The Lamb Stands Up Live At The Royal Albert Hall documents Steve Hackett and his band performing the classic Genesis album at the iconic London venue in October 2024, and is set for audio and visual release on the 11th July 2025 through InsideOut Music.
Hackett and his live band celebrated the 50th anniversary of the legendary Genesis concept album The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, with a selection of his favourite tracks from that album including ‘Fly On A Windshield’ and ‘Lilywhite Lilith’. The live set also includes other Genesis and solo classics, including music from his most recent album ‘The Circus And The Nightwhale’. This special evening saw the band joined by guests including Ray Wilson, Steve Rothery, Amanda Lehmann & John Hackett.
“I was so happy to revisit The Lamb on tour,” said Hackett. “The Royal Albert Hall evening was particularly memorable. It is my favourite London venue and the atmosphere there that night was absolutely electric… I was really pleased that everyone in the band and the performing guests pulled it off with flying colours!”
Mixed by Grammy-award winning engineer Chris Lord-Alge, and mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, the night was filmed by longtime collaborator Paul M Green, and is presented as Special Edition 2CD+Blu-ray Digipak which includes 5.1 Surround Sound & bonus interview content. The vinyl arrives as a deluxe 4LP 180g boxset, including 12-page LP-size booklet featuring photos from the evening.
The full track listing is as follows: ‘People Of The Smoke’, ‘Circo Inferno’, These Passing Clouds’, ‘The Devil’s Cathedral’, ‘Every Day’, ‘Hands Of the Priestess’, ‘A Tower Struck Down’, ‘Low Notes And High Hopes’, ‘Camino Royale’, ‘Shadow Of The Hierophant’, ‘The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway’, ‘Fly On A Windshield’, ‘Broadway Melody Of 1974’, ‘Hairless Heart’, ‘Carpet Crawlers’, ‘The Chamber Of 32 Doors’, ‘Lilywhite Lilith’, ‘The Lamia’, ‘It’, ‘Dancing With The Moonlit Knight’, ‘The Cinema Show’, ‘Aisle Of Plenty’, ‘Firth Of Fifth’, ‘Los Endos’, and ‘An Interview with Steve Hackett’ – It can be ordered here.
Steve Hackett and his band are currently continuing their Genesis Greats, Lamb Highlight & Solo tour around Europe, before taking it to Japan in July, Italy in September and North America in October & November. For a full list of dates, click here.
Earlier this year, Steve Hackett released Live Magic At Trading Boundaries, featuring live recordings from his annual acoustic shows at Trading Boundaries in the UK. You can listen to it here and watch the band performing ‘The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway’ from the forthcoming release here at RAMzine.
