Tickets to go on sale for Steve Hackett’s Cambridge gig
Legendary guitarist Steve Hackett has announced a 2024 UK tour. Titled Steve Hackett – Genesis Greats, Lamb Highlights & Solo, the tour takes in 15 dates across the UK, including one at the Cambridge Corn Exchange next 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 for the shows go on sale this Friday (September 29) at 10am.
Steve Hackett’s guitar work was woven throughout Genesis’ classic 70s catalogue of albums. In recent years, he and his 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.
Special guest Amanda Lehmann will be joining the whole of the UK tour on guitar and vocals. Steve says: “I’m hugely looking forward to the 2024 UK tour, including The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway favourites as well as other iconic Genesis numbers along with solo gems.”
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.
His intricate guitar work was a key element of the band’s 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, Steve’s solo career, which now spans more than 30 albums, has demonstrated his extraordinary versatility with both electric and acoustic guitar.
He is renowned as a talented and innovative rock musician, as well as a virtuoso classical guitarist and composer.
This was recognised in 2010 when he was inducted into the Rock and Rock Hall Of Fame. He has also worked alongside Steve Howe of Yes in the supergroup GTR.
Steve Hackett will be appearing at the Cambridge Corn Exchange on Sunday, October 6, 2024. Tickets, priced £48-£62.50, will be available from cornex.co.uk. For more on Steve, go to hackettsongs.com.
