January 2025
Here at Hacktrax headquarters we do hope you have had as enjoyable and peaceful a Christmas and New Year as possible in this turbulent world.On a personal level 2024 had some real highlights but I won’t list them all here … Continued
A Year of Thank Yous
What a lovely year it’s been. We’ve found ourselves all over the country once again – making lots of new friends both on and off stage; saying goodbye, with love, to some old ones… February saw us at Manchester’s famous … Continued
That’s all (or is it…)
So that concludes the John Hackett Band gigs for 2024… We had an absolutely brilliant time at The Butler, Reading on Saturday night as part of the inaugural First Night Of The Progs. Lovely to be sharing the evening with … Continued
Albert Who?
I have played many concerts in my life from audiences of thousands down to two old ladies in Tooting library (a mix up over the promotion, at least that’s what they told me…). But playing at The Royal Albert Hall … Continued
Beatrix Players back on stage!
It’s official, the Beatrix Players have dusted off the set list and clambered back on stage! I’ve had the joy of playing at The Musician Pub Leicester a few times before, though those times with different outfits (no, I don’t … Continued
Daytripper
Armed with my senior bus pass and tales of Lift 109, I recently had a great day out catching up with old chums Nick Clabburn and Peter Rudden at Battersea Power Station. Growing up in London in the 1960’s, I … Continued
Starting with a bang!
For those of you who missed it, John Hackett Band started autumn with a bang in a double header with the wonderful The Blackheart Orchestra at Seven Arts Leeds.It’s always a pleasure to play there and you lovely lot who … Continued
Hacktrax News – September 2024
Autumn Musings … With the first appearance of Halloween décor spilling across store shelves, it seems it is now time to say summer is over. Put the buckets and spades back in the garden shed and command the gnomes to … Continued
Hippo or Rhino???
Whoever said you should never go back was clearly not in a rock band! It was a joy to be back at the Queens Park Arts Centre, Aylesbury, round the corner from where we used to live in the 90’s, … Continued
Winter’s End
They say to live a long life you should have daughters – I’m lucky enough to have two who, believe it or not, are willing to spend a Saturday night with their old man instead of going out clubbing. So, … Continued