BAND MEMBERS

Steve Hackett continues to delight his faithful fans alongside a new, younger generation as he regularly tours to highlight the prog classics from his time with Genesis alongside his extensive solo output.

Steve Hackett gained an international reputation as the guitarist in the classic Genesis line-up between Nursery Cryme (1971) and Wind And Wuthering (1977). Recent tours have seen Hackett celebrate his time with Genesis, together with some of the most-loved tracks from his solo career, including a spectacular 2018 tour in which Hackett realised a long-held ambition to perform the works of Genesis live with his band and orchestra. A series of themed tours have since spotlighted many of the Genesis albums upon which Hackett played such a key role including a 50th anniversary celebration of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway. 
This tour has been captured for posterity with the release of The Lamb Stands Up Live At The Royal Albert Hall, a stunning audio/visual document of his show at the iconic London venue in October 2024 and released in 2025. In January 2024 Steve released his most-recent studio album The Circus and The Nightwhale, which was received with critical acclaim and great reviews. Both albums shot to the top of the Rock & Metal charts.

Nad was born in the USA but raised in Sweden by his grandparents. He began playing the piano at the age of four and started composing almost immediately.

After years in and out of various bands, trying to get a record deal - often out of sync with the times - Nad’s dreams of a full-time music career had almost faded when he was unexpectedly drawn back into the world of progressive rock.
In 2008, Nad was involved in the highly acclaimed Unifaun album - a project of original music paying homage to the 1970s era of Genesis.

The Unifaun album, and in particular Nad’s voice - often described as a blend of Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins - caught the attention of Roine Stolt of The Flower Kings and Transatlantic. Together they formed Agents of Mercy in 2009, releasing three albums - The Fading Ghosts of Twilight (2009), Dramarama (2010) and The Black Forest (2011) - and touring extensively.

Then one day an email arrived in Nad’s inbox: “Hi Nad, this is Steve Hackett…”

That message would prove life-changing. Following the collaboration with Steve, Nad secured a solo recording contract with InsideOut Music in 2015. Since then, he has released five solo albums: Courting The Widow (2015), The Bride Said No (2017), The Regal Bastard (2019), Spiritus Mundi (2021) and Monumentata (2025), several of which feature guest appearances by Steve Hackett.

In what is a rare turn of events in the music industry, Nad became a fully professional artist in 2015 at the age of 56, leaving his part-time job behind to dedicate himself entirely to music.

A soul singer in the prog world.

More at:
www.nadsylvan.com

Despite a propensity for hitting things in a broadly rhythmic fashion, Rob Townsend started playing the sax when he got fed up with carting drums around and has never looked back. He's played nearly everywhere with nearly everybody but he's particularly made his mark in jazz, having worked with, amongst others, Sam Rivers, Eddie Henderson, Bill Bruford, Django Bates, Tim Garland, Laurence Cottle and James Taylor of JTQ fame. Using complicated algorithms and powerful computing, we can reveal that he has played more than 100,000,000,000,000 notes in his career to date, some of them more than once. Rob also likes to don a powdered wig and scowl like Beethoven whilst he writes and records reams of music for TV, film, computer games and other media. 

Rob joined Steve's band in 2001 deploying his barrage of woodwind on 23723.716 gigs and can be heard on most studio and live albums and DVDs since. 

 As a hobby, Rob collects dust.

Jonas Reingold is an international bass player, composer and producer originating from Sweden. He started his musical career in the early 80s. After his studies at the Music University of Malmoe, Sweden, he begun taking on freelance jobs, doing several session gigs, everything from Top-40 to musical/theater. Those early years he dedicated to expanding his professionalism, he was involved in many recordings and took on the musical lead of the highly acclaimed Sweden Bass Orchestra, a 6 bass - 1 drummer jazz piece. They released a CD with jazz-legend Niels-Henning Örstedt Pedersen as a prominent guest in 1995.

He joined the Swedish prog group The Flower Kings in 1999 and started to record and tour with the band. Their output to this date accounts to seven studio albums and many live recordings. A few years later he started his own progressive rock project Karmakanic. The debut release "Entering the Spectra" was a success and laid the foundation for the band that has until today put out five full studio albums and has been touring the world since 2004. In 2025 Karmakanic released the highly acclaimed studio album 'Transmuation'. Jonas is a long-standing member of UK-based "The Tangent", having contributed to seven studio albums and live tours. If that weren't enough, he is part of the legendary Swedish progressive outfit Kaipa with eight recordings since their comeback in 2002. Other prolific appearances include the 2016 release of Anderson/Stolt "Invention of Knowledge" featuring prog-god and YES vocalist Jon Anderson.

Jonas has been involved in over 130 CD recordings and done thousands of gigs over the years and is probably the most recorded musician on the leading German progressive record label Inside Out.

More at:
www.jonasreingold.se

Lalle Larsson joined Steve and his band in 2026.

Lalle Larsson is a Swedish keyboardist, pianist, and composer known for his work in the progressive rock, jazz-rock fusion, and classical music genres. Born in Malmö in 1974, he began playing professionally at the age of 15 and later studied music in Vienna. Throughout his career, his music has been praised for blending diverse influences and showcasing his technical proficiency.

Lalle has released numerous solo albums and has been a member of several bands. His solo work includes the critically acclaimed jazz-rock fusion Weaveworld trilogy, released between 2009 and 2012, and the piano-based album Until Never (2014).

Work with Karmakanic and Agents of Mercy: He is a longtime member of the progressive rock band Karmakanic and also played with Agents of Mercy, often alongside bassist Jonas Reingold. Lalle has also played with The Flower Kings.

Lalle's work has earned him notable recognition, including the Helsingborg culture award in 2001 and high rankings in "best keyboard player" polls by Classic Rock Presents Prog Magazine in 2012.

https://www.reverbnation.com/lallelarsson

Felix joined Steve's band in 2025.

With over 300 studio recordings Felix Lehrmann is considered one of Germany’s most recorded drummers. Since 2008 he is the drummer for Germany’s most successful female Pop artist SARAH CONNOR. Playing in a wide range of different genres and styles - from TILL BRÖNNER to Rock and Roll Hall of Famer STEVE HACKETT, Felix is one of the most versatile musicians in Europe. As a long-time drummer for the German Hip Hop pioneer DENDEMANN, Felix also took part in four seasons of JAN BÖHMERMANN's TV show ZDF Magazin Royale.. His own band is called MARRIAGE MATERIAL.

Born 1984 in a small town called Halberstadt, Felix´ family moved to Berlin, when he was three years old. At the same time he started to play the drums. As son of a well known guitar player and thus growing up in a musical family, his childhood was a never-ending jam session between him and his dad Michael Lehrmann. After playing in numerous semi-pro bands since he was ten years old, Felix Lehrmann started his professional career at the age of 17, playing his first European tour with singer Della Miles.

While he was still in school, Felix’ former band Rivo Drei signed a major label deal with Sony/BMG releasing two albums. During this time he also toured for several years with the then German number one singer Yvonne Catterfeld. Felix received a scholarship to Berklee College of Music in Boston, but preferred to go straight on the road without any detours. From that point on, he never looked back and ever since his schedule has been filled with tours, studio dates and clinics around the globe! He also released a solo album in 2011.

https://felixlehrmann.de

Amanda toured with the band between 2009 and 2013, and now returns as a special guest on selected tours.

A singer, songwriter and guitarist with a career spanning over three decades, Amanda is also a multi-instrumentalist, incorporating keyboards, bass and programmed drums into her recordings. She released her debut solo album Innocence and Illusion in 2021.

Originally classically trained on piano, she later fell in love with the power of the overdriven guitar as a teenager. Largely self-taught, she developed her own distinctive style, blending influences from rock, prog, blues and folk.

Amanda’s career has encompassed thousands of live performances. She toured extensively throughout the UK with her own band during the 1980s and 1990s, before joining Steve Hackett’s band from 2009 to 2013. She now appears regularly as a special guest.

Her releases include the solo EP Shadow (2010) and the duo album Wazzoon – Through the Haze (1994, remastered in 2021). In 2022, she released the single One Last Spin, written to highlight the harms of gambling, followed by the Christmas single An Old Christmas Day. She also frequently collaborates with other artists.

Amanda is currently working on her next solo album.

www.amandalehmann.co.uk