FAIRPORT Convention will welcome the return of long-serving member Dave Pegg on bass guitar when the veteran Oxfordshire folk-rock pioneers head out on tour in May and June.
Earlier in the year, his son Matt had to stand in when Pegg senior injured his left hand badly in a kitchen accident.
"In January, I severed a tendon in the first finger while I was emptying the dishwasher,” says Dave, who will play Pocklington Arts Centre on May 8.
“The irony is I'd just spent two days chain-sawing firewood without incident. My hand was in a splint for six weeks so I couldn't play bass or mandolin on Fairport's winter tour.
“Luckily, Matt is a bass player too – like father, like son – and he was available to deputise for me. Now I'm raring to get back on the road and really looking forward to playing with the band again."
Fairport Convention's semi-acoustic spring tour will visit more than 30 venues and festivals between May 1 and June 7, when the set will feature new songs and long-established favourites.
Post-tour, Pegg and co will prepare for their annual open-air music festival at Cropredy, in Oxfordshire, booked in for August 7 to 9 this summer.
Tickets for May 8 are on sale on 01759 301547 or at pocklingtonartscentre.co.uk
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