News: STEELEYE SPAN UK Tour starts 1 October – win tickets to Cambridge gig (8 October)

As Steeleye Span approach their their 50th anniversary in 2019 they embark on a UK tour starting 1 October. The band is working on a new studio album and some of the new tracks will feature in the setlist.

Steeleye Span are an English Folk Rock band formed in 1969. Still active today, along with Fairport Convention they are amongst the best known acts of the British Folk Revival and were among the most commercially successful, thanks to their hit singles ‘Gaudette’ and ‘All Around My Hat’ which achieved a certified gold record.

The present Steeleye line-up is: Maddy Prior (vocals), with long term member Liam Genockey (drums), Julian Littman,(guitar/keyboards and vocals) Andrew Sinclair (guitar), Jesse Mae Smart (violin and backing vocals), Benji Kirkpatrick (guitar and backing vocals – whose father John Kirkpatrick played with the band in 1977-1978) and Roger Carey (bass).

The band will be joined on the tour by another folk-rock legend, Jacqui McShee from Pentangle.

Interview (Julian Littman)

Win a pair of tickets to the Cambridge gig on Monday 8 October! Please use the contact form and put “Steeleye Span Comp” in the message section. Competition closes on Tuesday 2 October at 23:59 GMT. Usual competition rules apply.

Steeleye Span Tour Dates 2018

Mon 1st October     Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen
Tues 2nd October    The Subscription Rooms, Stroud
Wed 3rd October    The Stables, Milton Keynes
Thurs 4th October    Swan Theatre, Worcester
Sat 6th October        Royal Hippodrome Theatre, Eastbourne
Sun 7th October    Chelmsford Theatre, Chelmsford
Mon 8th October    Corn Exchange, Cambridge
Tues 9th October    Opera House, Buxton
Wed 10th October    Palace Theatre, Mansfield
Fri 12th October    The Core at Corby Cube, Corby
Sat 13th October    Holy Trinity Church, Sudbury
Sun 14th October    Theatre Royal, Margate
Mon 15th October    Hexagon, Reading
Wed 17th October    Royal Philharmonic, Liverpool
Thurs 18th October    The Courtyard, Hereford

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