Genesis Revisited with Orchestra – released on the 25th October
The album was recorded on 5th October 2018 at The Royal Festival Hall, London, during the 2018 Genesis Revisited Tour. The tour (2018) fulfilled a long held ambition of Steve’s: to perform the music of Genesis with a live orchestra.
Featuring Steve’s regular touring band of Roger King (keyboards), Gary O’Toole (drums/percussion), Rob Townsend (saxes/flutes) with Nad Sylvan on vocals and Jonas Reingold (The Flower Kings) on bass, together with special guests John Hackett and Amanda Lehmann, and augmented by the 41-piece Heart Of England Orchestra conducted by Bradley Thachuk.
Watch the recently released clip for ‘The Steppes’ here: https://youtu.be/jxDSBKNl54I
Set 1:
Dance On A Volcano
Out Of The Body
The Steppes
Firth Of Fifth
Dancing With The Moonlit Knight
Blood On The Rooftops
Shadow Of The Hierophant
Set 2:
In That Quiet Earth
Afterglow
Serpentine Song
El Niño
Supper’s Ready
Encore:
The Musical Box
Note: The Blu-Ray also includes a behind the scenes documentary plus promotional videos for ‘Under the Eye of the Sun’, ‘Beasts in our Time’ and ‘Peace’ from the ‘At the Edge of Light’ album as extra!
UK Tour NOVEMBER 2019 TOUR DATES (SO = SOLD OUT)
Sat 02 Aylesbury Waterside (SO)
Sun 03 Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall (SO)
Tue 05 Sheffield City Hall
Wed 06 Cambridge Corn Exchange
Fri 08 Leicester De Montfort Hall (SO)
Sat 09 Cardiff St. David’s Hall (SO)
Mon 11 Liverpool Philharmonic
Tue 12 Brighton Dome
Wed 13 Portsmouth Guildhall
Fri 15 Salisbury City Hall (SO)
Sat 16 Reading Hexagon (SO)
Mon 18 Birmingham Symphony Hall
Tue 19 York Barbican
Wed 20 Bath Forum
Fri 22 Halifax Victoria Theatre
Sat 23 Gateshead The Sage (SO)
Mon 25 Edinburgh Usher Hall
Tue 26 Manchester Bridgewater Hall (SO)
Wed 27 Southend Cliffs Pavilion
Fri 29 London Hammersmith Eventim Apollo
Tickets available from https://myticket.co.uk/ and venue box offices.
Joining Steve on the tour are his regular musicians Roger King (keyboards), Jonas Reingold (bass), Rob Townsend (saxes/flutes) with Nad Sylvan on vocals. Craig Blundell (Steven Wilson, King Crimson, Iron Maiden) will be on drums & percussion.
Steve recently announced the release of a 2CD + Blu-Ray digipak titled Genesis Revisited Band & Orchestra: Live at the Royal Festival Hall on 25th October 2019.
To order your copy from the Official Steve Hackett store SH Official RFH HERE
To order your copy from Amazon Steve Hackett at the Royal Festival Hall 2018 click SH Amazon RFH HERE
Steve’s music is as popular as ever – his current album – At the Edge of Light as well as The Night Siren (2017) & Wolflight (2015) all went straight into the Top 40 of the UK album charts – proving that Steve’s amazing compositions and virtuoso playing continue to delight.