Amplifier headline Prog stage at Desertfest

This year’s edition of Desertfest in London will feature a Prog stage sponsored by the magazine and headlined by Amplifier.

Sweet Billy Pilgrim are also on the bill, with others to be announced ahead of the big day at the Jazz Cafe on April 25.

Organisers say: “We’ve brought a slight twist to Desertfest 2015 along with our partners Prog and Tidal Concerts. Amplifier are testament to the fact that space and time simply cannot beat the rock ’n’ roll spirit out of human beings. Sweet Billy Pilgrim have signed to KScope and are readying their album Motorcade Amnesiacs for release. And that’s just for starters.”

Tickets for the Prog Stage at Desertfest are on sale for £25, while general tickets for the weekend event also permit access. Find out more.

Amplifier’s fifth album Mystoria launched last year and was voted 4th in Prog magazine’s best albums of 2014 in the latest edition, which is on sale now.

Not only is one-time online news editor Martin an established rock journalist and drummer, but he’s also penned several books on music history, including SAHB Story: The Tale of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, a band he once managed, and the best-selling Apollo Memories about the history of the legendary and infamous Glasgow Apollo. Martin has written for Classic Rock and Prog and at one time had written more articles for Louder than anyone else (we think he's second now). He’s appeared on TV and when not delving intro all things music, can be found travelling along the UK’s vast canal network.