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The Invisible Man Diaries Back In Print

Happy to announce that my diaries are back in print! They are available in their original Vol 1 and Vol 2 formats from Racket at marillion.com.
If you've ever wondered what it's like to be me, here it is...
:o\

Message from h

I'm chuffed to announce that my gig at the Nantwich Words and Music Festival next Tuesday has sold out, along with the h Natural Christmas show at St Eustache Church, Paris. There are still a few tickets left for the following festive occasions. Fancy a Christmas show in Gdansk? Or Copenhagen? It'll be chilly.
Failing that, there's Oxford's beautiful St Johns Church.

Bring a bauble and snow boots...

Stary Manez Concert Hall, Gdansk, Poland on Saturday 15th December
https://starymanez.pl/title,Steve_Hogarth_,pid,3,oid,2,cid,271.html#ticketsM

St John the Evangelist Church Oxford on Tuesday 18th December
https://www.wegottickets.com/event/442780M

Hofteatret Christiansborg Slot, Copenhagen, Denmark 22nd December
https://www.ticketmaster.dk/event/452575

Message from h

Greets from the 31st floor in Osaka!
Here for 3 Marillion shows. The Japanese people are fabulous. Love em.
We came in on Sunday so we could absorb the jet leg pre show. Killing time and writing the new diary. Here comes volume 3...
If you're anywhere near the middle of England, perhaps I'll see you at St Mary's Church, Nantwich on the 9th October for a festival of literature and music...
Should be an interesting evening. Any requests can be left at my h Guestbook...
Sayonara loves
x

Message from h

Well - what a scorching summer we're having!
The gig with Richard Barbieri and Isildurs Bane in Loreley was most enjoyable. Also, my impromptu appearance with the Trevor Horn band last week went very well. It was great to see Lol Creme again and re-connect with the amazing Luis Jardim (the world's no. 1 percussionist imho) who had played on Ice Cream Genius back in the "dim n'distant"
A killer band, and some heavy duty singers. All very nice people.
Off to France at the weekend for Rock au Chateau...
Toodle pip...
(pic below shows Luis with Dave Gregory, producer Craig Leon and yours truly...)

Message from h

Greeting from the west coast of Sweden. I'm currently rehearsing with Isildurs Bane at their studio in Halmstad before climbing onto a tour-bus tomorrow for the long drive to Loreley. We will perform the whole of "Colours Not Found in Nature" on Sunday night when we headline The Night of the Prog festival. We will also perform "Red Kite", "Ghosts", and for the first time, "Arc Light" with Richard Barbieri. I'm really looking forward to it. Darlings! Come to Germany! You'll either be there, or you'll have to know you weren't there... forever.
x

Message from h

Greetings from Eindhoven! Nice here. I just watched the last cloud fade away.
An amazing atmosphere in Utrecht last night. Thank you to all who came and radiated the love. I was feeling it.

My diaries "The Invisible Man" are currently being reprinted in the original 2 volume format. I have parted company with Miwk publishing and so the diaries will be produced on my own "Poison Apple" label and will be for sale at Racket very soon. An announcement to follow soon so stay tuned.

h headlining Sunday night of "Night of the Prog"

Delighted to announce that I'll be headlining the Sunday night of "Night of the Prog" (at Loreley, Germany on July 15) along with Isildursbane and Richard Barbieri. Isildursbane and I will perform the entire "Colours Not Found In Nature" album (which I co-wrote and sang) along with selected songs from Hogarth Barbieri collaborations, "Not the Weapon but the Hand" and "Arc Light" releases. I heard a rumour that RB is considering playing Japan's "Ghosts" too. This is a very rare chance to see these works performed live and I commend it to the world!
Isildursbane are in themselves a rare thing to witness as they are not just a rock band, but also a chamber orchestra, complete with strings, percussion, brass and woodwind. Richard B is a genius, as we all know. Now you wouldn't want to miss THAT, would you?

CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS!

Message from h

Thanks to all who came to my show in Warsaw last weekend. I was given the very warmest welcome from the Poles and it was good to see some old friends. Apologies for my dodgy piano playing - always a risk when accepting random requests and trying new things. Special thanks to Rafal and Anna for returning my glasses! I have three Xmas dates to be announced very soon...
Love and handstands

Message from h

Hello everyone,
It's my birthday and I see the felicitous messages are already appearing on the guestbook. You really are a gorgeous bunch. Thank you thank you. I'm having a quiet day at home on my own. The sun's shining and the sky is blue. Woo hoo. Mosley sent me a HBD email this morning pointing out that according to Wiki, my net worth is $16 million. So that's fantastic! All I have to do now is find out where it is and get my hands on it!
Toodleoo from the birthday boy.
xx

Message from h

Greetings from the waiting room in Tyre Warehouse, Brackley. Nothing going on so thought I'd scribble.
The Marillion UK tour went really well. Ticket sales, vibe and the reaction on social media were all terrific. No one in band or crew went to hospital and I managed not to fall off anything and came through it physically and (in as much as one can) mentally unscathed. Happy days!
Now I'm back to a combination of "real life" and running to the studio for band jams and meetings. It's very real here at the Tyre Warehouse. The telly's on in the waiting room - one of those mid-morning programs about buying and selling houses - accompanied by the thrumping and whizzing of pneumatic wheel-nut removing tools in the workshop. Once I get out of here I'm off to the studio for a production meeting to address the visual aspects of next year's Marillion conventions. We need plenty of time to prepare and program these shows and we can't begin too soon. I'll be scrumming down with a team of "creatives", sound engineers, movie-makers and designers while Lucy worries in the corner trying to keep the reins on the budget. We have a team of terrific talent and terrific characters, so I'm looking forward to it.
I have a couple of solo shows across the summer/autumn:

Date	City	Venue	Tickets
Friday 1 June 2018	Warsaw, Poland	Progresja	TICKETS HERE
Tuesday 9 October 2018	Nantwich, UK	St Mary's Church	TICKETS HERE

Looking forward to Warsaw which was great last time, and also very much to St Mary's Church in Nantwich - part of the Words and Music Festival - a celebration of music and poetry which has already previously welcomed the artists listed below. Should be a craich...

Badly Drawn Boy, Mike Scott, Therapy?, Stornaway, Athlete, Seth Lakeman, Eddi Reader, The Lightning Seeds, The Magic Numbers, John Cooper Clarke, Gruff Rhys, Carol Ann Duffy, Barry Cryer, I Am Kloot, Don Paterson, Fyfe Dangerfield, Tim Burgess, Tom Robinson Band, Simon Armitage, King Creosote, Mary Gauthier, Mark Radcliffe, Barry Cryer, Eliza Carthy, Maddy Prior

I have 3 Christmas shows in the offing which I'll be announcing soon too.
Toodleoo, loves,

"Real" h   :o]

Message from h

Greetings from Gateshead where I am enjoying a quiet day off. The bloodyenglishweather's rotten so no need to go out really. We were turfed out of bed at 3 am to get on a ferry last night, and it was a further 3 hours before we arrived in Hollyhead and could return to "our fast moving beds" so I'm a bit sleepy.

Thanks to all who came to our shows in Belfast and Dublin. It was good for the soul to walk your streets again. I left my sunglasses in the Crown Bar, Belfast and no one nicked em. And I, of course, raised a quiet glass to William Butler Yeats in The Palace Bar, Dublin before returning to sound check at Vicar Street.
Great vibes both nights. Congrats all on the anniversary of The Good Friday Agreement. Long may the peace reign supreme in the island of Ireland.

Following Leanne's message on my guest book, I can tell y'all that there is a Kindle version of The Invisible Man Diaries on Amazon, but if you want hard copies, we are in the process of reprinting these in their original volume 1&2 form and these should be available from Racket later in the year.
See you soon.
I will make some more announcements about h Natural gigs later in the year. Maybe later this week!
Go easy...
Spring really IS coming... allegedly.
Love and handstands

Message from h

Happy Easter folks. As a kid, my family didn't make too much of a fuss about Easter, but now I'm married to Linette and the Danes get a bit more into it so there's decorations about the house. Rabbits and eggs and spring flowers. I reckon all this imagery is a bit more pagan than Christian but that suits me as I'm essentially a worshipper of the sun and nature. Some would argue that's only true if I can watch it through the window of a cocktail bar, but you get the drift.
So whatever your religion, or idea of a good weekend is, I hope you have one.
Peace be upon you and on the earth.

Message from h

Hello all
I'm playing h Natural at a club called Progresja in Warsaw on June 1. Come to Poland! Warsaw's well worth a look.
https://progresja.com/en/

Good gawd!
In the process of signing 4000 postcards to go in the Brave special edition. Repetitive strain here we come... I've been at it all day Monday and not even half way through. It's a hard life being famous. Or to put it another way... it's a good job we're not more famous! Does anyone know where I can buy a rubber stamp?