The Spin’s 27th Birthday Bash featuring the mighty John Etheridge!

Wednesday 27th May 2026

Described by Pat Metheny as “one of the best guitarists in the world”, John continues to thrill audiences across the world – as he has been over the decades, performing with such luminaries as Stephane Grapelli, Nigel Kennedy, Andy Summers (of The Police), John Williams, Soft Machine….and indeed, Pat Metheny!

Sting is quoted as having said. “I just wanted to be a real musician, like John Etheridge”

…and you can hear this guitar guru of complete awesomeness at our little club, up-close and personal! John will be hot – as ever – off an international tour with Soft Machine, so expect a night of incendiary guitaristic shenanigans!

By popular demand, we are also augmenting the band once again to feature up front, John’s Soft Machine partner in criminally-good groove, saxophonist extraordinaire, Theo Travis! Aside from a ‘who’s who’ list of colleagues in the jazz world, Theo has been the first call saxophonist for such major rock stars as David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), Robert Fripp (King Crimson), the super-group Gong – and of course, currently, Soft Machine!

The band features the killer rhythm section of Dave Jones on bass and Sophie Alloway on drums (you know that these are major players, right?!). Completing the band will be he who kicked off The Spin’s very first gig, alongside John, back in May 1999: guitarist Pete Oxley.