Folk rock pioneers Steeleye Span replay the vintage years at Lowther Pavilion

Space Oddity, Suspicious Minds, Pinball Wizard, Whole Lotta Love, Come Together - 1969 could easily be said to be a vintage year for music, the end of a decade that changed the world. It would also see the birth of a band that would start as an idea to electrify traditional music and would go on to become one of the most enduring stories in the folk world and beyond.Fifty years on and Steeleye Span are marking this incredible milestone with new album EST’D 1969 and a tour that will celebrate a band that are as creative and vital now as ever. Led by the iconic Maddy Prior, the seven-piece line-up will draw on the group’s incredible history to provide a night of favourites and surprises from down the decades.

They will be at Lowther Pavilion on May 3, 7.30pm.