Progressive rockers Haken have announced that they are to return to North America in 2024 for a special An Evening With tour. The band will be performing the entirety of their newest album Fauna, as well as other tracks from across their career. Read below for the tour details, and more about the latest full-length.
The band comment: “We’re really excited to be doing our first An Evening with Haken tour in North America next year. It’s something we’ve been talking about and wanting to do for a while, and which we’ll be hoping to take further afield too after this run. Given our growing discography it can get harder and harder each year to choose a setlist that covers everything we want to and also pleases all of our fans. With the full evening to ourselves, we have the freedom to really dig deep into the back catalogue! Fans can expect Fauna in its entirety, and a whole lot of different Haken music old and new. So come and join us for An Evening with Haken in February and March 2024!“
Pre-sales are open now, with general on-sale starting September 15th. Find them here.
The full list of shows is below:
February 10th – The Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
February 11th – House of Blues, Anaheim, CA
February 13th – The Depot, Salt Lake City, UT
February 15th – Boulder Theater, Boulder, CO
February 17th – Tannahill’s Tavern & Music Hall, Forth Worth, TX
February 18th – White Oak Music Hall, Houston, TX
February 20th – Delmar Hall, St Louis, MO
February 21st – Bogart’s, Cincinnati, OH
February 22nd – Egyptian Room at Old National Centre, Indianapolis, IN
February 23rd – The Arcada Theatre, St. Charlies, IL
February 24th – St. Andrew’s Hall, Detroit, MI
February 25th – Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, ON
February 27th – Roxian Theatre, McKees Rocks, PA
February 28th – Baltimore Soundtage, Baltimore, MD
February 29th – Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT
March 01st – Somerville Theatre, Somerville, MA
March 02nd – Palladium Times Square, New York, NY
March 03rd – The Vogel, Red Bank, NJ
March 05th – The Orange Peel, Asheville, NC
March 06th – Center Stage, Atlanta, GA
Fauna sees the band exploring new ideas conceptually as Ross Jennings continues. “The premise of the album when we started writing it was that every song would have an animal assigned to it. They all have something related to the animal kingdom that we could write about, but they also connect to the human world. Each track has layers, and some of them are more obvious than others.“
“It reminds me of The Mountain,” adds guitarist and fellow founder Richard Henshall. “There, we had the idea of not really a narrative-based album, but more the concept of climbing a mountain and overcoming the obstacles along the way. Then we took that and thought about how it could relate to our everyday lives. All of Fauna’s animals relate to us, personally.”
Fauna tracklisting:
01 Taurus 04:49
02 Nightingale 07:24
03 The Alphabet of Me 05:33
04 Sempiternal Beings 08:23
05 Beneath The White Rainbow 06:45
06 Island In The Clouds 05:45
07 Lovebite 03:49
08 Elephants Never Forget 11:07
09 Eyes Of Ebony 08:32
Fauna is available on several formats, including Ltd 2CD (incl. instrumentals), Standard CD, Gatefold 2LP & as Digital Album. The albums stunningly detailed artwork was created by Dan Goldsworthy (Charlie Griffiths, Sylosis)
‘Fauna’ also marks the return of keyboard player Peter Jones, whose sounds can be heard permeating the entire album. “What Pete’s brought sonically to the band has played a massive role in why we do have a lot of new sounds on this record,” says Ross. “It’s always a new dynamic when there’s a change in personnel, and this is a fresh and reviving one. It’s certainly helped proximity-wise, with Pete being in the country: Pete and Ray [Hearne, Haken’s drummer] would be at Rich’s place and they’d just start jamming. That’s really key to how the songs start.”
Haken are:
Ross Jennings
Richard Henshall
Charlie Griffiths
Pete Jones
Conner Green
Ray Hearne
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