Steve Hackett returns to the UK with his Genesis Revisited – Foxtrot at Fifty + Hackett Highlights tour in September and October. The tour will mark the 50th anniversary of the legendary Genesis album Foxtrot which, in 1972, was pivotal in establishing the band as a major force in British rock.

Guitarist Steve Hackett joined Genesis in 1971, making his band debut on the Nursery Cryme album which enjoyed a greater commercial success in Europe than the UK. After extensive touring, the band were encouraged, by audience reactions, to further experiment with ever longer compositions and develop their ability to incorporate strong narratives. This, in turn, allowed frontman Peter Gabriel more opportunity to indulge in the theatrics which helped to raise the band’s profile.

Steve Hackett returns to the UK with his Genesis Revisited – Foxtrot at Fifty + Hackett Highlights tour in September and October. The tour will mark the 50th anniversary of the legendary Genesis album Foxtrot which, in 1972, was pivotal in establishing the band as a major force in British rock.

Guitarist Steve Hackett joined Genesis in 1971, making his band debut on the Nursery Cryme album which enjoyed a greater commercial success in Europe than the UK. After extensive touring, the band were encouraged, by audience reactions, to further experiment with ever longer compositions and develop their ability to incorporate strong narratives. This, in turn, allowed frontman Peter Gabriel more opportunity to indulge in the theatrics which helped to raise the band’s profile.

“I think Foxtrot was a terrific achievement for Genesis at that time,” says Steve Hackett. “I think there is not one weak track on the album, they all have their strong points and I’m really looking forward to doing the whole album live.”

Foxtrot was critically acclaimed and became the first Genesis album to make the UK album charts. The first track, the sci-fi influenced Watcher of the Skies became a fan favourite and perennial live set opener while Get ‘Em Out By Friday was a cutting slice of social comment about concrete tower blocks replacing aging slums, driven not by concern for communities but by the greed of developers.

Hackett was the lead writer of Can-Utility and the Coastliners, featuring some particularly strong musical ideas, and also contributed his classically inspired solo piece Horizons. “The original version was a rough mix but there was something about it. A rough monitor mix can have things that something more considered won’t necessarily possess. I liked the sound of the rough mix, so we went with that.”

The album’s highlight was the 23-minute epic Supper’s Ready which remains a concert favourite and featured on Hackett’s recent Second’s Out tour.“’Supper’s Ready’ was a sojourn, an odyssey and something that goes down very, very well with audiences now.” Hackett adds.“As part of ‘Second’s Out’ I’ve been playing the whole of that again, it really has stood the test of time.

“We were a young, struggling band at that time. By the time we were doing ‘Foxtrot’, the band was becoming more ambitious. ‘Foxtrot’ is a must for fans of the early Genesis work. Fifty years ago? It doesn’t feel like those ideas are fifty years old because it was-genre defining, rather than following trends. It still sounds current, now.”

The Steve Hackett Genesis Revisited – Foxtrot at Fifty + Hackett Highlights tour also promises more Genesis favourites and highlights from Hackett’s extensive solo catalogue.

Steve Hackett Genesis Revisited – Foxtrot at Fifty + Hackett Highlights 2022 tour dates:

Friday 9 September Swansea Arena

Saturday 10 September Cardiff St David’s Hall

Sunday 11 September Cambridge Corn Exchange

Tuesday 13 September Aylesbury Waterside

Wednesday 14 September Torquay Princess Theatre

Friday 16 September Portsmouth Guildhall

Saturday 17 September Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion

Sunday 18 September Birmingham Symphony Hall

Tuesday 20 September Hull City Hall

Thursday 22 September Gateshead Sage

Friday 23 September Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Saturday 24 September York Barbican

Monday 26 September Buxton Opera House

Tuesday 27 September Grimsby Auditorium

Wednesday 28 September Northampton Derngate

Friday 30 September Sheffield City Hall

Saturday 1 October Manchester O2 Apollo

Monday 3 October Southend Cliffs Pavilion

Tuesday 4 October Ipswich Regent Theatre

Wednesday 5 October Bath Forum

Friday 7 October Leicester De Montfort Hall

Saturday 8 October Liverpool Philharmonic

Sunday 9 October Brighton Brighton Centre

Tuesday 11 October Bournemouth Pavilion

Wednesday 12 October London Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith

Tickets for Steve Hackett Genesis Revisited - Foxtrot at Fifty + Hackett Highlights are on sale from hackettsongs.com and myticket.co.uk

Steve Hackett and his touring line-up of Roger King (keyboards), Jonas Reingold (bass, backing vocals), Nad Sylvan (vocals), Rob Townsend (saxophone, flutes, additional keyboards) and Craig Blundell (drums) completed the 31-date Genesis Revisited Seconds Out +More UK tour in 2021. Hackett’s most successful ever solo tour,this tour sold out most of the dates and received stunning reviews:  The live album of that tour Genesis Revisited Live: Seconds Out + More will be released on 2ndSeptember 2022 with vinyl following on 25thNovember. Watch Squonk from the album here: https://youtu.be/5hDktUIzoQo. Pre-order now here:

https://stevehackett.lnk.to/GenesisRevisitedLive-SecondsOutAndMore.