Editing Hawkwind (section)

===2016–onwards: Cherry Red projects===
The band released ''[[The Machine Stops (album)|The Machine Stops]]'' on 15 April 2016, a [[concept album]] based on [[E.M. Forster]]'s short story of the [[The Machine Stops|same name]].<ref name="MachineStopsCD">{{cite web |url=https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/the-machine-stops/ |title=The Machine Stops CD Version |publisher=Cherry Red Records |access-date=17 November 2020}}</ref> Brock and Chadwick were joined on the recording by Hone, Dibs and Wheaton sharing bass duties, while Hone and Dead Fred contributed one solo piece each. The album entered the UK album chart at number 29. Dead Fred's last live appearance was at Eastbourne Winter Gardens on 1 April; Hone took on keyboard and synth duties until Blake returned for the summer shows.

The trio of Brock, Chadwick and Wheaton recorded the album ''[[Into the Woods (Hawkwind album)|Into the Woods]]'', released on 5 May 2017, with additional contributions from Dibs, Magnus Martin (whose band Tarantism had supported Hawkwind on many occasions) and Big Bill Barry.<ref name="IntoTheWoodsCD">{{cite web |url=https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/into-the-woods-deluxe-cd-edition/ |title=Into The Woods: Deluxe CD Edition |website=Cherryred.co.uk |access-date=16 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="IntoTheWoodsLP">{{cite web|url=https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/into-the-woods-double-vinyl-lp-edition/ |title=Into The Woods: Double Vinyl LP Edition |website=Cherryred.co.uk |access-date=16 November 2020}}</ref> Martin and saxophonist Michał Sosna (from Polish group hipiersoniK) joined the band for a 16-date UK promotional tour in the same month, and festival appearances at [[Hellfest (French music festival)|Hellfest]], [[Clisson]], France in June and [[Bluedot Festival]] at [[Jodrell Bank Observatory]], Cheshire in July. The [[Roundhouse (venue)|Roundhouse]] gig, with a guest appearance from [[Phil Campbell (musician)|Phil Campbell]], was released as ''Hawkwind At The Roundhouse'' on 8 December in 2CD/DVD and 3LP formats.<ref name="AtTheRoundhouseCD">{{cite web|url=https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/hawkwind-roundhouse-2cd1dvd-boxset/ |title=At The Roundhouse: Deluxe CD Edition |website=Cherryred.co.uk |access-date=16 November 2020}}</ref>

For the ''Into The Woods'' tour the group had performed an opening acoustic set before the main set, and they decided to capture some acoustic performances of their 1970s repertoire in the studio. A chance meeting with [[Mike Batt]] by Brock at the [[Embassy of the United States, London|US Embassy]] brought him into the project contributing production, arrangement and additional orchestrations. The album ''[[Road to Utopia (album)|Road to Utopia]]'' was released on 14 September 2018.<ref name="RoadToUtopiaCD">{{cite web | url=https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/hawkwind-road-to-utopia/ | title=Hawkwind: Road To Utopia | publisher=Cherry Red Records | access-date=11 July 2018}}</ref> There was a guest appearance from [[Eric Clapton]], who Brock had performed with as a duo in the 1960s prior to his rise to fame in [[The Yardbirds]].<ref name=HowEricClapton>{{cite book |last=Thompson |first=Dave |date=2006 |title=Cream: How Eric Clapton Took the World by Storm |location=London |publisher=Virgin Books |pages=31–32 |author-link=Dave Thompson (author)}}</ref> There was also a guest appearance of the band's former sax player, Jez Huggett, who's featured on "The Age of the Micro Man".  Batt conducted a series of concerts titled ''In Search of Utopia – Infinity and Beyond'' featuring the band and [[Docklands Sinfonia]] Orchestra in October and November, with [[Arthur Brown (musician)|Arthur Brown]] guesting.<ref name="RoadToUtopiaCD" /> After the recording of the album but before the shows, both Wheaton and Dibs left, while Hone rejoined on bass. Wheaton went on to join [[Electric Wizard]], and Dibs stated "irreconcilable differences" on the Hawkwind fans Facebook page, Brock claiming "we propped the fella up and kept him in the band longer than he should have been, because we were genuinely concerned... about his state of mind."<ref name="RecordCollector2020">{{cite web | url=https://recordcollectormag.com/articles/dave-brock | title=Issue 502: Dave Brock | publisher=[[Record Collector]] | date=21 January 2020 | access-date=17 November 2020}}</ref>

In October 2019 the group released ''[[All Aboard the Skylark]]'', marketed as a return to their space rock roots. This was the first album with the line-up of Brock, Chadwick, Hone and Martin. Accompanying the CD version, and sold as a separate vinyl LP, was ''Acoustic Daze'' which included tracks from the ''Road to Utopia'' minus the additions of Batt and Clapton.<ref name="AllAboardTheSkylark">{{cite web|url=https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/hawkwind-all-aboard-the-skylark-2cd/ |title=Hawkwind: All Aboard The Skylark, 2CD – Cherry Red Records |website=Cherryred.co.uk |access-date=2020-03-02}}</ref> The album was promoted with a 15 date tour of Britain in November, culminating in a final show at London's [[Royal Albert Hall]]. The group were augmented by keyboard player Blake, with guest appearances from [[Phil Campbell (musician)|Phil Campbell]] and Clapton.<ref name="CLAPTON">{{cite web|title=Eric Clapton Guests With Hawkwind in Guildford|url=https://www.whereseric.com/eric-clapton-news/303-eric-clapton-guests-hawkwind-guildford|access-date=4 December 2019}}</ref> A record of the live show titled ''50th Anniversary Live'', with the guest appearance from Campbell, is released on 4 December 2020 by Cherry Red in 3LP and 2CD formats.<ref name="LIVECD">{{cite web|title=Hawkwind: 50th Anniversary Live 2CD Edition|url=https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/hawkwind-50-live-2cd-edition/|author=Cherry Red Records|author-link=Cherry Red Records|access-date=4 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="LIVELP">{{cite web|title=Hawkwind: 50th Anniversary Live, 3LP Limited Edition|url=https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/hawkwind-50-live-3lp-limited-edition/|author=Cherry Red Records|author-link=Cherry Red Records|access-date=4 November 2020|archive-date=3 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203172217/https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/hawkwind-50-live-3lp-limited-edition/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Brock had started work on new material in his home studio with some contributions from Chadwick and Martin when the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] spread curtailing any further band activity. Brock would continue work with remote contributions from Martin, and the album ''[[Carnivorous (album)|Carnivorous]]'' (an anagram of [[coronavirus]]) was released in October 2020 under the name Hawkwind Light Orchestra to reflect the reduced personnel.<ref name="CARNLP">{{cite web|title=Hawkwind Light Orchestra: Carnivorous, CD Edition|url=https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/hawkwind-lightorchestra-carnivorous-cd/|author=Cherry Red Records|author-link=Cherry Red Records|access-date=4 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="CARNCD">{{cite web|title=Hawkwind Light Orchestra: Carnivorous, LP Edition|url=https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/hawkwind-carnivorous-vinyl/|author=Cherry Red Records|author-link=Cherry Red Records|access-date=4 November 2020}}</ref>

When the group returned to live performances post-COVID in late 2021, the line-up featured Brock, Chadwick, Martin and new members [[Thighpaulsandra]] on keyboards and Doug MacKinnon on bass, replacing Blake and Hone respectively. A new Hawkwind album, ''Somnia'', was released in 2021, followed in 2023 by ''[[The Future Never Waits]]'' and in 2024 by ''[[Stories from Time and Space]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cherryred.co.uk/hawkwind-stories-from-time-and-space-cd-edition|title=Hawkwind: Stories From Time And Space, CD Edition|website=www.cherryred.co.uk}}</ref> The live album ''Live at the [[Royal Albert Hall]]'' recorded on 29 September 2023 was released on 13 December 2024 in 3CD a 3LP formats, the CD issue containing a bonus CD of studio rehearsals. Brown joined the band for this performance reciting the poems.<ref name="BRED3LP917">{{cite web |url=https://www.cherryred.co.uk/hawkwind-live-at-the-royal-albert-hall-triple-lp-edition |title=Hawkwind: Live At The Royal Albert Hall, Triple LP Edition |date=13 December 2024 |publisher=[[Cherry Red Records]] |access-date=15 December 2024}}</ref><ref name="CRCD3BOX190">{{cite web |url=https://www.cherryred.co.uk/hawkwind-live-at-the-royal-albert-hall-3cd-clamshell-box |title=Hawkwind: Live At The Royal Albert Hall, 3CD Clamshell Box |date=13 December 2024 |publisher=[[Cherry Red Records]] |access-date=15 December 2024}}</ref>