Rick Wakeman

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Rick Wakeman performs on stage during his King Arthur on Ice stage show, Wembley Empire Pool, London, May 1975. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)
“It’s voted biggest spectacular and biggest folly. That’s a compliment!” Six myths and legends of Rick Wakeman

By Jerry Ewing Published

Keyboard maestro on his 36-year wait to play Hampton Court, the apparent disaster of King Arthur on ice, buying a £1,000 synth for £35 because its owner thought it was broken, his innocence over the Sex Pistols’ firing from A&M and more

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Rick Wakeman posing for a photograph in 1972
Rick Wakeman’s label hated his solo album. It went on to sell more than 15 million copies

By Paul Elliott Published

How Rick Wakeman defied the critics and his own label to make The Six Wives Of Henry VIII

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We pay tribute to Supertramp and founding member Rick Davies in the new issue of Prog, which is on sale now!

By Jerry Ewing Published

Prog 164 also features Rick Wakeman, Gentle Giant, Barclay James Harvest, Lunatic Soul, Arjen Lucassen, Jo Quail, The Emerald Dawn, Spriggan Mist and loads more...

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"A significant song of hope!" In 2010, with Yes forging on without him, Jon Anderson teamed up with old pal Rick Wakeman for The Living Tree album

By Prog Published

Prog's take on the 2010 The Living Tree album by Yes alumni Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman

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New English Rock Ensemble vocalist Jesse Smith
New singer announced for Rick Wakeman's upcoming English Rock Ensemble tour

By Jerry Ewing Published

Young British vocalist Jesse Smith will front Rick Wakeman's English Rock Ensemble on their upcoming The Return Of The Caped Crusader Part 2 dates

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Rick Wakeman shares video for new single, the gently haunting Melancholia

By Jerry Ewing Published

Rick Wakeman will release his brand new studio album, Melancholia, in October

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The Rick Wakeman stamps
Rick Wakeman celebrated in new set of six stamps designed by Roger Dean

By Jerry Ewing Published

New set of Rick Wakeman's stamps celebrates his connections with the Isle Of Man, where he lived and recorded in the 80s and 90s

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Rick and Oliver Wakeman
Rick and Oliver Wakeman to tour together for the first time ever

By Jerry Ewing Published

Rick Wakeman and Oliver Wakeman will tour the US under the banner Rick Wakeman And Son in March

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Rick Wakeman sat at a piano
Rick Wakeman announces new album, Melancholia, will be released in October

By Jerry Ewing Published

Rick Wakeman's new studio album, Melancholia, completes a trilogy of piano-based album releases

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Ozzy Osbourne and Rick Wakeman
"He was actually much cleverer than people gave him credit for!" Rick Wakeman pays heartfelt tribute to his late pal Ozzy Osbourne

By Jerry Ewing Published

"I loved his madness," says Rick Wakeman as he pays an emotional tribute to his friend, the late Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne

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