Editing Steeleye Span (section)

===Present day / 50th anniversary===
After completing the 'Dodgy Bastards' tour, Rick Kemp retired and has been replaced by Roger Carey, on bass.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2017- |url=https://steeleyespanfan.co.uk/the-history/2017 |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=A Celebration of Steeleye Span |language=en}}</ref> For the November/December 2017 tour, the band was joined by multi-instrumentalist and ex-[[Bellowhead]] member [[Benji Kirkpatrick]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Whetstone |first=David |date=2017-11-20 |title=Folk rock legends Steeleye Span to raise the roof at gigs in Newcastle and Stockton |url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/folk-rock-legends-steeleye-span-13929190 |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=ChronicleLive |language=en}}</ref> Benji is son of former Steeleye Span member, John Kirkpatrick.<ref name=":0" /> This seven-piece line-up was the first in the band's history. 2019 was the band's 50th anniversary year and a new album was released to celebrate the anniversary: [[Est'd 1969 (Steeleye Span album)|''Est'd 1969'']].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Est'd 1969 |url=https://steeleyespanfan.co.uk/the-music/estd-1969 |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=A Celebration of Steeleye Span |language=en}}</ref> The band undertook two "50th Anniversary" tours in 2019, in Spring<ref>{{Cite web |last=UK |first=Folk Radio |date=2019-02-15 |title=Folk Rock Pioneers Steeleye Span 50th Anniversary Tour |url=https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2019/02/folk-rock-pioneers-steeleye-span-50th-anniversary-tour/ |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=Folk Radio UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> and Winter.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Darren |date=2019-11-13 |title=Interview with Steeleye Span's Maddy Prior |url=https://darrensmusicblog.com/2019/11/13/interview-with-maddy-prior-ahead-of-steeleye-spans-50th-anniversary-tour/ |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=Darren's music blog |language=en}}</ref> The band played the 'Avalon Stage' at the [[Glastonbury Festival 2019]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Embley |first=Jochan |date=2019-06-28 |title=When and where to see all the Glastonbury headliners |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/glastonbury-line-up-2019-set-times-headliners-must-see-acts-stages-festival-a4177381.html |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Steeleye Span |url=https://www.vam.ac.uk/performing-glastonbury/contributor/o44120-steeleye-span/ |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=www.vam.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref> were a closing act at the [[Cornbury Music Festival]] 2019<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sargeant |first=Pete |date=2019-03-16 |title=Cornbury Music Festival 2019 Announces Music Lineup |url=https://justlistentothis.co.uk/news/cornbury-music-festival-2019-announces-music-lineup/ |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=Just Listen To This |language=en-GB}}</ref> and even made their debut in Russia at a folk festival called Chasti Sveta (Части света, Parts of the World), in [[Saint Petersburg]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Steeleye Span - концерт, фестиваль ЧАСТИ СВЕТА (07.09.2019, Санкт-Петербург, Юсуповский сад) HD |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wN5A7ddkL4 |access-date=2023-04-30 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Steeleye Span in St. Petersburg |url=https://www.violetavicci.com/events/2019/9/1/steeleye-span-chasti-sveta-st-petersburg |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=Violeta Vicci |language=en-GB}}</ref> On 17 December, they appeared at the Barbican Theatre, in London, with special guests and previous band members Peter Knight, Martin Carthy and John Kirkpatrick.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Steeleye Span 50th Anniversary {{!}} Barbican |url=https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2019/event/steeleye-span-50th-anniversary |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=www.barbican.org.uk |date=17 December 2019 |language=en}}</ref> 

For the November/December 2021 tour, the first post-Covid tour, Benji Kirkpatrick was absent due to 'personal reasons' and with Jessie May Smart still on maternity leave, Violeta Vicci joined the band, on violin.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Current Line Up |url=https://steeleyespanfan.co.uk/the-band/steeleye-span-current-line-up |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=A Celebration of Steeleye Span |language=en}}</ref> This same line up toured in May and October 2022. Benji Kirkpatrick left the band officially in February 2022 due to other commitments and has not been replaced.<ref name=":1" />

Steeleye Span continued celebrating 50 years since the release of their classic Folk Rock albums by touring throughout November and December 2023, including a concert at the Cadogan Hall in London on 18 December 2023. 2024 is the 55th anniversary of the band and there have been further tours in May and October, both supported by a new album 'The Green Man Collection' and featuring new violinist Athena Octavia. It contains six newly recorded tracks in addition to songs from their last two studio albums. It features a new version of 'Hard Times of Old England' with a guest appearance of  Francis Rossi (Status Quo) on guitar and vocals.