</ref> In November and December 2019, the orchestra followed Marillion on tour in the UK, returning for two nights at the Royal Albert Hall, and they also played shows in the Netherlands, France, Italy and Germany.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-01|title=theguardian|website=[[TheGuardian.com]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/nov/13/marillion-review-royal-concert-hall-glasgow}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-01|title=theprogressiveaspect|url=https://theprogressiveaspect.net/blog/2019/11/26/marillion-with-friends-from-the-orchestra/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-01|title=loudersound|url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/marillion-announce-2019-orchestral-uk-tour}}</ref>

On 3 August 2021, Marillion announced their new pre-order campaign for a new studio album, entitled ''[[An Hour Before It's Dark]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-15|title=pre-order|url=https://www.marillion.com/pre-order/}}</ref> The album was released on 4 March 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/marillion-release-full-details-of-upbeat-new-album-an-hour-before-its-dark|title=Marillion release full details of 'upbeat' new album An Hour Before It's Dark|first=Jerry|last=Ewing|date=19 November 2021|publisher=Loudersound|access-date=4 January 2022}}</ref>

In 2021, Marillion asked their fans to insure their 10-date Light at the End of the Tunnel Tour in November. Manager Lucy Jordache said: "We're asking our fans to pledge money that will be held in escrow and if it all goes Covid free, it will be returned to them at the end of the tour. But if we do have to cancel, then their money will be used to pay the band's unavoidable expenses." The band had already invested more than £150,000 on preparations, but risked losing it all if just one member tested positive for COVID-19 and was forced to isolate. The tour was a success, and the donations were refunded to the fans who were named "Lightsavers".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-16|title=marillion-ask-their-fans-to-insure-their-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-tour|url=https://totalrock.com/marillion-ask-their-fans-to-insure-their-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-tour/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-16|title=progressive-rock-band-marillion-seeks-to-crowdfund-covid-19-tour-insurance|url=https://celebrityaccess.com/2021/10/08/progressive-rock-band-marillion-seeks-to-crowdfund-covid-19-tour-insurance/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-12-01|title=Marillion Hammersmith|url=https://www.metaltalk.net/marillion-the-sense-of-community-is-stronger-than-ever-in-hammersmith.php}}</ref>