Steve Hackett

The Utilita Arena, Cardiff

Just how does former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett maintain his stamina and energy to endlessly tour the world while simultaneously turning out works of majestic magnificence?

Consummate professional Steve, who says he 'helped shape' Genesis, and his awe inspiring band of Roger King, keyboards; Rob Townsend, additional key and assorted woodwind; Nad Sylvan, vocals; Amanda Lehmann, guitar; Craig Blundell, drums and Jonas Reingold, bass, showed no ounce of fatigue as they gave everything they had to the sizeable, seasoned crowd at the Cardiff leg of their tour.

Normally holding court at the unarguably more comfortable and intimate St David’s Hall in the city - closed for the foreseeable - Steve soon enveloped the crowd in the larger ‘stadium’ into his bosom.

Despite mentioning how chilly it was on stage and pointing out a small heater blasting him from a short........

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