REVIEWS - OUT OF THE TUNNEL'S MOUTH & TOURS

Get Ready to Rock on High Voltage - July 10

With the first day of the inaugural High Voltage festival having received a universal thumbs up from the punters, thanks to the glorious sunshine and fantastic music on offer, would Sunday match up and send us all home satisfied? With the sun turning up for a second day, things were looking good...
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Progmeister on High Voltage - July 10

My tired bones are just in the process of regaining normality after one of the best weekends I have spent for many years...
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Digital Premier Guitar - June 10

Recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Steve Hackett does his thing with his favorite guitar...
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Review of Rochester - Times Union - July 10

Just saw this tour here in Rochester on friday night. Needless to say,it was tremendous!!...
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Review of Albany - Times Union - July 10

ALBANY Ð It might as well have been 1975 at The Egg on Saturday night. OK, that's a bit harsh, but it was unusual to see a pairing of "Me Decade" British prog rock powerhouses in Albany on the eve of Independence Day 2010...
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Review of Nearfest - Bill's Prog Blog - June 10

Steve Hackett, formerly the best known of the guitarists who played with Genesis. His solo career has been long and variegated, and I was looking forward to his performance...
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Article on Steve & OOTTM by Pittsburg Tribune - June 10

Steve Hackett was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame earlier this year as a member of Genesis, but the esteemed guitarist can't but help feeling a bit distant from that award. After all, Hackett, who performs Friday at the Palace Theatre in Greensburg, left that band 30 years ago...
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Article on Steve by The Sherbrook Record - June 10

No goofy stereotypes, please, Ex classic Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett will play solid rock for his upcoming Sherbrook gig, with some blues thrown in, though the musician also loves Bach, World Music and Jazz...
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Review of Norfolk CT Show by Courant.com - June 10

"The sands of time were eroded by the river of constant change." Or were they?...
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Review of OOTTM by Global Progressive Rock News - June 10

World-renowned guitarist/composer STEVE HACKETT and his electric band will soon take to the road in North America to play select cities...
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Review of OOTTM by BC Music - May 10

Although his career had its fair share of ups and downs - from the highs of his work in the seventies with Genesis, to the relative low of his album with prog-rock "supergroup" GTR, I've always admired Steve Hackett as a guitarist...
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Review of OOTTM by Marc Moingeon from Koid'9 - Autumn 09

2008 and 2009 are a kind of transitional period for Steve...
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Review of OOTTM by Metallized - April 10

E' passato un bel po' di tempo dall'ultima volta che siamo occupati di Steve Hackett, l'ultima fatica in studio dell'ex chitarrista dei Genesis era infatti il Cd del 2006 intitolato Wild Orchids.
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Review of OOTTM & Glasgow show by Rock Radio - Nov 09

Delayed by legal issues, Out of the Tunnel's Mouth hit my doorstep just days before Hackett's Glasgow show, just in time to get cosy with the new songs...
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Review of OOTTM by Vintage Rock - Jan 10

Steve Hackett is a guitarist we hear from too infrequently (then again with guys like Hackett, Martin Barre, David Gilmour, I'd be happy to hear new music from them monthly!)
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Review of OOTTM by Total Music Magazine - Jan 10

The lowest profile member of the classic Genesis line-up, Steve Hackett is nonetheless easily the most prolific (with over twenty solo studio albums to his credit)...
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Review of Shepherds Bush Show from Classic Rock Presents Prog - Jan 10

As even the most newbie progger knows, Steve Hackett always has his fingers in plenty of pies including dalliances with classical, blues and acoustic music...
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Review of OOTTM by Vintage Rock - Jan 10

Steve Hackett is a guitarist we hear from too infrequently (then again with guys like Hackett, Martin Barre, David Gilmour, I'd be happy to hear new music from them monthly!)...
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Review of OOTTM by E-Gear - Dec 09

The 29th (!) solo album from ex-Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett has a backstory...
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Review of Shepherds Bush Show from Jam Magazine by Mario Giammetti - Nov 09

Back home. Trionfale ritorno a casa del grande chirarrista, definitivamente fuori dal tunnel...
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Review of OOTTM by Prog-mania - Dec 09

Depuis très longtemps, en fait depuis le tout début de sa carrière en solo mais plus précisément avec l'album « Till We Have Faces », Steve Hackett mélange diverses influences au coeur de sa musique, influences qui la rendent à la fois unique et universelle...
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Review of OOTTM by Progarchives - Dec 09

During a time of great personal and professional turmoil, the details of which I will not go into, Steve has kept very busy, playing gigs with his own band and Djabe and doing music for his new solo album, as well as collaborating with the likes of Chris Squire for the highly anticipated Squackett album...
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Review of 3 UK shows by The Evil Jam - Dec 09

Well the train on the road tour finally pulled into Shepherds Bush Empire, I arrived to the gig on the tube having had a bumpy and noisy ride all the way from Epping...
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Review of OOTTM by Progressia - Dec 09

On ne peut s'empêcher d'avoir du respect pour ce musicien atypique qui, contrairement à pas mal de ses anciens camarades de Genesis...
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Review of OOTTM & Buxton show by Derbyshire Times - Nov 09

STEVE Hackett's 'Train on the Road Tour' pulled into Buxton Opera House with a star-studded line-up of musicicans.
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Review of OOTTM by the Yorkshire Evening Post - Nov 09

Out of all the former member of prog rock band Genesis, it's arguably guitarist Steve Hackett that has enjoyed the most rewarding solo career...
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Robin 2, Bilston gig Review by Midlands Rocks - Nov 09

I've been to a lot of gigs at The Robin 2 this year, but I've never seen it as busy as it is tonight for Steve Hackett...
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Review of OOTTM by The Mayfair Mall - Sept 09

Renowned and innovative guitarist, Steve Hackett, has returned to his roots with his latest album 'Out Of The Tunnel's Mouth...
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Review of OOTTM by The Westmorland Gazette - Oct 09

Out today is a new album from Steve Hackett, the former guitarist from Genesis, who has forged a successful solo career since leaving the band in the mid-1970s...
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Review of OOTTM by The Eastern Daily Press - Nov 09

Renowned and innovative guitarist Steve Hackett bring his Train on the Road Tour of the UK to Norwich UEA...
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Review of OOTTM by Guitar & Bass - Nov 09

'The best album ever crafted in a Twickenham living room since the Stones set fire to the Station Hotel,' jokes Hackett...
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Review of OOTTM by The Sunday Mercury - Oct 09

RECORDED in the former Genesis guitarist's living room with an all-star band, prolific Hackett's latest outing is his best yet,..
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Review of Shepherds Bush show by Russ Lewis - Nov 09

No superlative could match the experience. Yeh, sure, we're fanboys young and old, but last night's gig was simply sublime.
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Review of Birkenhead show by Get Ready to ROCK! - Nov 09

Announcing three tracks from 1980's 'Defector', Steve Hackett referred to music from a gentler time - and that indeed is what much of his music reflects.
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Review of Shepherds Bush show by Get Ready to ROCK! - Nov 09

It was his determinaton to "strive beyond existing stagnant musical forms" that attracted a certain Mr Gabriel to Steve's Musician Available advert in Melody Maker almost 40 years ago.
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Review of Paris show by Benjamin Léon - Nov 09

Après une longue absence scénique, l’ex guitariste de Genesis était de retour ce samedi à Paris pour un show exceptionnel.
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Review of Paris show by Sebastian Bourdon - Nov 09

Voir Steve Hackett, qui fut guitariste de Genesis à sa plus belle période (1971-1977) pour la première fois en vrai, en concert, était donc forcément pour moi un peu magique.
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Review from Jam Magazine by Mario Giammetti - Oct 09

Il grand chitarrista è fuori dal tunnel con un nuovo album rock. Ed è in gran forma.
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Review by Classic Rock Society - Oct 09

This album has apparently been recorded entirely in Steve's living room but I doubt he got everyone in at once.
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Review from Fireworks magazine by Gary Marshall - Nov 09

Isn't it amazing that despite leaving Genesis eons ago and produced over 20 albums (excluding live ones) as a solo artist he's still invariable referred to as former Genesis guitarist, Steve Hackett.
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Review by World of Genesis - Nov 09

As mentioned here before, Steve Hackett's musical style tends to straddle the boarders of various musical genres and themes. (Click here, then scroll down to read this review)
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Review by L S Media - Sept 09

The new album by Steve Hackett has been eagerly awaited by fans for a while now and for once the anticipation of a new offering by an artist has been well worth the wait.
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Review by Classic Rock Presents Prog magazine - Oct 09

With the kind of impeccable synchronicity that we should expect from one of progressive rock's all time great's, Steve Hackett's return to solo career action coincides with the ongoing wholesale re-evaluation of his years as guitarist with Genesis.
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Review by Record Collector magazine - Oct 09

Though recently in the news for the wrong reasons, Steve Hackett's 29th solo album is something rather special.
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Review by Progressive Area

For his new album, Steve HACKETT puts on the covers again with an opus that's coming back to the international colours: "Out Of The Tunnel's Mouth".
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Review by Alan Hewitt

"Last Train To Istanbul and other nomadic interludes"
Steve Hackett's new album, Out Of The Tunnel's Mouth reviewed in typically biased fashion by: Alan Hewitt.
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Review by Mike Lord

One of the great things about being a fan of Genesis is that each member or former member of the band has a deep solo career to explore.
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Review by Get Ready to Rock!

It's testament to Steve Hackett's musical integrity that he has consistently ridden roughshod over the fluctuating music scene and eschewed commercial considerations, 'Spectral Mornings' aside, to build a substantial body of solo work outside of his Genesis past.
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