Peter Hammill announces live dates for England and Scotland in September and October, his first UK solo shows for seven years

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Van der Graaf Generator's Peter Hammill has announced three live dates for England and Scotland for September and October, his first UK solo shows for seven years (Hammill has toured mainland Europe and Japan over the last few years). They include an appearance at London's Royal Festival Hall, the scene of VdGG's celebrated reunion show in May 2005.

Hammill will play Edinburgh's Queen's Hall on September 29, Manchester's RNCM on October 1 and London's London's Royal Festival Hall on October 2.

"Since the last VdGG tour was abruptly curtailed back in 2022 I’ve done solo shows in Italy, Japan and Greece," says Hammill. "So it’s really about time that I played some UK dates - incredibly the last ones were in 2018."

Hammill is currently working on a new solo album, a follow-up to 2021's In Translation. An announcement is expected shortly.

Tickets for all dates go on sale this Friday, July 4 at 10am. A London pre-sale is set for Wednesday at 10am and Manchester for Thursday at the same time.

Tickets will be available here.

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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