Annie Haslam to team up with Renaissance founder Jim McCarty for US live shows

Renaissance's Annie Haslam and Jim McCarty in 2025 — (Image credit: Press)

Renaissance singer Annie Haslam and one of the band's founding members, former Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarty are to team up for some History Of Renaissance live shows in the US in November.

That means that for the very first time, members of both eras of the band will be performing together.

They will be presenting an evening of discussion and visual presentation of the band’s history, followed by a Renaissance performance featuring. This, despite Renaissance concluding their farewell tour in October last year.

“I'm looking forward to singing Face Of Yesterday from Jim's band Illusion, which I last performed on a tour of Germany in the early ‘70s," exclaims Haslam. "Such a gorgeous song! I’m also excited to be performing with Jim."

“I’ll be talking with Annie about how the band formed and got that sound," adds McCarty. "Also very pleased to be singing some of my own songs.”

McCarty formed Renaissance along with the late Yardbirds singer Keith Relf in 1969. The original line-up featured Relf's sister Jane on vocals, keyboard player John Hawken and bassist Luis Cennamo. The band released their self-titled debut album in 1969, but splintered during the making of the follow-up, Illusion.

Although both Relf and McCarty planned to remain in non-performing roles, and auditioned Haslam, who replaced the short-lived Anne-Marie "Binky" Cullom and a new line-up featuring Jon Camp (bass), John Tout (keyboards) and Terry Sullivan (drums) featured on 1972's Prologue, with guitarist Michael Dunford joining full-time during the ensuing tour.

McCarty, Hawken, Cennamo and Jane Relf all featured in the band Illusion in the late 1970s, who recorded two albums for Island Records, while Haslam has been the mainstay for Renaissance ever since.

You can see the History Of Renaissance live dates and ticket details below.

History Of Renaissance tour poster — (Image credit: Press)

History Of Renaiasance November dates

Nov 21: IL Edwardsville The Wildey Theatre (Get tickets)
Nov 22: IL Edwardsville The Wildey Theatre (Get tickets)
Nov 28: NJ Newton Newton Theatre (Get tickets)
Nov 29: NJ Lansdowne Theatre (Get tickets)

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Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine which he founded for Future Publishing in 2009. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. He has since written for Metal Hammer, Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines, among others. He created and edited Classic Rock Magazine for Dennis Publishing in 1998 and is the author of a variety of books on both music and sport, including Wonderous Stories; A Journey Through The Landscape Of Progressive Rock.

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