Steve Hackett’s timeless guitar-work was woven throughout Genesis’ classic 70’s catalogue of albums.
In recent years he and his outstanding touring line-up of Nad Sylvan (vocals), Jonas Reingold (bass, backing vocals) Rob Townsend (saxophone, flutes, additional keyboards), Roger King (keyboards) and Craig Blundell (drums and percussion) have brought many of these albums back to great acclaim. For the 2026 tour there will be two changes to the band.
Lalle Larsson has taken over on keyboards from Roger and Felix Lehrmann will take over from Craig on drums. Steve Hackett joined Genesis at the beginning of 1971. He quickly gained an international reputation as the guitarist in the band’s classic line-up alongside Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins.
Steve’s intricate guitar work was a key element of Genesis albums from Nursery Cryme (1971) to Wind And Wuthering (1977) including the classic 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.
Steve is renowned as both an immensely talented and innovative rock musician and a virtuoso classical guitarist and composer and this was recognised in 2010 when he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.
He has also worked alongside Steve Howe of YES in the supergroup GTR. Hackett’s compositions take influences from many genres, including jazz, classical and blues.
For his studio works The Night Siren (2017) and At The Edge Of Light (2019) Hackett explored the influences of world music. Recent tours have seen Hackett celebrate his time with Genesis including a spectacular 2018 tour in which he realised a long-held ambition to perform the works of Genesis live with his band and an orchestra. The lockdown enforced by the 2020 global pandemic proved to be a particularly creative period for Hackett.
He began by releasing Selling England by the Pound & Spectral Mornings: Live at Hammersmith, a live recording of 2019’s hugely successful tour celebrating that Genesis classic together with the 40th anniversary of one of his most-loved solo albums.
Lockdown also 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 also released the live album from the 2022 tour – Foxtrot at Fifty + Hackett Highlights – Live in Brighton.
Steve’s autobiography, A Genesis In My Bed was published in 2020. Steve talks candidly about his early life, his time with Genesis, and in particular his personal relationships with the other band members, with great insight into the daily goings on of this major rock band.
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Date(s): Sat 10 Oct 2026
Steve Hackett – Best of Genesis & Solo Gems
Date(s): Sat 10 Oct 2026
Princess Theatre
Torbay Road, Torquay TQ2 5EZ
Category: Concert > Rock
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