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Steve Hackett has shared the first new music from his upoming studio album, The Circus And The Nightwhale, which will be released through InsideOutMusic on February 16. Watch the new video for People Of The Smoke below.
“My new album kicks off with People Of The Smoke, where we’re thrown back in time to the smokescape of 1950 London,” Hackett tells Prog. “A baby’s scream becomes a steam train, black smoke invades everything and industry rules the day. This is the place where the album’s story begins…”
The Circus And The Nightwhale will be the first full-blown Hackett concept album since his 1975 solo debut Voyage Of The Acolyte, which followed Genesis‘s 1974 grand double concept affair The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway.
“The Circus And The Nightwhale is an album with a difference,” Hackett adds. “This time it is a story, based both literally and metaphorically on my life… It’s both faction and fiction, beginning in a gritty world of harsh reality, spinning off into a colourful and dark, weird metaphorical universe of wonder turned to terror, with an ultimately beautiful resolve.”
The album features Hackett’s touring band as well as a raft of guests including Amanda Lehmann and Big Big Train‘s Nick D’Virgilio, Hugo Degenhardt return as guests on the drumstool, Benedict Fenner features on keyboards and Malik Mansurov on tar, with Hackett’s brother John once more on flute.
The Circus And The Nightwhale will be available on several different formats, including a limited edition CD and Blu-ray mediabook (including 5.1 Surround Sound and 24-bit high resolution stereo mixes), standard CD jewelcase, gatefold 180g vinyl LP and as digital album.
Hackett will take part in two HMV instore events in London and Birmingham, where he will be taking part in a Q&A and signing albums. Find out more details on those here.
Pre-order The Circus And The Nightwhale.
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- Steve Hackett - Highly Strung - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.50, €11.70 (New Item) (arrived 25-Apr-2024 09:18)on April 27, 2024 at 4:42 pm
STEVE HACKETT Highly Strung (1982 UK 9-track vinyl LP on the blue 'mad hatter' label, his sixth studio album and his final album recorded for the Charisma, including the single 'Cell 151'. The picture sleeve shows a little shelfwear to the edges and comes with the blue lyric insert, while the vinyl remains near 'as new' with little evidence of play HACK1)
- Steve Hackett - The Circus And The Nightwhale - Red Vinyl 180 Gram - Sealed - UK - vinyl LP - £29.99, $37.49, €35.09 (New Item) (arrived 13-Mar-2024 11:48)on April 27, 2024 at 4:42 pm
STEVE HACKETT The Circus And The Nightwhale (2024 UK/EU limited edition 13-track LP pressed on 180-gram Transparent Red Vinyl, a rite-of-passage concept album with an autobiographical angle and the 30th solo release from legendary guitarist Steve Hackett. Gatefold picture sleeve with 8-page large format booklet inside, hype sticker & factory sealed. Recommended)
- Steve Hackett - Wild Orchids - 180 Gram Mastered For Vinyl - Sealed - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £29.99, $37.49, €35.09 (New Item) (arrived 08-Dec-2023 14:50)on April 27, 2024 at 4:42 pm
STEVE HACKETT Wild Orchids (First time ever on vinyl 2023 UK/EU limited edition 17-track double album 2-LP, the legendary Genesis guitarist's 2006 studio album newly mastered specifically for vinyl and pressed on two 180-gram heavyweight records. Gatefold picture sleeve with hype sticker, factory sealed. Recommended)
- Steve Hackett - Cell 151 - UK - 7" vinyl - £8.00, $10.00, €9.36 (New Item) (arrived 20-Dec-2023 16:28)on April 27, 2024 at 4:42 pm
STEVE HACKETT Cell 151 (1983 UK 7" vinyl single, also featuring Time Lapse At Milton Keynes, picture sleeve with 1983 tour dates on the back CELL1)
- Steve Hackett - Sentimental Institution - UK - 7" vinyl - £15.00, $18.75, €17.55 (New Item) (arrived 22-Dec-2023 09:28)on April 27, 2024 at 4:42 pm
STEVE HACKETT Sentimental Institution (1980 UK 7" vinyl single, also includes The Toast, picture sleeve CB368)
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