VENUE ISLINGTON ASSEMBLY HALL, LONDON
DATE 28/05/2023
It is, as the T-shirts on the merchandise stand read, “A Farewell To Touring”. At 76, John Lees has decided that it’s time for a well-earned rest from the rigours of the road. There will, he’s stated, still be occasional dates and a new album, but nonetheless tonight carries an air of pathos as one of the staples of British progressive rock begin to rein in their raises a previously sedate Sunday night audience to their feet with some hollering and air-punching. At the same time, a heart of stone would be required to not hear the poignancy as the band’s characteristically gentle classic offers the line, ‘’
