{"id":34,"date":"2025-08-08T14:56:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simonhopper.co.uk\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2026-02-07T08:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T08:26:13","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.simonhopper.co.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"The Simon Hopper Band (TSHB)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-section-5 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow is-style-section-5--1\" style=\"min-height:100vh;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2024, acclaimed songwriter Simon Hopper reignited his long-standing musical journey with the release of Survivor\u2019s Gratitude, recorded at StudioStudio\u00b3 in Whitworth with engineer Pete Troughton and a hand-picked group of outstanding musicians. The sessions sparked the formation of The Simon Hopper Band (TSHB) \u2014 a powerful new five-piece bringing Hopper\u2019s songs vividly to the stage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drawing on the cream of Manchester\u2019s rhythm players, the band features Rick Lacey on drums, Pete Attwood on bass, keyboardist and composer Simon Morecroft, and guitarist Rob Knight. Having rehearsed throughout autumn 2025, TSHB launches live in early 2026, appearing at leading venues across the North-West and beyond. Hopper\u2019s songwriting reflects a lifetime of influence \u2014 from British folk and 60s pop to the Great American Songbook and North American singer-songwriters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His work has been praised for its intelligence and depth: \u201cTopical, intelligent songs that seek deeper context and understanding.\u201d \u2014 hifi+ Magazine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With rich musicianship, textured arrangements and songs shaped by decades of craft, The Simon Hopper Band delivers thoughtful, compelling live performances not to be missed.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2024, acclaimed songwriter Simon Hopper reignited his long-standing musical journey with the release of Survivor\u2019s Gratitude, recorded at StudioStudio\u00b3 in Whitworth with engineer Pete Troughton and a hand-picked group of outstanding musicians. The sessions sparked the formation of The Simon Hopper Band (TSHB) \u2014 a powerful new five-piece bringing Hopper\u2019s songs vividly to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":203,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.simonhopper.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.simonhopper.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.simonhopper.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.simonhopper.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.simonhopper.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/www.simonhopper.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":205,"href":"http:\/\/www.simonhopper.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions\/205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.simonhopper.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.simonhopper.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}