Category: News
Official Caravan News
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Acoustic Caravan . Sound Lounge Sutton Friday 5th June
A rare opportunity to see the. Acoustic band at this great venue Sutton , Surrey 216-220 High Street Sutton , SM1 1Nj tickets are selling fast! price £25 https://www.thesoundlounge.org.uk If it’s anything like the last time they played here in. 2025 you are in. for a fantastic night
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HRH Prog Awards 3 – 2025
Vote for your favourite band Caravan in the Best British Prog Band category of the HRH Prog Awards 3.
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Caravan – The Shows Of Ours… Live – 22nd August
Madfish proudly presents a 10 LP archival boxset of first-time to vinyl Caravan performances. Includes 4 previously unreleased concert recordings plus 60-page collector’s book with photographs, ephemera, and first-hand band reflections.
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Review of Caravan at Trading Boundaries 22nd March 2025
Patrick A Coffey’s review of Caravan Acoustic’s gig at Trading Boundaries on 22nd March 2025.
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Mike Ratledge RIP 1943 – 2025
Soft Machine founding member and keyboard player Mike Ratledge has died aged 81, after a short illness. Mike was an enigmatic figure of the Canterbury scene. Mike was the original composer of Backwards, part of Soft Machine’s Slightly All The Time. Caravan’s first version of Backwards appeared in the L’Auberge du Sanglier suite, on the For…
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Acoustic Caravan!
Following rehearsals at Geoffrey’s studio, the trio of Pye Hastings , Geoffrey Richardson and Mark Walker played their first acoustic Gig on 10th November 2024 at the Firkin Frog in Herne Bay, Kent .
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Jimmy Hastings RIP
It is with great sadness to let you know that the great Jimmy Hastings has passed away . Jimmy was always known as the fifth member of Caravan . He performed Sax and flute on numerous Albums and played live with the band over the last 50+ years when his schedule allowed . Jimmy was…
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56 years on the Road Tour Nene Valley Rock Festival 8th September 2024
The band are headlining on Sunday 8th September. A lovely festival at Grimsthorpe Castle, South Linconshire. www.NVRF.rocks
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Cambridge Rock Festival -cancelled
We are sorry to report that unfortunately the Cambridge Rock Festival has been. Cancelled this year . The band who have a long affiliation to this great festival were looking forward to playing on the Saturday night . Licensing difficulties is the reason cited for the lat minute cancellation. We wish Dave Roberts and his…
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Maurice Haylett 1945-2023 RIP
The band are sad to announce the death of Maurice ‘The Hat’Haylett after a short battle with cancer, Maurice was an integral part of the Caravan family since 1970 .He was their sound engineer , tour manager , driver , and friend .The band wrote a song about him in 1970 titled “A day in…
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Who Do You Think We Are? Box Set Available Now
Who Do You Think We Are? 37 disc deluxe box set The ultimate tribute to the legendary Canterbury band Who Do You Think We Are? is the ultimate tribute to the ultimate Canterbury band. This deluxe box set runs to a staggering 37 discs. All the official Caravan albums – studio and live recordings among them…
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UK Tour Autumn 2022 . 13 Dates announced!
The band are delighted to be ‘treading the boards’ again with a 13 date UK tour this October . The Tour Starts in Brighton on 7th October and finishes in Canterbury on 26th October . Tickets are available via the Gig Cartel or via the link shown on the relevant event . Some of the…
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Two exclusive dates in Japan for September 2022 -With String Section!
The band are playing two special dates at Club Citta in Tokyo on 17th and 18th September. They will be playing a special set as they are going to be accompanied by a STRING SECTION. Relive the New Symphonia days at these exclusive concerts. See caravanjapan2022.com
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UK TOUR March 2022. Tickets still available !
The band are very excited to be on the road again later this month. Following the postponement of the last three dates of their successful October tour, these three dates have been rescheduled together with three extra dates . the dates are : Sun 20th March . Dover Mon 21st Bristol Tues 22nd Leamington Spa…
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An Afternoon with Pye Hastings (In-Store Signing)
Revolution Records in Stevenage are hosting a signing event for the latest Caravan album ‘It’s None of Your Business‘ with Pye Hastings from 1pm on Saturday 27th November. Revolution Records, 1-3 Middle Row, Stevenage, SG1 3AN, 01438-487170
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Last Three Gigs of UK October 2021 Tour Postponed
Sadly , due to two members of the band testing positive for Covid the band have been forced to pull out of the last three gigs . The Gigs at Bristol on Wednesday 27, , Exeter on Thursday28th , and Dover on Friday 29th are all postponed . It is envisaged that the gigs will…
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Dave Sinclair – New Solo CD release: ‘Hook-Line & Sinclair’
Dave is pleased to announce the release of his new CD, ‘Hook-Line & Sinclair’. It contains a selection of 12 new and unreleased home and studio recordings from 1981 to 2019 A number of ‘Canterbury’ musicians play on the album including: Pye Hastings, Richard Coughlan, Robert Wyatt, Richard Sinclair, Jimmy Hastings and Doug Boyle. To…