"The stage lights fall on a man whose career has always been defined by motion-whether his hands sliding across guitar strings, his eye fixed on the viewfinder of a Leica camera, or his pen scratching across paper. Legendary guitarist Andy Summers-Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, five-time Grammy winner, and co-architect of one of the most influential bands in rock history -is returning to San Francisco with a show unlike anything he's done before."
""What surprises me is that I had never done it before. I've been involved in photography exhibitions and concerts for years. And it was only two and a half to three years ago that I suddenly thought, 'Let's merge the two.' It's hardly the first time anybody's ever thought of doing that. But finally, I thought I could do it. I've been doing it quite a lot now around the world.""
"Audiences sit in the dark while sequences of his photographs-taken over the course of decades of travel, performance, and restless observation-spill across a massive screen. To these shifting images, he adds improvised guitar, weaving in selections from his solo catalog, fragments that might evolve into full compositions, and the occasional Police classic reimagined through new visual contexts. Between songs, he reads excerpts from his short story collection Fretted and Moaning, shares anecdotes, and crucially, speaks"
Andy Summers presents The Cracked Lens + A Missing String, a multimedia performance combining concert, photography exhibition, and readings. Projected sequences of photographs taken over decades unfold across a massive screen while Summers adds improvised guitar and selections from his solo catalog. Performed fragments sometimes evolve into full compositions and occasional Police classics are reimagined within new visual contexts. Between pieces Summers reads excerpts from his short story collection Fretted and Moaning, shares anecdotes, and discusses the merging of music and photography. The format originated around 2023 and appears on an eight-show tour culminating at the Presidio Theatre in San Francisco.
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