Hawkwind announce 35th studio album

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Space rock legends Hawkwind have announced that they will release a brand new studio album, The Future Never Waits, through Cherry Red Records on April 28.

The new album, the band's 35th studio album, follows on from 2021's acclaimed Somnia release and the following 2022 double live album We Are Looking In On You, and has been recorded by the current Hawkwind line-up of Dave Brock, Richard Chadwick, Magnus Martin, Doug MacKinnon and Tim 'Thighpaulsandra' Lewis.

The band are currently booking live shows around the release of the new album, to add to the previously announced headline slot at the very first UK Prognosis Festival on April 23.

Thus far they will play:
Apr 28: Manchester Academy I
Apr 29: Nottingham Rock City
Apr 30: Durham Northern Kin Festival
Jun 16: Hall for Cornwall
Aug 28: Chepstow Castle, Castell Roc

The Future Never Waits will be released on CD and vinyl. You can see the new album artwork and tracklisting below.

Pre-order The Future Never Waits.

Hawkwind: The Future Never Waits
1. The Future Never Waits
2. The End
3. Aldous Huxley
4. They Are So Easily Distracted
5. Rama (The Prophecy)
6. USB1
7. Outside Of Time
8. I’m Learning To Live Today
9. The Beginning
10. Trapped In This Modern Age

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.