A new-look Haken comes to The Commonwealth Room in March

The progressive metal band plays The Commonwealth Room on March 16, its first Salt Lake City show since 2024 and one of the first North American runs since two longtime members left.

When Haken last played Salt Lake City, at The Depot on Feb. 13, 2024, the lineup on stage was not the one coming back in March.

Haken plays The Commonwealth Room on Tuesday, March 16, 2027, at 7 p.m. The room holds about 600, and tickets are through AXS.

The date is part of the band's spring North American run. Blabbermouth reported on Oct. 28 that Haken will tour North America in March and April 2027, and that the band had parted ways with guitarist Charlie Griffiths and bassist Conner Green earlier this year. That makes this one of the first chances for American fans to hear how the reshaped band handles the catalog live.

For a progressive metal band, that matters more than it might for most. Haken's music depends on interlocking guitar and bass parts, and the people playing them now are not the ones who played the Depot two years ago. Whatever the Commonwealth Room crowd hears in March will be new in a way the setlist alone won't show.

Same name on the marquee, a different band on the stage.

According to Blabbermouth, the tour's announced support is Thank You Scientist and Einar Solberg, the frontman of Leprous. The Commonwealth Room listing names only Haken, so check the night's bill closer to the date before planning around the openers.

Before the American leg, Haken plays the UK and Ireland. Stereoboard lists the In A Fever Dream Tour there from Feb. 1 to 7, 2027, so by mid-March the new lineup will have a few weeks of shows behind it.

The room is a change, too. Haken's last Salt Lake stop was at The Depot. The Commonwealth Room is a 600-capacity club, which puts everyone close enough to watch the hands on the fretboards, and for this band that's half the appeal.

Haken has built a following in the U.S. over several tours. KATV described the band a few years ago as working to expand its American fan base with each new album and run of dates, and the fact that Salt Lake City keeps getting a stop says something about the local crowd for this kind of music.

A Tuesday in March isn't a big night out for most people, but prog fans plan for these. If you went in 2024, go again to see what has changed. If you didn't, a 600-capacity room is a good place to see a band this technical up close.

Sources: JamBase listing: Haken at The Commonwealth Room (jambase.com); Blabbermouth: HAKEN Announces March/April 2027 North American Tour (blabbermouth.net); Stereoboard: Haken (new.stereoboard.com); KATV: Progressive metal band Haken expand fan base with new album, tour of America (katv.com)