from bertjansch.com:

On 29 June 2008, exactly 40 years to the day that unique British folk/jazz ‘supergroup’ Pentangle recorded the live disc of their seminal double album, Sweet Child, at London’s Royal Festival Hall, the original band: Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Jacqui McShee, Danny Thompson and Terry Cox, will reunite and return to the Royal Festival Hall to celebrate their legacy. From their formation in swinging ‘60s London, Pentangle were one of the most exciting and innovative groups in the world, genuinely pushing boundaries and exploring new musical avenues. Simultaneously stars of the underground and darlings of the mainstream, they enjoyed an unprecedented degree of success worldwide for an acoustic band and their influence and musical impact is still revered and relevant today, as evidenced by the critical and commercial acclaim for The Time Has Come, and their BBC Radio 2 Lifetime Achievement Award presented in February 2007 at the BBC Folk Awards by Sir David Attenborough. This concert is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for long-time fans to revisit and new fans to experience for the first time the magic that is Pentangle.

Sunday 29 June 2008, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX. Doors 7.00pm. Tickets (£30/£25/£15) go on sale at 10.00am on Thursday 8 November from the Southbank Centre Ticket Office on 0871 663 2500 or http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk. (Transaction fees apply except for Southbank Centre members).

“Pentangle still rule the roost” – The Times (9 February 2007)

“Pentangle revolutionised 60s music” – MOJO (April 2007)

“The godfathers of English folk music…unquestionably the core template for today’s blooming nu-folk scene” – Metro (23 March 2007)

“Pentangle was electrifying, particularly at a time of unprecedented free thinking in music. Together they created an intoxicating instrumental force” – Jazzwise ( April 2007)

“One of the most experimental and influential bands of the Sixties” – The Sun (23 February 2007)

“Pentangle rewrote the Britfolk rulebook…America has nothing to match them” – The Daily Mirror (9 March 2007)

“Britain’s Grateful Dead” – The Guardian (16 March 2007)