Legendary twin guitar band, Wishbone Ash, will play four shows at Barnyard Theatres this July as part of their 2015 ”Live Dates Live” World Tour.

Fans can catch one of the most influential guitar bands in the history of rock, on Saturday, July 11 at 8pm at the Barnyard Cresta (Johannesburg), Sunday,July 12 at 2 pm at Barnyard Parkview (Pretoria), 8 pm on Wednesday, July 15 at the Barnyard Rivonia (Johannesburg) and at 8 pm on Saturday, July 18 at Barnyard Willowbridge (Cape Town).

Tickets are R250 – book online at www.barnyardtheatres.co.za or phone the relevant Barnyard Theatre.

Due to popular demand, the group will play tracks from their bestselling “Live Dates” album as well as tracks from their new studio album, “Blue Horizon”.

Formed in 1969, Wishbone Ash has done 24 original studio recordings, 10 live albums and four live DVDs along with a DVD rockumentary “This is Wishbone Ash”.

They have made records in both the United Kingdom and the United States, working with producers of the calibre of Tom Dowd (Cream, Clapton & Lynyrd Skynyrd) and Bill Szymczyk (Eagles, Joe Walsh & The Who).

The band is led by founding member Andy Powell on guitar and vocals, trading licks with Finland’s guitar wizard Muddy Manninen. Bassist Bob Skeat, a 17-year veteran of the band and in-demand studio musician, sets the pace with Joe Crabtree, one of the best of Britain’s new breed of drummers whose performance credits include Pendragon and David Cross of King Crimson.

Recorded on tour and released in 1973, “Live Dates” is Wishbone Ash’s best-selling album, even outpacing the perennially popular “Argus” (1972), which attained global gold status.

“We played all these old town halls in Britain in the 1970s and used the Rolling Stones mobile recording truck,” says Andy Powell. “These Victorian venues have great acoustics for rock and roll, so the sound to tape was overall really good; and the audiences were extremely lively, adding to the atmosphere. We had the luxury of choosing between many takes of different songs in many different locations.”

In 2014, Wishbone Ash released “Blue Horizon” to international acclaim. According to Powell, the new album’s diversity reflects the culmination of several factors.

“The band basically lives together year-round, so we have a very strong level of communication that translates in our performances and recordings,” says Powell. “We’ve come to an era where the industry has to pigeonhole a band as Classic Rock, Prog Rock, Heritage Rock and so on”.