Hothouse Flowers: The Greatest Hits Tour

Hothouse Flowers play The Stables on Monday 2 November, with Clare Sands supporting. It's part of their Greatest Hits Tour, a run of shows they've billed as a night of songs that have travelled with them through the years, from the early days right through to now.

They're a rock n' roll, traditional and soul jam band whose career now spans more than 30 years and is well into its fourth decade. The energy they bring back to the stage harks to their 'Risk' days playing the dancefloors of Dublin's late-night clubs, and at heart they remain traditional musicians, with Fiachna, Liam and Peter at the front. They draw on a grand repertoire that leaves room for improvisation and carries the memory of songs like 'Currachaí na Tra Báine', a piece inherited by Fiachna that describes the blow dealt to a community and a family by drowning. Their most recent album, Let's Do This Thing, came out in March 2020.

This tour is a return to the road, and the setlist is built around the songs that have stayed with them over the decades. They've summed up the night in a single tagline: 'We'll bring the songs. You bring the voices.'

The gig is at The Stables (Jim Marshall Auditorium) on Stockwell Lane in Wavendon, Milton Keynes, starting at 8:00pm. The Milton Keynes date is sold out.