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Marillion Make a Great Escape at the Apollo

“Marillion signed off their UK tour with a sold-out Eventim Apollo show, spectacular lasers and the Flowing Chords choir. With Haunt the Woods opening proceedings.”

Cris Watkins

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Marillion - Eventim - Credit Robert Sutton

Marillion + Haunt the Woods @ Eventim Apollo, London 2nd October 2026

Marillion

Marillion finished their 14-show UK tour with two nights at London’s Eventim Apollo. The first was an all-seated affair, while the final night had standing downstairs and the usual seating upstairs in the balcony.

We were here for the second, final night, along with the rest of the audience for a sold-out show. The band made their entrance to rapturous applause, with Steve Hogarth, better known as ‘H’, the last to arrive. He took a few paces before promptly sitting on one of the monitors at the front of the stage for the opening song, Gaza. He stayed there for the first couple of lines before making his way to his microphone stand at centre stage.

Up next were You’re Gone, from Marbles, followed by Built-in Bastard Radar, from marillion.com. I thought this made for a rockier start to a Marillion show than I have seen in the past.

The band continued on their own through all four parts of Care, after which we were treated to Flowing Chords, the choir from Rome. They added that extra little something to The Space… and The Crow and the Nightingale, before the band played the epic Easter.

H then took his place at his keyboard for Lucky Man, with a big grin on his face for just about the duration of the whole song.

Living in FEAR, Go!, Wave and Mad followed before they ended their main set with The Great Escape, from Brave.

The light show, with plenty of lasers, was, as always, pretty spectacular throughout the night, although this time there was no video screen at the back of the stage.

The encore opened with The Release, before the choir returned for Man of a Thousand Faces. Of course, some confetti cannon action rounded off the night very nicely.

Wow, what a great show and such a great way to round off their UK tour. The band continue into the Netherlands later in October before heading to France for their November shows.

Marillion setlist

Gaza
You’re Gone
Built-in Bastard Radar
Ribbons and Lace
Hotel Hobbies
Afraid of Sunlight
Care (I) Maintenance Drugs
Care (II) An Hour Before It’s Dark
Care (III) Every Cell
Care (IV) Angels on Earth
The Space… (with Flowing Chords)
The Crow and the Nightingale (with Flowing Chords)
Easter (with Flowing Chords)
Lucky Man (with Flowing Chords)
Living in FEAR (with Flowing Chords)
Go! (with Flowing Chords)
Wave (with Flowing Chords)
Mad (with Flowing Chords)
The Great Escape (with Flowing Chords)

Encore

The Release
Man of a Thousand Faces (with Flowing Chords)

Haunt the Woods

Haunt the Woods are a four-piece alternative rock band, and guitarist Phoenix Elleschild let us know they were from Cornwall — for all of us who didn’t know.

They played a short set of six songs, mixing alternative rock, folk, prog and pop. I think there was something for everyone in the audience tonight, and they did a great job as the warm-up act, although fewer pauses for guitar tuning might have made their set flow a little better!