Joe Jackson in Eindhoven

Joe Jackson is an English singer-songwriter, pianist and bandleader born in 1954. His music ranges across new wave, piano-led pop and jazz, and he became known through the album Look Sharp! and songs including “Is She Really Going Out with Him?,” “Steppin’ Out” and “Breaking Us in Two.” Night and Day became another central album in his catalogue. In 1986, Joe Jackson recorded Big World during performances at the Roundabout Theatre in New York, making the audience part of the album sessions. He later recorded the live album Summer in the City at Joe’s Pub with bassist Graham Maby and drummer Gary Burke. In 2019, he took a career-spanning set through theatres in North America and Europe on the Four Decade Tour.