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
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
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
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
Hacktrax News – March 2024
Velvet Afternoon 20th Anniversary I remember when I was on tour in the U.S. with my brother in the early 80’s, a guy came up to me after a gig. “So you’re John Hackett?” he said. I nodded. “Wow, I … Continued
UPDATE RE BIRKENHEAD GIG
Due to circumstances unforeseen our gig at Future Yard in Birkenhead on Sat 2nd March will not now be taking place*. *Not strictly accurate. Dominic Sanderson and Grool will still be playing, but they will be joined by Way Off … Continued
Hacktrax News January 2024
The year kicked off with a return to the magical setting of Trading Boundaries for an acoustic concert over two evenings with my brother Steve Hackett, ably assisted by Roger King and Rob Townsend. This has become something of an … Continued
Hacktrax News – November 2023
There’s been quite a bit going on at Hacktrax headquarters recently, so I’ll take a deep breath and try to keep you updated with our latest news… The next John Hackett Band gig will be in aid of Prostate Cancer … Continued
“The world it turns and turns and turns…”
While our band gigs are done for the year, as you’re aware, that doesn’t mean the band members are contemplating their Christmas dinners /just/ yet! John Hackett has some gigs with Beatrix Players at Acapela Studio in Cardiff and The … Continued
Living and Alive
I count myself extremely fortunate to be working with this lovely bunch of people! The new Beatrix Players album ‘Living & Alive’ is available at https://burningshed.com/store/beatrix-players and https://beatrixplayers.bandcamp.com/album/living-alive Thanks so much to all those who have taken the trouble to … Continued