Easter Antics
Happy Easter to all those who celebrate (and to those who don’t – I hope you still had a peaceful bank holiday weekend)! The older I get, the more I value precious time spent with friends and family. My mother … Continued
Selling out!!!
I heard my wife’s voice, “We’ve sold all the seats, it’s standing room only and people are queuing outside – we’ve got to open the doors!”.I thought at this point I would wake from my afternoon nap to find Cobweb … Continued
April 2025
“What’s this?” you may ask. Two Hacktrax newsletters within a month? There must be an album and a tour afoot! And so, dear reader, it is officially one week (give or take a couple days) until the launch of the … Continued
Wrong clee or key???
They say there’s a first time for everything and so it was that last Saturday night I found myself on stage at the Old Clee Social Club playing that Genesis stomper ‘The Knife’ with The Book of Genesis. Despite a … Continued
Retiring an old friend…
The time has come to retire… after so many gigs, so many miles travelling from one end of the country to the other, limp and lifeless in the back of an old van. No, I’m not talking about me but … Continued
March 2025
I hate to be one of those people bragging about the amazing holiday they’ve just had, but unfortunately the restorative mountain air of Abruzzo and much needed break from doing, well, everything, seems to bring it out in me. My … Continued
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