John Lees’ Barclay James Harvest

They come back to Pratteln with their timeless classics. Under the label "The Last Tour" the musicians will celebrate their melancholic classic rock pearls once again on the stage of the Z7. Many a fan is guaranteed to shed a tear when John Lees performs this incomparable mixture of spherical pathos and dreamlike melodies for the very last time and we have to say goodbye to one of the most fascinating bands in rock history.

In 1967, John Lees, Woolly Wolstenholme, Les Holroyd and Mel Pritchard founded the progressive rock band Barclay James Harvest in the English town of Oldham. Characterized by their orchestral style, their tunes went around the world in the 70s and 80s. Titles like "Mocking Bird," "Hymn" and "Poor Man's Moody Blues" remain unforgotten. The band soon filled the big halls. The highlight was a free concert in 1980 on the Platz der Republik in Berlin in front of about 250,000 enthusiastic fans. In the 90's, the success of the formation waned and in 1998 the band split into two halves. John Lees (guitar/vocals) and Woolly Wolstenhome (keyboards/vocals) formed a duo, which subsequently enjoyed success with the albums "Nexus" (1999) and "Revival - Live" (2000), especially in Germany, Switzerland and finally also in England again. With a mixture of newer material and stylishly reworked classics, the band went on tour again. When Woolly Wolstenholme passed away unexpectedly in December 2010, the band decided to continue and dedicated the upcoming concerts to their late colleague. Subsequently, the band released a studio album ("North", 2013) and various concert recordings. Most recently, "The 50th Anniversary Concert" was released in 2018. The best-of program revives the greatest hits and presents often overlooked highlights from the band's extensive back catalog.


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