Steve Hackett Band photo by Lee Millward
In recent weeks, many artists have been forced to cancel tour dates, big and small, as the financial demands on us all prove insurmountable. Unfortunately, a night out at a gig is a special occasion and rarely, if ever, inexpensive. Ex-Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett is bucking the trend with his Genesis Greats, Lamb Highlights & Solo Tour as 10 shows of the 16-date UK tour in October are SOLD OUT with limited ticket availability for the remaining shows. More about the tour, Steve Hackett and the announcement of special guests follow:
Legendary guitarist Steve Hackett’s Genesis Greats, Lamb Highlights & Solo Tour has already sold out 10 shows of his 16 date UK tour in October. The last tickets remaining are for Portsmouth, Birmingham, Cardiff, Stoke, Nottingham and London’s prestigious Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday 23rd October. To mark the 50th anniversary of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, Hackett is including a selection of highlights from this iconic Genesis album. Tickets are onsale now: https://myticket.co.uk/artists/steve-hackett.
“I’m excited that several shows have already sold out for my UK tour Genesis Greats, Lamb Highlights & Solo…” The whole band are on fire playing this thrilling set. It’s great to have Amanda Lehmann with us for the whole of this UK tour too, with John Hackett, Steve Rothery and Ray Wilson also joining for the Royal Albert Hall show… I so much look forward to this special celebratory tour!”
Fans are looking forward to the Lamb Highlights which will celebrate the half-a-century of this remarkable album alongside some of Hackett’s finest solo work and unmissable Genesis Greats on this tour.
In recent years he and his outstanding touring line-up of Roger King (keyboards), Nad Sylvan (vocals), Jonas Reingold (bass, backing vocals), Rob Townsend (saxophone, flutes, additional keyboards) and Craig Blundell (drums) have brought many of these albums back to the concert hall to great acclaim. Special guest, Amanda Lehmann will be joining the whole of the UK tour on guitar and vocals.
Steve Hackett live - photo by Michaela
About Steve Hackett
Steve Hackett joined Genesis at the beginning of 1971 and gained an international reputation as the guitarist in the band’s classic line-up alongside Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins. Hackett’s intricate guitar work was a key element of Genesis’ albums from Nursery Cryme (1971) to Wind And Wuthering (1977) including the iconic Selling England By The Pound.
After leaving Genesis at the end of 1977, Hackett’s solo career, which now spans more than 30 albums, has demonstrated his extraordinary versatility with both electric and acoustic guitar.
Lockdown gave Hackett the opportunity to write and record two new studio albums in 2021: the UK Classical Chart hit Under A Mediterranean Sky and the hit rock album Surrender of Silence.
Hackett and his band enjoyed a return to touring with Genesis Revisited - Seconds Out + More! (2021) and Genesis Revisited - Foxtrot At Fifty (2022). Subsequently, the live album Genesis Revisited - Seconds Out + More!, released in 2022, became Hackett’s most successful-ever live album reaching number 28 in the UK Album Chart and achieving highest-ever chart positions in several European countries. He recently released the live album from the 2022 tour - Foxtrot at Fifty + Hackett Highlights – Live in Brighton. In January 2024 Steve released his current studio album, the first since 2021 - The Circus and The Nightwhale, which received critical acclaim and great reviews. The fans in Europe loved the new material some of which Hackett performs in the first half of the show.
Steve recently announced reissues and remastered versions of his classical catalogue, available on black and limited edition coloured vinyl and digipack and regular CD. Bay of Kings and Momentum are both available now. More to come.
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The prestigious Royal Albert Hall is the perfect venue for an evening with Steve Hackett. Opened in 1871, by Queen Victoria no less, and with a capacity of over 5000, the hall seems to rise to the heavens, its multiple levels inducing vertigo even from my vantage point in the stalls – the building is actually 135ft tall trivia fans. There is something about the majesty of progressive rock that perfectly fits a venue that has hosted many great nights of classical music, and Steve has a long list of songs stretching back fifty years that are much loved by many to this day.