Reports from Steve Hackett’s tours and individual concerts
Steve Hackett finally toured again through Europe with a full band. On the German leg of the tour Steve also came to Hamburg.
When news came that the former Genesis guitarist would go on tour again few people believed it. After all, rumours that Hackett would play some gigs in Germany again had been around for almost a decade.
The first show of Steve Hackett’s Acoustic Trio Tour 2005 took place two weeks before the actual tour start – at the international Festival de la Guitare at Verviers, Belgium.
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.
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.
