Joe Jackson « Hope and Fury Tour 2026 »

Joe Jackson brings his Hope and Fury Tour 2026 to Cambridge Corn Exchange on 1 October 2026. Songwriter, pianist and bandleader, he has spent decades moving freely between pop, rock, new wave and more orchestral writing, without losing the sharp hooks and literate songwriting that marked his early work. From his late-70s breakthrough to the sleek urban moods of Night and Day and the later studio adventures of Rain, Fast Forward, Fool and What a Racket!, his catalogue traces a clear line of curiosity and craft. Steppin’ Out remains a calling card, but it’s one chapter in a songbook built for the stage.

This tour leans into that range. On stage, Jackson shifts from taut, guitar-leaning cuts to piano-led pieces with jazz and chamber shades, threading older favourites with newer material. The set builds on his knack for crisp arrangements and storytelling, letting the melodies carry the room rather than pyrotechnics. Whether revisiting late-70s snapshots or something he wrote last year, he keeps the framing direct and uncluttered, with the piano at the centre and the songs doing the work. Cambridge gets the full sweep: a writer looking back without nostalgia and forward without fuss, in a concert shaped by economy, pulse and detail.