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Rick Wakeman postpones upcoming US tour to have surgery

By Jerry Ewing Published

Rick Wakeman's Strictly Wakeman US tour has been postponed while he undergoes surgery to correct an unspecified but ongoing health issue

Live Performances
Rick Wakeman and the Sex Pistols
Contrary to old rumours, Rick Wakeman swears he wasn't responsible for the Sex Pistols getting dumped by their record label in 1977

By Paul Brannigan Published

The music business can be brutal, as the Sex Pistols discovered in March 1977 when they signed and then lost a record deal in a single week

Bands & Artists
Rick Wakeman and Hayley Sanderson
Rick Wakeman To Tour US with Hayley Sanderson

By Martin Kielty Published

Keyboard wizard Rick Wakeman’s Strictly Wakeman US tour takes place in July, featuring the vocals of Strictly Come Dancing’s Hayley Sanderson

Concerts & Shows
Rick Astley and Rick Wakeman
Prog is the reason Rick Astley became a singer

By Dave Everley Published

Pop star made his life-changing decision at a Camel concert, before discovering the work of keyboard genius Wakeman via Yes

Bands & Artists
Rick Wakeman studio portrait
Rick Wakeman announces huge The Official Broadcast Collection

By Jerry Ewing Published

The 15-disc The Official Broadcast Collection collects live Rick Wakeman shows between 1980 and 2014 on CD and DVD

Music
Yes members backstage at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction ceremony
Bill Bruford on the "civil war" at the heart of Yes's induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame

By Fraser Lewry Published

Bill Bruford looks back on a famously fractious evening

Interviews
Rick Wakeman
Rick Wakeman announces The Return Of The Caped Crusader Pt 2 tour dates for October

By Jerry Ewing Published

Wakeman solo albums Six Wives Of Henry VIII and King Arthur to get airing on upcoming October tour

Concerts & Shows
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe – And Evening of Yes Music Plus
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe’s An Evening Of Yes Music Plus returns in 4-disc set

By Paul Ging Published

Sound and vision elements of 1989 pay-per-ew show brought together in clamshell

Albums
Rick Wakeman posing for a photograph in the early 1970
Rick Wakeman’s wild tales of John Lennon, David Bowie, Keith Moon and Ozzy Osbourne

By Jerry Ewing Published

Playing with Bowie and Sabbath, boozing with Keith Moon, hanging out with Lennon –  Rick Wakeman has done it all

Interviews
Yes pose for a group photo around a table in 1972
Super Deluxe edition of classic Yes album Close To The Edge on the way

By Jerry Ewing Published

New version of Close To The Edge features Steven Wilson mixes and entire London Rainbow show from December 1972

Albums
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