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Steve Hackett single 7inch A Side The Show B Side Hercules Unchained Released March 1980 on Charisma Records (CB 357)

  An advert for the NEW Single The Show / Hercules Unchained CB 357

The Defector UK tour is announce in Sounds – May 10th 1980

  The Polygram version of the Defector press kit.

The Defector tour A ticket for the show at The Apollo Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland on the 14th June 1980. (Many thanks to Jim Brown for this ticket)

The Defector Tour This is a ticket for the show at The City Hall, Newcastle, England on the 15th June 1980. Note: The Ventriloquist act and The Rat! as support. …

The Defector tour A ticket for the show at The City Hall in Newcastle, England on the 15th June 1980. (many thanks to Lamia for this Defector tour ticket)

The Defector tour A ticket for the show at The Apollo Theatre in Manchester, England on the 16th June 1980. (Many thanks to M.Kenyon for this ticket)

The Defector Tour – 1980 This is a ticket for the show at The Lockley Grand Hall, Guild Hall, Preston, Lancashire, England on the 20th June 1980. Written on the …

The Defector tour A ticket for the show at The Odeon Theatre, Birmingham, England on the 21st June 1980 (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon for this ticket)

Defector was the fourth released by Steve Hackett, again on the back of success from the 1979 Spectral Mornings tours Steve used his touring band to record with. Tracks The …

Defector review – Hackett – Hacks it, Hugh Fielder reviews the 1980 Steve Hackett Album Defector. First published in Sounds on the 21st June 1980. (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon …

Defector Tour This is a ticket for the show at The New Theatre, Oxford, England on the 22nd June 1980 (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon for this ticket)

Defector Tour (UK) These are three photos of many taken during the Defector tour at The De Montfort Hall in Leicester, England on the 23rd June 1980. Many thanks to …

Defector tour A ticket for the show at The De Montfort Hall in Leicester, England on the 23rd June 1980. (Many thanks to Chris Leet for this excellent Defector tour …

The Defector tour A ticket for show at The Civic Hall in Guildford, Surrey, England on the 26th June 1980 (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon for this item)

The Defector tour This is a ticket for the show at The Gaumont Theatre, Southampton, Hampshire, England on the 27th June 1980 (Many thanks to Lamia for this ticket)

An Advert for the Defector album and the Defector tour, Melody Maker – 28th June 1980. Many thanks to Mark Kenyon

Sounds – July 5th 1980 High Fielder reviews Steve Hackett the gig at Leicester and completes an interview back at the hotel! (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon for this article)

  Sounds – Defector competition 12th July 1980… (Thanks to NOV for providing the item)

An interview with Steve Hackett (conducted at the end of his Defector tour) interview conducted by Daniela Soave of Record Mirror, published on the 12th July 1980.  

Defector tour A review of the gig at Hammersmith Odeon, London on either the 4th or 5th July 1980 written by David Etheridge and published in Melody Maker on the …

Steve Hackett is interviewed, his sound engineer is interviewed (Billy Budis) during the gig at The Civic Hall in Guildford on 26th June, There is a mini gig review all …

Steve Hackett single advert for Sentimental Institution single! printed in Record Mirror 16th August 1980. (Thanks to NOV for providing this item)

Steve Hackett single 7inch A Side Sentimental Institution B Side The Toast Released August 1980 on Charisma Records (CB 368)

The Defector tour A ticket for the show at The O’Keefe Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the 21st September 1980 (Many thanks to Sean Adams for this ticket from …

The Defector tour A ticket for the show at The Bottom Line Club in New York, USA on the 29th September 1980 (Many thanks to Chris Leet for this ticket …

The Defector tour A ticket for the show at Bergen Community College in Paramus, New Jersey, USA on the 3rd October 1980

Defector tour A Cloth pass for Backstage access at the show at The Tower Theatre on the 4th October 1980. (Many thanks to Chris Leet for this cloth pass and …

Defector tour This is a ticket for the show at Park West, Chicago, Illinois, USA on the 10th October 1980 (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon for this ticket)

Defector tour A ticket for the show at The Roxy in West Hollywood, California, USA on the 15th October 1980. (Many thanks to Mark Kenyon for this item)

Defector Tour (Europe) 1980 A gig poster advertising the forth coming gig at The Hall Of Holidays in Thonex (which is a canton of Geneva), Geneva, Switzerland on the 19th …

Defector tour A ticket for the show at The Theatre Due Verdure, Nice, France on the 23rd November 1980 Note: This show was an outdoor show set in an Amphitheatre. …

The Defector Tour A ticket for the show at The Palasport in Turin, Italy on the 24th November 1980. (Many thanks to Chris Leet for this ticket)

  Steve Hackett is interviewed during his 1980 Defector tour in support of the 1980 album Defector.