Quite a bit of luck was involved so that Steve Hackett played Braunschweig [Brunswiek, Germany] again after his performance in 2003. The days leading up to the show had been hectic, too, because the gig was almost on the point of being cancelled. In the end, it turned out to be a memorable event.
The Capitol is a long-established half-round theatre with seating in the gallerys and a sloping “arena”. The show seemed to be not completely sold out, but for a normal Monday it was quite a good attendance.
Virgin / EMI Records have finally got around to releasing Steve Hackett’s early albums according to his ideas – to the delight of the musician and his fans alike, for the record company respected Hackett’s wishes about the sound as well as extras and the package.
After the artistic and commercial success of Steve Hackett’s version of Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream as a guitar concert in 1997 another project like that was to be expected. And indeed it was announced a couple of years ago and published eight years after its predecessor.