Justin Hayward, The Voice of the Moody Blues, is bringing his tour Forever Autumn to Bournemouth.

Justin Hayward OBE has enjoyed a career which is now in its fifth decade. The vocalist, lead guitarist and composer for the iconic Moody Blues, had hits including the masterful "Nights in White Satin", "Tuesday Afternoon", "Question", "The Voice" and the US top 40 hits "I Know You’re Out There Somewhere" and "In Your Wildest Dreams": plus other classics and genre-defining hits. These laid the foundation for the incredible success story of the Moody Blues – as well as solo work.

Already established as a songwriter, he joined the Moody Blues in 1966. Hitting his stride with “Fly Me High,” he followed with ‘Nights in White Satin’ and ‘Tuesday Afternoon’ from the seminal album Days of Future Past. The Moody Blues sold 70 million albums worldwide, with 18 platinum and gold LPs. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.

Justin created several solo albums such as Songwriter, Night Flight, Moving Mountains and Classic Blue’ with Mike Batt and The View From the Hill. He hit the Top Ten globally in 1978 with Forever Autumn – created for Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds, he starred in its spectacular live production. His Spirits Of The Western Sky (2013) was followed by the DVD ‘Spirits…Live’, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Video chart. All The Way followed - a compilation of solo work and live cuts. In 2020, Justin took to YouTube for the ‘Tuesday Afternoon Video Series’: which led to the digital album Tuesday Afternoons: The Audio Files. In 2021 he released "One Summer Day", "My Juliette", and "Living For Love" in 2022.

He says, “I always enjoy touring the UK. When I was in a local group in Swindon, we were offered a tour of the North of England and Scotland and I thought, ‘This is it - this is living”. British music - and British music fans - have a special place in the world of music, and I’m privileged that my songs are a part of that. The same goes for ‘Forever Autumn’. Wherever I go in the world people seem to know the song and associate it with my voice. It feels right to acknowledge Forever Autumn this autumn. Mike, Julie, Karmen and I are always trying to do something original and fresh, and thanks to guitar tech Josh, who has learnt exactly how to play my acoustic parts on many songs, it means my beloved Gibson 335 electric guitar will be playing a bigger part in the show this year. Sharing songs that I have written, new and old, and playing many of them live for the first time on our Forever Autumn 2025 tour will be a joy.”