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Emerson, Lake & Palmer announce newly remastered reissue of Works Live
Carl Palmer will bring his An Evening With Emerson, Lake & Palmer to England for three shows in February 2027
Cozy Powell didn’t mind replacing Carl Palmer in ELP. Neither did Carl Palmer
Supergroup’s mid-80s alternative line-up made one album together then went their separate ways – but their brief career paid dividends to the original band’s legacy
Keith Emerson’s manager wanted to ditch plans for a flying piano. Emerson proved him wrong
Backstage boss Stewart Young took one look at the prototype in 1974 and decided to walk away – but the keyboard maestro wouldn’t have it
Carl Palmer announces An Evening With Emerson, Lake & Palmer shows in England for February 2027
Carl Palmer will perform live with late band members Keith Emerson and Greg Lake appearing in sync on screens on either side of the stage
“We made bad albums. Two should be melted down into flowerpots”: What Carl Palmer really thinks of ELP
Comparing his band to Yes and Pink Floyd, the sole surviving member looks back on OTT productions, getting carried away with overdubs and constant criticism – but insists: “We were setting a standard”
Twisted Sister’s Jay Jay French doesn’t love prog, but adores Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Glam metal guitar slinger had been a fan of The Nice but hadn’t even heard of Carl Palmer when the super-talented supergroup blew him away live
“Hymnal and melancholy qualities are still to die for”: Greg Lake Live returns from 2005
His band doesn’t have the pedigree of many of his collaborators, but a future Jethro Tull guitarist and a TV show musical director prove highly capable foils in three-disc set
Emerson, Lake & Palmer often didn’t work. Neither did projects that featured just two of them
Massive musical ability crossed with pomposity and excess made it difficult for the supergroup to meet expectations – but even with one of the giant personalities missing, the other pair could struggled to deliver
“We took it badly – ‘No one wants us any more!’ We’d never been through the school of hard knocks. We didn’t know what it meant to work hard”: When ELP collapsed, Carl Palmer’s career-long lucky streak ended. But he didn’t give up
Born into a musical family and a pro by his teenage years with a real-life education in backstage realities, the passionate drummer has seen dreams come true with Arthur Brown, Atomic Rooster, Asia, Mike Oldfield and others
