HAWKWIND CONFIRM NEW ALBUM

Hawkwind are to release their 31st studio album in September.

Titled ‘Road To Utopia’, it will be put out on September 14 on both LP and CD formats.  The band have worked with songwriter and conductor Mike Batt on reimagining some of their classic material with an orchestral approach. Eric Clapton makes a guest appearance on ‘The Watcher’, while there’s also a string quintet, sax quintet and a brass section.

The full track listing is:

1. ‘Quark, Strangeness And Charm’
2. ‘The Watcher’
3. ‘We Took The Wrong Step Years Ago’
4. ‘Flying Doctor’
5. ‘Psychic Power’
6. ‘Hymn To The Sun’
7. ‘The Age Of The Micro Man’
8. ‘Down Through The Night’

The band have the following shows coming up: Citadel Festival July 15, Margate Hall By The Sea 20, Dorset Weymouth Pavilion 21, Faversham A New Day Festival August 4, Manchester Lowry October 18, Leeds Town Hall 19, Gateshead Sage 20, London Palladium November 4/5, Bath Forum 24, Birmingham Symphony Hall 25.