GRYPHON is the oldest and the newest thing – a legendary British band that’s as exhilarating, energetic, unpredictable and addictive now as it was when the boys last toured, in the 1970s.

Now they are back on the road and will play the Talking Heads in Southampton on Thursday June 15.

From the start, no-one could pigeonhole Gryphon. When the first album came out the band appeared on BBC Radios 1, 2, 3 and 4, all in the same week. They appeared with Yes at Madison Square Garden and Houston Astrodome, played festivals, folk clubs and cathedrals. They wrote and played the music for Sir Peter Hall’s National Theatre production of The Tempest at the Old Vic and found a unique place in the hearts of folkies, prog rock fans, Early Music aficionados and others with an ear for something fresh and different.

Now Gryphon is back, reinvented and mixing old and new material. The virtuoso musicianship and composing flair that marked the band out in the ’70s has been pushed even further, as the band members have gone their separate ways for the last three decades.

Over the years, members of Gryphon have worked with Musica Reservata and the Bootleg Beatles, Paul McCartney and Alan Bleasdale, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Kate Bush, Tanita Tikaram, Loudon Wainwright, John Williams and the other John Williams, Cliff Richard, Brian Ferry, Elvis Costello and Home Service, Hans Zimmer, Max Boyce and Desmond Dekker, David Byrne, the Albion Band, the Royal Choral Society, Long John Baldry, Steve Howe, The New Scorpion Band and legendary punk band Wire. New recruit and old friend Graham Preskett has played with everyone from Van Morrison and Paul McCartney to Cher, and was keyboard player for Gerry Rafferty arranging the strings for Baker Street. He also contributed mandolin to Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, tango violin to Moulin Rouge and harmonica to Thelma and Louise. In fact, the list is endless.

For tickets/more information email: enquiries@thetalkingheads.co.uk