Live streams and events from Leprous, Richard Thompson, Haken and more

Leprous group shot against a white background
(Image credit: Will Ireland)

With the cancellation of almost all live entertainment owing to the the worldwide Covid-19 outbreak many bands and artists are turning to the Internet to as an outlet for their creativity and to entertain their fanbase.

We're bringing you daily updates here too on the Prog website, pointing you in the direction of anything that's prog-friendly, on a daily basis (working with Chris Parkins'  Virtual Prog Gigs Facebook page to highlight what's going on.

Haken

The UK prog metallers have their fifth annual Haken quiz, hosted by singer Ross Jennings, over at Twitch this evening at 5.30pm

Leprous

The Norwegian prog rockers will live stream a concert this evening. This is a ticketed Facebook event from 7pm (BST). Tickets available here

Richard Thompson

The acclaimed folk rocker will be performing a live session. this evening at 9pm (BST) on his Facebook page

 If you know of any upcoming prog-friendly streams, please e-mail us at: prog@futurenet.com and we'll add you to our listings.

Stay safe, stay in and prog on

Jerry Ewing

Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine which he founded for Future Publishing in 2009. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. He has since written for Metal Hammer, Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines, among others. He created and edited Classic Rock Magazine for Dennis Publishing in 1998 and is the author of a variety of books on both music and sport, including Wonderous Stories; A Journey Through The Landscape Of Progressive Rock.