Rick Wakeman
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Yes to release Super Deluxe Edition of Fragile in June
By Jerry Ewing published
The new Super Deluxe version of Yes's Fragile album is remastered and features rarities and previously unreleased live recordings

Rick Wakeman adds three extra Christmas shows
By Jerry Ewing published
Rick Wakeman's Christmas live shows return in November and December after a year off in 2023

"At the end, Jimmy says to me: 'I want you in my band'. I say: 'But I've got a maths exam in the morning!'": Rick Wakeman, and the blues records that changed his life
By Jo Kendall published
It all started with a love of trad jazz and Etta James – plus a baptism of fire in an after-school session with R&B star Jimmy Thomas

Rick and Oliver Wakeman, Gordon Giltrap and more line up for charity concert
By Jerry Ewing published
The Mile of Roses Concert in June will raise money for a local special school and the theatre in Tewkesbury

Rick Wakeman announces new-look Xmas show run for November and December
By Jerry Ewing published
Rick Wakeman's Christmas live shows return in November and December after a year off in 2023

"Wakeman's genius-level playing and careful modernising have given the music legitimate new life": Rick Wakeman reinvents his past on Live At The Palladium 2023
By Neil Jeffries published
Live At The Palladium 2023 is a four CD set that revisits Rick Wakeman's classic solo works and Yes

“He didn’t think the concerts would work… the fluidity, precision and phrasing is simply dazzling”: Rick Wakeman’s Live At The London Palladium 2023
By Ian Fortnam published
Performed over two nights, box set featuring The Six Wives Of Henry VIII, The Myths And Legends Of King Arthur, Yes Classics and Journey To The Centre Of The Earth is an essential package

"That was real food for thought": Rick Wakeman on the surprise lesson he learned from a 16-year-old Brazilian fan
By Dave Ling published
Rick Wakeman's Return Of The Caped Crusader dates resume this month, and the keyboard maestro knows it's not about nostalgia for everyone

"David Bowie said, I hear you play a mean piano": Rick Wakeman on playing on Space Oddity and Hunky Dory, then turning down David Bowie's invitation to join The Spiders From Mars on the same day he joined Yes
By Paul Brannigan published
Rick Wakeman was a popular and much in-demand musician in the early '70s, as his friend David Bowie would discover to his cost
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