North America - Foxtrot At Fifty Hackett Highlights - North America 2023/24
Hot on the heels of his most successful solo tour ever, Steve Hackett announces his Steve Hackett Genesis Revisited - Foxtrot at Fifty Hackett Highlights tour for 2022/2023. The tour marks the 50th anniversary of the legendary Genesis album Foxtrot which, in 1972, was pivotal in establishing the band as a major force in British rock.
The Steve Hackett Genesis Revisited - Foxtrot at Fifty Hackett Highlights tour also promises more Genesis favourites and highlights from Hackett's extensive solo catalogue.
Tour Dates 2023
3 October 2023 - Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, MONTREAL, QC, CANADA
5 October 2023 - Massey Hall, TORONTO, ON, CANADA
6 October 2023 - State Theatre, ITHACA, NY, USA
7 October 2023 - The Theater at Innovation Square, ROCHESTER, NY, USA
8 October 2023 - The Forum Theatre, BINGHAMTON, NY, USA
10 October 2023 - Hart Theatre, ALBANY, NY, USA
12 October 2023 - Wilbur Theatre, BOSTON, MA, USA
13 October 2023 - Garde Arts Center, NEW LONDON, CT, USA
14 October 2023 - Town Hall, NEW YORK, NY, USA
15 October 2023 - Whitaker Center, HARRISBURG, PA, USA
17 October 2023 - The Strand, PROVIDENCE, RI, USA
19 October 2023 - Scottish Rite Auditorium, COLLINGSWOOD, NJ, USA
20 October 2023 - Scottish Rite Auditorium, COLLINGSWOOD, NJ, USA
21 October 2023 - Scottish Rite Auditorium, COLLINGSWOOD, NJ, USA
22 October 2023 - Warner Theatre, WASHINGTON, DC, USA
24 October 2023 - Carolina Theatre of Durham, DURHAM, NC, USA
26 October 2023 - Charleston Music Hall, CHARLESTON, SC, USA
28 October 2023 - Center Stage, ATLANTA, GA, USA
29 October 2023 - Ryman Auditorium, NASHVILLE, TN, USA
31 October 2023 - Taft Theatre, CINCINNATI,OH, USA
01 November 2023 - Goodyear Theater, AKRON, OH, USA
02 November 2023 - Copernicus Center, CHICAGO, IL, USA
03 November 2023 - The Pabst Theater, MILWAUKEE, WI, USA
05 November 2023 - Hoyt Sherman Theatre, DES MOINES, IA, USA
09 November 2023 - The Moore Theatre, SEATTLE, WA, USA
10 November 2023 - Historic Elsinore Theatre, SALEM, OR, USA
13 November 2023 - Golden State Theatre, MONTEREY, CA, USA
14 November 2023 - Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA - * SOLD OUT *
16 November 2023 - Balboa Theatre, SAN DIEGO, CA, USA
17 November 2023 - Lobero Theatre, SANTA BARBARA, CA, USA
18 November 2023 - Orpheum Theatre, LOS ANGELES, CA, USA
Tour Dates - 2024
1 March 2024 - Florida Theatre, JACKSONVILLE, FL, USA
2 March 2024 - Ruth Eckerd Hall, CLEARWATER, FL, USA
4 March 2024 - Dr. Phillips Center, ORLANDO, FL, USA
6 March 2024 - Pompano Beach Amphitheater, POMPANO BEACH, FL, USA
15 March 2024 - Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall, FORT MYERS, FL, USA
17 March 2024 - Saenger Theatre, MOBILE, AL, USA
21 March 2024 - Brown County Music Center, NASHVILLE, IN, USA
22 March 2024 - The Embassy Theatre, FORTE WAYNE, IN, USA
23 March 2024 - Kalamazoo State Theatre, KALAMAZOO, MI, USA
26 March 2024 - Pantages Theatre, MINNEAPOLIS, MN, USA
28 March 2024 - The Orpheum Theater, MADISON, WI, USA
29 March 2024 - Copernicus Center, CHICAGO, IL, USA
2 April 2024 - The Factory, CHESTERFIELD, MO (St Louis), USA
3 April 2024 - Uptown Theater, KANSAS CITY, MO, USA
6 April 2024 - The Majestic Theatre, DALLAS, TX, USA
7 April 2024 - The Paramount Theatre, AUSTIN, TX, USA
9 April 2024 - Stafford Centre, STAFFORD, TX (Houston), USA
12 April 2024 - Rialto Theatre, TUCSON, AZ, USA
13 April 2024 - Celebrity Theatre, PHOENIX, AZ, USA
17 April 2024 - Teatro Diana, GUADALAJARA, MEXICO
19 April 2024 - Auditorio BB, MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
Guitarist Steve Hackett joined Genesis in 1971, making his band debut on the Nursery Cryme album which enjoyed a greater commercial success in Europe than the UK. After extensive touring, the band were encouraged, by audience reactions, to further experiment with ever longer compositions and develop their ability to incorporate strong narratives. This, in turn, allowed frontman Peter Gabriel more opportunity to indulge in the theatrics which helped to raise the band's profile.
"I think Foxtrot was a terrific achievement for Genesis at that time," says Steve Hackett. "I think there is not one weak track on the album, they all have their strong points and I'm really looking forward to doing the whole album live."
Foxtrot was critically acclaimed and became the first Genesis album to make the UK album charts. The first track, the sci-fi influenced Watcher of the Skies became a fan favourite and perennial live set opener while Get 'Em Out By Friday was a cutting slice of social comment about concrete tower blocks replacing aging slums, driven not by concern for communities but by the greed of developers.
Hackett was the lead writer of Can-Utility and the Coastliners, featuring some particularly strong musical ideas, and also contributed his classically-inspired solo piece Horizons. "The original version was a rough mix but there was something about it. A rough monitor mix can have things that something more considered won't necessarily possess. I liked the sound of the rough mix, so we went with that."
The album's highlight was the 23-minute epic Supper's Ready which remains a concert favourite and featured on Hackett's recent Seconds Out tour. "'Supper's Ready' was a sojourn, an odyssey and something that goes down very, very well with audiences now." Hackett adds. "As part of 'Second's Out' I've been playing the whole of that again, it really has stood the test of time."
"We were a young, struggling band at that time. By the time we were doing 'Foxtrot', the band was becoming more ambitious. 'Foxtrot' is a must for fans of the early Genesis work. Fifty years ago? It doesn't feel like those ideas are fifty years old because it was-genre defining, rather than following trends. It still sounds current, now."
