Colosseum + Soft Machine

A double bill pairing the British progressive rock band Colosseum with Soft Machine, the Canterbury-formed group, at Cadogan Hall in London.

Colosseum were formed in 1968 and play progressive rock. Their debut album, Those Who Are About to Die Salute You, appeared in 1969 on Fontana Records, and the band's drummer Jon Hiseman led the group during its best-selling period. Later albums include Valentyne Suite (1969) and The Daughter of Time is Truth (1970). Chris Farlowe, Clem Clempson and Mark Clarke joined the line-up at different points before the group broke up in 1971.

Soft Machine were formed in Canterbury in 1966 by Daevid Allen, Kevin Ayers, Mike Ratledge and Robert Wyatt, and take their name from the William S. Burroughs novel. Their music blends jazz rock, progressive rock and psychedelic rock. The group released its first album, The Soft Machine, on Columbia Records in 1968, and has shared stages with the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pink Floyd and The Velvet Underground, among others. The band split in 1978.

The evening is presented by AGMP Concerts and takes place at Cadogan Hall, a concert venue on Sloane Terrace in Chelsea.