Rick Wakeman

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Rick Wakeman seated next to a globe in 1972
“David Bowie was an absolute genuis”: Rick Wakeman’s epic tales of sessions with Bowie, Bolan, Lou Reed and more

By Dom Lawson Published

Former Yes keyboard maestro Rick Wakeman has played with rock’s great and good over the years – and he’s got the memories to prove it

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Yes sitting around at table in 1973
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

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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

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Rick Wakeman studio portrait
"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

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Rick & Oliver Wakeman
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

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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

Concerts & Shows
Rick Wakeman: Live At The Palladium 2023 cover art
"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

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Rick Wakeman - Live London Palladium 2023
“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

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Rick Wakeman onstage
"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

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Rick Wakeman and David Bowie
"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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