Thursday 23rd April. The Plaza, Mersey Square, Stockport. SK1 1SP. Doors: 29:30. Tickets: £32.50. Box Office: 0161 477 7779. Email: [email protected] 

Together for fifty-six years now, Steeleye Span changed the face of folk music forever by taking it into the world of gold discs and international tours.  Now they return with Conflict, their first full studio album in over five years.  All traditional singers have sung modern and self-composed pieces alongside old songs, Conflict is an album that follows in that very tradition. The album's title was chosen as much to reflect the times we find ourselves in, but also the stretch and tear of our relationship with this planet that hosts us.