Tag: Jack Savoretti

15th April 2026 at Circuit, Kingston

Celebrating the release of his ninth album, We Will Always Be The Way We Were, Jack Savoretti takes the stage at Circuit with a guitar, along with his buddy, Danish pianist Nikolaj Torp Larsen.

In such an intimate venue, Jack is quite chatty and tells the story behind each of the songs, as well as answering questions from the audience and performing snippets of some of the songs they request.

He starts off with a story about songwriting and how a friend commented that Jack had rediscovered “his sound”.  Describing it as a “fuck you” song, he kicks off with album opener The Making of You.

Sharing the grief of losing his father a few years ago, Jack explains that this next song was his outlet to capture the feelings. “How I wish I could call you now,” he croons during Can Hurt Sometimes. It’s an emotional tune with a profound meaning but doesn’t feel too heavy. 

We are serenaded with more new songs from the album, including the title track We Will Always Be The Way We Were, interspersed with more stories. 

He describes Miles Kane as a “brother from another mother” who he met a few years ago at an awards ceremony. He said they were both in the “afternoon of life”, in other words, mid-life crisis. They wrote Bada Bing, Bada Boom together on Jack’s Italian album, and collaborated on the new album. He relates a conversation that they had. “Why do we do it?” pondered Jack. “We do it for love,” replied Miles. This leads into their co-written epic Do It For Love.

A fan in the front row asks about his last gig in Kingston which was amazing and the microphone broke (we’re not sure how these things are related) but Jack laughs and says he uses them everyday but has no idea how they work! Someone else asks Jack if he is looking forward to playing the Royal Albert Hall the following week. “So much,” he affirms. He talks about what an honour it is to play there.

As someone who didn’t know much about Jack Savoretti before this show, I have become a fan.  I love the new album, he is a great songwriter with an enchanting voice, and seems to be very personable. Also intrigued by Nikolaj who is also an excellent musician and has played on some big hits. It was a fantastic show!