Rick Wakeman announces new-look Xmas show run for November and December

"Festive fun with a difference," is how Rick Wakeman has described his upcoming run of Christmas shows, which return this November and December after remaining unscheduled in 2023.

In a break with tradition, Wakeman will be joined by son Adam and singer Mollie Marriott at the Christmas shows for the first time. Both have been on the road with him as part of the English Rock Ensemble on his current Return Of The Caped Crusader… tour.

"There’s an old expression which goes ‘If it ain’t broke, then don’t fix it’,” says Rick, “and in most cases, that’s absolutely correct. However, I’ve decided that in spite of the success of the tried and tested formula for my solo Christmas tours over the last few years, it’s time for a rethink, and so the one-man show becomes a three-man show – well, two male and one female, to be entirely accurate."

With Wakeman Jr expected to attempt to control his father’s gentle ‘unwokeness’, Adam admits he's "worried what his father means by 'Festive fun with a difference'" while Marriott says, whatever, she’ll probably side with Wakeman Sr., as he’s paying the wages.

Tickets for the Yuletide shows go on sale at 10am on Friday March 1. You can view all the date below.

Rick Wakeman Yuletide tour dates

Nov 23: Portsmouth New Theatre Royal
Nov 24: High Wycombe Swan
Nov 28: St Albans Alban Arena
Nov 29: Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall
Nov 30: Leicester De Montfort Hall
Dec 01: Basingstoke Anvil
Dec 04: Evesham Regal
Dec 06: Croydon Ashcroft Theatre
Dec 09: Bradford St George’s Hall
Dec 11: Worthing Assembly Hall
Dec13: Ipswich Corn Exchange
Dec 14: Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion
Dec 15: Poole Lighthouse
Dec 16: Guildford G Live
Dec 18: Bath Forum
Dec 20: London Cadogan Hall

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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.