Steve Harley
After cancelled 70th birthday party, back on the road [finally!] for ‘Uncovered’ and much more
Steve Harley is absolutely delighted to be heading back out on the road, after the longest absence from the stage of his career due to Covid, for a series of dates across the country. As well as numerous high- profile slots at festivals, he will be touring venues either as the Steve Harley Acoustic Band or as the fully electric Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel. He will be performing material from his last album ‘Uncovered’ but also, of course, hits and deep cuts from his extraordinary song catalogue. MOJO magazine said simply, “Harley creates rock songs that are proud, lyrical and full of yearning”. Full tour dates follow, see also www.steveharley.com.
These shows truly cannot come soon enough for Steve, who was forced to cancel plans for a 70th birthday spectacular at Glasgow’s Armadillo last year; this is now rescheduled for 5 March 2022 and billed as “Steve’s 70th + 1 Birthday Special”. He said, “I’d been travelling for 47 years until the door was slammed. Without my roller-case packed, I hardly know who I am! We are all dead keen to get back on the road, doing what we love and what we can’t really live without.”
The ‘Uncovered’ album includes interpretations of nine painstakingly chosen songs created in many instances by peers and contemporaries of Steve, those with shared histories and some that he admired from afar. These are songs with heft and honesty that have always connected and resonated within him; this is material that he’s always wanted to perform and may even wish he’d written! Steve’s links with some of the songwriters go back to the very start of their careers: Bowie in Beckenham; Dylan throughout his early teens; Cat Stevens/Yusuf and Paul McCartney, both massive early influences… Added into the mix are two songs from Steve’s own incredible catalogue, reworked from the originals: ‘Love, Compared With You’ which now boasts a newly-composed third verse, plus ‘Only You’, played Live for several years, but recorded here for the first time.
Steve is one of the UK’s finest songwriters and performers and these shows are a great chance to once again enjoy him doing what he does best. Rod Stewart, who covered Steve’s song ‘A Friend For Life’, describes him as “One of the finest lyricists Britain has produced.” Steve has also been described as “A consummate performer at the top of his game”, and these shows will bear that out.
UK TOUR DATES 2021
[and very special one in 2022!]
AUGUST 2021
Sun 01 / The Stables, Wavendon – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Weds 11 / Open Air Theatre, Lavenham – Steve Harley Acoustic Band
Fri 20 / The Tower House, Isle Of Man – Steve Harley Acoustic Band
Sat 21 / Northwich Memorial Court, Northwich – Steve Harley Acoustic Band
Sun 22 / A New Day Festival, Faversham – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
SEPTEMBER 2021
Sat 04 / Concert At The Kings, near Devizes – Steve Harley & Full Band
Sun 05/ Pub In The Park, Chiswick – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Fri 10 / Wyvern Theatre, Swindon – Steve Harley Acoustic Band
Sat 16 / South Downs Folk Festival, Bognor – Steve Harley Acoustic Band
Fri 17 / Haslemere Hall, Haslemere – Steve Harley Acoustic Band
Sat 18 / St Ives, Cornwall Acoustic Festival – Steve Harley Acoustic Band
Sun 19 / Plough Arts Centre, Great Torrington – Steve Harley Acoustic Band
OCTOBER 2021
Thurs 21 / Town Hall, Birmingham – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Fri 22 / Bridlington Spa, Bridlington – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Sat 23 / Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Sun 24 / Princess Alexandra Auditorium, Yarm – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
NOVEMBER 2021
Weds 3 / Grand Theatre, Lancaster – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Fri 5 / Lowther Pavilion, Lytham St Anne’s – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Sat 6 / Lowther Pavilion, Lytham St Anne’s – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Fri 12 / The Maltings, Ely – Steve Harley Acoustic Band
Sun 14 / Spinney Theatre, Northampton – Steve Harley Acoustic Band
Sat 27 / Butlins, Skegness – Steve Harley Acoustic Band
DECEMBER 2021
Sun 5 / O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Weds 8 / Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Thurs 9 / Picturedrome, Holmfirth – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Fri 10 / Royal Hall, Harrogate – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Sat 11 / Leamington Spa Assembly Hall – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Weds 15 / Apex, Bury St Edmunds – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Thurs 16 / Town Hall, Cheltenham – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Fri 17 / Forum Buildings, Bath – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Sat 18 / De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
MARCH 2022
Sat 5 / ARMADILLO, GLASGOW
“Steve’s 70th + 1 Birthday Special”
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel + String Section + Singers
