Heaven 17 announce The Greatest Hits Live With Orchestra tour

Read Time: |9th November 2026

## Martyn Ware and Glenn Gregory will perform their biggest songs with a full orchestra for the first time

Heaven 17 have announced ‘The Greatest Hits Live With Orchestra’, a UK tour taking in six of the country’s finest concert halls in November 2027.

Orchestral arrangement has long been part of the band’s story. Their records have regularly pushed electronics and strings together, and Martyn Ware’s work as a producer with BEF has often leaned on the same sense of scale and drama.

Ware said: “As a producer with BEF, and with Heaven 17, we’ve always loved orchestral textures and drama, as demonstrated on many of our albums. This concert series is an exciting opportunity to explore the power and beauty of a live orchestra in synergy with electronics and H17’s signature vocal arrangements. What a unique experience it will be for Glenn and I, and of course our loyal audience.”

Bandmate, Glenn Gregory, added: “One of the most interesting things about recording our music was that sometimes we would get the opportunity to work with an orchestra and transform our songs into something beyond our original idea. Now we get to perform an entire set, live with a full orchestra. I am beyond excited. This is a one-off opportunity to see something very special. Don’t miss it.”

Image credit: Todd Vision

#### The Greatest Hits with Live Orchestra Tour 2027

Ware and Gregory will perform their biggest songs with a full orchestra for the first time, opening at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall on Thursday 4 November and finishing at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Thursday 11 November.

The run includes a night at Sheffield City Hall on Saturday 6 November, in the city where Heaven 17 formed in 1980.

Support comes from China Crisis, the Liverpool band behind the hits _Wishful Thinking, Black Man Ray_ and _King In A Catholic Style_.

Full dates:

Thursday 4 November – Edinburgh, Usher Hall
Friday 5 November – Manchester, Bridgewater Hall
Saturday 6 November – Sheffield, City Hall
Monday 8 November – Birmingham, Symphony Hall
Tuesday 9 November – Bath, The Forum
Thursday 11 November – London, Royal Festival Hall

Tickets go on sale Friday 13 November at 10am and will be available here

Featured image credit: Todd Vision

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### Dan Biggane

Dan Biggane is a writer for Classic Pop and Vintage Rock magazines. A former entertainment editor at the Bath Chronicle newspaper, he’s interviewed countless big names from the world of rock and pop including Robert Plant and John Lydon, as well as members of The Specials, The Selecter, The Cure, The Go-Go’s, Echo & The Bunnymen, Dexys, Deacon Blue and Suzanne Vega.